Best 2nd weapon for a dualweilding Nightblade??

bassam3535 · June 2015

Currently debating between a destruction staff or a bow. It obviously has to be one of the two so I can have some long range.

I'm a fairly stealthy player and mainly do PvP. To be honest, I already chose the Destruction Staff and am already level 29, but I think I need to put a change.

I currently have 2000 crowns since I have ESO Plus+, and am thinking of resetting my attribute points and skill points.

PS: I'm a werewolf so an ultimate ability is out of the question.

Tre_775 · June 2015

bassam3535 wrote: »

Currently debating between a destruction staff or a bow. It obviously has to be one of the two so I can have some long range.

I'm a fairly stealthy player and mainly do PvP. To be honest, I already chose the Destruction Staff and am already level 29, but I think I need to put a change.

I currently have 2000 crowns since I have ESO Plus+, and am thinking of resetting my attribute points and skill points.

PS: I'm a werewolf so an ultimate ability is out of the question.

Is your build Magika or Stamina based and what spec? Those should help you determine which one may be better. TBH I'd think that any of the NB specs would be pretty lackluster with a casting weapon however. You'll take advantage of your Werewolf Stamina passives much better with a bow if you find that you want ranged attacks. While you're leveling, now is the time to play around with different things to see what works best for your playstyle. You should also head over to the Combat and Character Mechanics forum to see what other NBs are doing.

PBpsy · June 2015

You are aiming for a lame stamina Nightblade so you should go for a lame bow since lame weapon skill damage scales with the degree of stamina lameness you have. Right now your destro staff probably does very lame damage because you have a high degree of stamina lameness and limited amounts of magicka awesomeness. Change to bow since it is pretty great for pvp or go DW and 2H for a stamina based heal and only do stamina melee. You can also get Hidden Blade from DW for a non bow ranged attack

Don't use crown for respecs though, gold is plenty enough and at your level respecs are cheap and you could use those crowns for better stuff like mounts or exp scrolls.

Tankqull · June 2015

2h weapon, no other optiion for heal and brutality buff.

AngryNord · June 2015

Bow or 2-hander sword

Tonnopesce · June 2015

Magika => Dual wield (+Spell Damage) + Resto staff (Mutagen + Healing ward)
Stamina => 2 Handed (Rally) + Dual wield ( the trowing dagger works fine as a ranged skill)

Mitchblue · June 2015

If you like any semblance of a weapon animation don't get bow. It takes the fun right out of playing..

IXI_WiCKeD_IXI · June 2015

I'd go with bow. But whatever you go with I'd grind some monsters for a few hours to get it up to the same level as your dual wield. Also when you're about complete a quest if you switch to your secondary weapon you'll get more experience towards that skill line

IXI_WiCKeD_IXI · June 2015

Go with bow if your staamina staff if you're magicka

Tre_775 · June 2015

Tankqull wrote: »

2h weapon, no other optiion for heal and brutality buff.

I was going to mention 2H as a very good option, but the OP said he wanted some ranged skills. TBH I've been trying out the bow as a secondary (main is dagger/dagger or mace/dagger) and, not to even mention that it essentially destroys using SD > Amb, I haven't been very impressed with the playstyle. IMO if you're playing a NB then you should decide on either either going full ranged with a (ultimately weak) secondary such as a 2H (think Hunter or Ranger) or full melee with DW and 2H. For the latter, if you want to do really effective and meaningful ranged damage during seiges, then break out the Ballista.

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Tankqull · June 2015

Tre_775 wrote: »

Tankqull wrote: »

2h weapon, no other optiion for heal and brutality buff.

I was going to mention 2H as a very good option, but the OP said he wanted some ranged skills. TBH I've been trying out the bow as a secondary (main is dagger/dagger or mace/dagger) and, not to even mention that it essentially destroys using SD > Amb, I haven't been very impressed with the playstyle. IMO if you're playing a NB then you should decide on either either going full ranged with a (ultimately weak) secondary such as a 2H (think Hunter or Ranger) or full melee with DW and 2H. For the latter, if you want to do really effective and meaningful ranged damage during seiges, then break out the Ballista.

well, as DW offers the most powerfull range option beside snipe i do not see any benefit in using bow over 2H.

whiteshadow711jppreub18_ESO · June 2015

Right now I run DW/2H, 2H is more my buff/survival bar and DW is my DPS bar..

My basic DW looks like this,

DW –
1 Surprise Attack
2 Flying Blade
3 Ambush
4 Dark Cloak
5 Mass Hysteria
Ult– Flawless Dawnbreaker or Soul Harvest.

2H-
1 Efficient Purge (around keeps) / Piercing Mark (with a group)
2 Double Take
3 Executioner /killers blade or Retreating Maneuver (when traveling)
4 Dark Cloak /or something else. (flex spot)
5 Rally (your heal and damage buff, and yes you need the heal)
Ult– Soul Tether

After Vigor gets moved to Alliance rank 5 in the future, I will get it and move it to the buff bar where Rally is and then I will most likely go DW/BOW and put Relentless Focus in my flex spot, it will look something like this,

Weapon Swap #1
Dual Wield
1 Surprise Attack (good damage and armor debuff)
2 Flying Blade (I love Flying blade, snares and does awesome damage)
3 Ambush (gap closer)
4 Dark Cloak (to escape and to combo with Surprise Attack)
5 Mass Hysteria (fear them, best CC in the game)
U Flawless Dawnbreaker or Soul Harvest

Weapon Swap #2
Bow
1 Piercing Mark or Double Take or Efficient Purge (around keeps)
2 Poison Injection (ranged DOT and can act like a Execute)
3 Lethal Arrow (to shoot them from far away)
4 Relentless Focus (more damage and extra stamina recovery)
5 Resolving Vigor (the heal..)
U Flawless Dawnbreaker or Soul Tether

TheElitistDuck · June 2015

Bow for a stamina build restoration staff for a magika build

aenaerion · June 2015

Personally ive gone for bow, I find that a stealth bow shot followed by poison arrow swap to dw attack, sorts most enemy's

ContraTempo · June 2015

bassam3535 wrote: »

PS: I'm a werewolf so an ultimate ability is out of the question.

You don't have to have the WW ultimate in both bars. If you want to WW and you are on the wrong weapon/bar it's just one extra tap to get to the right one. That gives you a slot for a class or guild ultimate.

SedoUmbra · June 2015

Bow

Carterboy254 · June 2015

Never gave 2H/dual a shot might try it out when i get home tonight