“Nightblades are adventurers and opportunists with a gift for getting in and out of trouble. Relying variously on stealth, blades and speed, Nightblades thrive on conflict and misfortune, trusting to their luck and cunning to survive.
— Game Description
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Nightblade
The Nightblade is one of four classes which will be featured in The Elder Scrolls: Online. The Nightblade is a mainly stealth and DPS oriented class, with skills ranging from an executioner-style attack, to a limited duration invisibility, to a health-draining DoT. The 3 skill trees of the Nightblade are:
- Assassination, a set of skills relating to dealing heavy burst DPS
- Shadow, a set of skills relating to staying hidden and stealthy
- Siphoning, a set of skills relating to applying DoT's and CC's on enemies.
Nightblade Skills
- Assassination
The Assassination skill line mainly focuses on dealing high burst DPS, or Damage Per Second, with skills that help you to quickly incapacitate your enemy, without letting them touch you.
| Skill Name | Skill Type | Skill Description | Skill Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Blade | Active | Deals moderate damage with a large damage multiplier when used against low health enemies. | Unavailable |
| Teleport Strike | Active | Teleport directly to your target, dealing damage and stunning them for a short duration. | Unavailable |
| Blur | Active | A medium duration self buff that gives attackers a percentage based miss chance when attacking the Nightblade. | Unavailable |
| Mark Target | Active | Place a mark on a high-health target; while marked you deal extra damage to the target. Killing the marked target will heal the Nightblade. | Unavailable |
| Haste | Active | Increases the attack speed of normal and power attacks for a moderate duration. | Unavailable |
| Master Assassin | Passive | Deal increased damage while stealthed or invisible. Successful sneak attacks stun for longer. | Unavailable |
| Executioner | Passive | Killing an enemy with an Assassination ability restores some Magicka. | Unavailable |
| Pressure Points | Passive | Increases the Nightblade’s critical strike chance for every Assassination ability on their current hotbar. | Unavailable |
| Death Stroke | Ultimate | Deals damage to your target, and reduces their incoming healing. The damage dealt is increased by your Ultimate pool. | Unavailable |
- Shadow
The Shadow skill line is all about being stealthy, surprising your enemies, and gaining the upper hand, through under-handed methods.
| Skill Name | Skill Type | Skill Description | Skill Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Cloak | Active | Gain invisibility for a short duration. | Unavailable |
| Veiled Strike | Active | Deals increased damage and stun enemies. Requires Stealth. | Unavailable |
| Summon Shade | Active | Summons a shade which attacks and debuffs your enemies causing them to deal less damage. | Unavailable |
| Path of Darkness | Active | Deals damage in a path in front of you, increases your movement speed along that path. | Unavailable |
| Aspect of Terror | Active | Nearby enemies are afflicted with Fear. | Unavailable |
| Refreshing Shadow | Passive | Activating a Shadow ability increases stamina regeneration. | Unavailable |
| Shadow Barrier | Passive | Take less damage after coming out of stealth or invisibility. | Unavailable |
| Fortitude | Passive | Increase max Health per slotted Shadow ability slotted. | Unavailable |
| Consuming Darkness | Ultimate | An AoE snare that renders the Nightblade invisibile. Attacking an enemy removes the invisibility for a short time. Allies can activate the Slip Away synergy, also gaining invisibility. | Unavailable |
- Siphoning
The Siphoning skill line is one focused on DoTs, and cripples. Instead of doing the maximum amount of burst damage quickly, siphoning is based on self-heals and crowd-control.
| Skill Name | Skill Type | Skill Description | Skill Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strife | Active | Places a DoT on your target which also heals you for the duration. | Unavailable |
| Agony | Active | Stuns and DoTs an enemy for a long duration, but the effect is broken by any other damage. | Unavailable |
| Cripple | Active | Places a DoT on an enemy which gradually decreases its movement speed, transferring an equal speed bonus to the Nightblade. | Unavailable |
| Siphoning Strikes | Active | Sacrifice a portion of your own weapon damage in to restore a portion of your Magicka and Stamina with every hit. | Unavailable |
| Drain Power | Active | Debuff the attack power of nearby enemies, transferring a portion of that power to the Nightblade for each affected enemy. | Unavailable |
| Catalyst | Passive | Increase potion effectiveness. | Unavailable |
| Magicka Flood | Passive | Increase maximum magicka when you have a Siphoning ability slotted. | Unavailable |
| Soul Siphoner | Passive | Increases healing taken by Siphoning abilities. | Unavailable |
| Soul Shred | Ultimate | Deals PBAoE (Point-blank AreaOfEffect) damage and stuns nearby enemies. Initiates the Leeching Strike synergy. | Unavailable |
Source
- Tamriel Foundry - Description and list of Nightblade skills