Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Thanks for checking out this Magicka Nightblade PVE Build for Greymoor. This is mainly optimised for 12-man trials, but can be adjusted to suit dungeon and solo playstyles too.

Magicka Nightblade is as strong as ever. It synergizes really well with the new vampire abilities, as mentioned in the video intro.

Thanks to Clive, for providing us with this Magicka Nightblade parse. Great player and living proof that high ping is no barrier.
Clive's YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCvSF9_ObjAgyLcYIg9v4G1w
Clive's 619.8k vMA Run: youtu.be/W3AAMHMkbUY


Greymoor has brought us the Vampire Skill, and this happens to be very good news for the Magicka Classes. The one skill that Magicka DDs will be most interested in is Eviscerate and Morphs. Blood for Blood, the morph which costs Health, will be the spammable to use, whenever possible in 12-man trials, and does more damage, the lower the HP you are on. This will also be amazing for your sustain. The other morph Arterial Burst, will do less damage and costs Magicka rather than HP, which is a little safer to use, especially when you have little healing on you. The toggle ability, Blood Frenzy, gives more Weapon and Spell Damage, but will not allow others to heal you. This is a high risk and high reward skill, and WILL NOT be used in these demonstrations.

Gear
There is not a lot of change from the previous patch, Harrowstorm. The only potential would be Roaring Opportunist, which looks to be the best set for giving major slayer to team members.
Shown here:
- Mother's Sorrow Body
- Siroria including Inferno Staff - Precise
- Zaan Monster Set
- vMA Inferno Staff - Infused

Alternative Gear (for all different setups):
- False God, Spell Strategist, New Moon Acolyte, Master Architect, Roaring Opportunist (not exhaustive)
- Monster Sets - see video - liko.gg/content/2841/liko-the-best-updated-monster-sets

Race:
- Altmer in video
- Dunmer, Breton, Khajiit all fine alternatives

Mundus:
- Shadow

Blue CPs:
- Elemental Expert 64, Elfborn 66, Spell Erosion 11
- Master-at-Arms 56, Staff Expert 29
- Thaumaturge 44

Blue CPS in Raid: Do adjust based on your group's Spell Penetration Debuffs. Likely something close to the above is OK. You could also try 61 Elfborn and 15 Spell Erosion as another common alternative.

Food:
For Practice on Dummy: Ghastly Eye Bowl
In Raid: Artaeum Pickled Fish Bowl (or Clockwork Citrus Fillet if you need more sustain)

CMX Parse and Build from Video -- imgur.com/a/zArMKNp

Rotation

This is a dynamic rotation. The general focus is to keep up your DOTs to a reasonable level without reapplying too early and try to make the most out of the burst phases.

The general priority is to fire a bow proc as soon as possible (or every 6th skill for those with worse ping, not a massive difference), as well as refreshing Merciless Resolve whenever required. Beyond this, keeping up Unstable Wall is most important. Orbs, Twisting Path, Barbed Trap, Crippling Grasp and Shades can be then reapplied when possible, before reverting to our spammable, Blood for Blood in this case, but it applies for any.

The priority shifts, however, when Soul Harvest is used. Prior to using Soul Harvest, it is beneficial to ensure a reasonable duration remaining on your DOTs. If there are DOTs with 1 or maybe 2 seconds left, it can be better to refresh these DOTs first. Once you use Soul Harvest, you'll get the most out of it if you use only your Direct Damage attacks for the upcoming 6 seconds (Spammables, Bow Procs).

In execute, you can cast all DOTs one last time then drop both Crippling Grasp and Degeneration. In most cases, you can drop Shades too, but if you can get a full duration of it, you can keep it up. This leaves Orbs, Path, Wall and Trap. Impale for the rest of the time.

Proposed Static Rotation

Blockade - Path - Shade/Trap
Orb - Crippling Grasp - Bow Proc
Spam x5 - Bow Proc

Replace a Spam (Blood for Blood/Elemental Weapon/Swallow Soul) with a Soul Harvest whenever it's ready, or Siphoning Attacks if you need a bit more sustain

In execute, use Impale instead of Spam, and drop Crippling Grasp. In short fights, ensure DOTs are up by 25% and simply Impale the rest of the way, thereafter.

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