ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE

This guide explains how to use the best Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) Solo Nightblade Stamina PvE Build, skills, gear, champion points, and more!

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

Why Should You Play ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE?

The ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE is for players who are looking to complete solo content with a rewarding yet challenging class. This build has very high burst damage and great survivability. In ESO, the Stamina Nightblade is perfect for everyone looking for a simple-rotation survival class with a complete set of tools for solo PvE gameplay.

Nightblade Class Pros

• Passive Healing: the Siphoning Strikes changes are incredible for resource management and constant passive healing.
• Class Execute: Assassin’s Blade will shred a target once you get to execute.
• AOE Minor Cowardice: Power Extraction is one of the game’s only sources of Minor Cowardice. It also provides Major Brutality, Sorcery, and Minor Courage.

Nightblade Class Cons

• Major Resolve Uptime: The Nightblade has to cast a Shadow ability to proc Major Resolve and weak spammable for magicka.
• Flank Damage Conditionals: Surprise Attack is a great stamina spammable, but it requires attacking from the flank to proc Off-Balance, making it worse in solo content.
• Lower AOE Damage: This is always the Nightblade’s pitfall; their AOE damage just doesn’t compare to that of other classes in PvE content.

ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE Playstyle

You always want to have Dark Shade, Siphoning Attacks, and Mirage up on your back bar before engaging. From there, you cast Blockade of Storms, run in, and Power Extraction the pack of enemies. Lay down the rest of your Damage Over Time abilities (DoTs), and spam your main spammable, only stopping to recast DoTs when they expire or when Merciless Resolve procs. With this build, you can Soul Tether for large packs of mobs or cast Incapacitation Strike when you’re fighting a single target.

The only other thing you need to be aware of is that you should swap to Killer’s Blade when the boss’s health is under 25%. This skill is an execute, meaning it does more damage based on how low the target’s health is. You want to replace your spammable at around 25%, then stop casting your DoTs entirely around 10%.

Survival

Siphoning Strikes gives you a lot of sustain through health and resources, but you still might need a little more on the Nightblade. Because of that, we’re rocking Ring of the Pale Order on this build, giving you health return based on the amount of damage you do. Be aware though, this doesn’t work for group content, where you’ll want to swap in Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet. You can still rock the amulet as well when you find you really don’t need the extra healing.

You can also heavy attack to return resources, if you find yourself running out of magicka or stamina. Heavy attacking with your daggers will return stamina, while heavy attacking with your lightning staff will return magicka.

ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina PvE Build Features and Mechanics

Below are some of the features found using the PvE Solo Nightblade Stamina in the Elder Scrolls Online:

• Class – Nightblade
• Weapon One – Dual Wield
• Weapon Two – Lightning Staff
• Armor Types – 6 Medium, 1 Light
• Mythic – Pale Order
• Race – Dark Elf
• Attributes – 64 Stamina
• Mundus Stone – Thief
• Best Grimoires – Ulfsild’s Contingency, Traveling Knife

Skills

Front Bar: Daggers

Front Bar Weapon choice options:

• Destruction Staff
• Dual Wield
• Two Handed 
• Bow 

Surprise Attack (Morph of Veiled Strike | Skill Line : Shadow) – Guaranteed to crit strike once every 3 seconds. Strike an enemy from their flank and set them Off Balance. Great single target, but you probably want Traveling Knife instead in most scenarios.

Killer’s Blade (Morph of Assassin’s Blade | Skill Line : Assassination) – Single target execute that hits very hard and heals on kill.

Merciless Resolve (Morph of Grim Focus | Skill Line : Assassination) – burst damage after light/heavy attack weaving that heals when in range

Power Extraction (Morph of Drain Power | Skill Line : Siphoning) – Deals Disease Damage to all nearby enemies and you gain Major Brutality and Sorcery on hit. Also applies Minor Cowardice to enemies hit and grants Minor Courage to you.

Camouflaged Hunter (Morph of Expert Hunter | Skill Line : Fighters Guild) – While slotted you gain Major Savagery and Prophecy, as well as Minor Berserk.

