Gilliamtherogue wrote: »I thought shadowy disguise just guaranteed the next attack to crit, not only weapon crit abilities?
Wait, so Impale is based on Weapon crit even though it's a Magicka based ranged attack? How does that make any sense?
This all screws the Night Blade so much more than the other classes, I believe.
Since you want to spend magica, you want to have a lot of it and regen it so you want light armor. Now to get melee crit for some of the skills and magic crit for others...
This all screws the Night Blade so much more than the other classes, I believe.
Since you want to spend magica, you want to have a lot of it and regen it so you want light armor. Now to get melee crit for some of the skills and magic crit for others...
Build Magicka with enchants and Food
5 Light (Spell Crit passive) and 2 Medium (stealth bonuses, some weapon crit)
Daggers or Bow (weapon crit passives) and Precise traits (weapon and spell crit)
Willow's Path 3 piece set for 5% spell crit
Twilight's Embrace 5 piece set for 5% spell crit and 10% healing increase.
Inner Light (Magelight Morph) for 20% spell crit
Slot at least one assassination ability for 3% weapon and spell crit, as well as 10% increased crit bonus (bonus applies to weapon crits, spell crits and even to our HoT in Siphoning).
Morph Shadowy Disguise for 100% weapon crit for all class skills reliant on weapon crit.
I have 50% spell crit with magelight on, but only 26% weapon crit with a Legendary precise bow -- if I go Shadowy Disguise --> Assassination skill or Veiled Strike I always get crits though.
Spell Crit is only important if you want to build for the Siphoning skill line though.
Spell Crit impacts Strife, Cripple, Drain Power and Soul Shred. I have not tested Agony but I presume the DoT crits based on spell crit same as Cripple does.
The most valuable one to crit with is Strife. Critting on Strife provides a more powerful HoT; the HoT ticks can also crit heal based on Spell Crit.
If you aren't building for the Siphoning line then Spell Crit is less valuable.
This all screws the Night Blade so much more than the other classes, I believe.
Since you want to spend magica, you want to have a lot of it and regen it so you want light armor. Now to get melee crit for some of the skills and magic crit for others...
Build Magicka with enchants and Food
5 Light (Spell Crit passive) and 2 Medium (stealth bonuses, some weapon crit)
Daggers or Bow (weapon crit passives) and Precise traits (weapon and spell crit)
Willow's Path 3 piece set for 5% spell crit
Twilight's Embrace 5 piece set for 5% spell crit and 10% healing increase.
Inner Light (Magelight Morph) for 20% spell crit
Slot at least one assassination ability for 3% weapon and spell crit, as well as 10% increased crit bonus (bonus applies to weapon crits, spell crits and even to our HoT in Siphoning).
Morph Shadowy Disguise for 100% weapon crit for all class skills reliant on weapon crit.
I have 50% spell crit with magelight on, but only 26% weapon crit with a Legendary precise bow -- if I go Shadowy Disguise --> Assassination skill or Veiled Strike I always get crits though.
Spell Crit is only important if you want to build for the Siphoning skill line though.
Spell Crit impacts Strife, Cripple, Drain Power and Soul Shred. I have not tested Agony but I presume the DoT crits based on spell crit same as Cripple does.
The most valuable one to crit with is Strife. Critting on Strife provides a more powerful HoT; the HoT ticks can also crit heal based on Spell Crit.
If you aren't building for the Siphoning line then Spell Crit is less valuable.
I use a similar setup.
The problem you did not mention was what weapons do you equip. Since magica is used for so much, and magica damage > stamina damage, I need to lvl up destro staff. My NB is currently lvl 48, has some lvls in bow, two blades, high in restro staff, some in destory. I fear that if I continue lvling it and they change it back so stamina skills can be used it's going to be a *** to lvl up two weapons / bow to max with no quests left to do, or so I fear. Therefor I've put my NB on hold, but play it from time to time anyway.
You do offer good advice thou and I do use similar build and ofcs 5 light pieces.
This all screws the Night Blade so much more than the other classes, I believe.
Since you want to spend magica, you want to have a lot of it and regen it so you want light armor. Now to get melee crit for some of the skills and magic crit for others...
Build Magicka with enchants and Food
5 Light (Spell Crit passive) and 2 Medium (stealth bonuses, some weapon crit)
Daggers or Bow (weapon crit passives) and Precise traits (weapon and spell crit)
Willow's Path 3 piece set for 5% spell crit
Twilight's Embrace 5 piece set for 5% spell crit and 10% healing increase.
