Welcome to the ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build DPS Guide! This page is your go-to resource for building and optimizing a Nightblade class damage dealer DPS focused on subclassing in ESO. Make sure to bookmark it. Like all my ESO Builds, it will be regularly updated to reflect balance changes, gear updates, and new content.

This DPS Subclassing Build combines Nightblade, Arcanist, and Templar together.

Table of Contents for Nightblade Subclassing Build:

  1. Nightblade Subclassing Playstyle & Stats
  2. Healer Gear Setups
    1. Beginner Gear
    2. Advanced Gear
    3. Best-in-Slot Gear
  3. Skill Setups & Rotation
    1. Main Skill Setup
  4. Recommended Passives
  5. Scribing Skills (Optional)
  6. Mythic Set Options (Spaulder, Ehlnofey, Cryptcanon)
  7. Champion Points & Optimization
    1. Champion Points Allocation
    2. Attribute Distribution
    3. Mundus Stone
    4. Optimal Races
    5. Consumables (Food & Potions)
  8. Alternative Skill-Lines for Subclassing on Nightblade
  9. Resource Management & Sustain Tips
  10. Outfit Style & Fashion Showcase
  11. Update Log


ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build Playstyle & Stats

The ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build focuses on subclassing with the Arcanist’s popular beam skill exhausting fatecarver icon Exhausting Fatecarver. The build features both an advanced and beginner-friendly rotation. With subclassing now possible, we add a skill-line from the Arcanist class and one from the Templar class.

It’s crucial to understand that a build is only truly complete when paired with the right Consumables, Mundus Stone, and Champion Point setup. These elements significantly impact your overall performance and can make a major difference in both damage and survivability.

Important: It is crucial to understand what Potion you have to use with this Nightblade subclassing build. It varies depending on your skill setup. I have an in-depth explanation in the Potion section.

More Subclassing Guides:


Our 3 Skill-Lines for the ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build

For this build, we are using nightblade assassination skill line eso Assassination (NB), herald of the tome arcanist icon Herald of the Tome (Arc), aedric spear skill line templar icon Aedric Spear (Templar).

  • nightblade assassination skill line eso Assassination (NB) – Powerful passives and a strong execute.
  • herald of the tome arcanist icon Herald of the Tome (Arc) – Our primary DPS skills come from this skill-line.
  • aedric spear skill line templar icon Aedric Spear (Templar) – Powerful passives comes from this skill-line.

You can view the Alternative Skill-Line Options section for a few other good recommended combinations for the ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build.


Gear Setups

ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build Best Gear

The ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build comes with three gear setups. A beginner, advanced, and endgame gear setup. The beginner gear is all crafted gear, you can simply ask a guild member to craft these items for you to increase your power level as a new player. Also, see the ESO Grind Guide for tips on leveling up fast. The Advanced setup requires you to get some dungeon/world gear, and the endgame setup has items from all sources of the game!


Beginner Gear

The Beginner gear setup for the Nightblade Subclass Build is easy to get, and everything can be crafted. I recommend joining a guild and asking someone to craft the gear pieces! For this setup we are using 5x Order’s Wrath, 5x Hunding’s Rage, and 2x New Moon Acolyte. All of these are easily craftable.

Trait: Instead of Divine, you could also use the Training trait if your main goal is to farm EXP with this spec.

