Updated Magicka nightblade builds (for 1vX & dueling)

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Abstraqt
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Both builds are the strongest I've seen so far.

51k+ magicka
Skoria
2.4k regen
2.3k crit resist
800 stam regen (1k with Tri pots)
24k health

Any questions let me know

https://youtu.be/pb9hZC90Bn8
  • wozborne
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    Very well put together video. I don’t PvP with a Magblade but the scary theme you had going throughout the video kept me watching.
  • Abstraqt
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    wozborne wrote: »
    Very well put together video. I don’t PvP with a Magblade but the scary theme you had going throughout the video kept me watching.

    Thank you very much:)
  • kadar
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    Yep, that was intense.

    I find it really hard to quantify how good the magicka stacking thing really is vs. a healthy magicka pool and more spell dmg. I wish we could mNB duel and find out... >:)
  • Vermintide
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    Abstraqt wrote: »
    It's a necropotence episode

    Bleh. Let's not.
    Yep, that was intense.

    I find it really hard to quantify how good the magicka stacking thing really is vs. a healthy magicka pool and more spell dmg. I wish we could mNB duel and find out... >:)

    If you use shields then it stands to reason no? If you play magblade like a man however...

    ;)
  • kadar
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    Vermintide wrote: »

    Bleh. Let's not.
    If you use shields then it stands to reason no? If you play magblade like a man however...

    ;)
    Am I a man if I only use healing ward? :#
  • Vermintide
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    Healing ward doesn't count. We are only forced to use it for lack of a better alternative, after all.
  • NyassaV
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    Vermintide wrote: »

    Bleh. Let's not.
    If you use shields then it stands to reason no? If you play magblade like a man however...

    ;)

    I'm a woman and I use shields so hush. MagBlade skills scale better with Spell damage than they do max magicka. However you want to have a good max magic pool so don't neglect it. It find it more effective to have transmutation and 25k health than have 22k health with shields as your primary form of mitigation. You want to aim for 36k + max magic
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  • Vermintide
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    NyassaV wrote: »

    I'm a woman

    That's a pretty weak excuse not to play like a man, just sayin'.
  • Abstraqt
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    Some go for more spell dmg, I prefer more max mag, it's so easy to stack on a mag NB
  • HEBREWHAMMERRR
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    You aren’t running skoria like you mentioned in the post, just FYI!
  • WhompO
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    You aren’t running skoria like you mentioned in the post, just FYI!

    You didn't watch the whole video FYI
  • HEBREWHAMMERRR
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    WhompO wrote: »

    You didn't watch the whole video FYI
    This is true! Just was making an observation as I watched to see which sets as I was curious. Didn’t think thered be a gear swap lol. Changed base stats up a bit.
  • Abstraqt
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    This is true! Just was making an observation as I watched to see which sets as I was curious. Didn’t think thered be a gear swap lol. Changed base stats up a bit.

    Yea, hence the 2 builds 1 video on the thumbnail:)
  • MrDenimChicken
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    I'd love to see a gameplay vid with the first build. That's the build I play in cyrodil (minus master's staff, I just have shackle for both destro/resto.

    I've compared that build to warmaiden/lich, and even though the shackle/necro tooltips for damage skills are higher, when I tested dmg on mobs, the warmaiden actually made my skills do way more damage...like 10% more.

    the main benefit with shackle/necro is about 700 more shield absorption, but less dmg. And idk, maybe it's cause im CP570, but there are just several classes that I cannot down with the incap + merc bow combo. I stopped using flame reach because it would knock people away so I wouldn't be able to use incap/harvest + merc bow after.

    I'm still looking for an effective 1vX magblade build....but no matter how damn hard I try, it still VASTLY underperforms my stamden that I just recently geared and have yet to actually get good at.
  • Subversus
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    I'd love to see a gameplay vid with the first build. That's the build I play in cyrodil (minus master's staff, I just have shackle for both destro/resto.

    I've compared that build to warmaiden/lich, and even though the shackle/necro tooltips for damage skills are higher, when I tested dmg on mobs, the warmaiden actually made my skills do way more damage...like 10% more.

    the main benefit with shackle/necro is about 700 more shield absorption, but less dmg. And idk, maybe it's cause im CP570, but there are just several classes that I cannot down with the incap + merc bow combo. I stopped using flame reach because it would knock people away so I wouldn't be able to use incap/harvest + merc bow after.

    I'm still looking for an effective 1vX magblade build....but no matter how damn hard I try, it still VASTLY underperforms my stamden that I just recently geared and have yet to actually get good at.

    How can you even compare magblade to stamden for 1vX though. They’re two different leagues completely, of course stamden will outperform.
  • MrDenimChicken
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    Subversus wrote: »

    How can you even compare magblade to stamden for 1vX though. They’re two different leagues completely, of course stamden will outperform.

    how can I compare them? because I play both...and I want to get as good as I can on magblade since that's the class I enjoy more.

    and from what I can tell, there aren't really any magblade builds that really make them suddenly competitive vs the stamdens/stamplars in cyrodil, on console
  • Abstraqt
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    Subversus wrote: »

    How can you even compare magblade to stamden for 1vX though. They’re two different leagues completely, of course stamden will outperform.

    This is definitely not edited I swear

    Edited by Abstraqt on March 31, 2018 11:33AM
  • Subversus
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    magblade
    stamden
    they're the same class

    Eh wat
  • MrDenimChicken
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    Can someone either show some magblade 2h gameplay or provide a decent build? I wanna try it out.
  • thankyourat
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    Can someone either show some magblade 2h gameplay or provide a decent build? I wanna try it out.

    Not a lot of magblade gameplay out there in general you will be lucky to find 2hand magblade gameplay. Maybe blobs channel has some I'm not entirely sure. Not a lot of magblades out in cyrodiil
  • Abstraqt
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    Subversus wrote: »

    Eh wat

    Ok, my bad I read that one wrong, I thought I saw stam nb
  • Abstraqt
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    Can someone either show some magblade 2h gameplay or provide a decent build? I wanna try it out.

    Go ask blobs
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    I run 2 hand, but I dont have a decent build. I just make due and worked 2 hand in as most of the time that I get killed, its from being snared with no way to get distance for a port to shadow image to make a difference not be able to get far cloaked from someone to not be able to find me. With concealed weapon, Forward momentum, and cloak; even with a detect pot on you, you move fast enough to get away.
    Edited by technohic on March 31, 2018 1:51PM
  • Subversus
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    Abstraqt wrote: »

    Ok, my bad I read that one wrong, I thought I saw stam nb

    It’s cool, it happens hahahaha
    Edited by Subversus on March 31, 2018 4:26PM
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