ESO Nightblade Skills: Assassination

Assassin’s Blade

Cost: 2295 Magicka
Range: 7m

Thrust a magic blade, dealing 1161 Magic Damage. Deals up to 300% more damage to enemies under 25% Health.

Morphs

Killer’s Blade — Converts to Stamina and deals Disease Damage. Heals you for 2399 Health if the target dies within 2s. Damage scales with missing Health.

Impale — Extends range to 28m and increases execute scaling to 330%.

Teleport Strike

Cost: 2700 Magicka
Range: 22m

Flash through the shadows to ambush an enemy, dealing 1602 Magic Damage and applying Minor Vulnerability for 10s, increasing damage taken by 5%.

Morphs

Lotus Fan — Deals Magic Damage in an 8m radius and additional damage over 5s. Inflicts Minor Vulnerability for 10s and grants you Minor Berserk for 5s.

Ambush — Converts to Stamina and deals 1655 Physical Damage. Applies Minor Vulnerability for 10s and grants Empower and Minor Berserk for 10s.

Mark Target

Cost: 1350 Magicka
Range: 50m

Expose an enemy’s weakness, applying Major Breach, reducing Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20s. When the target dies, you are healed to full Health.

Morphs

Reaper’s Mark — Applies Major Breach. When the enemy dies, heals you to full and grants Major Berserk for 10s, increasing damage done by 10%.

Piercing Mark — Extends duration to 60s and allows you to see invisible enemies marked by you.

Grim Focus

Cost: 1890 Magicka
Duration: 20s

Gain Major Prophecy and Major Savagery, increasing Critical Rating by 2629. Light or Heavy Attacks grant a stack, up to 10. At 5 stacks, consume to fire a spectral arrow dealing 4182 Magic Damage.

Morphs

Merciless Resolve — Deals 4752 Magic Damage and heals you for 50% of the damage done.

Relentless Focus — Converts to Stamina and deals 4183 Disease Damage. Requires fewer stacks and grants Minor Endurance and Minor Intellect while active.

Veiled Strike

Cost: 2295 Magicka
Range: 7m

Slash an enemy, dealing 2323 Magic Damage. Attacking from stealth or invisibility stuns the enemy for 3s and sets them Off Balance.

Morphs

Surprise Attack — Converts to Stamina and deals 2399 Physical Damage. Applies Sundered and guarantees a Critical Strike when flanking.

Concealed Weapon — Deals 2556 Magic Damage. Increases damage leaving Stealth or Invisibility and grants Minor Expedition for 10s.

Death Stroke

Cost: 70 Ultimate

Ravage an enemy with a vicious strike, dealing 3716 Magic Damage and increasing your damage against them by 20% for 6s.

Morphs

Soul Harvest — Deals 3718 Magic Damage, applies Major Defile for 8s, and grants 10 Ultimate when killing enemies while slotted.

Incapacitating Strike — Converts to Stamina and deals 3840 Disease Damage. Stuns targets when cast with 120 Ultimate and extends the damage-taken debuff to 12s.

Assassination Passives

• Master Assassin — Increases Critical Chance rating by 1448 against flanked enemies and by 6.6% while flanking.
• Executioner — When an enemy dies within 2s of being damaged by you, restore 1000 Magicka and 1000 Stamina.
• Pressure Points — Each Assassination ability slotted increases your Critical Chance rating by 548 (2.5% per ability).
• Hemorrhage — Increases your Critical Damage by 10% and grants you and allies Minor Savagery for 20s when you deal Critical Damage.