Gear Set Weight Trait Enchantment
chest slot icon Chest chest orders wrath icon1 Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
waist slot icon Belt belt orders wrath icon Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
feet slot icon Shoes boots orders wrath icon Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
legs slot icon Pants pants orders wrath icon Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
hands slot icon Hands hands orders wrath icon Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
head slot icon Head New Moon Acolyte Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
shoulders slot icon Shoulder shoulder law of julianos icon New Moon Acolyte Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
neckalce slot icon Necklace basic necklace icon Hunding’s Rage Jewelry bloodthirsty jewelry trait icon Bloodthirsty glyph of increase physical harm icon Increase Physical Harm
ring slot icon Ring basic ring icon Hunding’s Rage Jewelry bloodthirsty jewelry trait icon Bloodthirsty glyph of increase physical harm icon Increase Physical Harm
ring slot icon Ring basic ring icon Hunding’s Rage Jewelry bloodthirsty jewelry trait icon Bloodthirsty glyph of increase physical harm icon Increase Physical Harm
weapon slot icon Weapon 1 dagger breton style icon Hunding’s Rage Dagger charged weapon trait icon Charged absorb magicka weapon enchant icon Glyph of Flame
weapon slot icon Weapon 2 dagger breton style icon Hunding’s Rage Dagger charged weapon trait icon Charged glyph of poison icon Glyph of Poison
weapon slot icon Weapon 2 two hander breton style icon Hunding’s Rage 2H Sword infused weapon trait icon Infused weapon damage boost weapon enchant icon Weapon Damage

 

Where can I get the gear?

Order’s Wrath: Craftable
New Moon Acolyte: Craftable
Hunding’s Rage: Craftable


Advanced Gear

The advanced gear setup for the Nightblade Subclassing Build includes not only crafted, but also dungeon gear. We keep the craftable set 5x Order’s Wrath, We also keep 5x Hunding’s Rage but only on the frontbar. Backbar we use the Merciless Charge set that boosts direct damage, it drops in the Maelstrom Arena. You can get it easily by clearing the normal version of Maelstrom. Later you want the perfect version but you will have to clear veteran mode for that.

Lastly, we use the powerful Selene Monster Set on Head and Shoulders to further boost our damage for the Nightblade Subclassing Build.

Gear Set Weight Trait Enchantment
chest slot icon Chest chest orders wrath icon1 Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
waist slot icon Belt belt orders wrath icon Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
feet slot icon Shoes boots orders wrath icon Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
legs slot icon Pants pants orders wrath icon Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
hands slot icon Hands hands orders wrath icon Order’s Wrath Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
head slot icon Head selene set icon head Selene Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
shoulders slot icon Shoulder selene set icon shoulder Selene Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
neckalce slot icon Necklace basic necklace icon Hunding’s Rage Jewelry bloodthirsty jewelry trait icon Bloodthirsty glyph of increase physical harm icon Increase Physical Harm
ring slot icon Ring basic ring icon Hunding’s Rage Jewelry bloodthirsty jewelry trait icon Bloodthirsty glyph of increase physical harm icon Increase Physical Harm
ring slot icon Ring basic ring icon Hunding’s Rage Jewelry bloodthirsty jewelry trait icon Bloodthirsty glyph of increase physical harm icon Increase Physical Harm
weapon slot icon Weapon 1 dagger breton style icon Hunding’s Rage Dagger charged weapon trait icon Charged absorb magicka weapon enchant icon Glyph of Flame
weapon slot icon Weapon 2 dagger breton style icon Hunding’s Rage Dagger charged weapon trait icon Charged glyph of poison icon Glyph of Poison
weapon slot icon Weapon 2 merciless charge 2h icon Merciless Charge 2H Sword infused weapon trait icon Infused weapon damage boost weapon enchant icon Weapon Damage

 

Where can I get the gear?

Order’s Wrath: Craftable
Hunding’s Rage: Craftable
Selene: Selene’s Web Dungeon (veteran mode)
Merciless Charge: Maelstrom Arena (normal mode)


Best-in-Slot Gear

Let us take a look at the Best-in-Slot gear for our Nightblade Subclassing Build DPS in ESO.

Note: Instead of Perf. Null Arca, you can also use Perf. Coral Riptide. Null Arca tends to shoot at random targets if there are multiple targets fighting against you.