Incapacitating Strike (Morph of Death Stroke | Skill Line : Assassination) – Low cost ultimate that gives us a small burst window and extra resource sustain for slotting. Switch to Rend from Dual wield for crazy survivability if you struggle.

Back Bar: Lightning Staff

Back Bar Weapon choice options:

• • Destruction Staff
  • Two-handed
  • Dual Wield
  • Bow

Blockade of Storms (Morph of Wall of Elements | Skill Line : Destruction Staff) – AoE deals magic damage plus additional effect depending on type of staff.

Twisting Path (Morph of Path of Darkness | Skill Line : Shadow) – massive AoE damage that cost magicka but scales with stamina. If you really struggle with survivability go with Refreshing Path but you’ll lose a lot of DPS.

Dark Shade (Morph of Summon Shade | Skill Line : Shadow) – Great hard hitting DoT skill. Replace with Leaching if you struggle with sustain.

Mirage (Morph of Blur | Skill Line : Assassination) – Gain Major Evasion and Minor Resolve. Also taking direct damage reduces the cost of your next dodge roll.

Siphoning Attacks (Morph of Siphoning Strikes | Skill Line : Siphoning) – Convert health into stamina. Additionally, while slotted all damage you deal heals you and restores some stamina.

Soul Tether (Morph of Soul Shred | Skill Line : Siphoning) – Cause AoE damage inside a rune and heal for half the damage done. Also stuns for four seconds. Additionally, siphon health from tethered enemies for up to 8 seconds.

Scribing Skills & Grimoires

Ulfsild’s Contingency and Traveling Knife are the best Grimoires (skills) for a solo Stamina Nightblade PvE build. In fact, you should probably swap out Surprise Attack for Traveling Knife in most situations.

Contingency grants powerful area-based damage and buffs. Traveling Knife gives you a ranged bleed attack that does damage on the return. You can also use the Bow Vault skill as an immobilization or mobility tool. Below are the suggested combination of Grimoires, focus, signature, and affix scripts:

• Ulfsild’s Contingency (Mage Guild) – Flame Damage (focus script), Class Mastery (signature script), Vulnerability (Affix Script)
• Traveling Knife – Bleed (focus script), Warrior’s Opportunity (signature script), Berserk (Affix Script)

The Scribing System utilizes one of 11 new skills from the Gold Road Chapter called Grimoires.  With Grimoires, you can customize spells via Scripts.  The scribing feature requires the purchase of the Gold Road Chapter (sponsored link).  To learn more about scribing, check out our full guide here.

Passives Skills

Below are the passive skills lines that add power without requiring a skill slot while playing the ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE. Consider taking all the skill passives in the skill tree listed below:

• Assassination (class skill line)
• Shadow (class skill line)
• Siphoning (class skill line)
• Destruction Staff (weapon skill line)
• Light Armor
• Medium Armor
• Undaunted
• Mage’s Guild
• Racial
• Alliance War Support
• Alliance War Assault
• Crafting, Alchemy Medicinal Use

Gear – Best in Slot

The gear chart below represents the best gear for ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE:

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	Medium	Tzogvin’s Warband	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Light	Valkyn Skoria	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Medium	Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Divines	Stamina
Legs	Medium	Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Divines	Stamina
Gloves	Medium	Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Divines	Stamina
Boots	Medium	Tzogvin’s Warband	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Medium	Tzogvin’s Warband	Divines	Stamina
Front Bar	Dagger	Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Nirnhoned	Flame
	Dagger	Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment	Charged	Poison
Back Bar	Lightning Staff	Perfected Crushing Wall	Infused	Weapon Damage
Necklace		Tzogvin’s Warband	Bloodthirsty	Weapon/Spell Damage
Ring 1	Mythic	Pale Order	Bloodthirsty	Weapon/Spell Damage
Ring 2		Tzogvin’s Warband	Bloodthirsty	Weapon/Spell Damage

Monster Helms and Mythic

Valkyn Skoria: obtained in City of Ash II veteran. Gives a powerful one-piece bonus for penetration. Alternative: Slimecraw.

