Nightblade Veteran

JamesKrios · May 2014

Hey!
So... first post on the forums.
I've been playing for some weeks now and finally reached veteran level. I never had an issue, was playing as dual wield and bow, and 2 mobs was never an issue, and 3 mobs sometimes, depending on the type, or if I was able to open on them with concealed weapon. However, now that I am veteran 2, I decided I'd switch, because that wasn't working for me anymore, I was getting killed in seconds and I couldn't do anything about it, so I looked for a few tank builds in YouTube and other forums and kept my bow build with a few changes, but that isn't working for me either, maybe it's the lack of skill, or I haven't gotten used to it yet, but could any more experienced players check out my build and tell me what I could change? Or should I just keep leveling until I reach decent skill level in the skills I'm using?
I'm loving the difficulty, but it's just that I die in a matter of seconds, so I assume it's simply my build, since my gear is quite alright.

My build:

http://tinyurl.com/kwyhaqo

Thanks beforehand.

Bhakura · May 2014

ultimate: soul tether, better to stun them then reduced damage for awhile, effect is practically the same but that ultimate charges quicker.
The shadow ultimate is for grouped play, the synergys are far better for teammates then the ultimate itself for you.
If you fire it off at start off combat it should be recharged or close to for next group, if its not find some solo mobs to charge it up.
And that basicly brings the main issue, its not as much builds, its also tactics and how you play.
And i prefer magnumshot over draining shot, the kb distance gets doubled.
Drop the shadow sneak skill, its useless, if you have to rely on that to stay alive youre not doing it right

My nb doesnt even bother with sneak at all and is doing vet content same speed it did normal content.

Definatly need killer blade inthere, its NBs best skill.

PBpsy · May 2014

What armor, enchants ,mundus stone do you have? . Do you use food to increase your stats? I am not tanking since stealth works great for me but I would recommend Rapid mending from heavy armor since it will improve your siphoning efficiency. You might also want a defensive active skill, elude,immovable,ring of preservation are all nice.

Bhakura · May 2014

5 heavy, 2 light, ritual mundus (increased heals) but thats for grouped content, im healer then. I dont bother with food, its same as saying character gimp, need to buff it up or im dead. [evilgrin], yes yes all you foodusers now gonna flame me ...ha.

JamesKrios · May 2014

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
I use health food, have 5 heavy armor, 2 medium, I enchant mostly for health and magicka, with some magicka regen jewelry. Using The Lord mundus stone.

Bhakura · May 2014

Should change that to 5 or full medium, having stamina perks from armor is best if you use that much stamina skills. For a physical nb i would prefer thief or shadow mundus, that little hp boost lord gives is neglectable, so are crits from the mentioned stones but its far harder to buff those then is hp.

PBpsy · May 2014

Bhakura wrote: »

ultimate: soul tether, better to stun them then reduced damage for awhile, effect is practically the same but that ultimate charges quicker.
The shadow ultimate is for grouped play, the synergys are far better for teammates then the ultimate itself for you.
If you fire it off at start off combat it should be recharged or close to for next group, if its not find some solo mobs to charge it up.
And that basicly brings the main issue, its not as much builds, its also tactics and how you play.
And i prefer magnumshot over draining shot, the kb distance gets doubled.
Drop the shadow sneak skill, its useless, if you have to rely on that to stay alive youre not doing it right
My nb doesnt even bother with sneak at all and is doing vet content same speed it did normal content.

Definatly need killer blade inthere, its NBs best skill.

Soul Tether is amazing for stealth NB. As an opener If you use shadowy disguise for crit + Soul Tether you get a group of 5 dead in 5 sec. And there isn't anything that melts harvester better than this skill.

Food is great if you do not want to invest in stamina but want some.

JamesKrios · May 2014

But wouldn't changing to full medium be a pain in the ass as a tank?
I wouldn't mind getting rid of my tank specc and going 2hander or even dual wield. I thought leveling as tank would be fun, as I've seen others do it, and never die, but I can't help it but die more often than not.

PBpsy · May 2014

JamesKrios wrote: »

But wouldn't changing to full medium be a pain in the ass as a tank?

Yes it would certainly be a pain. Put at least 5 into heavy and get all passives.

7 medium is great for a critical stealth build

JamesKrios · May 2014

Thanks a lot!
But I think that's my problem, I can't put in all passives, as I don't have full heavy armor skill yet, and I barely have enough in One hander and shield to get the most useful passives, I have however, 50 in medium armor.