Inner Light (Magelight Morph) for 20% spell crit
Slot at least one assassination ability for 3% weapon and spell crit, as well as 10% increased crit bonus (bonus applies to weapon crits, spell crits and even to our HoT in Siphoning).
Morph Shadowy Disguise for 100% weapon crit for all class skills reliant on weapon crit.
I have 50% spell crit with magelight on, but only 26% weapon crit with a Legendary precise bow -- if I go Shadowy Disguise --> Assassination skill or Veiled Strike I always get crits though.
Spell Crit is only important if you want to build for the Siphoning skill line though.
Spell Crit impacts Strife, Cripple, Drain Power and Soul Shred. I have not tested Agony but I presume the DoT crits based on spell crit same as Cripple does.
The most valuable one to crit with is Strife. Critting on Strife provides a more powerful HoT; the HoT ticks can also crit heal based on Spell Crit.
If you aren't building for the Siphoning line then Spell Crit is less valuable.
I use a similar setup.
The problem you did not mention was what weapons do you equip. Since magica is used for so much, and magica damage > stamina damage, I need to lvl up destro staff. My NB is currently lvl 48, has some lvls in bow, two blades, high in restro staff, some in destory. I fear that if I continue lvling it and they change it back so stamina skills can be used it's going to be a *** to lvl up two weapons / bow to max with no quests left to do, or so I fear. Therefor I've put my NB on hold, but play it from time to time anyway.
You do offer good advice thou and I do use similar build and ofcs 5 light pieces.
I use a Bow for PvP and Dual Wield for AoE grind.
I don't like staffs because they don't get the sneak attack bonus from Crouch, but I do have destro up to 50 from testing it.
This all screws the Night Blade so much more than the other classes, I believe.
Since you want to spend magica, you want to have a lot of it and regen it so you want light armor. Now to get melee crit for some of the skills and magic crit for others...
Build Magicka with enchants and Food
5 Light (Spell Crit passive) and 2 Medium (stealth bonuses, some weapon crit)
Daggers or Bow (weapon crit passives) and Precise traits (weapon and spell crit)
Willow's Path 3 piece set for 5% spell crit
Twilight's Embrace 5 piece set for 5% spell crit and 10% healing increase.
Inner Light (Magelight Morph) for 20% spell crit
Slot at least one assassination ability for 3% weapon and spell crit, as well as 10% increased crit bonus (bonus applies to weapon crits, spell crits and even to our HoT in Siphoning).
Morph Shadowy Disguise for 100% weapon crit for all class skills reliant on weapon crit.
I have 50% spell crit with magelight on, but only 26% weapon crit with a Legendary precise bow -- if I go Shadowy Disguise --> Assassination skill or Veiled Strike I always get crits though.
Spell Crit is only important if you want to build for the Siphoning skill line though.
Spell Crit impacts Strife, Cripple, Drain Power and Soul Shred. I have not tested Agony but I presume the DoT crits based on spell crit same as Cripple does.
The most valuable one to crit with is Strife. Critting on Strife provides a more powerful HoT; the HoT ticks can also crit heal based on Spell Crit.
If you aren't building for the Siphoning line then Spell Crit is less valuable.
I use a similar setup.
The problem you did not mention was what weapons do you equip. Since magica is used for so much, and magica damage > stamina damage, I need to lvl up destro staff. My NB is currently lvl 48, has some lvls in bow, two blades, high in restro staff, some in destory. I fear that if I continue lvling it and they change it back so stamina skills can be used it's going to be a *** to lvl up two weapons / bow to max with no quests left to do, or so I fear. Therefor I've put my NB on hold, but play it from time to time anyway.
You do offer good advice thou and I do use similar build and ofcs 5 light pieces.
I use a Bow for PvP and Dual Wield for AoE grind.
I don't like staffs because they don't get the sneak attack bonus from Crouch, but I do have destro up to 50 from testing it.
Ok
I dont like bow because it makes use of Stamina, I like to focus on magica as otherwise we can't compete in damage with magica builds. I don't think it's viable competitively to split the focus. All thou it might be a viable build by itself but why would a group pick that build if someone with a better build is around.
Don't get me wrong thou, I'd prefer to use 2 blades and a bow. Took me a long time to reconcile with this. But with the bugged abilities nb went to the shelf. But with no decent heals and the good dbs from resto staff and heals, and utility buffs for group, it's a good thing to have sadly. The assassin that uses rod's hehe....
This all screws the Night Blade so much more than the other classes, I believe.
Since you want to spend magica, you want to have a lot of it and regen it so you want light armor. Now to get melee crit for some of the skills and magic crit for others...
