ONE BAR STAMINA NIGHTBLADE

PURPOSE

This is a one bar PvE Stamina Nightblade (StamBlade) for both new and experienced players. I have 2 gear variations for new and experienced players and a few skill alternatives to help fit the content you are doing.  This is great for solo content, dungeons, and vMA.

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Video guide located at the bottom of the page.

OVERVIEW

• Race: Redguard, Orcc, Khajiit

• Attributes: 64 Points in Stamina

• Mundus: Shadow

• Food: Dubious Camoran Throne

• Potion: Basic stamina potions or Tri-Pots. 

EQUIPMENT - NEW PLAYERS

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:

Night Mother's Gaze

Hunding's Rage

Agility

Note: This is the best build for a new player without access to a monster set and gives you the most power for the cheapest cost.

EQUIPMENT - EXPERIENCED

LINKS TO GEAR LOCATIONS:

Monster Set:  Selene

Vicious Ophidian/Serpent

Briarheart

Note: Use the Hunding's Rage set if you do not yet have access to Viscous Ophidian/Serpent

CHAMPION POINTS

SEE "CP 2.0" ON THE MENU AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

ABILITIES

Camouflaged Hunter

Guild Ability

Fighters

You are using this ability for its passive effect of buffing you with Major Savagery increasing your Critical Strike Rating, Minor Berserk when you land a critical strike from an enemies flank, increasing your damage by 8%.  It also increases your weapon damage by 3% from the Fighter's Guild passive: Slayer.

Rally

Weapon Ability

Two Handed

This buffs you with Major Brutality and Minor Endurance increasing your weapon damage by 20% and your stamina recovery by 10%.  It also heals you when it ends or is re-casted.  The longer it is active, the larger the heal will be.

Surprise Attack

Nightblade Skill Tree

Shadow

This is your main spammable.  It does great damage and if you are flanking an enemy, shreds their armor, stuns, and sets them off balance.

Leeching Strikes

Nightblade Skill Tree

Siphoning

This causes your right and heavy attacks to heal you and restore stamina.  It also restores additional stamina when the effect ends.

Relentless Focus

Nightblade Skill Tree

Assassination

Once activated, this reduces your damage taken by 2% per light attack up to a maximum of 10%.  While it is active, after 5 light attacks, this will convert into a new ability, Assassin's Scourge.  This will allow you to use the ability again for huge burst damage and healing you for 33% of the damage done if the enemy is nearby.

Incapacitating Strike

Nightblade Skill Tree

Assassination

This ultimate deals disease damage and causes the target to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 6 seconds.  If used while over 120 ultimate, it will also silence the target for 3 seconds.  this ability passively buffs you with Reave, causing you to restore 100 magicka and stamina when you light or heavy attack to an enemy with a negative effect on them.

ABILITIES - OPTIONAL REPLACEMENTS

Use the same bar as the front bar with the following changes:

Ring of Preservation

Guild Ability

Fighters

Original Ability: Camouflaged Hunter. 

Using this ability places a rune on the ground that decreases your damage taken, increases your stamina regen, and applies a very fast ticking heal over  time for its duration.  It also passively gives you weapon damage from the Fighters Guild passives.

Brawler

Weapon Ability

Two Handed

Original Ability:  Surprise Attack.

This is your spammable.  It does aoe damage which gives you a damage shield for 6 seconds.  Each enemy hit, up to 6, increases the shield strength by 50%, up to a max of 300%.