Stamina Nightblade Build PvP for Elder Scrolls Online ESO

“Assassin”

Elsweyr Chapter

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Changes from the previous version
• Resource Management
• Cyrodiil Setup
  • Gear
  • Skills
  • Champion Points (810, 600, 300)
  • Important Info (Food, Mundus, Race, Potions, Passives, Attributes)
• Gameplay & Build Video
• Update Log

Introduction

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

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

The Assassin build focuses on a melee gank combo assassin playstyle as a Nightblade. The build is balanced around No Champion Points Campaign, but also works perfectly in the Champion Points campaign. We have really good survivability with our stats, plus we have some really strong combos available to kill off enemies and very fast ultimate regeneration. I will present two different setups, both setups use Bone Pirate's Tatters and then you can either choose between Spriggan's Thorns or Disciplined Slash (Perfected) and Agility setup. I recommend testing out both setups and use the one you prefer more. We are using the Bloodspawn Monster Set, this set is great as it gives us additional Ultimate regeneration to get our Incapacitating Strike ready faster, which is needed for our main burst combo.

• Optimized for Battlegrounds
• Battlegrounds & Cyrodiil
• High burst Damage
• Gankbuild
• Insane sustain
• Medium Armor
• Two Hander/ Bow Setup

Changes from the previous version

Nightblades received a few changes in the Elsweyr Chapter:

• Incapacitating Strike: It now Silences the target for 3 seconds when cast with 120 or more Ultimate. Additionally, while slotted, it now grants Reave, which restores up to 100 Magicka and Stamina when dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack on a target with a negative effect active on them.
• Grim Focus:
  • Removed the Minor Berserk buff from this ability and its morphs.
  • This ability and its morphs will now reduce your damage taken by 3% for each Light or Heavy Attack you use, up to 5 times. Note that this bonus will persist even if the Grim Focus buff fades from you, as it is tethered to the amount of stacks you had while the buff was active. This effect will be consumed when you use your stacks by firing the spectral bow or when you leave combat.
  • The spectral bow now heals for 33% of the damage dealt if you are within 7 meters of the target when firing it.
    • Relentless Focus: Increased the duration to 30 seconds from 20 seconds. Additionally, this morph no longer grants Minor Endurance.
• Teleport Strike: This ability and its morphs will no longer stun NPC enemies. Instead, targets affected by the initial damage will be afflicted with Minor Vulnerability for 8 seconds. Note that the Minor Vulnerability will apply to both players and NPCs.
• Surprise Attack: This ability no longer applies Major Fracture. Instead, if you use the ability on the flank of an enemy (behind or at their sides), you reduce their Physical Resistance by 5%. This effect cannot stack, but will always prioritize the highest value.

Resource Management

As you can see we have insane recovery stats on both setups, so you should be able to sustain pretty good. More important is that you learn how to manage your Magicka properly, because we use this to escape with either Cloak or the Shade. Bone Pirate and Dubious Camoran Throne synergize well together and gives us a lot of Stamina Recovery and Max Stamina stats.

• Bone Pirate & Dubious Camoran Throne
• Siphoning Strikes
• Tri-Stat Potions

Cyrodiil Setup

Setup 1 – 5x Bone Pirate, 5x Spriggan, 2x Bloodspawn

Rally, Relentless Focus, Weapon Damage Enchantment and Tristat Potion were active. Keep in mind, screenshot was taken OUTSIDE of Cyrodiil, so our health is lower without battlespirit.

Setup 2 – 5x Bone Pirate, 3x Agility, 1x Asylum 2H, 2x Bloodspawn

Rally, Relentless Focus, Weapon Damage Enchantment and Tristat Potion were active. Keep in mind, screenshot was taken OUTSIDE of Cyrodiil, so our health is lower without battlespirit.

Gear

You have the choice of two setups. Bone Pirate is always used as a base set to give us nice Stamina Recovery and Max Stamina. Then you have the choice of either running 5x Spriggan or Asylum & Agility. As Monster Set I do recommend running Bloodspawn, it gives us nice Resistance buff and also helps generating Ultimate fast.

