Magicka Nightblade Build ESO PVE - ESO

Soul Blade – A Magicka Nightblade Build

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

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: Shadow
Attributes:
- Magicka: 64
- Health: 0
- Stamina: 0
Consumables
- Food: Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl
  - Less Expensive alternative: Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup
- Potion: Essence of Spell Power
Vampire
- Not this patch

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Maw of the Infernal	Heavy	Divines	Magicka
Shoulder	Maw of the Infernal	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Chest	Siroria	Light	Divines	Magicka
Belt	Siroria	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoes	Siroria	Light	Divines	Magicka
Hands	Siroria	Light	Divines	Magicka
Pants	Siroria	Light	Divines	Magicka
Necklace	Mother’s Sorrow	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1	Mother’s Sorrow	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2	Mother’s Sorrow	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Mother’s Sorrow	Inferno Staff	Precise	Fire Enchant/ Damage Health Poison IX
Weapon 2	Maelstrom	Inferno Staff	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

Maw of the Infernal is dropped in Banished Cells II
Siroria drops in Cloudrest (Trial)
Mother’s Sorrow drops in Deshaan (delves, world bosses, dolmen, chests, and public dungeons)
- Mother’s Sorrow Chest Farm Guide here.

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Maw of the Infernal	Heavy	Divines	Magicka
Shoulder	Maw of the Infernal	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Chest	Spell Strategist	Light	Divines	Magicka
Belt	Spell Strategist	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoes	Spell Strategist	Light	Divines	Magicka
Hands	Spell Strategist	Light	Divines	Magicka
Pants	Spell Strategist	Light	Divines	Magicka
Necklace	Mother’s Sorrow	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1	Mother’s Sorrow	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2	Mother’s Sorrow	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Mother’s Sorrow	Inferno Staff	Precise	Fire Enchant/ Damage Health Poison IX
Weapon 2	Maelstrom	Inferno Staff	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

Maw of the Infernal is dropped in Banished Cells II
Spell Strategist drops in can be purchased from a guild trader or in cyrodiil
Mother’s Sorrow drops in Deshaan (delves, world bosses, dolmen, chests, and public dungeons)
- Mother’s Sorrow Chest Farm Guide here.

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Mawof the Inferal	Heavy	Divines	Magicka
Shoulder	Maw of the Infernal	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Chest	Burning Spellweave	Light	Divines	Magicka
Belt	Burning Spellweave	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoes	Burning Spellweave	Light	Divines	Magicka
Hands	Burning Spellweave	Light	Divines	Magicka
Pants	Burning Spellweave	Light	Divines	Magicka
Necklace	Mother’s Sorrow	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1	Mother’s Sorrow	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2	Mother’s Sorrow	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Mother’s Sorrow	Inferno Staff	Precise	Fire Enchant/ Damage Health Poison IX
Weapon 2	Mother’s Sorrow	Inferno Staff	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

Maw of the Infernal is dropped in Banished Cells II
Burning Spell Weave is dropped in City of Ash I and II
Mother’s Sorrow is dropped in Deshan (dolmen, chests, delves, public dungeons, world bosses)
- Mother’s Sorrow Chest Farm Guide here.

Honorable Mentions:
Channeled Acceleration can be a great substitute for Barbed Trap

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 Barbed Trap (we stop casting the rest of the dots in execute)

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

CLASS
- All passives
WEAPON
- Staff: All Passives
ARMOR
- Light Armor: All Passives
- Medium Armor: First 3 Passives
- Heavy Armor: First 3 Passives
GUILDS
- Mages Guild: All Passives
- Fighters Guild: First Four Passives
- Undaunted Guild: All Passives
Racial: All Passives
Alchemy: Medicinal Use

THE RITUAL
- Thaumaturge: 20
THE ATRONACH
- Master-at-Arms: 66
- Staff Expert: 50
THE APPRENTICE
- Elf Born: 61
- Elemental Expert: 64
- Spell Erosion: 9 (adjust as necessary)