Subclassing Stamina Nightblade DD U46

Here i will post all my Nightblade builds for Update 46. So far i have done 2 different Builds.

First is the Nightcarnist. It’s basically a pre scribing Arcanist with some Nightblade and Templar abilities sprinkled in.

The other is the Pure ST build. It preserves most of the original Nightblade play style. The only disadvantage is that is also keeps the original Nightblade limitation: It is lacking a little in the cleave damage department.

If you haven’t leveled up all your Skill Lines and Skills yet check out my Guide on How to Power Level or if you have questions about Subclassing you can check out my General Guide for Subclassing in U46.

Bar Setup

Skill Lines:

Assassination
Herald of the Tome
Dawns Wrath

Skills:

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SlotFront barBack bar
Slot 1Exhausting Fatecaver
(Herald of the Tome)
Stampede
(Two Handed)
Slot 2Cephaliarchs Flail
(Herald of the Tome)
Inspired Scholar Ship
(Herald of the Tome)
Slot 3Radiant Glory
(Dawn’s Wrath)
Solar Barrage
(Dawn’s Wrath)
Slot 4Quick Cloack
(Dual Wield)
Relentless Focus
(Assassination)
Slot 5Camouflaged Hunter
(Fighters Guild)
Camouflaged Hunter
(Fighters Guild)
UltimateIncapacitating Strikes
(Assasination)
The Languid Eye
(Herald of the Tome)

Skill lines:

Assassination
Herald of the Tome
Storm Calling

Skills:

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SlotFront barBack bar
Slot 1Surprise Attack
(Assassination)
Stampede
(Two Handed)
Slot 2Killers Blade
(Assassination)
Inspired Scholar Ship
(Herald of the Tome)
Slot 3Relentless Focus
(Assassination)
Hurricane
(Storm Calling)
Slot 4Tentacular Dread
(Herald of the Tome)
Barbed trap
(Fighters Guild)
Slot 5Banner Bearer
(Shock Damage + Cavaliers Charge + Heroism)
Banner Bearer
(Shock Damage + Cavaliers Charge + Heroism)
UltimateIncapacitating Strikes
(Assasination)
The Languid Eye
(Herald of the Tome)

Gear

SlotSetWeightTraitEnchantment
Head SlimecrawLight Divines Stamina
Shoulder Deadly StrikeMedium Divines Stamina
Chest (Perfected) Slivers of the Null ArcaMedium Divines Stamina
Hands (Perfected) Slivers of the Null ArcaMedium Divines Stamina
Belt (Perfected) Slivers of the Null ArcaMedium Divines Stamina
Legs (Perfected) Slivers of the Null ArcaMedium Divines Stamina
Boots (Perfected) Slivers of the Null ArcaMedium Divines Stamina
Necklace Velothi Ur-Mage’s AmuletJewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Physical Harm
Ring 1 Deadly StrikeJewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Physical Harm
Ring 2 Deadly StrikeJewelry Bloodthirsty Increase Physical Harm
Frontbar Main Hand Deadly StrikeDagger Nirnhoned Flame Damage
Frontbar Off hand Deadly StrikeDaggerCharged Poison Damage
Backbar Main Hand (Perfected) Merciless ChargeGreat Sword Infused Weapon Damage

Deadly Strike is slightly better in our tests than Tide-Born Windstalker but the difference is really minor.

Champion Points

Warfare

Master at Arms 3% Direct Damage
Biting Aura 3% AOE Damage
Exploiter (mostly for parsing) 2% Damage against Off balanced Enemies
Wrathful Strikes 41 Weapon & Spell damage per Stage

Fitness

Boundless Vitality 1400 Max Health
Rejuvenation 90 Health, Stamina and Magicka Recovery
Fortified 1731 armor
Sustained by Suffering 150 Health, Stamina and Magicka Recovery when debuffed

While Exploiter performs really well on the dummy it will not be good in most unoptimized groups since you won’t have enough off balance uptime. Prominent Choice are Fighting Finesse if you are under the crit cap in content or Reaving Blows in case you want some extra survivability.

Buff Food

As buff food i would pick Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice or Dubious Camoran Throne. You can buy these from Guild Traders or buy the recipe from guild traders.

Potions

The build is designed to give you all the buffs you would usually get from spell power potions through abilities so you can use Tri Stat Potions

Ingredients: (Bugloss, Columbine, Dragonthorn).

With this build you are missing major Savagery and prophecy so we use Weapon Power Potions. An other option would be to use Cheap Stamina Potions or Tri Pots and slot Camouflaged Hunter instead of Quick Cloak.

Ingredients: Blessed Thistle, Water Hyacinth, Dragonthorn

Parse

These Parses are definitely not the limit you can push out of the build but it’s what i could get to after a few tries.

Nightcarnist

Pure ST