• Eternal Hunt: For Cyrodiil you can also use Eternal Hunt which can be a very nice set to help escaping or root people to the ground.
• Well Fitted? I do think 2-3 Well Fitted pieces are optimal to also have some sort of dodgeroll and sprint cost reduction, which is good because you dodgeroll a lot as Nightblade.
• Master Bow: If possible, get one in infused, because on top of the extra weapon damage we get anyway from the bows set bonus, we can now put a Weapon damage enchantment there and boost it with infused, giving us a total of over 700 Weapon damage which is crazy. Also works with other traits but you will get less weapon damage.

Gear Setup 1

Bone Pirate Chest: An Impenetrable Chest drops from the quest in Blackheart Haven, the set piece is called Bone Pirate’s Pillaging Garb, the quest is called “Jumping Ship”.

Gear Setup 2

• Asylum Greatsword: This weapon is nice, because it offers a lot of extra Ultimate regeneration and helps us getting Incapacitating Strike ready faster.

Where can I get the gear?

Bone Pirate's Tatters: Blackheart Haven
Eternal Hunt: Craftable
Spriggan's Thorns: Bangkorai
Velidreth: Cradle of Shadows
Asylum Perfect Greatsword: vAsylum Sanctorium Hardmode
Asylum Greatsword: Asylum Sanctorium (normal or vet)
Master's Bow: Dragonstar Arena vet
Agility: Random Dailies or Guildstores

Skills

• Backbar Ultimate: I like to slot Temporal Guard there, it gives us 8% damage mitigation thanks to Minor Protection while slotted and we can escape pretty tricky situations with this easily.
• Mass Hysteria: You could also slot this skill instead of the Shadow Image.

Gear Setup 1 Skills

Gear Setup 2 Skills

• Why Executioner? We use this over Killers Blade because we are using the Asylum Greatsword and therefore need Executioner to get it to proc.

Championpoints

Championpoints [810]

• Why so many points in Attronarch Constellation? We want to get the Tactician Perk, to get 10% more damage on enemies with the Exploiter Perk from the Ritual Constellation.

The Ritual
49 Mighty, 44 Precise Strikes, 57 Piercing
The Atronach
28 Shattering Blows, 61 Master-at-Arms, 31 Physical Weapon Expert
The Apprentice
The Shadow
27 Befoul, 60 Tumbling, 10 Shadow Ward
The Lover
64 Mooncalf, 37 Arcanist
The Tower
61 Warlord, 1 Siphoner, 10 Sprinter
The Lord
23 Quick Recovery
The Lady
49 Hardy, 49 Elemental Defender, 37 Thick Skinned
The Steed
56 Ironclad, 56 Resistant

Important Info for Stamina Nightblade Build PvP

Buff-food

Dubious Camoran Throne (Max Health+Max Stamina+Stamina Recovery)

Mundus Stone

The Warrior (Increased Weapon damage)

Race

Woodelf
Kahjiit
Redguard
Orc
Imperial

Potions

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

Poisons

Escapist Poison
(Immobilize, Speed reduction, Drain Stamina)
(Blessed Thistle, Columbine, Namiras Rot)

Passives

• Assassination: Master Assassin, Executioner, Pressure Points, Hemorrhage
• Shadow: Refreshing Shadows, Shadow Barrier, Dark Vigor, Dark Veil
• Siphoning: Catalyst
• Two Handed: Forceful, Heavy Weapons, Balanced Blade, Follow Up, Battle Rush
• Bow: Long Shots, Accuracy, Ranger, Hawk Eye, Hasty Retreat
• Medium Armor: Dexterity, Wind Walker, Improved Sneak, Agility, Athletics
• Fighters Guild: Intimidating Presence, Slayer, Banish the Wicked, Skilled Tracker
• Psijic Order: Clairvoyance, Spell Orb, Concentrated Barrier, Deliberation
• Undaunted: Undaunted Command, Undaunted Mettle
• Racial: All
• Assault: Continuous Attack, Reach, Combat Frenzy
• Support: Magicka Aid, Combat Medic, Battle Resurrection
• Alchemy: Medicinal Use

Gameplay

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