Mirage

A 15% dodge chance means that roughly 1 in 8 hits should miss you entirely. This can be hard to test, and the rng can go wonky depending on what you’re playing. You could turn on the incoming damage display to test it, I guess. But it’s pretty powerful. You might not notice it helping if massive damage is coming in, or high intensity. I mean, if you get hit with three 9k hits from a boss you’re probably dead, and there’s a good chance mirage won’t mitigate any of the three.

Don’t forget your passives...a NB should always look at the passives, their class skills add more than any other class. Slotting mirage gives you a 600ish crit boost. You also have the passive where your damsgemis boosted when any one Assassin skill is slotted, and allies get minor savagery. A lot of back bars have no Assassin skills, so if you’re flipping over there a lot mirage can help you keep your dps up.

Mirage is good for really hard content...in everyday pve I usually bypass it. But it’s a solid ability.



Siphoning and Leeching Strikes (same ability, a magic and stam version)

Any light/heavy attacks on ANY weapons offer health and some resources back. You don’t have to use an “appropriate” weapons...a sword and board will return magic with siphoning strikes active. Then either offers a big resource return at the end.

This ability is about resource sustain, and it works really well in long fights. If you can learn threading, it can also act as a pretty decent heal. NBs don’t tend to have one giant heal or shield like other classes...they’re more about stacking several abilities that offer multiple heals over time. Siphoning plus one of the dw heal abilities plus rally plus whatever can make you much tankier.

And again with the passives...having one siphoning ability slotted increases your max magic by 8%, which is huge. That’s roughly 3200 max magic on a vet..kapow. Plus you get increased heals and ultimate generation. Not as impressive as the max magic, but also nice. A magblade should make sure to have at least one siphoning on both bars. There are other good choices, but in long fights this is a core skill.