Play what you enjoy ! Any class if played right can do most things in the game but yes some are easier to do the content

I do nothing but solo, veteran and normal dungeon content. I also love (and play) bosmer.

Some tips to get you started;
-vigor is a really, really good option and as of the latest update takes next to no effort to get. Morph to resolving vigor.
-morph the shadow tree ability veiled strike into surprise attack. It gives you (when you get the passive for it) major resistances. It can also be a handy way to stun a few mobs if you can circle behind them.
-morph the last ability in the siphoning tree (forget the unmorphed name, sorry) into power extraction. It gives you major brutality, increasing weapon damage. It also weakens any enemy hit by it, which scales really well with trash packs.
-Don't be afraid to slot shades. They're not bad on damage, and passively apply minor maim (15% damage reduction) to their target. I'd recommend the melee one with an aoe.
-If you get into real trouble, the morph of the shadow ult called "veil of blades" creates a space that gives you a 30% damage reduction and also harms enemies in it. Perfect for demanding bosses and trash packs alike.

Have fun, try it out! Every class, and every spec can solo very well. Some are "easier" to learn like sorc, but all can do pretty impressive things.

Practice, practice, practice. The determining factor is not the skills you get from your class, every class can solo wbs, but your skills as a player. I would recommend doing some Maelstrom arena which will teach you much about surviving while killing mobs.

I’m new to NB myself only just started a stamblade about a week ago. Now I will admit things are way easier with CP already applied but the one thing I find NB to be lacking is AOE skills when soloing. Look at an easy proc set to farm/buy like Defiler which you can get in Vvardenfell. This set is going to proc a poison AOE every 5 seconds.

I’m also more of a fan of DW over 2H because the first two skills you have to option to use morphs that return health with bloodthirst and bloodcraze. Bloodthirst is handy because it will also proc that defiler set often giving your virtually 100% uptime. The rapid strikes morph hits harder but bloodthirst is safe until you feel more comfortable. You can always change the morph later.

DW skill line also has blade cloak which will give you another 25% damage reduction bonus which can be morphed into deadly cloak and deal even more AOE damage. I’m also a fan of using whirling blades (morph of whirlwind) because it also is an AOE comes with an execute. This is best slotted for trash mobs but suitable for most boss fights if your sustain is on point.

Another set you can look at is Briarheart. This set is going to boost your damage plus heal you when you deal crit damage. I run this one my solo Stamden right now and am looking to farm a second set. Briarheart is insanely expensive at the moment because it’s in demand as of this patch so grab some guild members and go farm Wrothgar for a few hours instead. It will be worth it.

Vigor is practically a must have for stam toons and survivability. And as mentioned by another post above very easy to get now. There is a massive outcry over rapids right now, but this finally gives stamina PvE toons access to the heals they need early to get access to harder content sooner. Otherwise it was a grind fest. People who need faster horses have other way to get faster. As a new stam toon Before the change all you really had was lifesteal enchants which tanked your weapon damage big time. But I digress...

Someone mentioned above using the shade. I also highly recommend it. I would also get leeching strikes, this will return health and stamina. With the passives both of these skills last 20 seconds and can be back barred. A quick tip on those skills. Do a quick block/bash cancel after casting them. Their animations are too long. Also bash weaves in melee range will give some extra damage. There is a monster set just for that but it’s hard to get and better suited to group content.

Speaking of monster sets you have 2 solid options. Selene is the meta but works for single target damage. Velidreth will hit more targets and has a higher proc chance.

Overall I’m having fun trying to build the NB into a decent solo toon myself even though I hope to one day bring it to vet trials. I’ve found solo play to be a whole lot smoother than parsing so far because solo is more action/reaction where parsing is very mechanical and repetitive and if something doesn’t fire properly it throws off the rhythm and tanks the damage.

Final point, as your CP goes up if you do decide to got DW you will want to revisit your morphs if you decided to use Bloodthirst/bloodcraze. Eventually you will have enough resistances and critical heals built into your CP and you can go heavier into damage. Your build will always evolve like this. Anyhow good luck with your build.

thanks for all the helpful info ... so what i gathered is it might be a bit tricky to heal myself as a nightblade. and also to get this vigor skill asap. and i know i need to be way higher lvl than what i am now too. what’s a shade?

so if i’m fighting a boss i have to keep hitting him or monsters to get heath back? cus no instant heals?

cheriella wrote: »

thanks for all the helpful info ... so what i gathered is it might be a bit tricky to heal myself as a nightblade. and also to get this vigor skill asap. and i know i need to be way higher lvl than what i am now too. what’s a shade?

so if i’m fighting a boss i have to keep hitting him or monsters to get heath back? cus no instant heals?

