ESO Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer Build

The guide gives gear, skills, champion points, and consumables for an ESO Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer Build!

Nightblade One Bar Healer

This build has been updated for the Update 41 patch, Scions of Ithelia for the Elder Scrolls Online.

Why Should You Play ESO Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer Build?

The ESO Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer Build is a versatile and strong healer build. Oakensoul makes the one-bar healer effective because you aren’t required to maintain as many buffs. The ESO Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer Build can dish out some very strong heals while having incredible sustain and swift movement.

Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer Features and Mechanics

Below are some of the features found using the ESO Nightblade One Bar Pvp Healer Build in the Elder Scrolls Online:

Skills

Restoration Staff

We use restoration staff for our healing abilities.

Radiating Regeneration (Morph of Regeneration | Skill Line : Restoration Staff) – Heal over time that procs Spell Powered Cure gear set.

Echoing Vigor (Morph of Vigor | Skill Line : Assault) – Good AoE heal that cost stamina and adds to your overall heals per second.

Energy Orb (Morph of Necrotic Orb | Skill Line : Undaunted) – Great ability for resource sustain and healing along with synergy on activation.

Refreshing Path (Morph of Path of Darkness | Skill Line : Shadow) – Grants Major Expedition to yourself and allies within the AoE. Also double as a heal over time ability, for as long as the player(s) remains in the area.

Healthy Offering (Morph of Malevolent Offering | Skill Line : Siphoning) – On cast you sacrifice your own health to heal yourself of an ally. After casting, you also gain Minor Mending for 8 seconds, increasing your healing done by 8%.

Life Giver (Morph of Panacea | Skill Line : Restoration Staff) – insane survivability for you or the group with mobility and low cost.

Passives Skills

Consider taking all of the passives in the below skill trees to increase your builds performance without slotting any skills:

  • Assassination (class skill line)
  • Shadow (class skill line)
  • Siphoning (class skill line)
  • Restoration Staff (weapon skill line)
  • Light Armor
  • Medium Armor
  • Heavy Armor
  • Undaunted
  • Racial
  • Alliance War Support
  • Alliance War Assault
  • Crafting, Alchemy Medicinal Use
  • Infection: Vampire (optional)

Gear 1 – Best in Slot

The gear chart below represents the best gear for the Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer Build:

SlotTypeSetTraitGlyph
HeadheavyDaedric TrickeryWell-fittedPrismatic
ShouldersmediumMagma IncarnateWell-fittedMagicka
ChestheavyDaedric TrickeryReinforcedPrismatic
LegsheavyDaedric TrickeryWell-fittedPrismatic
GlovesmediumDaedric TrickeryWell-fittedMagicka
BootsmediumDaedric TrickeryWell-fittedMagicka
BeltlightRallying CryWell-fittedMagicka
Weapon OneRestoration StaffRallying CryPowered Spell Damage
NecklaceRallying CrySwiftSpell Damage
Ring 1MythicOakensoul ringInfusedMagicka Recovery
Ring 2Rallying CrySwiftSpell Damage
Optimal Gear Setup for the ESO Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer
Monster Helm and Mythic

Magma Incarnate: obtained from Vet Dread Cellar; requires Waking Flame DLC. Best all around 2pc monster helm for solo or small group.

Oakensoul: obtained through ESO Mythics/antiquities system.  You need 5 items to be able to create the Mythic item. CLICK HERE FOR LEADS. Best all around for buffs, damage, and resource sustain.

Alternatives

Gear Sets

Rallying Cry:  Purchase from Elite Gear Vendors in Cyrodiil. Great group utility setup, buffing your team’s damage and reduces incoming damage.

Daedric Trickery: craftable, Vanderfell zone. It generates incredible buffs that stack on top of each other, including Major Heroism.

FLEX OPTIONS

Gear 2 – Without Mythic

Use without Oakensoul

SlotTypeSetTraitGlyph
HeadheavyRoksa the WarpedWell-fittedPrismatic
ShouldersmediumRoksa the WarpedWell-fittedMagicka
ChestheavyTrial by FireReinforcedPrismatic
LegsheavyTrial by FireWell-fittedPrismatic
GlovesmediumTrial by FireWell-fittedMagicka
BootsmediumTrial by FireWell-fittedMagicka
BeltlightTrial by FireWell-fittedMagicka
Weapon OneRestoration StaffSpell Power CurePoweredSpell damage
NecklaceSpell Power CureSwiftMagicka Recovery
Ring 1Spell Power CureInfusedMagicka Recovery
Ring 2Spell Power CureSwiftMagicka Recovery
Strongest Gear Setup for ESO Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer Build Without Mythics
  • Roksa the Warped: obtained from Vet Bal Sunnar; Scribes of Fate DLC. Carries your survivability and resource sustain in a two piece set, without Engine Guardian droid.
  • Spell Power Cure: a base game dungeon set that drops in the White-Gold Tower. Provides extra group damage
  • Trial by Fire: 3 trait craftable set in Wrothgar zone. Makes you extremely tanky.

