Yeah was afraid of that. Welp time to dive into the PVP pool I guess. Thanks!

Shadowy Disguise suppressed DOT damage for the longest time. It didn't purge, but nullified the damage while you were invisible. Not anymore. As a nightblade I find this annoying for the most part, but not truly dangerous. It forces me to disengage earlier and spend more time healing up and waiting out DOTs while out of sight.

It depends on how you disengage. If you do it with Shadow Image, you shouldn't have much of a problem. If you do it with speed and Shadowy Disguise alone, there is a risk of dying from DOTs, if you let your health run down too low. Most of your available heals uncloak you, e.g. Malevolent Offering, Vigor, Rapid Regen. As far as I know Rally is the only heal that doesn't. If you are trying to disengage and uncloak too early, you may return straight to being focused again. You need to find line of sight before you heal, even if you are at very low health. Not necessarily in a 1v1, but if you're playing against a zerg. On the other hand you will need to figure out when someone is using detection potions against you, in which case cloaking without healing seals your death. That only comes with experience.

Don't know what kind of nightblade you're playing. Regardless, the Alliance War purge is not a popular skill in solo play. It's too expensive. There are some purging sets. Mara's Balm (wait a week for adjustments - it will be nerfed), Curse Eater, Stendarr's Embrace, Wyrd Tree's Blessing. Would I use any of those as a solo player? No. Depends on how they adjust Mara. Purges are borderline useful. Some players love them, especially those that have mained templars. There is a reason, though, why Extended Ritual is such an overloaded skill. The Alliance War purge is a hard sell, unless you want the group utility. As a solo player I think you need more universal skills. E.g. you need heals. I use both Shrewd Offering and Resolving Vigor on my current magblade. I've tried alternatives, notably Mirage / Phantasmal Escape for the new dodge cost reduction, but there is nothing like having a HOT on top of Shrewd Offering. Don't get me wrong, you need the snare removal and speed as well, e.g. Race Against Time (RAT). Depends on your build. At any rate, my current defensive package is those two heals plus RAT. I've used shields in the past, e.g. Healing Ward and Dampen Magic. Having Dampen could noticeably improve how tanky you felt, but building for magicka and, hence, a decent shield size isn't really a thing anymore.

I am a stam NB using DW and 2H sword. She has just about come to her end of life now having completed almost all of the PVE stuff soon. Not being able to deal with negative effects has been my one issue with my NB but I was planning on starting a new one. I believe I am running Hundings Rage and Night Mothers Gauze mix and it does quite well. I can survive solo PVE but effects just irritate me and was hoping something had changed that maybe I missed before I roll another NB. My Templar, Neco and Warden can all deal with effects as they have skills so when I switch to playing my NB I realize how much I use those. Thanks for the info!

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I am a stam NB using DW and 2H sword. She has just about come to her end of life now having completed almost all of the PVE stuff soon. Not being able to deal with negative effects has been my one issue with my NB but I was planning on starting a new one. I believe I am running Hundings Rage and Night Mothers Gauze mix and it does quite well. I can survive solo PVE but effects just irritate me and was hoping something had changed that maybe I missed before I roll another NB. My Templar, Neco and Warden can all deal with effects as they have skills so when I switch to playing my NB I realize how much I use those. Thanks for the info!

What effects are you talking about? To clear roots / snares, use Race Against time, Phantasmal Escape or Shuffle. To gain speed, dodge roll with a bow. To deal with damaging effects, just heal through them. If you do solo PvE you might wear Pale Order, for example (or not - see below). Magicka nightblade has more native skills that heal you while doing damage, although DW also gives you some of that (Bloodthirst, Blood Craze and the ultimate). I don't really notice effects in PvE at all other than roots / snares, but if you do in the content that you do, may also be able to make something of that via CP, for example with Survival Instincts CP.

Nightblade, especially stamblade, tends to feel squishy by default, but there are ways around that. For example using the Brawler 2H skill or wearing Hexos Ward. Hunding's and Night Mother are basic sets. There are better ones out there. If you had access to Vicious Ophidian I'd wear that, but it sounds like you're probably not running trials. No matter. Try Hexos Ward, Vengeance Leech jewelry (should both be cheap in guild stores) and ideally get the Master's 2H weapon (greatsword / maul or greataxe) from normal Dragonstar Arena. Combine with any monster set and you'll have a solo build with decent damage, sustain, and that's very hard to kill.