Magicka Nightblade PvP Build ESO – Umbra
Build Written By: Dottz Gaming – PC NA
Role: Damage Dealer
Patch: Update 39
Table of Contents
Introduction
Welcome to DottzGaming.com’s Magicka Nightblade DPS PvP Build, Umbra, for the Elder Scrolls Online! This build is intended for PvP of all kinds: battlegrounds, Cyrodiil and Imperial City. This build can be played in both CP and no-CP pvp without any changes to the build!
Unfortunately, the more “traditional” style of magblade involving playing at a range and using Swallow Soul isn’t as strong as it used to be. But with some buffs that concealed weapon has received, it’s made the melee magblade style much stronger! This build plays very similarly to stamina nightblade, and the build feels well balanced: great damage, strong defense and fantastic healing!
Keep in mind that PvP builds are very personal. This is what worked for ME. If you don’t like something about it, change it to fit your playstyle.
Setup
Gear
| Magicka Nightblade PvP Build | |||||
| Gear Slot | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchant | Acquisition |
| Head | Balorgh | Medium | Impenetrable | Prismatic | Vet March of Sacrifices |
| Shoulders | Balorgh | Heavy | Impenetrable | Prismatic | Undaunted Chest |
| Gloves | Wretched Vitality | Light | Impenetrable | Prismatic | Crafted |
| Legs | Wretched Vitality | Heavy | Well-Fitted | Prismatic | Crafted |
| Chest | Wretched Vitality | Heavy | Reinforced | Prismatic | Crafted |
| Belt | Night Mother’s Gaze | Light | Well-Fitted | Prismatic | Crafted |
| Boots | Night Mother’s Gaze | Light | Well-Fitted | Prismatic | Crafted |
| Necklace | Armor of the Trainee | Jewelry | Swift | Spell Damage | Any Starting Zone or Guild Trader |
| Ring | Night Mother’s Gaze | Jewelry | Infused | Spell Damage | Crafted |
| Ring | Markyn Ring of Majesty | Jewelry | Infused | Spell Damage | Antiquities |
| Weapon 1 | Night Mother’s Gaze | 1h Mace | Nirnhoned | Fire | Crafted |
| Weapon 1 | Night Mother’s Gaze | 1h Mace | Sharpened | Poison | Crafted |
| Weapon 2 | Wretched Vitality | Ice Staff | Defending | Berserker | Crafted |
Attributes
Health: 14
Magicka: 50
Skills
Main Bar – Dual Wield: Camouflaged Hunter, Concealed Weapon, Merciless Resolve, Impale, Power Extraction, Incapacitating Strike
Back Bar – Destruction Staff: Healthy Offering, Shadowy Disguise, Resolving Vigor, Phantasmal Escape, Refreshing Path, Temporal Guard
Vampire vs. Mortal
For this build I recommend playing a vampire. Vampire gives us the ability to get more weapon/spell damage coming out of mist form, as well as Undeath for extra tankiness! You’ll be in vampire stage 3 for this build.
Champion Points
The list below showcases the order in which champion points should be acquired, the number of points you need to place into that perk and whether or not it needs to be slotted in the CP bar. The Warfare CP perks increase your damage and mitigation and are the most important, the Fitness tree has some miscellaneous sustain and defensive perks and the Craft tree has crafting and non-combat bonuses. The Craft CP points are entirely customizable to however you want, or you can follow the list below.
CHAMPION POINT SETUP
WARFARE (BLUE)
- Eldritch Insight – 20
- Piercing – 20
- Deadly Aim – 50 (Slotted)
- Master-at-Arms – 50 (Slotted)
- Precision – 20
- Quick Recovery – 20
- Elemental Aegis – 20
- Hardy – 20
- Resilience – 50 (Slotted)
- Ironclad – 50 (Slotted)
- Blessed – 20
- Tireless Discipline – 20
- Flawless Ritual – 40
- War Mage – 30
- Preparation – 20
FITNESS (RED)
- Boundless Vitality – 50 (Slotted)
- Tumbling – 30
- Mystic Tenacity – 10
- Pain’s Refuge – 50 (Slotted)
- Relentlessness- 50 (Slotted)
- Hero’s Vigor – 20
- Defiance – 20
- Hasty – 16
- Celerity – 50 (Slotted)
- Sprinter – 20
- Tireless Guardian – 20
- Fortification – 30
- Nimble Protector – 6
- Savage Defense – 30
- Piercing Gaze – 30
- Bashing Brutality – 20
CRAFT (GREEN)
- Steed’s Blessing – 50 (Slotted)
- Breakfall – 50
- Wanderer – 15
- Steadfast Enchantment – 50
- Rationer – 30 (Slotted)
- Liquid Efficiency – 75 (Slotted)
- Treasure Hunter – 50 (Slotted)
- Fortune’s Favor – 50
- Gilded Fingers – 50
- Soul Reservoir – 33
Other Important Info
Buff Food
Bewitched Sugar Skulls: Maximum Health, Magicka, Stamina and Health Recovery
Mundus
Atronach – Increased Magicka Recovery
Race
- Breton
- Imperial
- If playing as an Imperial, feel free to run less Prismatic glyphs in place for more magicka glyphs on the armor.
Potions/Poisons
Essence of Health (Restore Health, Magicka and Stamina)
Bugloss, Columbine and Mountain Flower
Passives
Class (all), Light Armor (all), Heavy Armor (all), Medium Armor (all), Destruction Staff (all except Tri-Focus), Dual Wield (all except Controlled Fury), Undaunted (all), Racial (all), Vampire (all except Unnatural Movement), Alchemy (Medicinal Use), Assault (all), Support (all except the first)
Tips & Misc.
- Properly weaving in light attacks to stack Merciless Resolve will help make sure you’re always benefiting from the offensive bonus it offers, while also allowing you to weave Assassin’s Will into your rotation for big burst.
- Maintain Power Extraction maximize your defensive capabilities. Cast Healthy Offering if you need a heal in a pinch, and casting Vigor will also give you a good heal and heal-over-time to supplement that. Also, laying down a refreshing path will help you reposition as well as give an extra heal!
- Picking your opponents and learning how to weave yourself in and out of combat via cloak will be instrumental to your success. Phantasmal Escape will be key to remove snares and roots.
- Always be aware of your surroundings. You want to get the jump on your opponents, not the other way around.
- Make sure you’re attacking from a flank to get the extra benefits from Concealed Weapon and Camo Hunter!
Contact
If you have any questions about the build, join our discord server and ask @Dottz about the build!
Update Log
8/14/2019 – Build created.
10/21/2019 – Grothdarr changes to Balorgh, Cost Reduction enchant changed to Spell Damage
10/25/2019 – Build overhauled after initial testing in dragonhold
2/24/2020 – No changes for Harrowstorm
8/26/2021 – build brought out of archives and fully overhauled
11/1/2021 – updated gear, food, mundus and cp
1/6/2022 – build overhauled
3/15/2022 – changed slimecraw to balorgh
6/7/2022- no changes for high isle
8/30/2022 – overhauled build
11/9/2022 – no changes for firesong
3/15/2023- updated skills for scribes of fate
6/7/2023 – no changes for necrom
8/24/2023- no changes for update 39
