Help me with my guerilla warrior NB

Jaemeson_Foster · February 2016

Hello!

So my favorite archetype is the barbarian- a rage fueled berserker that relies on pure strength alone. The way I play barbarians definitely change depending on the game, and my favorite way to play them in ES games is by giving them a slight stealth characteristic to turn them into more of a guerilla warfare barbarian– Sneak in, tear **** up, leave.

The way I'm doing this is through the Nightblade class and dual wielding axes. Now, I'm almost level 15 and I need to start deciding what to do with my second skill bar. Here's my plan for the setup of my skillbars:

I'm planning for my first skill bar to be based around the stealth gameplay. Cc, ambush, high single target damage with some aoe and bleeds to dispatch small groups quickly.

I want my second skillbar to be based around situations where stealth isn't an option. It's going to be for direct combat bar, but I don't know what skills or weapons to put on it. My current options are: keep my dual wield axes for both bars, or change to a 2h. I'm also planning to get the werewolf curse. My question for more veteran players is: which weapon option would be better for my "direct combat" route? Which skill line offers the best in direct combat?

Thanks!

Barlthump · February 2016

You want 2h, mainly cause you get rally, it's a heal over time with a burst heal the end combined with major brutality which gives 20% weapon damage. Best skill for your barbaric nightblade. You could even consider shield and broad. The added one pc item bonus allows you to do freaky things but all in all its how you want it to be.I myself am running a bow and 2h. It's a world of opportunity! But you might want to run a mace instead of 2 axes, the armor pen is quite useful

Elijah_Crow · February 2016

Two handed maul. I'm a full two hand/duel wield and trust me, a two hand utility bar for rally is what you want if you want to survive.

Sunburnt_Penguin · February 2016

Personally I run a fighting (2H) and a utility/escaping/ranged bar (bow):

Fighting:
Rally (so good)
Camo Hunter
Reverse slice (execute skill)
Ambush
Surprise Attack

U/E/R:
Mass Hysteria
Cloak
Double Take (+40% speed in stealth)
Focused Aim or Poison Injection
Piercing Mark

This build is mainly for PvP but I also use it in PvE because I just cba changing it and it's good to become accustomed to your skill set-up and rotation.

I also don't worry about AoE because my ST damage is so high that I dispatch PvE enemies so quickly anyway, Rally sustains my health and Reverse Slice's AoE is more than suitable for me.

With you being a Stamina build and likely having low health it'll be of great benefit to you to have a Bow and Snipe->Focused Aim on there for range for taking a lot of damage off an enemy before they've even had chance to close the distance.

The issue with having Ambush and high single target damage (Surprise Attack is what I use until Reverse Slice procs) on your Stealth bar is that these are great for direct combat and SA has an extremely low Stamina cost.