  • 5x Tide-Born Wildstalker: This set boosts direct damage against monsters by a lot, most of our damage is direct damage.
  • 5x Perf. Null Arca: Strongest proc damage set. Sometimes unreliable though when not only a boss is present. Can swap it out with Perf. Coral Riptide.
  • 1x Slimecraw: For the extra crit.
  • 1x Perf. Merciless Charge: The two-hander counts as two pieces. This boosts our direct damage attacks even further!
  • 1x Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet: Powerful Mythic, which boosts damage against monsters tremendously but reduces LA/HA damage. We don’t do LA/HA often, because we are busy beaming.
  • Alternate Mythics: oakensoul ring iconOakensoul Ring or ring of the pale order iconRing of the Pale Order. Please read the Mythic Options section to get a better understanding of when to best use these mythics.
Gear Set Weight Trait Enchantment
chest slot icon Chest chest orders wrath icon1 Tide-Born Wildstalker Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
waist slot icon Belt belt orders wrath icon Tide-Born Wildstalker Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
feet slot icon Shoes boots orders wrath icon Tide-Born Wildstalker Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
legs slot icon Pants pants orders wrath icon Tide-Born Wildstalker Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
hands slot icon Hands hands orders wrath icon Tide-Born Wildstalker Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
head slot icon Head slimecraw icon Slimecraw Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
shoulders slot icon Shoulder null arca shoulder icon med Perf. Null Arca Medium divine armor trait icon Divine glyph of stamina icon Stamina
neckalce slot icon Necklace Velothi mythic icon Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet Jewelry bloodthirsty jewelry trait icon Bloodthirsty glyph of increase physical harm icon Increase Physical Harm
ring slot icon Ring basic ring icon Perf. Null Arca Jewelry bloodthirsty jewelry trait icon Bloodthirsty glyph of increase physical harm icon Increase Physical Harm
ring slot icon Ring basic ring icon Perf. Null Arca Jewelry bloodthirsty jewelry trait icon Bloodthirsty glyph of increase physical harm icon Increase Physical Harm
weapon slot icon Weapon 1 null arca dagger icon Perf. Null Arca Dagger charged weapon trait icon Charged absorb magicka weapon enchant icon Glyph of Flame
weapon slot icon Weapon 2 null arca dagger icon Perf. Null Arca Dagger charged weapon trait icon Charged glyph of poison icon Glyph of Poison
weapon slot icon Weapon 2 merciless charge 2h icon Perf. Merciless Charge 2H Sword infused weapon trait icon Infused weapon damage boost weapon enchant icon Weapon Damage

 

Where can I get the gear?

Tide-Born Wildstalker: Craftable
Perf. Silvers of the Null Arca: Lucent Citadel Trial (vet)
Velothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet: Antiquity Leads
Slimecraw: Wayrest Sewers 1 (veteran mode)
Perf. Merciless Charge: Maelstrom Arena (veteran mode)


Skill Setups & Rotation Tips

ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build Skills Best

Class Skill-Lines used: nightblade assassination skill line eso Assassination (NB), herald of the tome arcanist icon Herald of the Tome (Arc), aedric spear skill line templar icon Aedric Spear (Templar).

For our Skills for the ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build, we have two setups. A main skill setup that utilizes both bars and the secondary skill setup that is simplified for a one-bar playstyle. If you want to see viable Scribing skills, please view the Scribing section of the subclassing build.

Depending on which skill setup you run, it is important to use the correct Mythic:

For more clarity about Mythics, read the Mythic Set Options Explained section of the Nightblade Subclasses Build for ESO.


Main Skill Setup

Here we are going to take a look at the main skill setup for the ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build. We utilize two bars with this setup to maximize our damage.

Scribing: Please see the Scribing Skills setup for optimal Skill Setup for this build. I do not include this here because plenty of users don’t have access to the ESO Scribing System.

