Nightblade Shadow Skills ESO
Nightblade Shadow Skills
The Nightblade Shadow Skills belong to the Nightblade Skills Line. Nightblade Skills in ESO are special, unique skills that only the class of Nightblade can use in The Elder Scrolls Online. The Nightblade is the class of Stealth and Shadow. A Rogue-like, Assassin Class with powerful single target abilities!
By using these skills you can create Powerful PVE Builds or PVP Builds in ESO!
Shadow Skills
Below you can find all Shadow Nightblade abilities. Skills that will help you stay hidden but also deal significant damage to enemies.
| Skill | Morph | Effect | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Consuming Darkness | Conjure a ring of shadow, reducing the Movement Speed of enemies by 70% and granting you and your allies Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 10%. Allies in the area can activate the Hidden Refresh synergy, granting them invisibility, increasing their Movement Speed by 70%, and healing them for 9110 Health over 4 seconds. | 200 Ultimate | |
 Bolstering Darkness | Conjure a ring of shadow, reducing the Movement Speed of enemies by 70% and granting you and your allies Major Protection while inside the ring and even after leaving it, reducing your damage taken by 10%. Allies in the area can activate the Hidden Refresh synergy, granting them invisibility, increasing their Movement Speed by 70%, and healing them for 9110 Health over 4 seconds. | 200 Ultimate | |
 Veil of Blades | Conjure a ring of shadow, reducing the Movement Speed of enemies by 70%, dealing 1079 Magic Damage to them every 1 second, and granting you and your allies Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 10%. Allies in the area can activate the Hidden Refresh synergy, granting them invisibility, increasing their Movement Speed by 70%, and healing them for 9110 Health over 4 seconds. | 200 Ultimate | |
 Veiled Strike | Slash an enemy, dealing 2323 Magic Damage. If you strike an enemy from their flank you set them Off Balance. | 2295 | |
 Surprise Attack | Slash an enemy, dealing 2399 Physical Damage and applying the Sundered status effect. If you strike an enemy from their flank you set them Off Balance. This Attack will also be guaranteed to be a Critical Strike, up to once every 3 seconds. | 2295 | |
 Concealed Weapon | Slash an enemy, dealing 2556 Magic Damage. If you strike an enemy from their flank you set them Off Balance. When you leave Sneak or invisibility while in combat, increase your damage done with this ability by 10% for 15 seconds. While slotted on either bar, you gain Minor Expedition, increasing your Movement Speed by 15%. | 2295 | |
 Shadow Cloak | Cloak yourself in shadow to become invisible for 3 seconds. While Slotted on either bar, you gain Major Prophecy and Savagery, increasing your Spell and Weapon Critical rating by 2629. | 4050 | |
 Shadowy Disguise | Cloak yourself in shadow to become invisible for 3 seconds. Your next direct damage attack used within 3 seconds will always be a Critical Strike. While Slotted on either bar, you gain Major Prophecy and Savagery, increasing your Spell and Weapon Critical rating by 2629. | 3780 | |
 Dark Cloak | Shroud yourself in protective shadow to heal for 853 Health every 1 second, over 3 seconds, increasing by an additional 150% when you are not moving. This portion of the ability scales off your Max Health. While Slotted on either bar, you gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5%. | 4050 | |
 Path of Darkness | Create a corridor of shadows for 10 seconds, granting you and allies in the area Major Expedition, increasing movement speed by 30%. Effect persists for 4 seconds after leaving the path. | 3510 | |
 Twisting Path | Create a corridor of shadows for 10 seconds, granting you and allies in the area Major Expedition, increasing movement speed by 30% which persists for 4 seconds after leaving the path. Deals 377 Magic Damage to enemies in the target area every 1 second. | 2700 | |
 Refreshing Path | Create a corridor of shadows for 10 seconds, granting you and allies in the area Major Expedition, Minor Endurance and Minor Intellect, increasing movement speed by 30%, as well as Stamina and Magicka Recovery by 15%. Effect persists for 4 seconds after leaving the path. Heals 435 Health to you and allies in the area every 1 second. | 3510 | |
 Aspect of Terror | Summon a dark spirit to terrify nearby enemies, causing them to cower in fear for 2 seconds and be afflicted with Major Cowardice for 10 seconds, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430. | 3780 | |
 Mass Hysteria | Summon a dark spirit to terrify all nearby enemies, causing them to cower in fear for 3 seconds and be afflicted with Major Cowardice for 10 seconds, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430. | 3780 | |
 Manifestation of Terror | Conceal a sinister trap at the target location, which takes 2 seconds to arm and lasts for 20 seconds. When the trap is triggered, up to 6 enemies become terrified, causing them to cower in fear for 2 seconds and be afflicted with Major Cowardice for 10 seconds, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 430. | 3240 | |
 Summon Shade | Summon a shade version of yourself to attack an enemy and fight at your side for 20 seconds. The shade slashes at an enemy, dealing 462 Magic Damage once every 2 seconds and inflicts Minor Maim for 4 seconds, reducing the enemy's damage done by 5%. | 2970 | |
 Dark Shade | Summon a shade versions of yourself to attack an enemy and fight at your side for 20 seconds. The shade attacks nearby enemies within 8 meters of it, dealing 623 Magic Damage once every 2 seconds and afflicting them with Minor Maim for 4 seconds, reducing their damage done by 5%. | 2970 | |
 Shadow Image | Summon a shade version of yourself to stay in place and attack an enemy from range for 20 seconds. The shade shoots at an enemy, dealing 478 Magic Damage every 2 seconds and inflicts Minor Maim, reducing the enemy's damage done by 5% for 4 seconds. While the shade is summoned, you can activate this ability again for no cost to teleport to the shade's location. | 3780 | |
 Refreshing Shadows | Increases your Health, Stamina, and Magicka Recovery by 15%. | Passive | |
 Shadow Barrier | Casting a Shadow ability grants you Major Resolve for 6 seconds, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948. This duration is increased by 25% for each piece of Heavy Armor equipped. | Passive | |
 Dark Vigor | Increases your Max Health by 3% for each Shadow ability slotted. | Passive | |
 Dark Veil | Increases the duration of your non-invisibility based Shadow abilities by 2 seconds. | Passive |
The above Skills will help you create Builds for Magicka based or Stamina based Nightblades in ESO! Some powerful Nightblade Builds you can use include:
- Magicka Nightblade DPS PVE Build – Shadowfire
- Stamina Nightblade DPS PVE Build – Brawler
- Magicka Nightblade Solo PVE Build
- Stamina Nightblade Solo PVE Build
- Nightblade Healer Build – Mender
- Nightblade Tank Build – Defender
- Stamina Nightblade PVP Build – Elusive Warrior
- Magicka Nightblade Gank PVP Build – Shadowstrike
- Stamina Nightblade Gank PVP Build – Kunoichi
- Stamina Nightblade Bow Gank PVP Build – Arbalest