Ring of the Pale Order: Mythic obtained by collecting five pieces. This gives great healing for doing damage and allows you to focus on pure damage.

FLEX OPTIONS (if you switch to monster setup, drop the ring and replace it with Vicious or flex piece)

1. Stormfist – always works, easy to obtain and  AoE DPS set.
2. Balorgh = is incredible for boss burns in Veteran Maelstrom Arena saving up ultimate for 500 burns.
3. Kra’gh – one piece is great for a pen, two-piece does good single-target damage
4. Iceheart = is great for survivability.
5. Perfected Merciless Charge = must change out Unstable Blockade for Stampede, good damage but requires melee skills.
6. Perfected Thunderous Volley = good alternative to play at range with back bar. Swap out Unstable Blockade for Endless Hail bow skill.
7. Agility = Base game set that gives you extra damage.
8. Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet: new mythic that is incredible damage if you have good survivability and don’t require Pale Order.
9. Mora’s Whisper = set and forget high critical mythic but requires a collection of Mages Guild books.
10. Death Dealer’s Fete = high max stats and requires no effect but in combat.

Gear Sets

Perfected Sul-Xan’s Torment: Drops in Veteran Rockgrove trial, Blackwood chapter. Insane damage if you can reliably pick up the essence/soul (blue orb) left behind

Tzogvin’s Warband: Dungeon set that drops in Frostvault, part of Wrathstone DLC. Boosts Critical chance and critical damage.

Perfected Crushing Wall: from Veteran Maelstrom Arena in Orsinium. Increase your overall DPS due to the ability of the wall of elements and more damage.

FLEX OPTIONS

1. Vicious Serpent = Best sustain set for stamina along with movement speed.
2. Perfected Coral Riptide = god tier damage if you run low stamina (dodge roll a bit before pull)
3. Briarheart = (OVERLAND) Overland can be bought from traders great option for healing and weapon damage boost
4. Order’s Wrath = (CRAFTING)Best overall crafting damage option
5. Pillar of Nirn = (DUNGEON) great overall proc set damage.
6. Spriggan’s Thorns =  (OVERLAND) Base game and decent penetration on the front perfect for a beginner offensive set
7. Mechanical Acuity = (CRAFTING) the highest burst combined with Balorgh for VMA boss nukes

Gear – Beginner

This setup is for someone who just started and doesn’t have access to Monsters, Mythics, Trials Gear.

Slot	Type	Set	Trait	Glyph
Head	Medium	Briarheart	Divines	Stamina
Shoulders	Medium	Briarheart	Divines	Stamina
Chest	Medium	Spriggan’s Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Legs	Medium	Spriggan’s Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Gloves	Medium	Spriggan’s Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Boots	Medium	Spriggan’s Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Belt	Medium	Spriggan’s Thorns	Divines	Stamina
Weapon One	Dagger	Agility	Precise	Flame
Secondary	Dagger	Agility	Charged	Poison
Weapon Two	Lightning Staff	Agility	Infused	Berserker
Necklace		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring 1		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring 2		Briarheart	Robust	Weapon Damage

• Hunding’s Rage: Craftable set, base game. Easy to increase overall damage can also do Order’s Wraith.
• Spriggan’s Thorns: Adds penetration base game set dropping in Bangkorai.
• Agility: Adds max stamina base game from Dungeon Finder.

Race

The best racial choice for the Solo Stamina Nightblade is below:

1. Dark Elf: Gain max magicka, stamina, and weapon and spell damage. The flame resistance is also helpful and considered the strongest overall PVE DPS race.
2. Orc: Gain weapon damage and max stamina, though there is no magicka bonus.
3. Khajiit: This race gets recovery, max stats, and critical damage and healing. Consider the Khajiit a great option if you aren’t over the critical cap of 125%.

Attributes

The best choice is 64 stamina, which increases damage, healing, and DoTs.

