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NIGHTBLADE SOLO GUIDE

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Nightblade Solo

Last updated: Update 44 - 24th December 2024

This build is capable of soloing every Veteran dungeon that doesn’t have a specific mechanic that requires multiple people. It’s also capable of soloing most Hard Mode dungeons, and with some adjustments even the more difficult ones.

In this guide I’ll be regularly using the terms Regular and Difficult. Regular refers to content that is intended to be solo-ed (such as Maelstrom Arena or Vateshran Arena) and to any overland content such as World Bosses, Dolmens, Dragons, Volcanic Vents, Harrowstorms, Mirrormoor Incursions, etc. Difficult refers to soloing 4-man content such as dungeons.

SKILL SETUPS


Front Bar Back Bar
Slot 1: Concealed Weapon Slot 1: Siphoning Attacks
Slot 2: Impale Slot 2: Shadowy Disguise
Slot 3: Relentless Focus Slot 3: Elemental Susceptibility
Slot 4: Traveling Knife Slot 4: Elemental Blockade
Slot 5: Power Extraction Slot 5: Resolving Vigor
Ultimate: Soul Harvest Ultimate: Shooting Star

ADDITIONAL INFO:

GEAR

This is the crafted gear setup you can start with.

Gear Slot Set Weight/Type Trait Enchantment

Head

 Claw of the Forest Wraith Medium Training /Divines Magicka

Shoulders

 Claw of the Forest Wraith Medium Training /Divines Magicka

Chest

 Order's Wrath Heavy Training /Reinforced Magicka

Hands

 Order's Wrath Light Training /Divines Magicka

Belt

 Order's Wrath Light Training /Divines Magicka

Legs

 Order's Wrath Medium Training /Divines Magicka

Boots

 Order's Wrath Light Training /Divines Magicka

Necklace

 Claw of the Forest Wraith Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

 Claw of the Forest Wraith Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Ring

 Claw of the Forest Wraith Jewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Magical Harm

Frontbar Main Hand

 Assasin's Guile Dagger Nirnhoned Absorb Stamina

Frontbar Off Hand

 Assasin's Guile Dagger Charged Poison

Backbar Main Hand

 Assasin's Guile Ice Staff Infused Weapon Damage

ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • For Ranged build, replace Daggers with a Bow of the same set with Precise trait and Absorb Stamina enchant
  • Use Training traits if you're still leveling. If you're already max level and have enough Champion Points you can instead use Divines and Reinforced on the chest piece

CHAMPION POINTS

Warfare

Fitness

ADDITIONAL INFO:

RACE

When it comes to solo PvE, you need both damage and survivability so pretty much all races have useful racials.

The best race for dealing damage is Khajiit. While the Critical Damage from Feline Ambush can sometimes be wasted due to Critical Damage being capped at 125%, it will never happen in solo content, because there will be no tanks or healers providing you with the Major Force buff.

The best race for survivability is Nord. The Rugged racial will provide around 6% damage mitigation.

MUNDUS

For overland content you should use The Thief Mundus, which increases your Critical Chance.

For instanced content you should use The Lover Mundus, which increases your Penetration.

For extremely difficult dungeons you should consider switching to The Lady Mundus, which increases your Armor.

ATTRIBUTES

HEALTH

0

STAMINA

0

MAGICKA

64

For most content you should put all 64 points into Magicka. For difficult content you should devote as many attribute points as necessary to Health - for some content you’ll be able to get away with 32 Health 32 Magicka, for the extremely difficult stuff you’ll need 64 Health.

FOOD

You should use the Clockwork Citrus Filet. If you need a cheaper alternative, Witchmother's Potent Brew provides only slightly lower stats.

Other decent foods:

  • Orzorga's Red Frothgar provides for Maximum Health and more Magicka Recovery at the cost of Maximum Magicka. It will lower your damage, but it’s very useful for more difficult fights.

POTIONS

Most of the time you should use Tri-Stat potions (Restore Health, Restore Stamina, Restore Magicka). They'll greatly improve you sustain. You can craft them by combining Columbine, Bugloss and Mountain's Flower.

There are better potions but they're extremely expensive. Heroism potions (Heroism, Restore Stamina, Restore Magicka) can provide a 100% uptime on Minor Heroism buff which generates ultimate, but they're extremely expensive because they're crafted by combining Dragon Rheum, Dragon's Blood and Columbine.

In situations where you need more damage mitigation and you can spare some sustain, you can instead use the Armor potions, which will increase your armor by 5280. You can craft them by combining Bugloss, Mountain's Flower and Mudcrab Chitin.

GAMEPLAY

Here you can see this build tackling Veteran dungeons