ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade Build

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

This build has been updated for the Updated 42, the Gold Road Chapter of the Elder Scrolls Online (ESO).

ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade Build?

The ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade Build centers on your NON-typical “bomber” playstyle.  This build will play in the shadows and excel at single-target kills.  You’ll also have great healing potential and great escape mobility.

Magblades play in the shadows and excel at single-target kills. It has the most burst, the best healing, and the most single-target kill potential in the game. The major downside is, the skill cap required makes it very challenging to play. We also included flexible gear options for those with or without the Oakensoul Ring mythic.

ESO Magicka Nightblade PvP Build Features and Mechanics

Below are some of the features found using the ESO Magicka Nightblade PvP Build in the Elder Scrolls Online:

• Class – Nightblade
• Weapon One – Destruction Staff
• Armor Types: 2 Heavy, 4 Medium, 1 Light
• Monster Helm: Magma Incarnate
• Mythic: Oakensoul Ring
• Race: Khajiit
• Attributes: 32 Magicka, 32 Health
• Mundus Stone: Shadow

Skills

Skill Set 1 Front Bar

Merciless Resolve (Morph of Grim Focus | Skill Line : Assassination) – Build stacks with light attack, cloak and fire for single target nuke.

Shadowy Disguise (Morph of Shadow Cloak | Skill Line : Shadow) – This is your main surviability tools, also guarentees your next cast will be a crit

Refreshing Path (Morph of Path of Darkness | Skill Line : Shadow) – Mobility and extra healing

Crushing Shock (Morph of Force Shock | Skill Line : Destruction Staff) – Ranged main spammable and very hard hitting.

Healthy Offering (Morph of Malevolent Offering | Skill Line : Siphoning) – Burst heal for survival.

Ice Comet (Morph of Meteor | Skill Line : Mages Guild) – AOE ult for range damage

Passives Skills

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

• Shadow (class skill line)
• Siphoning (class skill line)
• Assassination (class skill line)
• Destruction Staff (weapon skill line)
• Light Armor
• Medium Armor
• Heavy Armor
• Undaunted
• Alchemy Medicinal
• Race
• Assault Alliance
• Alliance Support
• Vampire (optional stage 3)

Gear 1 – Best in Slot

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

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy	Magma Incarnate	Reinforced	Prismatic
Shoulders	medium	Shattered Fate	Divines	Prismatic
Chest	heavy	Shattered Fate	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	medium	Shattered Fate	Divines	Prismatic
Gloves	medium	Shattered Fate	Divines	Prismatic
Boots	medium	Tarnished Nightmare	Divines	Prismatic
Belt	light	Shattered Fate	Divines	Prismatic
Weapon One	Flame Staff	Tarnished Nightmare	Nirnhoned	Shock Damage
Necklace		Tarnished Nightmare	Swift	Weapon Damage
Ring 1		Oakensoul ring	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 2		Tarnished Nightmare	Swift	Weapon Damage

Monster Helms and Mythic

Magma Incarnate: obtained from Vet Dread Cellar; requires Waking Flame DLC

• Why? Best all around 2pc monster helm for solo or small group.

FLEX OPTIONS

• Baron Thirsk = 1pc magicka and stamina recovery
• Chokethorn = 1pc magicka recovery
• Shadowrend = 1pc magicka recovery

Oakensoul: obtained through ESO Mythics/antiquities system.  You need 5 items to be able to create the Mythic item. CLICK HERE FOR LEADS:

• Igneous Inlays Volcanic Vents in the High Isle and Amenos zone (High Isle)
• Larimar Gems Titanclaw boss at Mudcrab Beach (south-west) (Stormhaven)
• Petrified Oak Loop Murkmire Strongboxes (Murkmire zone)
• Sacred Resin Any Mob (Malabal Tor)
• Stone Shank Frame Blacksmithing nodes in Glenumbra (High Isle)

FLEX OPTIONS for Mythic

• Pale Order = best heals per second solo in the game
• Death Dealer’s Fete = high max stats and requires no effect but in combat
• Markyn Ring of Majesty = set and forget boost to spell damage and armor

Gear Sets

Tarnished Nightmare = obtainable from Bedlam Veil dungeon, Requires DLC Scions of Ithelia

FLEX OPTIONS

• Order’s Wrath = 3 trait craftable set in High Isle Zone, High Isle DLC or bought from traders.
• Rallying Cry = great group utility setup

Shattered Fate: craftable, Telvanni Peninsula

• Why? Gives a ton of Pen, combined with guaranteed crit from stealth

FLEX OPTIONS DEFENSIVE

• Mara’s Balm = This set still provides the best overall back bar survivability set.
• Wretched Vitality = great recovery/sustain
• Mark of the Pariah = good for armor keep on body all times
• Buffer of the Swift = awesome damage reduction

Gear 2: Without Mythic

This is for the highest damage loadout possible, flex options below if you don’t have this gear

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy	Slimecraw	Reinforced	Prismatic
Shoulders	medium	Slimecraw	Divines	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Shattered Fate	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	medium	Shattered Fate	Divines	Prismatic
Gloves	medium	Shattered Fate	Divines	Magicka
Boots	medium	Shattered Fate	Divines	Magicka
Belt	light	Shattered Fate	Divines	Magicka
Weapon One	Lightning Staff	Winterborn	Nirnhoned	Shock
Necklace		Winterborn	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 1		Winterborn	Infused	Spell Damage
Ring 2		Winterborn	Infused	Spell Damage

• Slimecraw = obtained from Wayrest Sewers 1, Based Game Set. Gives you extra damage and crit chance
• Shattered Fate = 5 trait craftable set in Apocrypha, Necrom DLC or bought from traders. Tons of offensive penetration.
• Winterborn = set  drops in the Maelstrom Arena, solo Arena in Wrothgar. A proc set that adds damage and slows the target