Gear 3 – No Proc PvP

This setup is made for Cyrodiil Campaigns or IC that doesn’t allow proc sets.

SlotTypeSetTraitGlyph
HeadheavyTrial by FireWell-fittedPrismatic
ShoulderslightMagma IncarnateWell-fittedStamina
ChestheavyTrial by FireReinforcedPrismatic
LegsheavyTrial by FireWell-fittedPrismatic
GlovesmediumTrial by FireWell-fittedStamina
BootsmediumTrial by FireWell-fittedStamina
BeltlightWillow’s PathWell-fittedStamina
Weapon OneDaggerWillow’s PathNirnFlame
Weapon SecondaryDaggerWillow’s PathSharpenedPoison
NecklaceWillow’s PathSwiftWeapon Damage
Ring 1Oakensoul RingInfusedStamina Recovery
Ring 2Willow’s PathSwiftWeapon Damage
Strongest Gear Setup for ESO Nightblade One Bar Pvp Healer Build for No Proc PvP
  • Magma Incarnate: helmet obtained in Veteran dungeon The Dread Cellar, Waking Flame DLC, shoulders bought from Urgarlag Chief-bane the Pledge Master. 1 piece gives stamina and magical recovery helps with sustain.
  • Oakensoul: obtained through ESO Mythics/antiquities system. You need 5 objects(leads) to be able to create the Mythic item. Location of the 5 leads (click for details).
  • Willow’s Path: 6 trait craftable set (Bangkorai, Reaper’s March, The Rift Zones) or bought from traders. Provides great recovery/sustain and insane with Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch food.
  • Trial by Fire: 3 trait craftable set in Wrothgar zone. Makes you extremely tanky.

Race

The best racial choice is below:

  1. Argonian: great for pure healing and survivability, solid sustainability, and good defensive passives
  2. Breton: Best sustainability for healing. Gains max magicka, with reduced skill costs
  3. Dark Elf: Gain max magicka, stamina, and weapon and spell damage.

Attributes

Consider splitting your attributes into 32 health and 32 magicka. reach at least 32,000 health inside your PvP context. Adjust if not reaching those numbers.

Mundus Stone

The best mundus stone is Atronach to increase your magicka recovery.

Champion Points – ESO Nightblade One Bar PvP Healer

CraftWarfareFitness
War MountIroncladBoundless Vitality
Gifted RiderSoothing TideCelerity
Liquid EfficiencyRejuvenatorRejuvenation
Steed’s BlessingFocused MendingPain’s Refuge
Champion Points for NIghtblade One Bar PvP Healer

Warfare Constellation Champion Points – ESO Nightblade PvP Healer

ESO Warfare Champion Tree

Below is a step-by-step method for slotting your champion points in the Warfare tree (blue).  We have used the minimum possible to reach 4 slottable selections all maxed out.  If you have more CP, consider taking more in the passives for optimal performance.

Below are recommended Warfare Champion Point selections for the ESO One Bar Nightblade PvP Healer:

  1. Eldritch Insight – 10
  2. Mastered Curation – sub constellation – Blessed – 10
  3. Soothing Tide (slottable) 50
  4. Focused Mending (slottable) 50
  5. Precision – 10
  6. Fighting Finesse (slottable) 50
  7. Staving death – sub con – quick recovery – 10
  8. Staving death – sub con – ironclad –(slottable) 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 240 CP (720 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance. 

  1. Precision 20
  2. Piercing 20
  3. Tireless discipline 20
  4. Eldritch insight 10
  5. Blessed 10
  6. Quick recovery 20
  7. Battle mastery 40
  8. Mighty 30
  9. Flawless ritual 40
  10. War mage 30
  11. Elemental aegis 20
  12. Hardy 20
  13. Preparation 20

This would max out the Warfare tree with all active and passive champion points at 510 spent 1,560 total spent.

