Powerful Nightblade Bomber Build PVP for ESO

Table of Contents

• Cyrodiil Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Resource Management
• Nightblade Subclassing
• Outfit Style Showcase
• Update Log

Welcome to the Magicka Nightblade Bomber Build PvP “Bomb” for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO.

The Magicka Nightblade PvP Build „Bomb” is optimized for Cyrodiil. The build is used to blow up stacked groups, for example on flags on an outpost or in a keep. The more people the better! The chances are high that you won’t make it out in time, but that doesn’t matter!

To make this work we are stacking a lot of offensive sets like Balorgh, which is a set that drops in one of the Wolfhunter DLC Dungeons that adds an insane amount of Spell Damage and Spell Penetration to you. The Balorgh proc also boosts your actual Ultimate damage, often people seem to not know that.

The second set is the all-famous bomber set Vicious Death which makes people explode once they die, causing a huge chain reaction, especially vicious on stacked enemies! The last set we use is New Moon Acolyte to amp up our Spell Damage even further.

More about the sets further below.

• Bomber Build
• Insane AoE Burst Combo
• Light Armor
• Dual Wield/Resto Staves
• Optimized for Cyrodiil
• Strong vs stacked enemies

Cyrodiil Setup Nightblade Bomber Build

Let us take a look at the setup that you want to get for the Nightblade Bomber Build in ESO.

Gear

• Balorgh: Damage also applies to the Ultimate you activated it with. We gain a lot of extra Spell Damage and Penetration with Balorgh that boosts our bomb damage.
• We are using Swords because they give us overall more spell damage compared to a Staff and therefore it increases our impact explosion.
• War Maiden: You can also use War Maiden instead of New Moon.

Where can I get the gear?

New Moon Acolyte: Craftable
Vicious Death: Rewards of the Worthy, Guildstore
Balorgh: March of Sacrifices
Precise Regeneration: Maelstrom Arena
Perfected Precise Regeneration: vMaelstrom Arena

Skills Bomber PVP Build

• Concealed Weapon: This ability is here to get increased movement speed while in stealth.

Bomb Combo: Keep Channeled Acceleration buff active. Activate Proximity Detonation and wait a few seconds. Then run towards the enemy group and swap to the frontbar. Activate your Ultimate and use Sap Essence twice and now it is time to run away. Either by running away or by using the Shadow Image that you might have placed earlier to teleport away.

If you have access to ESO Scribing you can add another explosive effect that goes off with the rest of the combo.

Champion Points Nightblade Bomber PVP Build

Below you can find the recommended slottable Champion Points setup for this bomber build. Make sure to prioritize the slottables, apart from that get all other available passive Champion Points that don’t require slotting.

Warfare Tree Points Allocation

• Biting Aura (50) (Slottable)
• Arcane Supremacy (50) (Slottable)
• Master-at-Arms (50) (Slottable)
• Wrathful Strikes (50) (Slottable)

Fitness Tree Points Allocation

• Boundless Vitality (50) (Slottable)
• Sustained by Suffering (50) (Slottable)
• Pain’s Refuge (50) (Slottable)
• Slippery (50) (Slottable)

Craft Tree Points Allocation

• Steed’s Blessing (50) (Slottable)
• Rationer (30)
• Liquid Efficiency (75)
• Treasure Hunter (50)

Important Info for Magicka Nightblade Bomb Build PvP

Here you can find information about what race, buff food, potions & poisons you want to use. I also do list all the passives that you need for this setup.

Buff-food

Depending on how much trouble you have with sustain, I recommend two different buff foods. If you have sustain issues go with the Clockwork Citrus Filet (or the much cheaper Witchmother’s Potent Brew), if you don’t have sustain issues go with the Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup to gain more max stats.

Solitude Salmon-Millet Soup
(Max Health, Max Magicka)

Mundus Stone

We want to stack as much Spell Damage as possible, there The Apprentice Mundus Stone will be best for our choice. You can learn more about all the other Mundus Stones on the Mundus Stone Overview Page.

The Apprentice Mundus Stone (Increased Spell Damage)

Race

All Magicka proficient races work for this setup.

• Breton
• High Elf
• Dark Elf
• Khajiit
• Argonian
• Orc

Potions

You can use various Potions, I recommend running the Spell Power Potions as you get Spell Crit, Spell Damage and Magicka.

