I also used Shades for the debuff and Cripple to keep anyone from getting away. Cripple snares by 40% and gives you the 40% speed buff now aswell as has a decent dot even with +0 magika.
Imo the only change both magicka nightblades and stamina nightblades need is the automatic re application of grim focus. Once you fire the spectral bow the buff must be refreshed. Right now it basical
Speaking of bad design, the heal incorporated within Grim Focus is another poor design choice. The ability is already an all-or-nothing type of ability. Why add another additional conditional function
1. Revert the grim focus nerf, which was nerfed on principle because you said that passive AND active damage boosts on the same ability was too much: You took away the berserk buff. You added damage
Players just want their classes to have strengths in their own ways to take down their opponents. When you're having a hard time killing high healing classes because of a large single target delay on