nightblade build?

[Rosebourne]

so I was thinking of playing a nightblade and was wondering whether I should take destruction or archery?

I heard that destruction magic is kinda bad in this game but I was wondering if it is still a decent choice since I have already played a archery character in the original edition

[Edain]

archery

[Count Smashula]

Define nightblade. I connect it with a magic using assassin/thief class.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

archery, one hand blades (maybe dual wield daggers), stealth

[Rosebourne]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

archery, one hand blades (maybe dual wield daggers), stealth

well I thought most night blades use destruction magic?

[Edain]

Originally posted by Rosebourne:

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

archery, one hand blades (maybe dual wield daggers), stealth

well I thought most night blades use destruction magic?

Destruction gains no sneak damage boost without mods

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Originally posted by Rosebourne:

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

archery, one hand blades (maybe dual wield daggers), stealth

well I thought most night blades use destruction magic?

If you have points left, then sure. but other magics are better like illusion.
Here's the ESO page on the Nightblade.
http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Nightblade

[Count Smashula]

Yeah, destruction is pretty crap for stealth since you have no sneak bonuses. Apocolypse spell mod and ordinator is a viable fix for it though.

[Midnight]

Pretty sure Nightblade is traditionally supposed to use a blade, so it's a melee character with some support magic (and destruction) thrown in.

You could try Illusion with Alchemy and daggers/sword.

For archery+magic you're looking at Witchhunter. But that's just TES lore semantics :P

[Rosebourne]

Originally posted by Midnight:

Pretty sure Nightblade is traditionally supposed to use a blade, so it's a melee character with some support magic (and destruction) thrown in.

You could try Illusion with Alchemy and daggers/sword.

For archery+magic you're looking at Witchhunter. But that's just TES lore semantics :P

I was sorta looking to kill people by shanking them because after a while one shotting people a mile away with a bow got kinda boring.

i'm not looking for what's OP i'm just mainly wondering if destruction is even viable or if it's frustrating by how crappy it is?

[Midnight]

Originally posted by Rosebourne:

Originally posted by Midnight:

Pretty sure Nightblade is traditionally supposed to use a blade, so it's a melee character with some support magic (and destruction) thrown in.

You could try Illusion with Alchemy and daggers/sword.

For archery+magic you're looking at Witchhunter. But that's just TES lore semantics :P

I was sorta looking to kill people by shanking them because after a while one shotting people a mile away with a bow got kinda boring.

i'm not looking for what's OP i'm just mainly wondering if destruction is even viable or if it's frustrating by how crappy it is?

In vanilla game? It honestly relies on dual-cast stagger perks and enchanting away most of the magicka cost and even then you'll probably spend ages slowly spamming away at enemies at anything above Adept difficulty.

And because of the reliance on dual-cast you'll soon find your sword damage output HEAVILY outpacing your spell damage output if you try to go the one hand sword, other hand spell kind of approach.

[Col Com Dante]

As a Nightblade, yes, it's worth it. The point is to slow enemies and weaken them before you start slicing them up, and it works like that. It's not the optimal route, but it's definitely not as boring as sneaking with a bow.

Also, hitting skeletons with a fireball never stops being satisfying.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Originally posted by Col Com Dante:

Also, hitting skeletons with a fireball never stops being satisfying.

Oh Damn right!