Herald of Night - Nightblade Build PvE - ESO

Gear
 

Tide-Born Wildstalker - Craftable set. Gives weapon damage, crit chance, and a line of offensive pen, which is super helpful. Increases direct damage by 12%, a really good buff for our Fatecarver ability. Interchangeable with Order's Wrath or Highland Sentinel if you need mroe crit damage/chance. 
 

Slivers of Null Arca - Trials set from Lucent Citadel. Amazing trials set that got buffed in U46. Also gives perm Minor Slayer which is super nice. Perfected is NOT required at all. Could be interchangeable with Ansuul's Torment, Arms of Relequen, or any good medium trials set. If unable to aquire a trials set, use something like Aegis Caller or Pillar of Nirn.
 

Velothi Ur-Mages Amulet - Antiquity. Grants permanent minor force as well as an amazing 15% damage increase to all monsters, but decreases our light/heavy attack damage by 99%, a worth-while tradeoff. If you really dont want to use it, go for Harpooner's Wading Kilt for parsing in trials, or a good monster set like Zaan's or Selene's.
 

Merciless Charge - Arena weapon from The Maelstrom Arena. Buffs our direct damage, super important for a buld surrounding Fatecarver. Next to mandatory, but if you are unable to aquire it, go for a Tide-Born greatsword for now.

Skills
 

On the front bar:
Deadly Cloak - Powerful DOT that consistently procs our dagger enchantments.
Cephaliarch's Flail - Debuff + Crux Generation. Use until you have three Crux. Additionally used for quick healing and debuffs our target for 5% increased damage taken.
Pragmatic Fatecarver - Primary spammable. Use ONLY when you have three Crux. Interchangeable with Exhausting Fatecarver if you desire more DPS.
Blazing Spear - Good DOT that procs our Aedric Spear passives.
Camouflaged Hunter - Passive, do not cast. Gives us the buff from the Fighters Guild passive, as well as a permanent Major Savagery/Prophecy buff for more crit chance, as well as Minor Berserk when flanking.
Incapacitating Strike - Primary ultimate. Procs our Assassination passives, as well as increases our damage done to single targets by 20%. Only proc if it's at the Green Version (120 ultimate).
 

On the back bar:
Inspired Scholarship - Gives our Herald abilities more damage, as well as generates Crux if we have none. Additionally gives us permanent Major Brutality/Sorcery for more weapon/spell damage.
Fulminating Rune - Powerful DOT + Synergy.
Carve - Long and powerful DOT that consistently procs our back bar weapon enchantment.
Stampede - Powerful AOE + procs the Merciless Charge bonus, increasing our direct damage.
Relentless Focus - Free 400 weapon damage. Can be used for good burst heals. Otherwise, do not proc.
 

Static Rotation:
Inspired Scholarship → Fulminating Rune → Carve (x3 only once) → Stampede 
swap
Deadly Cloak → Cephaliarch's Flail x2 → Blazing Spear → Incapacitating Strike (only if green) → Pragmatic Fatecarver → Cephaliarch's Flail x2 → Pragmatic Fatecarver
rince and repeat until target falls over

Static No Subclassing rotation:
Dark Shade → Barbed Trap → Drink Pot* (Weapon Power) → Carve (x3 only once) → Stampede → Incap (Only if green)
swap
Deadly Cloak → Surprise Attack
Replace Surprise Attack with the Relentless Focus proc when it's ready. When target is at 25% health, replace Surprise Attack with Killer's Blade, and stop casting Relentless Focus. Do not reapply buffs if target is below 15% health.
 

Use literally any pot u want for this build, we have perm Major Crit and Major Damage buffs so even base pots are fine. Use weapon power if running the no subclassing setup.

Run Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice for max sustain when parsing, and Artaeum Takeaway Broth for other high end content. Use Tri-Stat or Heroism pots on the Standard DPS build, and run Weapon Power pots on the No Subclassing build.