Gear 3: No Proc PvP

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

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	heavy	Order’s Wrath	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Shoulders	medium	Magma Incarnate	Well-fitted	Magicka
Chest	heavy	Order’s Wrath	Reinforced	Prismatic
Legs	heavy	Order’s Wrath	Well-fitted	Prismatic
Gloves	light	Order’s Wrath	Well-fitted	Magicka
Boots	light	Order’s Wrath	Well-fitted	Magicka
Belt	light	Willow’s Path	Well-fitted	Magicka
Weapon One	Fire Staff	Willow’s Path	Sharpened	Weapon & Spell Damage
Necklace		Willow’s Path	Swift	Spell Damage
Ring 1		Oakensoul ring	Infused	Magicka Recovery
Ring 2		Willow’s Path	Swift	Spell Damage

• 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.
• Order’s Wrath = 3 trait craftable set in High Isle Zone, High Isle DLC or bought from traders. None proc set that amps both our damage and healing if running high critical.

Race

The best racial choice is below:

1. Khajiit: This race gets recovery, max stats, and critical damage and healing. Consider the Khajiit the best for burst.
2. Dark Elf: Gain max magicka, stamina, and weapon and spell damage. All around, it is very good, though it doesn’t have an ultimate generation.
3. High Elf: Gain max magicka and weapon and spell damage.

Attributes

Consider splitting your attributes to 32 health and 32 magicka. reach at least 30,000 health inside your PvP context. Adjust if not reaching those numbers.

Mundus Stone

The best mundus stone is Shadow to increase your crit damage.

Champion Points – ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade Build

Craft	Warfare	Fitness
Steed’s Blessing	Fighting Finess	Fortified
War Mount	Focused Mending	Pain’s Refuge
Gifted Rider	Master-at-Arms	Celerity
Liquid Efficiency	Ironclad	Survival Instincts

Warfare

Below is a step-by-step method for slotting your champion points in the Warfare tree (blue) for the ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade Build.  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.

1. Precision 10
2. Fighting Finesse (slottable) 50
3. Extended might – sub constellation – piercing 10
4. Master-at Arms (slottable) 50
5. Mastered Curation – sub constellation – Blessed 10
6. Focused Mending (slottable) 50
7. Eldritch Insight – 10
8. Staving Death sub-constellation – Quick Recovery 10
9. Staving Death sub-constellation – Ironclad (slottable) 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 250 CP (750 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance. 

1. Precision 10
2. Tireless Discipline 20
3. Eldritch Insight 10
4. Blessed 10
5. Quick Recovery 10
6. Piercing 20
7. Battle Mastery 40
8. Mighty 30
9. Flawless Ritual 40
10. War Mage 30
11. Hardy 20
12. Elemental Aegis 20
13. Preparation 20

This would max out the Warfare tree with all active and passive champion points at 470 spent 1,410 total spent.

Fitness

Below are recommended Fitness Tree Champion Point selections for the ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade Build:

1. Fortified (slottable) 50
2. Sprinter 10
3. Wind Chase sub-constellation – Hasty  8
4. Wind Chaser sub-constellation – Celerity 50 (slottable)
5. Hero’s Vigor 10
6. Survivor’s Spite sub-constellation – Mystic Tenacity 10
7. Survivor’s Spite sub-constellation – Pain’s Refuge 50 (slottable)
8. Survival Instincts – (slottable) 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 238 CP (714 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance. 

1. Sprinter 10
2. Hero’s Vigor 10
3. Tumbling 20
4. Defiance 20
5. Hasty 8
6. Tireless Guardian 20
7. Fortification 30
8. Nimble Protector 6
9. Tempered Soul 50
10. Rousing Speed 50
11. Savage Defense 30
12. Bashing Brutality 20

This would max out the fitness tree with all active passive champion points at 512 cp spent 1,536 total spent

Craft

Below are recommended Craft Tree selections for the ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade Build:

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 Phatom 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 – ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade Build

The best consumables for the ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade build are Bewitch Sugar Skulls food and Essence of Health tri-stat potions. Bewitched Sugar Skulls give a massive boost to overall stats but sacrifices recovery. If you struggle with recovery, use Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch or cheaper Jewels of Misrule. The essence of health or Tri-static potions is the best to passively give you a flood of resources and tri-recovery with alchemy medicinal use. Immovability potions are also helpful. Below is our recommended food and potion choices:

• Bewitched Sugar Skulls: Increase Max Health by 4620, Max Stamina and Max Magicka by 4250, and Health Recovery by 462 for 2 hours. Ingredients: Scrib Jelly (2), Flour (5), Columbine (2), Bervez Juice (2), Honey (5).
  • Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch (recovery): Increase Max Health by 4312, Health Recovery by 406 and Stamina and Magicka Recovery by 369 (effects are scaled based on your level) Ingredients: Red Meat (1), Tomato (1), White Cap (1), Frost Mirriam (1), Perfect Roe (1).
  • Jewels of Misrule (cheap): Increase Stamina and Magicka Recovery by 357 and Max Health by 3927 for 2 hours. (effects are scaled based on your level) Ingredients: Rose (1), Mint (1), Lotus(1), Columbine (1), Bervez Juice (1)
• Essence of Health (tri-stat): 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.
  • Essecene of Immovability: Restores health and stamina and is immune to knockback effects. Ingredients Namria’s Rot, Columbine, and Mountain Flower.

Build Summary – ESO One Bar PvP Magicka Nightblade Build

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