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Nightblade Healer Builds and Guide
Nightblades have excellent resource management, which makes Nightblade Healer builds very powerful.
Here is our Magicka Nightblade Healer PvE “Illusion” build for ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). Our Healer Build was created specifically for Dungeons and Trials.
Nightblade Healer builds are very strong and have excellent abilities that aid in general healing. For example, Refreshing Path is a powerful heal over time. Funnel Health delivers damage and heals you and certain group members. Healthy Offering grants access to an insane burst heal.
Also, we use the Bolstering Darkness Ultimate, which provides Major Protection and damage reduction to every group member; they just need to enter the circle to get the protection buff. Then, they are free to move anywhere they want while maintaining the Major Protection buff. There is also a tank, and Magicka Nightblade build, but today we are going for the healer build.
Healer Build
Healers in ESO are quite good and not too OP (overpowered) or broken. Below is our build and guide for Nightblade Healer.
Race
- Breton
- Argonian
- Khajiit
Gear
- 5 light
- 1 medium
- 1 heavy
- Destruction Staff (Shock) and Restoration Staff
The recommended gear weight distribution is not a rigid guideline for leveling. If you get better stuff as you progress, feel free to change them. Just make sure your primary gear weighs more than your secondary gear!
Gear Setup
Tier 1 (For Beginners)
Gear | Set | Enchantment | Weight | Trait |
Chest | Kagrenac’s Hope | Health | Heavy | Any Trait |
Belt | Seducer | Magicka | Light | Any Trait |
Shoes | Seducer | Magicka | Light | Any Trait |
Pants | Kagrenac’s Hope | Magicka | Light | Any Trait |
Hands | Kagrenac’s Hope | Magicka | Light | Any Trait |
Head | Monster Set or Random | Magicka | Light | Any Trait |
Shoulder | Monster Set or Random | Magicka | Light | Any Trait |
Necklace | Seducer | Magicka Recovery | Jewelry | Arcane |
Ring | Seducer | Magicka Recovery | Jewelry | Arcane |
Ring | Seducer | Spell Damage | Jewelry | Arcane |
Weapon 1 | Kagrenac’s Hope | Absorb Magic Enchant | Resto Staff | Powered |
Weapon 2 | Kagrenac’s Hope | Shock Damage | Lightning Staff | Any Trait |
Tier 2
Gear | Set | Enchantment | Weight | Trait |
Chest | Spell Power Cure | Tri-Stat | Light | Infused |
Belt | Spell Power Cure | Magicka | Light | Divine |
Shoes | Spell Power Cure | Magicka | Light | Divine |
Pants | Spell Power Cure | Tri-Stat | Light | Infused |
Hands | Spell Power Cure | Magicka | Light | Divine |
Head | Sentinel of Rkugamz | Tri-Stat | Heavy | Infused |
Shoulder | Sentinel of Rkugamz | Magicka | Light | Divine |
Necklace | Hollowfang Thirst | Magicka Recovery | Jewelry | Arcane |
Ring | Hollowfang Thirst | Magicka Recovery | Jewelry | Arcane |
Ring | Hollowfang Thirst | Spell Damage | Jewelry | Arcane |
Weapon 1 | Perfected Grand Rejuvenation | Magicka Drain Enchant | Resto Staff | Powered |
Weapon 2 | Hollowfang Thirst | Shock Damage Enchant | Lightning Staff | Charged |
Attributes
Regarding the attributes, put all of them in Magicka.
Vampire / Werewolf / Mortal
Mortal: Because Vampire and Werewolf do not provide many advantages for this role, we recommend staying mortal.
Mundus
Atronach.
Food and Potions
Potions: Magicka.
Food: Not required but, if possible, attempt to get items that enhance your Magicka, health, and Magicka recovery.
Abilities
You want to ensure that both your front and rear bars include at least one ability from each class tree. When you earn experience by killing monsters or completing missions, the skills on the action bar will gain experience along with their corresponding skill levels.
Another clever technique is that if you have skills on a skill bar that you wish to level up, you can shift to that bar after finishing a quest or dungeon to give those abilities and corresponding levels a boost in XP. If you wish to level other weapons or skill trees without ever using them, just adding a skill from that tree on the ability bar lets it earn experience as you level that bar.
- Assassination → Assassin’s Blade → Impale
- Shadow → Veiled Strike → Don’t Morph
If you want to morph, use a concealed weapon.
- Shadow → Path of Darkness → Refreshing Path
- Siphoning → Strife → Funnel Health
- Siphoning → Siphoning Strikes → Siphoning Strikes
- Siphoning → Drain Power → Sap Essence
- Mages Guild → Magelight → Inner Light
- Destruction Staff → Force Shock → Crushing Shock
- Destruction Staff → Wall of Elements → Elemental Blockade
- Destruction Staff→ Weakness to Elements → Elemental Drain
- Restoration Staff → Grand Healing → Healing Springs
- Restoration Staff → Regeneration → Radiating Regeneration
- Restoration Staff → Blessing of Protection → Combat Prayer
- Restoration Staff → Steadfast Ward → Healing Ward
- Light Armor → Annulment → Harness Magicka
- Undaunted → Necrotic Orb → Energy Orb
- Undaunted → Blood Altar → Overflowing Altar
Ultimate Abilities
- Assault → War Horn → Aggressive Warhorn
- Restoration Staff → Panacea → Light’s Champion
- Siphoning → Soul Shred → Soul Siphon
- Shadow → Consuming Darkness → Veil of Blades
Passives
- Assassination
- Shadow
- Siphoning
- Racial
- Light Armor
- Destruction Staff
- Restoration Staff
- Vampirism Passives (except Savage feeding and blood ritual)
- Alchemy – Medicinal Use
- Mages Guild
- Fighter’s Guild (Banish the Wicked)
- Undaunted
After acquiring these, get the passives for the remaining armor skill levels. Save those that need you to wear five pieces of the same gear type.
Rotation
Healers, unlike DPS, do not have fixed rotations; instead, they use the items in their kit as needed.
Sets
While it is not required to produce gear for leveling, some players like creating gear for alts or having gear built while creating a new character! Kagrenac’s Hope and Seducer are two well-crafted options.
Resources for the Nightblade Healer
Due to passives or the Siphoning Attacks skill, we have enough Magicka Recovery to survive without any issues. By combining Clockwork Citrus Filet (or Witchmother’s Potent Brew) with the Atronach Mundus Stone and Magicka Recovery Glyph, which also increases our Magicka Recovery, we can achieve a reasonably high level of Magicka Recovery. Also, do not forget to use Heavy Attack, since Resto Staves return 30% more resources! It might be your best bet!
Siphoning Attacks → Magicka Recovery Glyph → Cost Reduction Glyph → Heavy Attacks → Witchmothers Brew Drink
Lastly, Elder Scrolls Online devs have a 5-year long plan, which is great news for you.
Feel free to modify items and builds (skill trees, CP) to meet your specific requirements. If you need more endurance, run additional recovery enchants or food. If you require additional health/stability, consider using prismatic enchants. Simply play, adapt and explore to see what works best for your playing style. Good luck and enjoy Elder Scrolls Online!
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