ESO PVP Guide - How to Win vs. Nightblades

[@agquagwisvquwgavwj]

NB main here. 1. You must be able to react to incap merc combo. If you cannot then build tanky. 2. Always have at least one option to counterplay stealth in your build. If you do these two things you will not struggle with nightblades of equal or lesser skill then you. I recommend finding a nightblade to duel. You’ll get a feel for how often they can incap or merc and start to be able to block / dodge it instinctively.

[@elderwiz3165]

if you get incapped, hold block. the follow up combo will be pretty much useless if you're blocking.

[@jasonchui111]

If the game has decent servers then yes nb combos will not be as deadly. But lags spikes and just general ping raise when ball group procing every aoe there is will mean insta death should that nb have a better internet and lives in texas campared to you playing outside USA.

[@agquagwisvquwgavwj]

@@jasonchui111 yeah but that goes for anything. server lag doesn’t influence balance. if your 1vX vs a bursty dk or sorc and you can’t stunbreak your also dead. This isn’t a NB issue

[@lukasr1166]

can't wait for how to win aganist proc Arcanists. Can't wait to see how long it takes for you to say you don't.

[@jasonchui111]

EASY!!!! get 11 friends to form a raid with each and EVERYONE having their gear and skills sorted which will give your group maximum everything possible. Then find that 1 proc archanist and go 12 v1 his ass then wisp him lol after your group roll him over like nothing :>

[@Kyzar90]

Pots of detection work a treat In smaller area like imperial city you can use sneak to tell if there's a NB nearby about to gank you. If you sneak and it says detected but you aren't near enemies use the detect pot and 9/10 there is a NB next to you.

[@kravez16]

It’s probably too late by then time you see the eye slightly open they’re behind you with a heavy attack and a incap surprise attack 🤣

[@mattyquinn9174]

Slot entropy, the morph that heals pulls nb out of stealth every tic

[@IncultaWolf]

My favorite thing to do

[@mattyquinn9174]

I hope it stays this way forever. In fact every dot should do this 😂

[@nickcrawford2456]

@@mattyquinn9174 Every DoT actually does pull NBs out of stealth. The problem is they don't tick as often as the heal from Structured Entropy, so the NB can just LoS or re-cloak quickly.

[@mattyquinn9174]

@@nickcrawford2456 no that's not true, most sticky dots tick every 2s same as entropy and some even tick every 1s

[@hazer_dazer]

Do this for every class please! ❤

[@SirSquash]

good nightblade will kill you INSTANTLY. not incap merciless... not a global. *I N S T A N T L Y.* they will pre buff with perfect scion or lights champion, then heavy attack into merc and kill you in 0.1 seconds. the easiest way to tell a BAD nightblade is they run *RALLYING CARRY* set above all, and MUCH less how they actually play the class. you take this set away and they all of a sudden cant play. NOBODY who has played for more than a week will fall for incap merc. if you dont let them do this to you they are a free kill.

[@luchi850]

There's an easy way to distinguish between a seasoned Nightblade and a new one - that's their use of shadow cloak. For a good nightblade - shadow cloak is an offensive tool, not a defensive one. Any nightblade relying on it to survive rather than heal cancelling dodge rolls, blocks, sustain and good shadow image placement for retreat is going to find themselves having a difficult time. Too many nightblades come to cyro and think they can click cloak and that's their defence.

[@joshuablanchette878]

thankfully for every good nightblade i encounter, i see 6 or 7 bad ones

[@mikaeldp]

Do this for dks too please. As a magsorc, dks is my biggest problem

[@ducksmoker8491]

How to survive - 30k HP, Radiant Magelight on bar, high crit resist. How to kill - Snares, AOE attacks, hold block until they attack and then beat them silly. Most people don’t run fear anymore so you should be pretty safe to hold block for the first attack or two.

[@acastanza]

A half decent RollBlade with Lefthander's belt is basically unkillable, the combination is so overtuned it's actually stupid.

[@chrisxl5152]

The easiest way to counter is to rely on audio ques from first the incap and then obveously merc bow. If you hear the incap, you already know merc is coming. The most predictable class imo. Most nbs aren't smart enough to wait for you to dodge roll after the incap before hitting merc. They will almost always hit merc immedietly after they incap you.