Mundus Stone

The Thief is the best Mundus Stone for PvE Builds because it gives Increases Weapon and Spell Critical Strike a chance.

Champion Points – ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE

Craft	Warfare	Fitness
Steed’s Blessing	Fighting Finesse	Bloody Renewal
Rationer	Deadly Aim	Boundless Vitality
Treasure Hunter	Master-at-Arms	Rejuvenation
Liquid Efficiency	Wrathful Strikes	Fortified

Warfare Constellation Champion Points

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 Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE:

1. Precision 10
2. Wrathful Strikes (slottable) 50
3. Fighting Finesse (slottable) 50
4. Extended Might – sub constellation – piercing 10
5. Thaumaturge (slottable) 50
6. Master – at- Arms (slottable) 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 220 CP (660 total required). The next step is to max out passives, that do not require a slottable but increase performance.

1. Precision 10
2. Piercing 10
3. Tireless discipline 20
4. Eldritch insight 20
5. Blessed 20
6. Quick recovery 20
7. Flawless ritual 40
8. War mage 30
9. Battle mastery 40
10. Mighty 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 520 spent 1,560 total spent.

Fitness Constellation Champion Points

Below are recommended Fitness Champion Point selections for the ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE:

1. Fortified (slottable) 50
2. Boundless vitality (slottable) 50
3. Rejuvenation (slottable) 50
4. Sprinter 10
5. Winder chaser – sub con – hasty 8
6. Hero’s Vigor 10
7. Bloody Renewal (slottable) 50

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 228 CP (684 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 20
7. Fortification 30
8. Nimble 6
9. Mystic tenacity 50
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 and 1,626 total spent.

Craft Constellation Champion Points

Below are recommended Craft Champion Point selections for the ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina Build for PvE:

1. Steed’s blessing (slottable) – 50
2. Breakfall 10 
3. Wanderer 15
4. Steadfast 10
5. Treasure hunter 50 (slottable)
6. rationer (slottable) 30
7. liquid efficiency (slottable) 75

This would be the bare minimum setup, spending 240CP (720 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 50
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 723 cp spent 2,169 total spent.

Consumables

The best consumables for the solo stamina Nightblade PvE build are Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables food and Heroism potions. Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables gives the most damage possible, though Artaeum Takeaway Broth is good for resource sustain if you struggle. A third balanced option for more hybrid resource pools is Bewitched Sugar Skulls. The best potion if you have weapon critical and weapon power buff is Heriosm (the essence of magicka). Another option is Weapon Power potions if you lack the buffs or tri-stat Essence of Health. Below are our recommended food and potion choices:

• Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables (best damage no sustain) – Increase health and stamina. Crafted with Provisioning ingredients Small Game, Greens, and Seasoning.
  • Artaeum Takeaway Broth – increase max health, health recovery, max stamina, and stamina recovery. Crafted with provisioning from ingredients Fish, Melon, Torchbug Thorax, and Powdered Mother of Pearl.
  • Dubious Camoran Throne (cheap sustain) – increases stamina recovery, max stamina, and max health. Crafted with provisioning from ingredients of White Meat, Beetle Scuttle, Insect Parts, and Guts.
  • Bewitched Sugar Skulls (tri-max stats) – increases max health, stamina, magicka, and health recovery. Crafted with provisioning from ingredients of Scrib Jelly, Flour, Columbine, Bervez Juice, and Honey.
• Heroism Potion – Restores stamina and magicka and grants minor heroism for a time. Crafted with Alchemy from ingredients of Columbine, Dragon’s Blood, and Dragon Rheum.
  • Essence of Weapon Power – grants major brutality, major savagery, and stamina recovery. Crafted with alchemy from ingredients such as Blessed Thistle, Stinkhorn, and Water Hyacinth (other combinations).
  • Tri-Pots – grants immediate health, stamina and magicka, along with tri-recovery. Crafted with Alchemy from ingredients of Bugloss, Columbine, and Mountain Flower.

Build Summary – ESO Solo Nightblade Stamina PvE Build

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