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Frontbar Backbar
Slot 1: Quick Cloak Slot 1: Stampede
Slot 2: Cephaliarch’s Flail Slot 2: Fulminating Rune
Slot 3: Exhausting Fatecarver Slot 3: Inspired Scholarship
Slot 4: Killer’s Blade Slot 4: Relentless Focus
Slot 5: Camouflage Hunter Slot 5: Camouflage Hunter/ Any Heal
Ultimate: Incapacitating Strike Ultimate: Ice Comet

Skills Explanation & Rotation:

  1. Your main damage comes from exhausting fatecarver icon Exhausting Fatecarver. This alone produces over 50% of your damage because it is such a powerful beam. Always use it if all your DoTs are active.
  2. If an enemy has lower than 25% health, we use killers blade icon Killer’s Blade execute instead.
  3. camouflaged hunter icon Camouflage Hunter is only on the bar to provide us with with Major Savagery and Prophecy, increasing our Critical Rating by a lot. If you get this buff from potions (please read), you can slot something else here if you want.
  4. Cephaliarchs Flail icon Cephaliarch’s Flail is always cast before you use the beam. This provides us with a flat 5% damage increase on all our attacks as long as the enemy stays drenched in Abyssal Ink. Never let the debuff fall off the target.
  5. Ultimate: At the start of the fight we use ice comet icon Ice Comet, afterward we always cast incapacitating strike icon Incapacitating Strike to get a huge boost to our damage. Preferably always cast it after you have reapplied all damage over time effects.
  6. DoTs: That leaves us with plenty of damage over time effects. Cast these after their duration is over. Most of them have a long duration and are easy to keep up.
    1. stampede icon Stampede is the most important out of all DoTs; it deals massive damage and on top of that boosts all our direct damage if you are using the merciless charge 2h icon Perf. Merciless Charge set.
    2. quick cloak icon Quick Cloak is a strong DoT that lasts for a very long time.
    3. fulminating rune icon Fulminating Rune deals good damage and lasts for a long time too. Allies can activate its synergy to deal even more damage.
    4. inspired scholarship icon Inspired Scholarship also lasts for a long time. Deals good damage and generates a Crux. Also gives us Major Brutality and Sorcery on both bars.
  7. relentless focus icon Relentless Focus is only slotted on the back bar to provide us with its extra Weapon and Spell Damage bonus.
  8. burning light iconBurning Light passive automatically deals damage from the Templar skill line.

Secondary Skill Setup – One Bar

This is your One Bar skill setup for the ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build.

  • oakensoul ring iconOakensoul Ring completely disables your backbar, locking you into a true one-bar setup. Therefore we won’t need to place anything on the backbar.
  • Important: If you are using any other Mythic and still want to play One Bar, then make sure to place skills on the back bar that give you extra passive bonuses.
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Frontbar Backbar
Slot 1: Quick Cloak Slot 1: Concealed Weapon
Slot 2: Cephaliarch’s Flail Slot 2: Relentless Focus
Slot 3: Exhausting Fatecarver Slot 3: Inspired Scholarship
Slot 4: Killer’s Blade Slot 4: Empty
Slot 5: Inspired Scholarship Slot 5: Empty
Ultimate: The Languid Eye Ultimate: Empty

Skills Explanation & Rotation:

Because we only actively use one bar with this setup, we are more limited, but it also means a simplified rotation.

  1. Your main damage comes from exhausting fatecarver icon Exhausting Fatecarver. This alone produces over 50% of your damage because it is such a powerful beam. Always use it if all your DoTs are active.
  2. If an enemy has lower than 25% health, we use killers blade icon Killer’s Blade execute instead.
  3. Cephaliarchs Flail icon Cephaliarch’s Flail is always cast before you use the beam. This provides us with a flat 5% damage increase on all our attacks as long as the enemy stays drenched in Abyssal Ink. Never let the debuff fall off the target.
  4. Ultimate: With this setup we are using the languid eye icon The Languid Eye ultimate. It deals great damage, activate it whenever it is ready.
  5. DoTs: That leaves us with plenty of damage over time effects. Cast these after their duration is over. Most of them have a long duration and are easy to keep up.
    1. quick cloak icon Quick Cloak is a strong DoT that lasts for a very long time.
    2. inspired scholarship icon Inspired Scholarship also lasts for a long time. Deals good damage and generates a Crux. Also gives us Major Brutality and Sorcery on both bars.
  6. relentless focus icon Relentless Focus is only slotted on the back bar to provide us with its extra Weapon and Spell Damage bonus.
  7. concealed weapon icon Concealed Weapon is another skill on the backbar that is solely slotted to give us additional bonuses.
  8. burning light iconBurning Light passive automatically deals damage from the Templar skill-line.