[@auxwizz]

Thx for the video, i love your videos and explibations but , we need a sorc template about making damage some tricks , i watch you in almost all the videos , you make dmg looking easy , we could use some templates so we can learn and adapt, the survival its almost ok 😂, but in general i miss making dmg tryed some combos ,they work sone time ,with players that are normal , they disintegrate, but with advance players realy no chance , before i try to make some dmg on a good sorc or dk , with shields up and buf up , can even make dmg a bit i just retreat buf up, try again and dont even fell me im like a npc xd 😂 , its like : ah a prey buf up shield up , targeting curse , overload with spam in to cristal and streak streak cause hes like a tank , 😂😂😂 i would love to se a advance pvp guide with tricks tips, and upgraded with in , thou im tryng to use the builds from your page atm best that i got used its , alfiq,wretched, did try poison staf , shock , sharpen, etc , same results i dont expect to get in pvp and be like you its imposible , but we wold love a upgrade at this month for sorc , staf enchnats why poison why not shock , why sharpend why not etc, a bit of explanations why that why not that , i bet ppl will love those explanations to not in a 2h video , at leats 15 20 min , dam i writed a lot , have a good day and never stop sorc, i main sorc to in every game and wont stop now .with love from Aux and thx for you Sorc dedication and pvp .🎉🎉🎉 ps. Cant wait the update 😂😂😂

[@TranceJudge]

how do u get so much stamina regen ?u getting 1900 + stam every 2 sek ? from which source :D

[@ELEX_TP]

Please do a video about burst combos next! Specially crushing weapon

[@madhatten5123]

Gotta pay attention to when you are off balanced as well. If a decent Nightblade lands an off balance CC your dead.

[@slickback_was_taken]

Block that hvy! ❤ Then pop an immovable/detect pot and go to town.

[@jp28dew]

@9:54 what is that shadow image add on on top of your character called?

[@Wrynch]

Miat's Shadow Image

[@jp28dew]

@@Wrynch Mine doesn't show the range in numbers. Did you modify your add on? (Edit) nvmd, I found "shadow image range updated" :p

[@Pureobjectivetruth]

What's the secret, Malcolm?

[@MalcolM.]

The secret is

[@kantarmosmajorum6596]

Hello man, First, very good work! Second, you forgot to include the best and easiest way to deal with NBs. For those who struggle against NB, hold block and heal, there is literaly nothing they can do.

[@frankenstein4968]

Cloak crouch and wait. You'll slip up and they'll slip in

[@runkorko]

The biggest "secret" is devs love :P

[@vossboss220]

Haunting curse is my best friend on a night blade hunt. Didnt know about the structured entropy thing tho might try that

[@txchainsaw8907]

What are the recipes that you recommend for… Stealth detect, Escapist, and tripots?

[@DR-nh2kh]

can u do one how to deal with shild and streak away sorc and a proc sets express dk

[@dailydistraction3793]

what mag sorc build u use these days? my sorc feel so squish

[@palatineeso3780]

How to beat a nb summarised: Hold Block Dodge roll

[@robertshelton3796]

I just port to Imperial City. Fuck nightblades.

[@elderwiz3165]

Walk around solo, unbuffed with less than 20K health. Will draw gankers like flies to fresh dung...

[@robertshelton3796]

@@elderwiz3165 Gankers gotta gank but being able to stealth up mid-fight, flank, then one-shot is just bullshit.

[@xyourdeus4972]

Nice and informative video Malcolm

[@elderwiz3165]

Put a sticky dot on them

[@runkorko]

Ye ye, break free+roll doge=bb 7k stamina. I go with good ole break free+cc, or break free+block. If we need to be honest, a good brawler blade is unbeatable in 1v1. And good luck in 1vX. As said, all the devs love

[@Kerihat]

NB and DK absolutely broken classes. All new it. But ZOS ignor TESO pvp.

[@Coursicc]

Arcanist are broken

[@tamer6453]

Arcanist is the most broken rn

[@SurgicalGoonie]

Dks arent broken lol. You just dont know how to fight them

[@tamer6453]

@@SurgicalGoonie DKs have everything though

[@SurgicalGoonie]

@@tamer6453 so does sorc arcanist and templars

[@Agrartechnik_Fan]

nice

[@newfaith912]

Remember guys always annoy devs to nerf solo single target dmg and buff aoe heals and dmg. That way we can all enjoy proper gameplay and never allow solo ppl to play game ;)

[@hottnatured]

People like you are the reason mmorpgs fall apart and become unbalanced. WTF do you expect them to do??? Their main kits is to be stealthy if you nerf that, they are useless.

[@WolfgangRP]

The opening footage for this just makes me wonder why I ever played this game honestly. Not sure I will ever go back to it :S

[@MalcolM.]

i'm not getting it, is it cause of the ballgroups?

[@WolfgangRP]

Yeah and the very high TTK. I've been playing Elden Ring for several months, and the difference is striking @@MalcolM.

[@VladimirKrshunov]

in b4 i watch - i'm already tired of zergs spamming flare/camo/pots and all :deadge: also some dots, direct aoe, BA daggers, etc missed days of aegis wasn't "must have"

[@MalcolM.]

Yeah cloak isn't reliable anymore, but it's not that much of a problem because of all the other survivability options for nb

[@VladimirKrshunov]

kinda yeah, but nb healing is like it's dmg - mostly burst-ish (esp if u don't use path). And it's not very... suits current meta. i'm talking about being heavily outnumbers or some counter picks like dk. Plus next patch i'm loosing all my pressure tools so gotta play the moment again in environment, where "the moment" could be ruined literally by everything around.