Nightblade Sword and Board

21jws10 · August 2015

I like PvP, I like my builds to feel quite tough, so I use one hand and shield, I end up quite tanky usualy, what abilities would you recommend I try out? Also I get confused whether to go stamina or magicka, seems to be stamina can be better sometimes. I was thinking of using brute to cut the costs of CC break, not sure though.

kaithuzar · August 2015

immovable brute is ok, use defensive stance, swallow soul, maybe struct entropy, circle of protection, doubletake/mirage, lots of good choices, possibly refreshing path

21jws10 · August 2015

@kaithuzar refreshing path is safe in PvP? I'm unsure about the balance, as a lot of the NB abilities cost Magicka so IDK what to put stuff in.

kaithuzar · August 2015

Since IC is dropping today, I'll tell you what I'm doing:
5 heavy willows path (going to make gold v15), 3 light arch-mage (neck is 3rd piece), however, you can swap arch-mage for another set of your choosing 3 storm knight or even the v10 lord's mail is nice.
With this setup & drinks I can get 3k magic regen & 2k stam regen
I'm using sp dmg mundus, but you can pick the mundus & enchants you like, I'm putting 1 magic regen & 2 sp dmg on my jewelry.
I'm trying to think of a way to get around being hit by shield breaker while my bubble shield healing ward is on, so maybe I won't use healing ward resto & I'll swap to sword & board back bar. I wish I had a master one handed sword I could then use puncture with storm knight shield but since I don't I'll use v10 lord's mail sword & shield for off bar with vigor & swallow soul for healing; probably.
I use double swords nirnhoned for the my main weapons to kill stuff.

I think infused on all armor will be the best, & prismatic enchants once we get them. Maybe prismatic on small pieces (belt, gloves, etc..) & just normal magic or stam enchants on main pieces (head, chest, legs) or vice versa, not sure what's best.
I am going vampire with bats on sword & board or resto bar.
Personally I don't use refreshing path, I was just throwing that out there as something to test.

ThatNeonZebraAgain · September 2015

kaithuzar wrote: »

Since IC is dropping today, I'll tell you what I'm doing:
5 heavy willows path (going to make gold v15), 3 light arch-mage (neck is 3rd piece), however, you can swap arch-mage for another set of your choosing 3 storm knight or even the v10 lord's mail is nice.
With this setup & drinks I can get 3k magic regen & 2k stam regen
I'm using sp dmg mundus, but you can pick the mundus & enchants you like, I'm putting 1 magic regen & 2 sp dmg on my jewelry.
I'm trying to think of a way to get around being hit by shield breaker while my bubble shield healing ward is on, so maybe I won't use healing ward resto & I'll swap to sword & board back bar. I wish I had a master one handed sword I could then use puncture with storm knight shield but since I don't I'll use v10 lord's mail sword & shield for off bar with vigor & swallow soul for healing; probably.
I use double swords nirnhoned for the my main weapons to kill stuff.

I think infused on all armor will be the best, & prismatic enchants once we get them. Maybe prismatic on small pieces (belt, gloves, etc..) & just normal magic or stam enchants on main pieces (head, chest, legs) or vice versa, not sure what's best.
I am going vampire with bats on sword & board or resto bar.
Personally I don't use refreshing path, I was just throwing that out there as something to test.

Thanks for posting. That build seems like it has good sustain, but not very high damage. Given the new changes, 5pc Kagnerac's Hope could be interesting depending on how much damage it provides. Elf Bane set can be found at V14 (over Storm Knight's V12) and provides 2 spell damage bonuses on Heavy Armor. For my PvP build, I'm working on a magicka melee 1h/shield and Dual Wield setup, so there's lots of options now (though frustratingly few good ones that include jewelry and shield).