Recommended Passives


Scribing Skills – Optional Setup for the Subclassing Nightblade

Shocking Banner Nightblade Subclassing BUild ESO

This is the best skill setup for our ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build.

In this setup, we swap out camouflaged hunter icon Camouflage Hunter for banner bearer icon Shocking Banner (Base: banner bearer icon Banner Bearer), a Scribing System skill. This skill increases our damage with direct damage abilities, increases Weapon and Spell Damage, and also grants Major Savagery and Prophecy. This allows us to use even stronger Potions that grant us Minor Heroism, increasing ultimate regen.

Scribing Simulator: Use the ESO Scribing Simulator to test out different combinations.

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Mythic Set Options

ESO Nightblade Subclasses BUild Best Mythic Items for Subclassing

With the ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build, you have a few good options on what Mythic item you can use, all have their strengths and weaknesses. The Mythics that we can use are: Velothi mythic iconVelothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet, or oakensoul ring iconOakensoul Ring, ring of the pale order iconRing of the Pale Order.

Here is a quick summary of the different pros and cons of each Mythic item for our build.

Mythic Pros Cons Best Use Case
Velothi mythic iconVelothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet
  • Adds Penetration
  • Increases damage done to monsters by a fat 15%.
  • Gain Minor Force, increasing Critical Damage done.
  • Reduces Light and Heavy Attack by 99% (Doesn’t matter because we are busy beaming!).
  • Veteran Dungeons
  • Veteran Trials
  • Any Content
ring of the pale order iconRing of the Pale Order
  • Powerful auto self-healing
  • Great for solo survival in difficult content
  • The healing effect is reduced in group content
  • Only useful for solo gameplay
  • Open World
  • Solo Veteran Dungeons
  • Solo Arena’s
oakensoul ring iconOakensoul Ring
  • Simple and beginner-friendly
  • Grants Major/Minor buffs automatically
  • No micromanaging buffs
  • Most buffs can be easily obtained from other sources
  • No auto-healing effect
  • Open World
  • Easy Dungeons
  • Veteran Dungeons


Velothi mythic iconVelothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet

The Velothi mythic iconVelothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet Mythic is the best fit for the Nightblade class with Subclassing enabled. It applies insane buffs to our character while giving basically no downside. Light and Heavy attacks are reduced by 99%, but because we mostly use exhausting fatecarver icon Exhausting Fatecarver beam we can’t do LA/HA anyway.

In short, the Velothi mythic iconVelothi Ur-Mage’s Amulet turns the Nightblade + Arcanist into an unstoppable force—no strings attached, just raw, relentless power.


ring of the pale order iconRing of the Pale Order Mythic

The ring of the pale order iconRing of the Pale Order is the best Mythic item for advanced players that want to do solo content. It provides massive healing while you deal damage. You can focus on DPSing. Meanwhile, with the other mythics, you will have to go more often into a defensive playstyle. However, this ring gets less effective in bigger groups because the healing you receive decreases by the amount of players in your group.

The ring of the pale order iconRing of the Pale Order is one of the strongest Mythic items for advanced solo players, thanks to its auto-healing effect that restores health as you deal damage. This powerful sustain tool allows experienced players to tackle even veteran hardmode dungeons solo, a testament to its strength.

Unlike Oakensoul, advanced players typically gain key buffs from other sources through precise bar setups, group synergies, and active buff management. This makes Pale Order ideal for those who are comfortable with micromanaging their build for maximum efficiency.


oakensoul ring iconOakensoul Ring Mythic

The oakensoul ring iconOakensoul Ring is often the Mythic of choice for most One Bar Builds in ESO. Once you equip the ring, the second bar will be deactivated. The ring comes with a plethora of major and minor buffs. What most players don’t realize is that most of these buffs can be obtained easily from other sources like skills, gear, or potions.

