ESO Nightblade Tank Build

The Best Nightblade Tank Build for Group PVE Gameplay in ESO! Defender is a sturdy Tank Build in The Elder Scrolls Online, that offers a pure Class but also a Subclassing Setup. More Nightblade Guides and Builds you can read:

• Nightblade Beginner Guide
• Nightblade Builds
• Tank Builds
• Subclassing Builds

Skills for Tank Nightblade – Dragonknight – Warden Subclassing Setup

This Subclassing setup is using the following Skill lines:

• Shadow
• Earthen Heart
• Winter’s Embrace

• Pierce Armor(Puncture)
• Silver Leash(Silver Bolts)
• Magma Fist(Superheated Ward)
• Dark Cloak(Shadow Cloak)
• Polar Wind(Arctic Wind)
• Bolstering Darkness(Consuming Darkness)
• Unstable Wall of Elements(Wall of Elements)
• Mirage(Blur)
• Expansive Frost Cloak(Frost Cloak)
• Igneous Shield(Obsidian Shield)
• Razor Caltrops(Caltrops)
• Aggressive Horn(War Horn)

Rotation

Taunt your target and block. Use Mirage, Dark Cloak, Expansive Frost Cloak and Igneous Shield to protect you and your allies. Trigger Powerful Assault with Razor Caltrops and assist your party with Unstable Wall of Elements and Magma Fist. Silver Leash pulls enemies to you. Further assist you group with Aggressive Horn. Your main concern is to taunt enemies and keep them away from your allies.

Skills for Pure Class Tank Nightblade Setup

This Pure Class setup is using the following Skills:

• Pierce Armor(Puncture)
• Leashing Throw: Pull+Fencer’s Parry+Vitality
• Mirage(Blur)
• Defensive Stance(Defensive Posture)
• Razor Caltrops(Caltrops)
• Bolstering Darkness(Consuming Darkness)
• Unstable Wall of Elements(Wall of Elements)
• Inner Rage(Inner Fire)
• Dark Cloak(Shadow Cloak)
• Siphoning Attacks(Siphoning Strikes)
• Turn Evil(Circle of Protection)
• Soul Tether(Soul Shred)

Class Mastery:

• Cutthroat’s Focus
• An Eye for Exploitation/Share the Spoils

Rotation

Buff yourself with Mirage, Dark Cloak. Taunt enemies with Pierce Armor, Inner Rage and attack with Unstable Wall of Elements to apply the Crusher debuff. Use Razor Caltrops to debuff enemies and trigger Powerful Assault. Use Leashing Throw to pull enemies to you, Turn Evil to fear them and Siphoning Attacks if you need to restore Resources. Activate your Ultimates when ready. Bolstering Darkness to provide Major Protection and Soul Tether to deal damage and crowd control.

ESO Nightblade Tank Build Subclassing Setup

The Build is using a combination of sturdy Tank Sets that can help your group in PVE!

Piece	Set	Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Tremorscale	Medium	Divines	Prismatic Defense
Shoulders	Tremorscale	Light	Divines	Prismatic Defense
Hands	Turning Tide	Heavy	Divines	Prismatic Defense
Legs	Turning Tide	Heavy	Divines	Prismatic Defense
Chest	Turning Tide	Heavy	Divines	Prismatic Defense
Waist	Turning Tide	Heavy	Divines	Prismatic Defense
Feet	Turning Tide	Heavy	Divines	Prismatic Defense
Necklace	Powerful Assault	Jewel	Harmony	Prismatic Recovery
Ring	Powerful Assault	Jewel	Harmony	Prismatic Recovery
Ring	Powerful Assault	Jewel	Harmony	Prismatic Recovery
One Handed Weapon	Powerful Assault	Sword	Infused	Weakening
Off-Hand	Powerful Assault	Shield	Divines	Prismatic Defense
Staff	Powerful Assault	Ice	Infused	Crusher

Armor Sets for Nightblade Tank Build

These are the Best Armor Sets you can use with the Nightblade Tank Build and where you can find them.