Fitness Constellation Champion Points

ESO Fitness Champion Tree

Below are recommended Fitness Champion Point selections for the ESO One Bar Nightblade PvP Healer:

  1. Boundless Vitality (slottable) 50
  2. Rejuvenation (slottable) 50
  3. Sprinter – 10
  4. Wind Chaser – sub constellation – Hasty – 8
  5. Wind Chaser – sub constellation – Celerity (slottable) – 50
  6. Tireless Guardian – 10
  7. Walking Fortress – sub constellation – nimble protector – 3
  8. Hero’s Vigor – 10
  9. Survivor’s spite – sub constellation –  Mystic Tenacity – 10
  10. Survivor’s spite – sub constellation – Pain’s Refuge (salottable) – 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 251 CP (753 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance.  

  1. Hero’s vigor 10
  2. Tumbling 30
  3. Sprinter 10
  4. Defiance 20
  5. Hasty 8
  6. Tireless guardian 10
  7. Fortification 30
  8. Nimble 3
  9. Mystic tenacity 40
  10. Tempered soul 50
  11. Piercing gaze 30
  12. Savage defense  30
  13. Bashing brutality 20

This would max out the fitness tree with all active passive champion points at 542 cp spent 1,626 total spent.

Craft Constellation Champion Points

ESO Craft Champion Tree

Below are recommended Craft Champion Point selections for the ESO One Bar Nightblade PvP Healer:

  1. Steed’s blessing – (slottable) 50
  2. Breakfall 10
  3. Wanderer 15
  4. Steadfast 10
  5. Rationer 10
  6. Liquid efficiency (slottable) 75
  7. Treasure hunter 50
  8. Master gatherer 15
  9. Gifted rider (slottable) 100
  10. War mount (slottable) 120

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 455CP (1365 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance.

  1. Steadfast enchantment 40cp
  2. Breakfall 40 cp
  3. Wanderer 60
  4. Fortunes favor 10
  5. Friends in low places 25
  6. Out of sight 30
  7. Fleet of Phantom 40
  8. Soul’s Reservoir 33
  9. Gilded fingers 50
  10. Fortunes favor 40
  11. Inspiration boost 45
  12. Infamous 30

This would max out the crafting tree with all active passive champion points at 898 cp spent 2,694 total spent.

Consumables

Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch

Type: Foods

BEST FOR SUSTAIN: Increase Max Health by 4312, Health Recovery by 406 and Stamina and Magicka Recovery by 369 for 2 hours. Ingredients: Frost Mirriam (1), Perfect Roe (1), Red Meat (1), Tomato (1), White Cap (1)

Jewels of Misrule

Type: Foods

CHEAP SUSTAIN OPTION: Increase Stamina and Magicka Recovery by 357 and Max Health by 3927 for 2 hours. These effects are scaled based on your level. Ingredients: Bervez Juice (1), Lotus (1), Mint (1), Rose (1), Columbine (1)

Tri-Restoration Potion or Essence of Health (tri-stat)

Type: Potions

Restore 7329 Health, 6618 Magicka, and 6618 Stamina immediately. Grants Major Fortitude, Major Intellect, and Major Endurance which increase your Health Recovery, Magicka Recovery, and Stamina Recovery by 20% for 31.7 seconds. (effects are scaled based on your level) Ingredients: Bugloss, Columbine, Mountain Flower

Escapist’s Poison IX

Type: Poisons

Immobilizes your target and grants you unstoppable, rendering you immune to control effects for 1.6 seconds. This poison will also break you free of ongoing control effects. Inflects hindrance to your target and grants you major expedition, reducing their movement speed by 40% and increasing your movement speed by 30% for 2.3 seconds. Drains stamina from your target, increasing the cost of their stamina abilities by 10% and restores 238 stamina per second to you for 2.3 seconds. (10s cooldown). Ingredients: Columbine, Namira’s Rot, Wormwood

Build Summary – ESO One Bar Nightblade PvP Healer

Class: Nightblade

Race: Argonian

Attributes: 32 Health, 32 Magicka

Mundus Stone: Atronach

Weapon One: Restoration Staff

Armor Set 1: Daedric Trickery

Armor Set 2: Rallying Cry

Monster Helm: Magma Incarnate

Mythic: Oakensoul ring

Armor Weight: 1 Light, 3 Medium, 3 Heavy

Skill Bar 1

  • Radiating Regeneration
  • Echoing Vigor
  • Healthy Offering
  • Refreshing Path
  • Energy Orb
  • Life Giver (Ultimate)

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