I wanted to talk about the Nightblade because I believe this soul has the most potential to shine in PvE content I've seen tons of threads up of "What do you think of my build" but nothing really discussing the finer details of builds or soul mechanics, so I thought I would make a thread to discuss some Nightblade builds why also trying not to be boring with any of that Math stuff for PvE content.
Link to the build
Everything in the build is pretty cookie cut straight and forward, which is the beauty of it. Basically only taking Assassin and Bladedancer for those juicy tier 1 and 3 talents. Physical Talents only needed for improving Primal Death which adds on to your non-physical style of the Nightblade, everything else just being a filler.
in the Nightblade Talents themselves I have found that that everything is pretty straight forward on what it does, my only confusion being Fire and Death Attunement on whether the 3% increase is all attacks or just auto. The only thing some people might not like is the 1/5 in Heat Retention but from what I've seen you really only need one point, but 3/5 might not be bad if you wanted to take Nightstalker down to 1/3 but personally i prefer the increased 30% below 30% for those PvE crunch time moments in downing a boss.
Weapon Choice
So, being a dual wield class some people might be confused on which weapon is going to be best for them endgame, comparing to Rogues from WoW where different builds required different dual wields.
If you look at the Nightblade abilities you'll notice a lot of it has nothing to do with Weapon Damage itself (Only weapon Damage ability being Dusk Blade and that is only 50%) , which leads me to believe that Daggers are the obvious choice. NB's getting most of their damage from all of their non-physical effects and Daggers being a low Top damage, high attackspeed/dps weapon means you will stack your Smoldering Blades faster and Hellfire Blades will proc more often because you are hitting faster with AA.
A Rotation of sorts.
I'm not big on the idea of Rotations because I like to believe you can be usefull if you jumble up your attacks and aren't strick on the buttons you are mashing but I still like to follow a guideline for my abilities.
That guide line being
Dark Malady > Fiery spike {One Stack} > 5p Blazing Strike or Flame Thrust {If at Range} > Ebon Fury > Dusk Strike > Primal Strike > Fiery Spike {If at Range or can't Approach Boss}
Only applying One stack of Fiery spike at the start seems best to me, allowing Lingering Flame to add and refresh stacks (Which also grants you a free combo point). Adding only one stack at the start is also helpful so you do not pull threat off the tank, because as far as I know my only threat dump is to stop attacking or take a dirt nap.
~Please feel free to share your ideas in detail of other builds you like that involve the Nightblade Pve or PvP wise~
I have not give them much thought in PvE because right now I'm addicted to Sabo.
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