Spell-Crit Potions
(Spell-crit, Spell Damage, Magicka)
(Cornflower, Ladys Smock, Water Hyacinth)

Passives

• Assassination: Master Assassin, Executioner, Pressure Points, Hemorrhage
• Shadow: Refreshing Shadows, Shadow Barrier, Dark Vigor, Dark Veil
• Siphoning: Catalyst, Magicka Flood, Soul Siphoner, Transfer
• Dual Wield: Slaughter, Dual Wield Expert, Controlled Fury, Ruffian, Twin Blade and Blunt
• Restoration Staff: Essence Drain, Restoration Expert, Cycle of Life, Absorb, Restoration Master
• Light Armor: Grace, Evocation, Spell Warding, Prodigy, Concentration
• Mages Guild: Mage Adept, Everlasting Magic, Magicka Controller, Might of the Guild
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Vampire: Stage 2
• Psijic Order: Clairvoyance, Spell Orb, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
• Assault: Continuous Attack, Reach, Combat Frenzy
• Support: Magicka Aid, Combat Medic, Battle Resurrection
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use
• Racial: All

Attributes

All into Magicka

Resource Management Nightblade Bomber Build ESO

As this is a bomb build you really don’t need that much sustain. However, you still should be careful and manage your resources. Siphoning Attack increases your sustain by simply having it slotted on either one of your bars. You can also activate it to trade health into Magicka and Stamina. In addition, you want to make sure to use the Spell Power potions to give you an additional boost. Choosing a buff food with Magicka Recovery can also help, such as the Clockwork Citrus Filet or Witchmother’s Potent Brew.

• Siphoning Attacks
• Clockwork Citrus Filet (or Witchmother’s Potent Brew)
• Magicka Potions

Vampire, why we want it

For this NB Bomber we want to be a Vampire in stage 2 because we want to get the Strike from the Shadows and the Dark Stalker (already active in stage 1) passive which removes the movement penalty we get in sneak. That way we can pretty much sneak around at normal speed which will make it easier to coordinate our attack and we won’t sneak like a snail.

When we go out of stealth we also benefit from the Strike from the Shadows passive, which boosts our damage even further.

Another option that you have is that we can also make use of the Blood Frenzy ability to boost our Spell Damage for a short duration even further! But this is tricky and risky to use, therefore it is not included in the base setup, but just food for thought.

ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build Options

ESO’s Subclassing offers a lot of variety, allowing you to swap, mix, and match different skill lines of various classes all on one character. Read our How does Subclassing work in ESO guide to get an understanding of how the subclass system works. We also have plenty of ESO Builds optimized for Subclassing.

Take a look at our ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build if you are interested in what you can all mix and match on a Nightblade build!

Outfit Style Showcase of the Nightblade Bomber PvP Build for ESO

Let’s take a look at the outfit style of the Magicka Nightblade Bomber PvP Build for ESO. This is exactly what the character was wearing on the main screenshot at the top.

• Costume: Star-Made Wolfshead
• Hat: Garden Serenade Mask
• Staff: Abah’s Watch Style
• Dyes: Julianos White, Colossus Brass

Blue Glow is from the skill Proximity Detonation

Update Log for the Magblade Bomber Build PVP

10.08.2019 Updated Build for the Scalebreaker DLC, Elsweyr Chapter, Magicka Nightblade Build PvP.
27.10.2019 Updated the Build for the DRAGONHOLD DLC, Elsweyr Chapter
11.05.2020 Updated the Build for the GREYMOOR CHAPTER.
18.08.2020 Updated the Build for the STONETHORN DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
26.10.2020 Updated the Build for the MARKARTH DLC, Greymoor Chapter.
05.03.2021 Updated the Build for the FLAMES OF AMBITION DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
28.06.2021 Updated the Build for the Blackwood Chapter.
18.08.2021 Updated the Build for the WAKING FLAMES DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
26.10.2021 Updated the Build for the DEADLANDS DLC, Blackwood Chapter.
09.03.2022 Updated the Build for the ASCENDING TIDE DLC, High Isle Chapter.
15.05.2022 Updated the Build for the HIGH ISLE CHAPTER.
28.10.2022 Updated the Build for the FIRESONG DLC, High Isle Chapter.
08.03.2023 Updated the Build for the SCRIBES OF FATE DLC, Necrom Chapter
24.05.2023 Updated the Build for the NECROM CHAPTER.
25.10.2023 Updated the Build for the Necrom Update 40.
06.03.2024 Updated the Build for the Scions of Ithelia DLC U41, Gold Road Chapter
24.05.2024 Updated the Build for the Gold Road Chapter U42.
20.08.2024 Updated the Build for Update 43, Gold Road Chapter.
04.11.2024 Updated the Build for Update 44, Gold Road Chapter.
11.03.2025 Updated the Build for Update 45, Fallen Banners.
30.05.2025 Updated the Build for Update 46, Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1.

Tags: Magicka Nightblade Bomb Build, Magblade Bomber Build, Magicka NB Bomber Build PvP.

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