Soul Blade – A Magicka Nightblade Build / MagBlade

ESO Magicka Nightblade builds have a fantastic arsenal of abilities that allow them to keep themselves healed up without slowing down their damage output.

1. Overview
   • Race
   • Mundus
   • Attributes
   • Consumables
   • Vampire / Werewolf
2. Gear
3. Skills
4. Rotation
5. Passives
6. Champion Points
7. Parse Time

OVERVIEW

• Race: High Elf
  • I choose High Elf as its hitting the highest numbers right now. For other great alternatives visit our race guide here!
• Mundus: Thief
• Attributes:
  • Magicka: 64
  • Health: 0
  • Stamina: 0
• Consumables
  • Food:
    • Ghastly Eye Bowl
    • Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl
    • Less Expensive alternative: Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup
  • Potion: Essence of Spell Power
• Vampire
  • Not this patch
    

GEAR

In this section, we will go over the starter gear and end game gear fro the Magicka Nightblade DPS build.

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Zaans (or Domihaus or Ilambris)	Heavy	Divines	Magicka
Shoulder	Zaans (or Domihaus or Ilambris)	Light	Divines	Magicka
Chest	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Belt	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoes	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Hands	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Pants	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Necklace	Siroria	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1	Siroria	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2	Siroria	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Siroria	Inferno Staff	Precise	Fire Enchant
Weapon 2	Maelstrom	Inferno Staff	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

• Zaan’s drops in veteran Scalecaller Peak
• Domihaus drops in Falkreath Hold (dungeon)
• Siroria drops in Cloudrest (trial)
• Mothers Sorrow drops in Deshaan (Public dungeon, tickets, bosses)
• Ilambris drops in Crypt of Hearts I (dungeon)

STARTER GEAR

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Slimecraw	Heavy	Divines	Magicka
Shoulder	Julianos	Light	Divines	Magicka
Chest	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Belt	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoes	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Hands	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Pants	Mother’s Sorrow	Light	Divines	Magicka
Necklace	Julianos	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1	Julianos	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2	Ring of the Pale Order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Julianos	Inferno Staff	Precise	Fire Enchant
Weapon 2	Julianos	Inferno Staff	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

• Slimecraw drops in Wayrest I(dungeon)
• Julianos is Crafted
• Mother’s Sorrow drops in Deshaan (public dungeon, chests, bosses)
• Ring of the Pale Order <—-Guide on how to find!

SKILLS

Impale	Swallow Soul / Ele Weapon	Mystic Orb	Merciless Resolve	Crippling Grasp	Soul Harvest
Unstable Wall of Elements	Twisting Path	Dark Shade	Harness Magicka	Siphoning Attacks	Soul Harvest

Honorable Mentions:
Elemental Rage can be a great ultimate for quick AOE damage

SKILL LINEAGE

SKILL (MORPH)	BASE ABILITY	SKILL TREE
Impale	Assassin’s Blade	Nightblade > Assasination
Swallow Soul	Strife	Nightblade > Siphoning
Mystic Orb	Necrotic Orb	Guild > Undaunted Guild
Merciless Resolve	Grim Focus	Nightblade > Assassination
Crippling Grasp	Cripple	Nightblade > Siphoning
Soul Harvest	Death Stroke	Nightblade > Assassination
Unstable Wall of Elements	Wall of Elements	Weapon > Destruction Staff
Twisting Path	Path of Darkness	Nightblade > Shadow
Dark Shade	Summon Shade	Nightblade > Shadow
Harness Magicka	Annulment	Armor> Light
Siphoning Attacks	Siphoning Strikes	Nightblade > Siphoning

ROTATION

• Nightblade’s have a very dynamic rotation. Try to proc your Merciless Resolve after every 5th or 6th light attack.
  
  
• Make sure to prioritize Elemental Blockade, Twisting Path, and Merciless Resolve followed by Barbed Trap. When all dots are up, your spammable is Swallow Soul or if you go Vampire, Blood for Blood.
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• Execute: At 25%
  • Spammable becomes Impale
    
  • Stop using Swallow Soul
  • We are only using Unstable Wall, Twisting Path, and Dark Shade (we stop casting the rest of the dots in execute)
    

Beyond that, you are still proccing your Merciless Resolve after every 5th light attack.

PASSIVES

• CLASS
  • All passives
• WEAPON
  • Staff: All Passives
• ARMOR
  • Light Armor: All Passives
  • Medium Armor: If wearing Medium
  • Heavy Armor: All
• GUILDS
  • Mages Guild: All Passives
  • Fighters Guild: First Four Passives (if using barbed trap)
  • Undaunted Guild: All Passives
• Racial: All Passives
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

PARSE TIME

• Replace Mystic Orb with Dark Shade
  

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