• Tremorscale: Veteran Volenfell, Glirion the Redbeard
• Turning Tide: Shipwright’s Regret Dungeon
• Powerful Assault: Imperial City, Tel Var Vendor

Passive Skills for Nightblade Tank Build ESO

Passive skills are always important for every character and can help you maximize the potential of your Nightblade Tank Build. Try to unlock them as fast as possible, so you can become stronger and tackle harder content faster. These are the Passive Skills you should unlock for the Build.

• All Passive Skills from your Class’ Lines
• All Passive Skills from Weapon Lines you are using
• Passive Skills from Armor Lines you are using
• Passive Abilities from Guild lines(Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Psijic Order) that affect your skills/Build
• Fighters Guild Passives: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Undaunted Passives
• Your Racial Passives
• Medicinal Use Passive from Alchemy to boost the effectiveness of Potions

Champion Points for Nightblade Tank Build ESO Subclassing

Below you will find the best Champion Points setup for the Build. When allocating Champion points to Slottable and Passive Stars your primary goal is to create paths! Allocate the minimum required points to stars along your path in order to reach your desired Slottable Stars faster.

Once you have unlocked all Stars, start allocating more Champion Points to them to fill them out. Focus on Slottable Stars first, then Passive Stars. If you would like to learn more about Champion Points and how they work, you can read my ESO Champion Points Guide.

Warfare

• Slottable Stars: Unassailable, Bulwark, Reinforced, Duelist’s Rebuff
• Passive: Eldritch Insight, Tireless Discipline, Piercing, Flawless Ritual, War Mage, Battle Mastery, Mighty, Quick Recovery, Hardy, Elemental Aegis, Preparation, Precision, Blessed

Craft

• Slottable Stars: Steed’s Blessing, Master Gatherer, Gifted Rider, War Mount
• Passive: Gilded Fingers, Fortune’s Favor, Wanderer, Steadfast Enchantment, Treasure Hunter(slottable, required for path), Rationer, Liquid Efficiency

Fitness

• Slottable Stars: Rejuvenation, Boundless Vitality, Fortified, Startegic Reserve
• Passive: Sprinter, Hasty, Tireless Guardian, Fortification, Hero’s Vigor, Mystic Tenacity, Tumbling, Defiance, Nimble Protector, Savage Defense, Bashing Brutality

Food and Potions for Nightblade Tank Build Subclassing

Bewitched Sugar Skulls is the Best Food for the Build while crafted Tri-Stat Essence of Health is the best option as Potions.

Info for Nightblade Tank Build

Several important info for the Nightblade Tank Build. What Mundus to use, the best race for the build and how to assign your attribute points.

Attribute Points

24 points to Magicka, 6 to Health and 34 to Stamina.

Mundus Stone

The Atronach for better Magicka Recovery.

Race

The Best Race for the Nightblade Tank Build in ESO is Nord. Imperial, Orc, Argonian are good alternative Races for a Tank Build. You can find more about the playable races in my ESO Race Guide!

Vampire or Werewolf

Neither is necessary.

Companion for Nightblade Tank Build ESO Subclassing

If you wish to play Solo with the Nightblade Tank Build, you can bring along a mighty Companion! Companions in ESO are helpful allies that can assist you in combat. Every Companion can fulfill every role in the game and help you enjoy ESO more by clearing content faster or by simply interacting with them and their charming personality! There are various Builds you can use for every available ESO Companion!

As a Tank focused character my recommendation is to bring along a DPS Companion! To find out which ESO Companion is the Best in every role you can take a look at my ESO Best Companion Guide! To further maximize the potential of your chosen Companion, you can wear the Telvanni Efficiency Set! A Crafted Set that reduces the cooldown of your Companions abilities, improving their damage and overall effects and assisting you further in combat.