This article is about the player class. For the NPC class, see Nightblade (NPC class).
Nightblade is a class in Elder Scrolls Online. Nightblade is tailored to benefit assassins and players who prefer a stealthy approach. There are three known skills governed by Nightblade: Assassination, Shadow, and Siphoning.
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- In-Game Description: Nightblades are adventurers and opportunists with a gift for getting in and out of trouble. Relying variously on stealth, blades, and speed, Nightblades thrive on conflict and misfortune, trusting to their luck and cunning to survive.
SkillsEdit
AssassinationEdit
The Assassination skill is oriented towards melee attackers, particularly dual-wielding, with abilities ranging from increasing your attack speed to teleporting to and damaging a target.
ShadowEdit
The Shadow skill is orientated towards self-preservation, with abilities ranging from inflicting fear on nearby enemies to becoming invisible and some crowd-control.
SiphoningEdit
The Siphoning skill is oriented towards spell-casting assassins, with abilities that de-buff and damage enemies and provide healing and positive buffs to you. These abilities range from decreasing nearby enemies' attack power to casting a damage-over-time spell on a target that casts a healing spell on you for the same duration.
BuildsEdit
| Build | Role | Description | Primary Stat |
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| Nightblade Initiate | New Players | Grasp the sinister art of assassination by heeding the call of the Nightblade. | Magicka |
| Deathweaver | Damage |
Sap the life-force from unsuspecting victims and use shadows to cast deadly spells. | Magicka |
| Umbral Assassin | Damage |
Blindside your enemies with a flurry of poisonous strikes, then disappear without a trace. | Stamina |
| Living Shadow | Tank |
Become one with the darkness, drawing your foes close, then crippling them with shadow and steel. | Health |
| Blood Magus | Healer |
Siphon away your foe's vitality to fuel powerful healing spells, shielding you and your allies from death's embrace. | Magicka |
Compatible BuildsEdit
It is possible to build a character which meets or mostly meets the recommendations of multiple builds simultaneously. The chart below shows skill morphs which conflict between different builds.
| Nightblade Initiate |
Deathweaver | Umbral Assassin |
Living Shadow |
Blood Magus |
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| Nightblade Initiate |
Assassin's Blade | Death Stroke Assassin's Blade Veiled Strike Siphoning Strikes |
no conflicts | Soul Shred Strife |
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| Death- weaver |
Assassin's Blade | Siphoning Strikes | no conflicts | Path of Darkness | |
| Umbral Assassin |
Death Stroke Assassin's Blade Veiled Strike Siphoning Strikes |
Siphoning Strikes | no conflicts | Siphoning Strikes | |
| Living Shadow |
no conflicts | no conflicts | no conflicts | Strife | |
| Blood Magus |
Soul Shred Strife |
Path of Darkness | Siphoning Strikes | Strife |
While it is not possible to make a triple-build without some incompatible morphs, there are a few that come very close. Living Shadow is compatible with three other builds, but none of them are compatible with each other. There are three triple-builds with only 1 conflicting morph, however, using Deathweaver, Living Shadow, and any one of the other three builds.
GalleryEdit
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A Nightblade
See AlsoEdit
- For more information, see the lore article.
BooksEdit
- Advances in Lockpicking — An experienced thief summarizes the intricacies of lockpicking
- Shadow Draining: A Hypothesis by the Glimmering Foxbat — On the magical effect of absorbing another's life force
- Stepping through Shadows by the Glimmering Foxbat — On teleportation magic
- Wulfmare's Guide to Better Thieving by Wulfmare Shadow-Cloak — A boastful thief discusses the tricks of the trade