Stamina Nightblade Build PvE DPS for Elder Scrolls Online

“Rampage”

• Introduction
• Changes from the previous version
• Resource Management
• Trials & Dungeons Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points (810, 600, 300)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Rotation
• AoE Setup
• Maelstrom Arena
• Update Log

Introduction

Welcome to the Stamina Nightblade Build PvE “Rampage” for Elder Scrolls Online. Make sure to bookmark the link as I will keep updating the build for each new Update of ESO. The Rampage build is a stamina focused damage dealer build. It is made for endgame content like Trials, Dungeons, Blackrose Prison Arena and Maelstrom Arena.

If you are new to the game I can also highly recommend checking out the Stamina Nightblade Beginner Guide.

Stamina Nightblades have insane burst and overall really good Single Target Damage. With our combination of Perfect Arms of Relequen and Perfected Tooth of Lokkestiiz we can reach a very high Major Slayer uptime. Those two sets make Nightblades very strong. We are using a full light attack build in combination with Leeching Strikes. Keep in mind, I list up various gear options, as there is always situtations where you want to swap out some sets.

• Insane Burst Damage
• Insane high Single Target damage
• Group Support
• Good AoE Damage
• Good Sustain
• Dualwield & Bow Setup
• Trials & Dungeon
• Blackrose & Maelstrom Arena

Changes from the previous version

Updated sets, skills, rotation, champion points and added an AoE setup for the Scalebreaker DLC.

Resource Management

Nightblades can sustain their rotation easier then other classes, just make sure to keep up Leeching Strikes in your rotation. You also want to make sure that Spears or Orbs are used by your healers to activate the synergy for resources.

If you manage to keep up Leeching Strikes in your rotation you will have good sustain. However, most of the times players forget to re-activate Leeching Strikes for a while which means you will loose a lot of sustain over time, so make sure to notice when it finished so you can immediately reapply it. Technically, you could also reapply it before it runs out and you will still get a part of the resources back.

Incapacitating Strike now also gives you resources every time you do a light attack. That is why we always want to either run it on the backbar or the frontbar. That way we benefit from the extra sustain.

• Leeching Strikes
• Orbs or Spears from Healers
• Heavy Attacks resource return (optional)
• Incapacitating Strike
• Potions

Trials & Dungeons Setup

Gear

You will find 3 different setups here. Setup 1 is the preferred setup. For people that do not have all the gear yet can use the Setup 2 which is easier to obtain and beginners can use Setup 3.

• Setup 1 is with Trial Gear
• Setup 2 is without Trial Gear
• Setup 3 is for Beginners

There are a lot of good Stamina Sets available, you can find more viable stamina dps sets in this Stamina DPS Sets Article. I also elaborate on specific sets that are often used in this article to give you a bit more insight as to why they are used.

Gear Setup 1

• War Machine: War Machine is also always a good option for a Stamina Nightblade.

Gear Setup 2

This setup is for those that did not have the chances yet to step into a trial.

• Briarheart Dagger: There is an unique Dagger “Materre’s Bodkin” that you can get fairly easy, instead of buying it expensive in the store.

Gear Setup 3 Beginner

This setup is dedicated to people that have not had the chance to farm the necessary gear for the maximum damage potential. All the gear here is either craftable or cheap to get in a guildstore. Make sure to ask a friend to craft Hunding’s Rage and Night Mother’s Gaze. Agility jewelry can be obtained in the Guildstores. I do recommend having around 18k health (with buff-food). You can buy cheap Agility jewelry with healthy trait to reach this value if you want.

Where can I get the gear?

Tooth of Lokkestiiz: Sunspire veteran
Berserking Warrior: Hel Ra Citadel
Perfect Arms of Relequen: Cloudrest
War Machine: Halls of Fabrication
Vicious Serpent: Hel Ra Citadel, Aetherian Archive, Sanctum Ophidia
Hunding's Rage: Craftable
Night Mother's Gaze: Craftable
Agility: Guildstore
Briarheart: Wrothgar, Guildstore
Velidreth: Cradle of Shadows
Maelstrom Bow: Maelstrom Arena
Caustic Arrow (Master's Bow): vet Dragonstar Arena
Cruel Flurry (Maelstrom DW): vet Maelstrom Arena

Skills

Arrow Barrage > LA >Barbed Trap > LA > Poison Injection > LA > Dark Shades (Every 2nd rotation) > Weapon Swap

Rapid Strikes > LA > Rending Slashes > LA > Soul Splitting Trap > LA > 4x Rapid Strikes (With Light Attacks) > Weapon Swap

Restart

• When you use the Dark Shade, only do 3x Rapid Strikes instead of 4x.
• When use use the Spectral Bow Proc, only do 3x Rapid Strikes instead of 4x.
• When you use the Ultimate on the back bar, only do 3x Rapid Strikes instead of 4x.
• Start using Killer’s Blade execute ability at 25%, do not reapply Rending, Dark Shades and Bow Proc anymore in execute, that way you can spam more Killer’s Blade.

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Area of Effect Setup

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Twice-Fanged Serpent	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Belt	Twice-Fanged Serpent	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Shoes	Twice-Fanged Serpent	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Pants	Twice-Fanged Serpent	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Hands	Twice-Fanged Serpent	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Head	Velidreth	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Shoulder	Velidreth	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Necklace	Vicious Serpent	Jewelry	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring	Vicious Serpent	Jewelry	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring	Vicious Serpent	Jewelry	Robust	Weapon Damage
Weapon 1 DW	Vicious Serpent	Dagger	Nirnhoned	Damage Health Poisons IX
Weapon 1 DW	Vicious Serpent	Dagger	Sharpened	Damage Health Poisons IX
Weapon 2	The Maelstrom's Bow	Bow	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchant

Skills

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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.

Gear	Set	Weight	Trait	Enchantment
Chest	Hunding's Rage	Heavy	Divine	Stamina
Belt	Vicious Serpent	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Shoes	Vicious Serpent	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Pants	Hunding's Rage	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Hands	Hunding's Rage	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Head	Velidreth	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Shoulder	Velidreth	Medium	Divine	Stamina
Necklace	Vicious Serpent	Jewelry	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring	Vicious Serpent	Jewelry	Robust	Weapon Damage
Ring	Vicious Serpent	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Weapon Damage
Weapon 1 DW	Hunding's Rage	Axe	Nirnhoned	Damage Health Poisons IX
Weapon 1 DW	Hunding's Rage	Dagger	Sharpened	Damage Health Poisons IX
Weapon 2	Hunding's Rage	Bow	Infused	Weapon Damage Enchant

Skills

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Update Log

Update Log Stamina Nightblade Build Rampage

11.08.2019 Updated the Rampage Build for the SCALEBREAKER DLC, Elsweyr Chapter. Stamina Nightblade Build PvE.