Zorax's Stamina Nightblade PvE DPS Build - Ascending Tide - - ESO

• How is Nightblade going?
• How can I do damage?
• Where can I find the gear?

How is Nightblade going?

Stamina Nightblades used to be in a really good situtation in single-target and ranged fights but it's not the case anymore. You don't get much more tools with hybridization than you already had except the Magicka version of Bow proc.

How can I do damage?

This build grants you: good sustain, high single-target and cleave damage thanks to your gear and the spells kit.

• Don't forget to use Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice on dummy, but you can swap to a bi-stat food if your sustain is good enough in raid such as Braised Rabbit with Spring Vegetables, which is highly recommended for the extra HP.

• Potions used are: Essence of Weapon Power

• Attributes : 64 points into Stamina

• Mundus Stone: The Thief

Your rotation consists in (engage):

Dark Shade > Switch > Barbed Trap > Switch > (Start Light Attacks) > Stampede > LA > Twisting Path > LA > Anti-Cavalry Caltrops > LA > Carve > Switch > LA > Deadly Cloak > LA > Incapaciting Strike > LA > Merciless Resolve > LA > Silver Shards > LA > Silver Shards > LA > Silver Shards > LA > Silver Shards > LA > Merciless Resolve

Then you will apply another stack of Carve for higher duration. It stacks up to 3 times for a maximum duration of 30 seconds.

> Switch > LA > Carve > Switch > LA > Deadly Cloak > Switch > LA > Twisting Path > LA > Stampede > LA > Dark Shade > Switch > LA > Merciless Resolve > Switch > LA > Anti-Cavalry Caltrops > Switch > LA > Barbed Trap > LA > Silver Shards > LA > Silver Shards > LA > Merciless Resolve > …

Then, continue reapplying DoTs and use your spammable whenever you can. Make sure to use Incapaciting Strike when all DoTs are applied to maximize your burst damage during the 6 seconds window.

DoTs priority are:
Carve (to keep stacks up) > Merciless Resolve > Stampede > Twisting Path > Barbed Trap > Deadly Cloak > Dark Shade > Anti-Cavalry Caltrops > Silver Shards

In execute (starting at 25% HP), use Killer's Blade instead of Silver Shards. Don't reapply Anti-Cavalry Caltrops and Merciless Resolve (keep it at 5 stacks for the Weapon damage). Around 8%, you can stop casting other DoTs and use Killer's Blade until the end.

Where can I find the gear?

Perfected Arms of Relequen can be found in Trial: Cloudrest, Summerset (Summerset DLC)
Perfected version is only available in Veteran Mode.

Kinras's Wrath can be found in Dungeon: Black Drake Villa, Gold Coast (Flames of Ambition DLC)

Slimecraw can be found in Dungeon: Wayrest Sewers I (Veteran Mode), Stormhaven

You can use a Light piece of this set instead of Medium if you are under the pen cap thanks to Concentration from Light Armor passives.

Harpooner's Wading Kilt can be found with Antiquities Leads (Blackwood Chapter)

See all locations here: https://eso-hub.com/en/sets/harpooners-wading-kilt

Perfected Merciless Charge (Maelstrom's Perfected Greatsword) can be found in Arena: Maelstrom (Orsinium DLC)

Perfected version is only available in Veteran Mode.