Stamina Nightblade Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online

Championpoints for Stamina Nightblade Build PvE

If you need optimized defensive Champion Points for a specific trial I recommend checking out my Maximize Damage Mitigation in Trials Article.

Championpoints [810 CP]

The Ritual
56 Mighty, 37 Thaumaturge, 56 Precise Strikes, 60 Piercing
The Atronach
61 Master-at-Arms
The Apprentice
The Shadow
30 Shadow Ward, 67 Tumbling
The Lover
23 Tenacity, 100 Mooncalf
The Tower
50 Warlord
The Lord
The Lady
56 Hardy, 56 Elemental Defender, 48 Thick Skinned
The Steed
73 Ironclad, 37 Spellshield

Important Info for Stamina Nightblade Build PvE

Buff-food

Depending on what race you have choose one of these two buff foods. If you do not have the money for Artaeum Takeaway Brooth, then you can also use Dubious Camoran Throne Drink.

Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables (Max Health+Max Stamina)
or
Artaeum Takeaway Brooth (Max Health+Max Stamina+Stamina Recovery+Health Recovery)

Mundus Stone

The Shadow (Increased Critical Damage)

Race

If you want to learn more about the different racial passives that each race offers, check out my Race Guide which explains everything in detail.

Orc (with Artaeum Food)
Redguard (with Blue Food)
Wood Elf (with Blue Food)
Khajiit (with Artaeum Food)
Dark Elf (with Artaeum Food)
Imperial (with Artaeum Food)

Potions

Weapon Power Potions 
(Weap dmg, Weap Crit, Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Dragonthorn, Wormwood)

Passives

• Assassination: Executioner, Pressure Points, Hemorrhage
• Shadow: Refreshing Shadows, Shadow Barrier, Dark Vigor, Dark Veil
• Siphoning: Catalyst, Transfer
• Dualwield: Slaughter, Dual Wield Expert, Controlled Fury, Ruffian, Twin Blade and Blunt
• Bow: Long Shots, Accuracy, Ranger, Hawk Eye, Hasty Retreat
• Heavy Armor: Resolve, Constitution, Juggernaut
• Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
• Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Racial: All
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Attributes

All points into Stamina

Build Video, Rotation & Skeleton Parse

Build Video

Build Video will be created with the Elsweyr Chapter release.

Rotation

Make sure to activate Relentless Focus and Leeching Strikes before the fight begins.

> Endless Hail > LA > Razor Caltrops > LA > Poison Injection > Weapon Swap
> LA > Rearming Trap > LA > Rending Slashes > 4x Surprise Attack (with Light Attacks) > Weapon Swap
> Restart

• Activate the Spectral Bow whenever it is ready, if you do so just do 3x Surpise Attack instead of 4x.
• Activate Incapacitating Strike when you are about to swap to the front bar, that way you will get increased damage on the Surprise Attack casts.
• Refresh Leeching Strikes after it ran out.
• Execute Phase: Do not refresh Rending Slashes anymore and use Killers Blade instead of Surprise Attacks.

LA= Light Attack

Before you weapon swap make sure to do a Light Attack, then weapon swap and go directly into casting Endless Hail, this is done because the animation carries over to your backbar and you will not have any delay casting Endless Hail.

Skeleton Parse

I am going to standardize most of my dps tests and therefore will include, the uptimes can varry a bit:

• Minor Vulnerability (8% more damage while enemy is concussed) has an average uptime of around 75%
• Off Balance (10% more damage by Exploiter Perk in CP is active) has a max of 25% uptime
• Energy Orbs to showcase the sustain of the class in a trial
• Minor Berserk (8% more overall damage)

The parse is from Murkmire DLC, a new one will be created with the Elsweyr Chapter release.

Blackrose Prison Arena

This section of the build is dedicated to the Blackrose Prison Arena, it is a bit different compared to the usual Trial and Dungeon setup due to how the Arena works and because you fight such a huge amount of enemies each wave.

• Optimial Gear Setup
• Alternative Gear Setups
• Skill Setup

Optimal Gear Setup

• Vicious Serpent is the perfect set to increase your sustain by a lot and allows us to easily run blue max Health and max Stamina food.
• Twice-Fanged-Serpent is needed because the tank can not debuff all monsters all the time so the extra penetration from that set really helps to increase the overall damage.
• Stormfist Monster Set is a very good choice in Blackrose Prison Arena as it increases your sustain and deals really nice AoE and Single Target damage.
• We run full Robust jewelry to help with the overall sustain in the arena. If you want you can run Infused but it will make sustain tougher.

Alternative Gear Setups

• 5x Berserking Warrior, 5x Vicious Serpent, 2x Stormfist
• 5x Hunding's Rage, 5x Briarheart, 2x Stormfist
• 5x Vicious Serpent, 5x Hunding's Rage, 2x Stormfist

As Bow Backbar Weapon you should optimally choose the The Maelstrom's Bow, if you do not have access to it I can also recommend the The Master's Bow.

A lot of good combos that work elsewhere also work in the Blackrose Prison Arena, most important is that you have enough sustain to kill off all those trash pack waves that get thrown at you.

Skills

Because of the huge amount of trash monsters that gets thrown at you, you need to make sure to have a AoE damage Setup. Therefore Steel Tornado is your best friend. You can also use  Reaper's Mark and apply it to a enemy with low health, upon monster death you will get a 25% damage boost for a short duration.

Like in the rotation before, make sure to keep up your back bar DoTs, especially Endless Hail and Razor Caltrops.

Maelstrom Arena

Gear

We use two robust instead of infused here to boost our overall stamina to make resource management easier. You could use two infused or two bloodthirsty if you want.

Skills

• Ballista: This ultimate is very strong on Bosses in Maelstrom Arena, it burns them down in no time.
• Killers Blade: Try to kill enemies with that ability as it gives you health back!

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