ONE BAR MAGICKA NIGHTBLADE SOLO GUIDE

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One Bar Magicka Nightblade Solo

Table of contents

Skill Setups
Passives
Vampirism
Gear
Champion Points
Race
Mundus
Attributes
Food
Potions
Gameplay

Last updated: Update 44 - 1st March 2025

This build is capable of soloing every Veteran dungeon that doesnt have a specific mechanic that requires multiple people. Its also capable of soloing most Hard Mode dungeons, and with some adjustments even the more difficult ones.

In this guide Ill 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. Majority of dungeon fights will also fall under that category. Difficult refers to extremely difficult dungeon fights.

SKILL SETUPS

Front Bar	Back Bar
Slot 1: Concealed Weapon	Slot 1: Siphoning Attacks
Slot 2: Impale	Slot 2: Relentless Focus
Slot 3: Wield Soul
Slot 4: Barbed Trap
Slot 5: Shadowy Disguise
Ultimate: Soul Harvest

SCRIBING

INFO

Concealed Weapon - a strong spammable that will deal 10% increased damage thanks to Shadowy Disguise
Impale - an execute you should switch to when your enemy is below 25% Max Health
Wield Soul - a DoT that will also apply the Major Breach debuff, which reduces enemies' armor by 5948 and is crucial for any non-overland content. Since it's a Stamina ability that has to be re-cast every 10 seconds, it's going to improve our Magicka sustain by a lot
Barbed Trap - a DoT that will also apply Hemorrhage status effect at the start and grant you Minor Force buff, increasing your Critical Damage by 10%. It will also trigger the Slayer passive
Shadowy Disguise - an ability that will increase your damage by 10% for 10 seconds after being cast. On top of that It will also increase the damage of your Concealed Weapon by another 10%. It will also passively grant you Major Savagery which increases your critical chance by 12%. You are already getting Major Prophecy from your potions, but this one won't stack with the unique Minor Savagery you're getting from being a Nightblade. When timed correctly, you can use this ability to dodge heavy attacks. This ability is also your source of Major Resolve thanks to the Shadow Barrier passive
Soul Harvest - a cheap ultimate that increases target's damage taken from you by 20%. Having it slotted will also cause you to regain 10 Ultimate whenever you deal a final blow against an enemy
Relentless Focus - an ability you can keep slotted on your backbar to gain its passive benefits. It will passively grant you 400 Weapon and Spell Damage
Siphoning Attacks - an ability you can keep slotted on your backbar to gain its passive benefits. It will passively cause you to restore Health, Stamina and Magicka when you deal damage, up to once every second

SITUATIONAL

Front Bar	Back Bar
Slot 1: Swallow Soul	Slot 1: Siphoning Attacks
Slot 2: Revealing Flare	Slot 2: Relentless Focus
Slot 3: Wield Soul	Slot 3: Concealed Weapon
Slot 4: Ulfsild's Contingency
Slot 5: Shadowy Disguise
Ultimate: Soul Harvest

SCRIBING

INFO

Swallow Soul - a spammable that will apply a 10 second Heal over Time effect which also ticks at the very start, so it will heal you for a lot when you spam it. Keep recasting it every 10 seconds just for the HoT even after you switch to using Impale as your spammable. It will also trigger the Magicka Flood passive
Revealing Flare - this skill will passively grant you Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 10%. It will also trigger the Magicka Aid passive, which increases Magicka Recovery by 10%
Wield Soul - a DoT that will also apply the Major Breach debuff, which reduces enemies' armor by 5948 and is crucial for any non-overland content. Since it's a Stamina ability that has to be re-cast every 10 seconds, it's going to improve our Magicka sustain by a lot
Ulfsild's Contingency - a delayed AoE damage that also grants you 8% damage reduction for 8 seconds and Minor Force for 22 seconds, which increases your Critical Damage by 10%. You should recast it every 8 seconds when under pressure and every 22 seconds otherwise. Having it slotted on your frontbar will also trigger the Magicka Controller passive which will slightly improve your damage and sustain
Shadowy Disguise - an ability that will increase your damage by 10% for 10 seconds after being cast. It will also passively grant you Major Savagery which increases your critical chance by 12%. You are already getting Major Prophecy from your potions, but this one won't stack with the unique Minor Savagery you're getting from being a Nightblade. When timed correctly, you can use this ability to dodge heavy attacks. This ability is also your source of Major Resolve thanks to the Shadow Barrier passive
Soul Harvest - a cheap ultimate that increases target's damage taken from you by 20%. Having it slotted will also cause you to regain 10 Ultimate whenever you deal a final blow against an enemy
Relentless Focus - an ability you can keep slotted on your backbar to gain its passive benefits. It will passively grant you 400 Weapon and Spell Damage
Siphoning Attacks - an ability you can keep slotted on your backbar to gain its passive benefits. It will passively cause you to restore Health, Stamina and Magicka when you deal damage, up to once every second
Concealed Weapon - an ability you can keep slotted on your backbar to gain its passive benefits. It will passively grant you Minor Expedition, increasing your movement speed by 15%

SITUATIONAL

PASSIVES

There are no passives you need to skip with this build, you should get all of them.

