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Stamina Nightblade AOE skills and sets suggestions

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Jarl_Roigarr
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I'm currently rocking this as an AOE cleave/trash fight clearer. My sets are as shown in the picture: VO, TFS, Velidreth and Maelstrom Bow. I'm using the Shadow Mundus. I sometimes switch out between Consuming Trap for Blade Cloak (for more AOE DPS) or Expert Hunter (if I don't feel like chucking weapon power/crit pots) but AOE DPS is still not that much compared to mag DPS.
I feel like Consuming Trap is good enough sustain and VO feels like overkill but if I don't use VO I lose Minor Slayer and some stats.
What set(s) make up for the Minor Slayer loss and does more DPS? I want to be in par with mag DPS in terms of AOE. What are your suggestions?
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Edited by Jarl_Roigarr on May 7, 2019 3:16PM
PC EU Ebonheart Pact IGN: @Jarl_Roigarr
Stamina Nightblade 925+CP
  • RaptorRodeoGod
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    Doesn't the shade scale with whichever stats are higher in the pts? It probably still deals magic damage, but it might be worth a try.

    Edit: Arrow Spray deals aoe as well. If you cant find a set to replace VO, maybe try replacing your sustain skills?
    Edited by RaptorRodeoGod on May 7, 2019 3:52PM
    Add a Scribing skill that works like Arcanist beam.
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  • Jarl_Roigarr
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    RaptorRodeoGod wrote: »
    Doesn't the shade scale with whichever stats are higher in the pts? It probably still deals magic damage, but it might be worth a try.

    Edit: Arrow Spray deals aoe as well. If you cant find a set to replace VO, maybe try replacing your sustain skills?

    I'm gonna try out the Arrow Spray backbar and see how it goes. I might try shade after the next update, it deals around 5k dps with mag nb.

    I talked to some people in discord and they said Consuming Trap is not worth using because it conflicts with your GCD and might better off only spamming Steel Tornadoes(idk what to do after the tornado nerf though)
    PC EU Ebonheart Pact IGN: @Jarl_Roigarr
    Stamina Nightblade 925+CP
  • RaptorRodeoGod
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    Whirling blades is gonna be pretty decent next patch if it doesnt change in the next round of patch notes. They boosted the base damage of the skill, but lowered the execute to compensate. Steel tornado no longer has an execute on it.
    Add a Scribing skill that works like Arcanist beam.
    ---
    Veteran players have been alienated and disengaged from Overland since One Tamriel, due to the lack of difficulty, and pushed into dungeons and trials; the minority of content in the Elder Scrolls Online. We can't take the repetition anymore, fix Overland engagement for Vet players. I don't even care if it's not combat related anymore, just make Overland engaging again.
    ---
    Overland difficulty scaling is desperately needed. 10 years. 6 paid expansions. 25 DLCs. 41 game changing updates including One Tamriel, an overhaul of the game including a permanent CP160 gear cap and ridiculous power creep thereafter. I'm sick and tired of hearing about Cadwell Silver & Gold as a "you think you do but you don't" - tier deflection to any criticism regarding the lack of overland difficulty in the game. I'm bored of dungeons, I'm bored of trials; make a personal difficulty slider for overland. Make a self debuff mythic. Literally anything at this point.
  • nsmurfer
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    Power Extraction will be the strongest AoE next patch, considering range, cost and highest raw damage(it is on par with every single target DPS skill).
  • RaptorRodeoGod
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    Drop shrouded daggers for power extraction maybe? You could do blade cloak over consuming trap, and the shade over killer's blade. Arrow spray might might be difficult to sustain and factor into your rotation
    Add a Scribing skill that works like Arcanist beam.
    ---
    Veteran players have been alienated and disengaged from Overland since One Tamriel, due to the lack of difficulty, and pushed into dungeons and trials; the minority of content in the Elder Scrolls Online. We can't take the repetition anymore, fix Overland engagement for Vet players. I don't even care if it's not combat related anymore, just make Overland engaging again.
    ---
    Overland difficulty scaling is desperately needed. 10 years. 6 paid expansions. 25 DLCs. 41 game changing updates including One Tamriel, an overhaul of the game including a permanent CP160 gear cap and ridiculous power creep thereafter. I'm sick and tired of hearing about Cadwell Silver & Gold as a "you think you do but you don't" - tier deflection to any criticism regarding the lack of overland difficulty in the game. I'm bored of dungeons, I'm bored of trials; make a personal difficulty slider for overland. Make a self debuff mythic. Literally anything at this point.
  • StytchFingal
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    Power Extraction is going to hit very hard next patch, even single target. It does Disease damage, so you might swap it in and use the Swamp Raider set for trash packs.
  • Bladerunner1
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    The way I've been playing the last several patches is to replace the spammable with an AOE skill, and otherwise go with a full blown single target build. It only lowers your single target dps by a couple percent, but lifts AOE by around 40% compared to the typical Nightblade single target build.

    Acid Spray / Power Extraction will deal huge gobs of AOE next patch. You could just lay down endless hail, caltrops and flawless dawnbreaker, then replace the standard spammable with either AS or PE to blast insane AOE while still retaining the rest of your single target skills. This might cause you to lose only 0.5% of your single target potential next patch if it goes live like this.

    Also Mechanical Acuity, War Machine or Tooth of Lokkestiiz for next patch (with Minor Slayer) or Heem Jas work well if you just want to quickly clear trash mobs.

    Tzogvin's if you aren't setting beast trap on the ground or using channeled acceleration.
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