I need Magicka nb help.

shootatme80

I was away from ESO for about 6mo. The build I had worked pretty well for me at the time, but always a work in progress. Now with all of the new sets I admit I don't know where to begin. I'm looking more towards pve . I'm not wanting to recreate some super build. I just need some tips on some newer set combinations. I appreciate any and all help.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

The comments that mNB is really in last place for DPS magic DPS arent wrong. They are essentially a slightly weaker version of sorc. This is true in a perfect trial setting. In casual 4-man stuff, they are great. NBs have a skill for just about everything, and if played well, you barely need a healer. They just dont hit quite as hard as a sorc at the extreme end of things. No reason to delete anything. Haha. As to your race, well that one is up to you. Khajit is totally useless as a magic DPS. As stamina they are arguably the best for damage. If you plan to re-roll, I would just make this toon a stamboy.

For Gear: Any magic DPS set will suffice for what you are up to. You are generally going to want a Monster Set, a Jewerly Set, and a 5 piece.

Obvious 5 pieces are Burning Spell Weave, Scathing, TBS, Julianos. If you have none of them and want to farm, I would farm BSW over Scathing. If you need to craft, I would craft TBS over Julianos. But any of these will do to get you back in the game.

As for a monster Set, Grothdarr is Best IMO. Skoria and Nerienth are also pretty solid if you have them lying around.

As for Jewelry, you really want Aether/Moondancer, but willpower will work in the meantime.

BIS Build Looks something like this for Gear:

Jewelry: Infallible Aether
Monster: Grothdar
Rest of Armor: BSW or TBS (depends on situation)
Front staff: Sharp infallible Aether Inferno (or lightning)
Back staff: Sharp VMA Inferno

A lot of people swap to DW on back bar for trash/AOE, especially if you are one of the lucky few with 2 sharp Moondancer swords.

Since you have been gone, one thing is very clear. SHARP IS KING for weapon traits. Every other trait is complete garbage in PVE. Penetration is everything. You are better off with a non set sharp crafted staff than say a precise VMA staff.

While you build toward that, you could run willpower jewelry and random staffs in sharp. If you get infallible Aether jewelry and one armor piece, you can craft you weapons in TBS and then have 5 TBS, 4 Aether, 2 monster. The BIS build really only works if you have both staffs in sharp, and those are both quite the grind.

Tempah

What class-race?

shootatme80

Khajiit

Nidro

Step 1: Go to character Screen - delete magicka NB
Roll new Char, Highelf Sorcerer - is the way to go.

Nightblade is just the worst of ALL kinds of damage dealing classes... even Stamina templar hits harder LOL

Dracindo

Nidro wrote: »

Step 1: Go to character Screen - delete magicka NB
Roll new Char, Highelf Sorcerer - is the way to go.

Nightblade is just the worst of ALL kinds of damage dealing classes... even Stamina templar hits harder LOL

It's called playing the game on Hardmode. Hello Kitty Adventure Island is the other way.

As a stamblade, I can't really help. but if you don't want a perfect build, I suggest downloading an app with all the skills or find some time to look through them all in a skill calculator. Read what everthing does and see if there are abilities you'd really want to have/use. Then ask again to see if people can help you with a build that works perfectly with those skills.

Some recommendations: Dark cloak and Mass hysteria are always good to have. whether if you need to flee or need some breathing space.

Jim_Pipp

Spell penetration has become much more important in PVE (dungeon mobs have 18k resistance). As a result sharpened weapon traits are the meta for any DPS. Many magicka builds also use the Spinners set for the extra penetration.

A magblade is one of only two builds that can really use the necropotence set. Cast dark shade(s) and get +4000 magic, which is a great raw stat boost (equivalent to nearly 400 spell damage).

Nidro

mag nb is maybe useful in pvp lol.
mag nb in pve is just trash :-)

i was not speaking of any difficulty iw as speaking of an actual good use in all kinda content

code65536

Nidro wrote: »

Nightblade is just the worst of ALL kinds of damage dealing classes... even Stamina templar hits harder LOL

LOL.

