ESO Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build
Easy Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build for ESO! Nightblade is the Class of Stealth and Shadow, that requires good Light Attack Weaving to master. This Pure Class Beginner Build is designed for 160 Champion Points and beyond in order to help you level up but also learn your favorite Class better. When you start getting better gear, you can check dedicated Solo or DPS Nightblade Builds that will help you clear the content you are after. Some more Nightblade Guides and Builds you can check are:
Skills for Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build
This Beginner Build is using the following Skills:
- Deadly Cloak(Blade Cloak): Good DPS skill.
- Surprise Attack(Veiled Strike): Main offensive skill, spammable.
- Killer’s Blade(Assassin’s Blade): Powerful execute ability. Start using this skill only after the enemy’s health drops below 25%-30%.
- Relentless Focus(Grim Focus): Turns into a deadly Spectral Arrow after five light/heavy attacks.
- Barbed Trap(Trap Beast): Very good DOT damage that also boosts Critical Damage.
- Flawless Dawnbreaker(Dawnbreaker): Secondary Ultimate.
- Endless Hail(Volley): Strong AOE damage skill.
- Poison Injection(Poison Arrow): Strong Poison skill.
- Twisting Path(Path of Darkness): Strong Damage over Time ability.
- Siphoning Attacks(Siphoning Strikes): Powerful Sustain ability.
- Resolving Vigor(Vigor): Main heal ability. Can replace with Dark Shade(Summon Shade) if you feel the passive healing of the Build is enough!
- Incapacitating Strike(Death Stroke): Main Ultimate.
Rotation
Drink a potion, set your Barbed Trap, attack with Endless Hail, Poison Injection, Twisting Path. Switch bars and continue with Spectral Arrow (if ready), Deadly Cloak, Surprise Attack. Continue attacking with Surprise Attack as your spammable and re cast the other skills when necessary. When the enemy’s health drops below 25%-30% start using Killer’s Blade instead of Surprise Attack as your spammable. Always use Spectral Arrow, Incapacitating Strike when ready, heal with Resolving Vigor and cast Siphoning Attacks if you need to restore Resources. Always Light Attack before every skill and action to boost your damage!
ESO Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build Setup
The Build is using Crafted Sets that you can get easily when you hit c160!
| Piece | Set | Type | Trait | Enchantment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Night Mother's Gaze/Stormfist | Medium/Heavy | Divines | Max. Stamina |
| Shoulders | Night Mother's Gaze/Stormfist | Medium/Light | Divines | Max. Stamina |
| Hands | Order's Wrath | Medium | Divines | Max. Stamina |
| Legs | Order's Wrath | Medium | Divines | Max. Stamina |
| Chest | Order's Wrath | Medium | Divines | Max. Stamina |
| Waist | Order's Wrath | Medium | Divines | Max. Stamina |
| Feet | Order's Wrath | Medium | Divines | Max. Stamina |
| Necklace | Agility/Night Mother's Gaze | Jewel | Robust | Stamina Recovery |
| Ring | Agility/Night Mother's Gaze | Jewel | Robust | Stamina Recovery |
| Ring | Night Mother's Gaze | Jewel | Robust | Stamina Recovery |
| One Handed Weapon | Night Mother's Gaze | Dagger | Charged | Fire Damage |
| One Handed Weapon | Night Mother's Gaze | Dagger | Charged | Poison |
| Two Handed Weapon | Night Mother's Gaze | Bow | Infused | Weapon Damage |
Armor Sets for Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build
These are the Best Sets for the Build and where you can find them:
- Order’s Wrath: High Isle, Crafted
- Night Mother’s Gaze: Reaper’s March, Bangkorai, The Rift – Crafted
- Agility: Random Daily Dungeon Reward, Imperial City(Imperial City DLC required)
- Stormfist(Use as Head-Shoulders when you farm it): Veteran Tempest Island, Glirion the Redbeard
Passive Skills for Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build
Passive skills are always important for every character and can help you maximize the potential of your Stamina Nightblade Beginner 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
- Mages Guild Passives: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
- Undaunted Passives
- Your Racial Passives
- Medicinal Use Passive from Alchemy to boost the effectiveness of Potions
Champion Points for Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build
Below you will find the best Champion Points setup(c160) 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
- Eldritch Insight: 10
- Quick Recovery: 10
- Tireless Discipline: 10
- Piercing: 10
- Presicion: 14
Craft
- Gilded Fingers: 18
- Fortune’s Favor: 10
- Wanderer: 15
- Steadfast Enchantment: 10
Fitness
- Sprinter: 10
- Hasty: 8
- Hero’s Vigor: 10
- Bloody Renewal(Slottable): 10
- Rejuvenation(Slottable): 15
Food and Potions for Stamblade Beginner Build
Dubious Camoran Throne is the Best Food for the Build while Essence of Stamina is the best option as Potions.
Info for Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build
Several important info for the Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build. What Mundus to use, the best race for the build and how to assign your attribute points.
Attribute Points
All points to Stamina.
Mundus Stone
The Thief to boost Critical Chance.
Race
The Best Race for the Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build in ESO is Dark Elf. Orc and Khajiit are nice alternative Races you can use for a DPS focused Build. Any Race with Stamina bonuses can work well though. You can find more about the playable races in my ESO Race Guide!
Vampire or Werewolf
Neither is necessary
Best Companion for Stamina Nightblade Beginner Build ESO
If you need help to clear content alone 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 Beginner my recommendation is to bring along a Tank or Healer 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.
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