Vigor is a really strong heal, with lots of weapon damage it can heal you A LOT. Combined with leeching strikes and merciless resolve proc you get a solid amount of healing. On top of this, a set like Briarheart is really good for solo and group play and will add some healing. If you use 2h then rally is a solid option for quick heal + major brutality along with vigor.

cheriella wrote: »

thanks for all the helpful info ... so what i gathered is it might be a bit tricky to heal myself as a nightblade. and also to get this vigor skill asap. and i know i need to be way higher lvl than what i am now too. what’s a shade?

so if i’m fighting a boss i have to keep hitting him or monsters to get heath back? cus no instant heals?

Shade is the last skill you unlock in the shadow skill line. Vigor would be your burst heal while you are fighting and will return health to you instantly. Any healing skills that you would take from the syphoning Line have a certain length of a time and need to be cast before you start healing. These are more like heal overtime skills. Hey scale like funnel health you’ll just need to cast it on an enemy and it will heal you over time. A skill like leaching strikes requires a two cast it and you actively attack enemies in order to both heal and restore stamina. Sap essence will heal you for more depending on how many enemies you hit so a skill like this is better than fighting large mobs.

The DW skills I mentioned require you to attack. Briarheart set also requires that you attack to heal. You can also use glyph of absorb health on your weapons which will require you to attack to restore health as well. I prefer anything that heals me while I deal damage, just a personal preference by the way. The 2H brawler shield option is nice, I just don’t like the feel of 2H weapons. 2H probably has other options that someone else can explain better than I can.

I came to NB from warden which didn’t need Vigor because it’s class heals are so strong. They also buff the group when you use them in combat. Warden also has better in class access to shields/resistances. The downside with warden is you have to build around pets limiting the diversity of the build somewhat. If you can get over using the same exact skills regardless of what content you at running than warden is pretty fun to play, but lack of a real class execute keeps me from running a lot of the vet content. NB has the better tools for endgame DPS, warden has the better solo toolkit. Still all classes can run solo with the right setup.

supersonic_kitten wrote: »

If you'd like to play nightblade class, magblade would be easier for soloing due to powerful class heals over time. But wood elf is more of a stamina race, and while you can indeed go against the grain and play a magicka bosmer, it would be easier for you if you didn't. For a stamina nightblade I would suggest using 2h main bar and bow back bar. The 2h skill line, as others have mentioned, has skills like Brawler and Rally that can help your survivability. Also, as soon as you get to lvl 10, I suggest going to Cyrodiil and doing the introductory quest - this way you get access to Vigor, a powerful stamina heal, and it is going to help you immensely, especially as a new player.

If you don't like PvP, there's no need to do any to get Vigor. You'll unlock it with the AP points received from the daily login rewards.

A while ago I was able to solo a couple of the Wrothgar WB on my magblade, but last I tried I couldn't. That could have changed with Stonethorn, but then as of last night she's a stamblade again so I need to test it.

Apparently there's a lot of options but I have had fun running a Wood Elf Stamina 1/2 Tank. I don't kill things the fastest I don't tank the best but I'm decently survivable with half stamina and half health, but with a sword and board it's been fun and can solo most of the game, even group open world mobs can be handled if you're careful.

Bro...

Magplar....all the way to CP160 Then you can alt a nightblade if you want a second character.

You can literally kill everything as you level and even solo public dungeons as a magplar. Once you get to cp160 just farm you a set of mother's sorrow gear in Deshaan. Get a guildie to make you some julianos and you will be good.

Oh and don't worry about the gear sets I told you about until you get to CP160. The blue leveling gear you get from quest will get you all the way to cp160.

There literally is no easier class, that can do most content and is noob friendly than magplar. Stabbity Stabbity Stabbity.

Magblade is both quite easy and fun way to play content solo.
When I started playing the game I went a hybrid stamina/magicka(don't judge me, I was just a noob) and while leveling I could solo most of the World Bosses I encountered.
Later on I went full magblade and so far I've cleared most non-dlc dungeons on veteran mode and dlc dungeons on normal, plus some bosses of dlc ones on vet including entire vWGT all on my own.