Powerful Magicka Nightblade Build PvP for ESO

Table of Contents

• Cyrodiil Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Resource Management
• Battlegrounds
• Combos & How to play
• Outfit Style Showcase
• Update Log

Welcome to the Magicka Nightblade Build PvP “Leech” for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO. This build is optimized for Cyrodiil and Battlegrounds.

The Magicka Nightblade PvP Build focuses on stealth and high burst damage. Magicka Nightblades have a lot of good combinations that they can use to burst down an enemy. We have two DoTs from Degeneration and Lotus Fan that constantly tick on the enemy. On top of that, Merciless Resolve and Soul Harvest can pretty much hit the enemy at the same time if you line up your combo properly. This is especially effective if combined with Mass Hysteria’s fear, as I explain in the combo section of the build.

On this Magblade PvP Build, we are using Shacklebreaker, Bright-Throat Boast, and Valkyn Skoria to get high max resources, sustain and damage.

• Cyrodiil & Battlegrounds
• Light Armor Destro/ Resto Build
• Crazy Burst Combo
• Good Sustain
• Good Damage Mitigation
• Perma-cloaking

Cyrodiil Setup Magicka Nightblade PVP Build

Now let’s take a look at how to build the setup.

5x Shacklebreaker, 5x Bright-Throat’s Boast, 2x Valkyn on a Breton with Corrupting Bloody Mara Drink buff food.

• Unbuffed: Buff-food, out of combat
• Buffed: Buff-food, Major Sorcery, Weapon Damage Enchant proc, Shadowy Cloak stealth, Tri-Stat Potion are active

Gear Magblade PVP Build

Where can I get the gear?

Bright-Throat Boast: Murkmire Overland, Guildstores
Shacklebreaker: Craftable
Valkyn Skoria: vCity of Ash 2, Unduanted Enclave

Skills Magblade PVP Build

Champion Points Magicka Nightblade PVP Build

Below you can find the recommended slottable Champion Points setup for this build. Prioritize the slottable Perks and get as many of the passive perks as possible.

Warfare Tree Points Allocation

• Deadly Aim (50) (Slottable)
• Arcane Supremacy (50) (Slottable)
• Duelist’s Rebuff (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) (Slottable)
• Liquid Efficiency (75) (Slottable)
• Treasure Hunter (50) (Slottable)

Important Info for Magicka Nightblade Build PvP

Buff-food

Corrupting Bloody Mara is the best buff food you can get with this setup. However, if you have sustain issues the Witchmother’s Potent Brew is also really great as it gives us extra magicka recovery. If you pick another buff food, you have to make sure that it is a drink. Otherwise the Bright-Throat Boast set won’t work.

Corrupting Bloody Mara
(Max Health, Max Magicka, Health Recovery)

Witchmother’s Potent Brew
If you can’t afford Clockwork Citrus Filet, then I recommend getting the way cheaper Witchmother’s Potent Brew which has similar effects.

Mundus Stone

The Mage Mundus Stone will provide us with extra max magicka which also buffs our overall damage. You can learn more about all the other Mundus Stones on the Mundus Stone Overview Page.

The Mage Mundus Stone (Increased Max Magicka)

Race

All magicka-based races work for this setup, I usually recommend Breton because it makes sustain a lot easier. If you want to know more about races you can also check out my racial guide for ESO which showcases all the benefits of the different races.

Breton
High Elf
Dark Elf
Khajiit
Argonian
Orc

Potions

Make sure to use Tri-Stat Potions with this setup, it provides you with the resources you need.

Tri-Stat Potion
(Health, Stamina, Magicka)
(Bugloss, Columbine, Dragonthorn)

Passives

• Assassination: Master Assassin, Executioner, Pressure Points, Hemorrhage
• Shadow: Refreshing Shadows, Shadow Barrier, Dark Vigor, Dark Veil
• Siphoning: Catalyst, Magicka Flood, Soul Siphoner, Transfer
• Destruction Staff: Tri Focus, Penetrating Magic, Elemental Force, Ancient Knowledge, Destruction Expert
• 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
• Assault: Continuous Attack, Reach, Combat Frenzy
• Support: Magicka Aid, Combat Medic, Battle Resurrection
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use
• Racial: All

Resource Management Magblade PVP Build

We run a Magicka Recovery glyph on two of our jewelry pieces to boost sustain.

Heavy Attacks also restore resources, i recommend doing them on the Restoration Staff bar because you will get a bigger return due to the Cycle of Life passive.

Elemental Drain provides us with a huge damage boost on the enemy and also increases our sustain due to the Minor Magickasteal debuff on the enemy!

Tri-stat potions are the last piece of the puzzle, using them at the right moment will give you plenty of buffs and a big pump in all three resources.

• Magicka Recovery Glyphs
• Heavy Attacks
• Potions
• Elemental Drain

Battlegrounds Magicka Nightblade PVP Build

In Battlegrounds our sustain will be a bit harder, therefore we are going in on all Magicka Recovery glyphs on the Jewelry.

Mundus Stone

If you need further extra sustain you also got the option to change to the Atronach Mundus Stone for extra Magicka Recovery.

Combos & How to Play the Build

Damage & Combo

Magicka Nightblades kill their opponents with combos in ESO. That means you want to have your DoTs on the enemy, Lotus Fan and Degeneration. Keep the pressure up with Swallow Soul and wait till your Merciless Resolve is ready. The Merciless Resolve bow proc does a lot of damage and can be combined with Soul Harvest.

Before you activate it though, use Mass Hysteria so the enemy gets stunned and can not dodge roll or block the hard-hitting ability.  That is your main combo, you can also use your back bar Ultimate Shooting Star and then use Mass Hysteria and then Spectral Bow for a lot of burst damage.

Positioning & Cloak

Movement and stealth are very important to Nightblades, make sure to keep using Shadowy Disguise so the enemy can not hit you and you can recover, move around him while you are in stealth, that way he has to also reposition himself and might miss an attack or two.

Healing

Always keep up your defensive abilities, use Rapid Regeneration before you enter stealth, that way you get a huge burst heal to recover and always make sure to keep Harness Magicka up, so you can face tank some of the enemy’s damage. Activate potions when you drop low on health, the tri stat potion gives 10k health with one button press!

Weaving

The “Weaving Beginner Guide” explains how to weave light attacks between abilities, aka animation canceling.

Outfit Style Showcase of the Nightblade PvP Build for ESO

Let us take a look at the outfit style of the Magicka Nightblade PvP Build for ESO. You can find a close-up shot, an image from the back and an image of the outfit editor dye station below.

• Sapiarch Motif Style: Epaulets, Gloves, Breeches, Robe, Sash, Shoes, Staff
• Abah’s Watch Motif Style: Hat
• Dyes: Hazardous Chartreuse, Void Pitch, Legate’s Black
• Skin: Seaborn Silver
• Head Marking: Azure Eyes
• Personality: Thief (Idle2 emote)

Update Log for the ESO Magblade PVP Build

Related Guides

• ESO PVP Tier List
• Cyrodiil Guide
• Imperial City Guide
• Battlegrounds Guide
• How to unlock Alliance War Skill Lines and Vigor