The Elder Scrolls Online Nightblade Guide

Publication date : 2025-11-27

What is the Nightblade?

The Nightblade is a type for players who enjoy stealth, precision, and mastery. She uses shadow magic, critical hits, and heals herself when she takes damage. Nightblades can be played with Magicka or Stamina and are good as DPS, tanks, or healers.

Class skills

Assassination

Important point: High damage to a single target, critical hits.
Example abilities are Teleport Strike, Impale, and Grim Focus.
The role is to deal a lot of damage quickly.

Shadow

Important are camouflage, defense, and control.
Special abilities: Shadow Cloak, Veiled Strike, Path of Darkness.
Role: Defensive builds in PvP.

Siphoning

Important is preserving resources by healing through damage.
Abilities: Strife, Drain Power, Sap Essence.
The role is to support, to heal, and to use hybrid builds.

Playing styles

Stamina Nightblade

There are two weapons: a bow and a two-handed sword.
Armor: Medium
Playstyle: Close combat with quick, critical hits, very agile.
Typical for PvP gankers and PvE DPS.

Magicka Nightblade

Weapons: Destruction Staff / Restoration Staff
The armor is not heavy.
Playstyle: Ranged attacks with spells to steal life and quick magicka regeneration.
Perfect for dungeons and trials.

Nightblade Tank

Weapons like Sword and Shield/Ice Staff
The armor is heavy
Playstyle: Damage reduction, buffs, and crowd control.
He uses Shadow Barrier and Siphoning Strikes to defend himself well.

Equipment & Attributes

Armor properties: Divine for player against environment, impenetrable for player against player.
Weapon properties: Sharp / Accurate.
Mundus stones have various effects: The Shadow increases damage, and The Lover improves penetration.
Enchantments can increase the maximum amount of Magicka or Stamina and contain damage glyphs.

Tips

Activate a skill in each tree to improve all skill lines.
Use abilities like Swallow Soul (Magicka) or Leeching Strikes (Stamina) to play solo.
Increase passives, especially with refreshing shadows.
Don't use stealth too often, as AI opponents can see you.
Keep an eye on abilities like Twisting Path and use them regularly.
Create concentrated, relentless focus.
Add weaving light attacks between abilities.

The Nightblade is difficult to play, but rewarding. In PvE, it deals a lot of damage to bosses and can heal itself well. In PvP, it is well-suited for ambush and gank builds – attack invisibly, disappear, survive. Whether you fight stealthily or with magical power: the Nightblade is a popular class in ESO.

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