Build Magicka with enchants and Food
5 Light (Spell Crit passive) and 2 Medium (stealth bonuses, some weapon crit)
Daggers or Bow (weapon crit passives) and Precise traits (weapon and spell crit)
Willow's Path 3 piece set for 5% spell crit
Twilight's Embrace 5 piece set for 5% spell crit and 10% healing increase.
Inner Light (Magelight Morph) for 20% spell crit
Slot at least one assassination ability for 3% weapon and spell crit, as well as 10% increased crit bonus (bonus applies to weapon crits, spell crits and even to our HoT in Siphoning).
Morph Shadowy Disguise for 100% weapon crit for all class skills reliant on weapon crit.
I have 50% spell crit with magelight on, but only 26% weapon crit with a Legendary precise bow -- if I go Shadowy Disguise --> Assassination skill or Veiled Strike I always get crits though.
Spell Crit is only important if you want to build for the Siphoning skill line though.
Spell Crit impacts Strife, Cripple, Drain Power and Soul Shred. I have not tested Agony but I presume the DoT crits based on spell crit same as Cripple does.
The most valuable one to crit with is Strife. Critting on Strife provides a more powerful HoT; the HoT ticks can also crit heal based on Spell Crit.
If you aren't building for the Siphoning line then Spell Crit is less valuable.
I use a similar setup.
The problem you did not mention was what weapons do you equip. Since magica is used for so much, and magica damage > stamina damage, I need to lvl up destro staff. My NB is currently lvl 48, has some lvls in bow, two blades, high in restro staff, some in destory. I fear that if I continue lvling it and they change it back so stamina skills can be used it's going to be a *** to lvl up two weapons / bow to max with no quests left to do, or so I fear. Therefor I've put my NB on hold, but play it from time to time anyway.
You do offer good advice thou and I do use similar build and ofcs 5 light pieces.
I use a Bow for PvP and Dual Wield for AoE grind.
I don't like staffs because they don't get the sneak attack bonus from Crouch, but I do have destro up to 50 from testing it.
Ok
I dont like bow because it makes use of Stamina, I like to focus on magica as otherwise we can't compete in damage with magica builds. I don't think it's viable competitively to split the focus. All thou it might be a viable build by itself but why would a group pick that build if someone with a better build is around.
Don't get me wrong thou, I'd prefer to use 2 blades and a bow. Took me a long time to reconcile with this. But with the bugged abilities nb went to the shelf. But with no decent heals and the good dbs from resto staff and heals, and utility buffs for group, it's a good thing to have sadly. The assassin that uses rod's hehe....
Ah, I better comprehend your issues now.
In PvP the bow using Stamina is not an issue for me. I use all class skills because weapon skills are sub-par anyway.
Since left-click attack for staffs is based on Stamina for damage, the same as every other weapon, staffs give me no advantage -- in fact, they give me a disadvantage because staffs can't do sneak attacks while crouched.
If I use any weapon skills in PvP, the only one I bother with is Venom Arrow so that I can have a ranged interrupt to use against casters. Since I use it for the interrupt instead of damage, the Stamina issue does not matter there either.
When AoE grinding, I use Steel Tornado from Dual Wield and the fact that it uses Stamina is actually a blessing. I do the bulk of my AoE damage with Sap Essence (Drain Power morph), then I swap to Steel Tornado when the mobs health gets low.
The heal on Sap Essence keeps me alive, then Steel Tornado gets bonus damage from hitting low-health targets. This lets me AoE grind without running out of Magicka before mobs die, because I use both resources.
I can solo Veteran group dungeons with almost no issue. Groups of 5-8 mobs actually tend to be more manageable for me, because more targets makes Sap Essence heal me for more health.
I spend all my playtime either solo or duo with my girlfriend though. As such, I don't have to worry about selection in groups -- I never bother joining them.
My Nightblade serves me very well for solo/duo, but I can agree that the class on the whole does not sufficiently fill the needs of groups. I know in Veteran areas it's not uncommon to see people call for group members but specifically say "no Nightblades" =/
dancing.in.the.webeb17_ESO wrote: »
And what? Impale is a morph of assasin's blade, somewhat like magic dagger which you use with you weapon crit skill. You can use it in close combat or in case of Impale you can throw it (like flying blade). Why it should be based on spell crit in this case?Impale is a morph of a melee range skill.
Talketzanto wrote: »Hidden blade - ranged melee weapon crit skill
Impale - ranged class weapon crit skill
Im assuming that also means weapon damage based? or is that up in the air also?