Theoakensoul ring iconOakensoul Ring is ideal for players seeking a simplified experience, removing the need for bar swapping or buff upkeep while keeping your damage rotation effective. 


Champion Points & Optimization

ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build Champion Points and Basic Stats

In this section of the ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build, we are going to take a look at important info for things that are often overlooked when replicating a build. Most often players forgot to use the correct Consumables. These can make or break a build because they provide immense buffs to the character.

  1. Champion Points Allocation
  2. Attribute Distribution
  3. Mundus Stone
  4. Optimal Races
  5. Consumables (Food & Potions)

Recommended Champion Points Allocation

Champion Points increase the power level of your build tremendously. Therefore, it is recommended to reach 918 Champion Points as fast as possible. Once you reach this level, you will be able to slot most of the important perks in all trees. It caps out at around 1656 though. You can read my ESO Powerleveling Guide to optimize farming Champion Points for the ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build.

In the table below, you see all the slottable Champion Point perks that you have to run with this setup to optimize our damage.

View the full Champion Points spec:champion_points_magicka_iconchampion_points_stamina_iconchampion_points_health_icon Champion Points Setup for the Nightblade Subclassing Build.

Explanation of each slotable Perk:

Craft

Warfare

  • champion_points_magicka_iconWrathful Strikes – Grants 205 Weapon and Spell Damage.
  • champion_points_magicka_iconMaster-at-Arms – Increases your damage done with direct damage attacks by 6%.
  • champion_points_magicka_icon Exploiter – Increases your damage done against Off Balance Enemies by 10%.
    • Note: If you play solo you won’t proc Off Balance. Swap this out for champion_points_magicka_iconEndless Endurance.
  • champion_points_magicka_iconBiting Aura – Increases your damage done with area of effect attacks by 6%.

Fitness


Attribute Distribution

All points into the Stamina attribute to increase our stamina resource.

health icon attribute 0 Points
magicka icon attribute 0 Points
stamina icon attribute 64 Points


Best Mundus Stone for the Nightblade Subclassing Build

For our Mundus Stone, we want to select The Thief. The Thief gives us plenty of valuable extra Critical Chance. This increases our overall damage the most. Please view the The Thief Mundus Stone Location page to see the map locations on the ESO map.

  • The Thief Mundus Stone
    • Increased Critical Chance

Best Races for the Nightblade Subclassing Build

The Build works with any race. However, choosing the right race can significantly boost your performance with this ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build, especially when focusing on a Stamina-based DPS Build. Below are the top races recommended for this build, each offering unique advantages. You can find a full breakdown on the ESO Racial Skills Overview page.

  • dunmer icon Dark Elf (Dunmer) – High Magicka and Stamina bonuses with strong offensive passives.
  • orc icon Orc – Provides Weapon & Spell Damage, extra health and mobility, useful for survivability.
  • khajiit icon Khajiit – Strong bonuses to critical chance and critical damage. (Only useful if you aren’t already at the crit damage cap of 125%.)
  • argonian icon Argonian – High survivability and bonus healing, good for solo play.
  • nord icon Nord – Best defensive play and also has good stamina-based passives & extra ult gen.
  • redguard icon Redguard – Best for sustain, good stamina-based passives.
  • wood elf bosmer icon Wood Elf – Bonus Stamina recovery and penetration. Good for stamina DPS.
  • imperial icon Imperial – High Health and Stamina with a 6% cost reduction to all abilities. Flexible and sustain-friendly, especially effective for tank and PvP builds.

Consumables (Food & Potions)

Food and Potions are important for every build, they give insane stat boosts and valuable buffs. You can buy all of these from any of the Guild Stores or craft them yourself.

Food Options

Best Food & Target Dummy Parsing

Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice icon Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice (Check Price) – Increase Max Stamina by 4936 and Stamina Recovery by 493 for 2 hours. These effects are scaled based on your level.

