Solo Blade – A Magicka Nightblade Build / Solo MagBlade

ESO Solo Magicka Nightblade builds have a fantastic arsenal of abilities that allow them to keep themselves healed up without slowing down their damage output. This Solo Magicka Nightblade build will cover the following:

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

OVERVIEW

• Race: Breton, High Elf, Khajiit or Darkelf
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• 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
    • Improve your sustain with Witchmother’s Potent Brew
  • Potion: Essence of Spell Power
• Vampire
  • Not this patch
    

GEAR

In this section, we will cover both the end gear and beginner gear for the solo Magicka Nightblade DPS build.

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Slimecraw	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Shoulder	Burning Spellweave	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	Burning Spellweave	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 1	Burning Spellweave	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Ring 2	Ring of the Pale order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Spell Damage
Weapon 1	Burning Spellweave	Inferno Staff	Precise	Fire Enchant
Weapon 2	Maelstrom	Inferno Staff	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchantment

• Slimecraw drops in Wayrest I (dungeon)
• Burning Spellweave drops in City of Ash (dungeon)
• Mother’s Sorrow drops in Deshaan (public dungeon, delves, world bosses)
• False God’s Drops in Sunspire (trial)
• Maelstrom drops in the Maelstrom Arena (wrothgar arena)
• Ring of the Pale Order

STARTER GEAR

SLOT	SET	WEIGHT	TRAIT	ENCHANTMENT
Head	Slimecraw	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Shoulder	Slimecraw	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	Julianos	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

Dark Shade	Swallow Soul / Ele Weapon	Impale	Dampen Magicka	Merciless Resolve	Soul Harvest
Unstable Wall of Elements	Twisting Path	Crippling Grasp	Barbed Trap	Elemental Drain	Soul Harvest / (or Elemental Rage)

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

Siphoning Attacks can be a great substitute for crippling grasp if you need more sustain

Harness Magicka is a great substitute for Dampen magicka if you need more sustain

SKILL LINEAGE

This shows where each skill is located for the solo magicka nightblade.

SKILL (MORPH)	BASE ABILITY	SKILL TREE
Dark Shade	Summon Shade	Nightblade > Shadow
Swallow Soul	Strife	Nightblade > Siphoning
Imaple	Assassin’s Blade	Nightblade > Assassination
Dampen Magicka	Annulment	Armor > Light
Merciless Resolve	Grim Focus	Nightblade > Assassination
Soul Harvest	Death Stroke	Nightblade > Assassination
Unstable Wall of Elements	Wall of Elements	Weapon > Destruction Staff
Twisting Path	Path of Darkness	Nightblade > Shadow
Crippling Grasp	Cripple	Nightblade > Siphoning
Barbed Trap	Trap Beast	Guild > Fighters Guild
Siphoning Attacks	Siphoning Strikes	Nightblade > Siphoning
Elemental Drain	Weakness To Elements	Weapon > Destruction

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 Wall, Twisting Path, and Merciless Resolve followed by Barbed Trap. When all dots are up, your spammable is Swallow Soul.
  
  
  

• Execute: At 25%
  • Spammable becomes Impale
    
  • Stop using Swallow Soul
  • We are only using Unstable Wall, Twisting Path, and Channeled Acceleration (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
• GUILDS
  • Mages Guild: All Passives
  • Undaunted Guild: All Passives
• Racial: All Passives
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

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