• Magblade is still the easiest class/resource combination for vMA: range, high mobility, easy resource management, and passive heals that have a HoT component... yes, even easier than sorcs
• I have a stamblade. It hits hard--harder than a magblade. Yet I still prefer to take my magblade to dungeons because it's much more survivable and versatile. There's more to this game than numbers from a tank-and-spank fight--show me one person who would rather do the Lord Warden fight on a magplar, magdk, or any stamina class.
• Magblade is the still most well-rounded and well-balanced in the game. And just months ago, it was arguably one of the best. Magblades look tarnished now only because others have been buffed while magblades are still the same as they've been for much of the past year.

Now, if you want to be competitive and beat people on the PvE leaderboards, magblades are kinda weak. But if you want to have fun, if you want a versatile, well-rounded class with a lot of utility, magblade is still the best.


And to answer the OP's question: Nothing much has changed in the world of magblades. Any competent PvE DPS setup will serve you well. Julianos+Willpower+Grothdarr is a good easy-to-acquire combination. You can go with BSW and Infal if you can get them, but the increase would be modest. And if you don't have a lot of CP, here's a setup that's more suited for low-CP players.

But Khajiit really isn't a good race for any magicka class--it's the best min/maxed race for stamina DPS. You'll be better off with a Dunmer, High Elf, or Breton (in that order).

Waffennacht

Why is Dunmer so preferred for NB? I ask primarily why over breton?

code65536

Waffennacht wrote: »

Why is Dunmer so preferred for NB? I ask primarily why over breton?

When I look at my Combat Metrics reports, I'm seeing anywhere from 40-60% of my damage being fire--blockade, staff weaves, and Grothdarr add up. And that's with me using Funnel instead of Force Pulse. A Dunmer would have something like 3-4% more DPS than a Breton.

In general, Dunmer is the best race for any magicka DPS (except maybe Altmer for sorc); it's not just a nightblade thing.

That said, my main is still a Breton because I'm too attached to the character to change her race for a few percent extra.

AzuraKin

magicka nb is *** awesome both in pve and pvp. dont listen to these haters who dont know nothing about mageblade.

sap essence + m. det = strongest aoe combo in the game.

funnel health + twisting path morphed for heal team healing + damage at same time.

shootatme80

I appreciate all of the helpful info from some of the responses. I began as a steam build, hays why I chose khajiit. I switched to magicka because I found it more fun to play. That's the important thing anyway, isn't it?

Oreyn_Bearclaw

shootatme80 wrote: »

I appreciate all of the helpful info from some of the responses. I began as a steam build, hays why I chose khajiit. I switched to magicka because I found it more fun to play. That's the important thing anyway, isn't it?

Absolutely. You can certainly play just fine as a Khajiit mNB. If you want to min/max, you can absolutely do better, but nothing wrong with what you are doing.

Tryxus

The race only matters if you want to get the absolute best numbers in PvE, but it's still possible to get very good numbers without going for the best race.

The best races for MagBlade would be either Altmer or Dunmer, with Breton after that. Khajiit don't have useful Magicka passives for Magic DPS but of you're having fun with it, I'd say go for it

For the rest, I think Oreyn has explained it best

Patouf

Nidro wrote: »

Step 1: Go to character Screen - delete magicka NB
Roll new Char, Highelf Sorcerer - is the way to go.

Nightblade is just the worst of ALL kinds of damage dealing classes... even Stamina templar hits harder LOL

***. Stay with your mBlade, others magicka class have just a good dps gear that suit them.

mPlar is just best for magicka dps and mDK just more useful in trial.

code65536

shootatme80 wrote: »

I appreciate all of the helpful info from some of the responses. I began as a steam build, hays why I chose khajiit. I switched to magicka because I found it more fun to play. That's the important thing anyway, isn't it?

Definitely. You will have a modest handicap--in the ballpark of 10% of DPS--by not being one of the magicka races, but it's not the kind of thing that would dramatically alter the playstyle or the feel of the magblade.

davey1107

The problem w a khajit magblademis that their passive are all stamina based. You'll never be a great magblade, but you can have fun.

If worst comes to worst, don't delete your poor khajit. Respect him as a stamblade and roll out an altmer or Breton magblade.