Best Food with higher HP

Artaeum Takeaway Broth icon Artaeum Takeaway Broth (Check Price) – Increase Max Health by 3326, Health Recovery by 406, Max Stamina by 3080 and Stamina Recovery by 338 for 2 hours.

Cheap Alternative

Dubious Camoran Throne icon Dubious Camoran Throne (Check Price) – Increase Stamina Recovery by 315, Max Stamina by 2856 and Max Health by 3094 for 2 hours. These effects are scaled based on your level.

Potions

Important: On our Nightblade Build, we already get Major Brutality from inspired scholarship icon Inspired Scholarship. And Major Savagery is also included on camouflaged hunter icon Camouflage Hunter or from the banner bearer icon Shocking Banner Scribing skill. This gives us options to select other potions for our Nightblade Subclassing Build. Make sure you have the alchemy passive medicinal use passive icon Medicinal Use active to get a 100% uptime on potions.

Best Potion with Scribing Skills

Best Potion without Scribing Skills

Cheap Alternative 1

  • crown tri stat potion icon Crown Tri-Restoration Potion
    • This is the same potion as Essence of Health “Tri-Stat”.
    • You get these from daily login rewards and crown crates.

Cheap Alternative 2

  • essence of stamina iconEssence of Stamina
    • Often found on defeated enemies.

Alternative Skill-Lines for Subclassing on Nightblade DPS

Our current ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build utilizes one Nightblade, one Arcanist, and one Templar skill-line: nightblade assassination skill line eso Assassination (NB), herald of the tome arcanist icon Herald of the Tome (Arc), aedric spear skill line templar icon Aedric Spear (Templar).

Below you will find a few other variants that will work with this Nightblade build.

Build Skill-line 1 Skill-line 2 Skill-line 3
Current Build nightblade assassination skill line eso Assassination (NB) herald of the tome arcanist icon Herald of the Tome (Arc) aedric spear skill line templar icon Aedric Spear (Templar)
Build Variant 1 nightblade assassination skill line eso Assassination (NB) herald of the tome arcanist icon Herald of the Tome (Arc) Sorcerer storm calling skill line ESO Storm Calling (Sorc)
Build Variant 2 nightblade assassination skill line eso Assassination (NB) Sorcerer storm calling skill line ESO Storm Calling (Sorc) aedric spear skill line templar icon Aedric Spear (Templar)


Resource Management & Sustain Tips

Resource management is an important part of any build in The Elder Scrolls Online. There are a few ways on how to sustain on our Nightblade Subclassing Build.

  • Potions: We constantly use Potions with this build, which will inject extra resources every 45 seconds.
  • Heavy Attack: If necessary, you can always do a Heavy Attack to regain resources.
  • Buff-Food: Our food applies a lot of extra Stamina Recovery.
  • Synergies: Healers often provide Synergies that restore resources, activate them. (Example: energy orb synergy icon Energy Orb Synergy)

Nightblade Subclassing Outfit Style & Fashion Showcase

If you would like to replicate the Outfit I used for this Nightblade Subclassing Build in ESO, here is all the info you will need!

Slot Name
Head Xivkyn Helmet
Shoulder Worm Cult Arm Cops
Chest Worm Cult Jack
Hands Worm Cult Bracers
Waist Worm Cult Belt
Legs Worm Cult Guards
Feet Worm Cult Boots
Weapon Gloambound Daggers
Skin and Markings Spiderkith
Hair Style Hidden
Dyes Transliminal Violet, Patron’s Gold
Head Markings Hidden

 

ESO Nigthblade Subclasses Build Outfit Color Palette ESO NB Subclassing Build Outfit 2 ESO Nightblade Subclassing Build Outfit 1


Update Log for the ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build DPS

The Update Log for the ESO Nigthblade Subclasses Build shows all major changes (updates) made to the build since its launch.

10.04.2025 Added the Template for the Build.
23.05.2025 Updated the ESO Nightblade Subclasses Build for the Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 Update.