VAMPIRISM

Becoming a Vampire Vampire can allow you to use Simmering Frenzy if you don't mind switching to your backbar once per fight

GEAR

This is the crafted gear setup you can start with.

Gear Slot	Set	Weight/Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Claw of the Forest Wraith	Light	Training /Divines	Magicka
Shoulders	Claw of the Forest Wraith	Light	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	Assassin's Guile	Mace	Charged	Absorb Stamina
Frontbar Off Hand	Assassin's Guile	Mace	Charged	Shock

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Use Daggers instead of Maces if you don't plan on using this gear setup for any instanced content (Dungeons, Arenas)
For Ranged build, replace Maces/Daggers with a Bow of the same set with Sharpened (for instanced content) or Precise (for overland content) 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

This is my suggested setup for regular content, such as Solo Arenas, World Bosses, Dolmens, Dragons, Volcanic Vents, Harrowstorms, Mirrormoor Incursions and majority of the dungeons.

Gear Slot	Set	Weight/Type	Trait	Enchantment
Head	Slimecraw	Light	Divines	Magicka
Shoulders	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Chest	Ansuul's Torment	Medium	Divines	Magicka
Hands	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Belt	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Legs	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Boots	Whorl of the Depths	Light	Divines	Magicka
Necklace	Ansuul's Torment	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Magical Harm
Ring	Ansuul's Torment	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Magical Harm
Ring	Ring of the Pale Order	Jewelry	Bloodthirsty	Increase Magical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand	Ansuul's Torment	Dagger	Charged	Absorb Stamina
Frontbar Off Hand	Ansuul's Torment	Mace	Charged	Shock

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Use Daggers instead of Dagger/Mace if you don't plan on using this gear setup for any instanced content (Dungeons, Arenas)
For Ranged build, replace Maces/Daggers with a Bow of the same set with Precise trait and Absorb Stamina enchant
Alternative Sets: Tzogvin’s Warband, Order’s Wrath, Claw of the Forest Wraith
You can change your Slimecraw head piece to Heavy weight for more difficult encounters

CHAMPION POINTS

Warfare

Master-at-Arms (6% Direct Damage)
Deadly Aim (6% Single Target Damage)
Fighting Finesse (8% Critical Damage and Healing)
Wrathful Strikes (205 Weapon and Spell Damage added to damaging skills)

Fitness

Boundless Vitality (1400 Max Health)
Sustained by Suffering (150 Health, Stamina and Magicka Recovery when debuffed)
Rejuvenation (90 Health, Stamina and Magicka Recovery)
Fortified (1731 armor)

ADDITIONAL INFO:

When soloing extremely difficult dungeons you should replace Wrathful Strikes and Fighting Finesse with 2 of the 4 mitigation CPs (Ironclad, Duelists Rebuff, Enduring Resolve, Unassailable)
In fights with lots of adds Siphoning Spells and Bloody Renewal can be stronger than Rejuvenation and Sustained by Suffering

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 Rugged racial will provide around 6% damage mitigation.

MUNDUS

You should use The Shadow Mundus, which increases your Critical Damage.

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

ATTRIBUTES

HEALTH

STAMINA

MAGICKA

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 youll be able to get away with 32 Health 32 Magicka, for the extremely difficult stuff youll need 64 Health.

FOOD

You'll have to use the Orzorga's Red Frothgar in order to sustain.

Other decent foods:

Clockwork Citrus Filet - if your sustain is good enough you can use this food instead, which compared to Orzorga's Red Frothgar will lower your Magicka Recovery and Max Health but it will grant you additional Max Magicka which will increase your damage
Orzorga's Smoked Bear Haunch - if a certain fight requires much more blocking and/or dodge rolling you can use this food instead, which compared to Orzorga's Red Frothgar will lower your Magicka Recovery and Max Health but it will grant you additional Stamina Recovery. Jewels of Misrule is a much cheaper alternative version of this food

POTIONS

Use the Spell Power potions (Increase Spell Power, Spell Critical, Restore Magicka). They'll greatly improve your sustain and provide Major Sorcery and Major Prophecy which are crucial. You can craft them by combining Lady's Smock, Namira's Rot and Corn Flower.