TOXIC RAIDER
Stamina Nightblade PVE DPS ONE BAR Bow Build
The TOXIC RAIDER Build is an EASY One Bar set up for the Stamina Nightblade class in The Elder Scrolls Online with a focus on Bow as the primary weapon. Most gear sets for this build can be easily farmed or bought on guild traders and the easy one bar rotation means no complicated bar swapping is needed. Plus this build does tons of TOXIC DAMAGE!
Primary Sets
Swamp Raider is our main damage set on this build, buffing almost every single damaging ability on this set up which is either Poison or Disease-based.
Kinra’s Wrath provides even more easy damage on all targets thanks to the addition of Major Berserk on the 5 piece.
Finally, the Harpooner’s Wading Kilt Mythic adds even more damage to the build in the form of lots of Critical Chance and bonus Critical Damage. So much for just one piece!
Of course the Thunderous Volley set adds greater DPS while utilizing the Volley skill on the back up skill bar. And finally to make the one remaining body piece, a Slimecraw should will be ideal thanks to the bonus Critical Chance.
Swamp Raider
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Adds 600 Weapon and Spell Damage to your Poison and Disease Damage abilities.
Kinra’s Wrath
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(3 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(4 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(5 items) Dealing damage with a Light or Heavy Attack grants you a stack of Burning Heart for 5 seconds, up to 5 stacks. While you have 5 stacks, you generate an aura of wrath, granting you Major Berserk, increasing your damage done by 10%. While you have an aura of wrath, allies within 12 meters of you gain Minor Berserk, increasing their damage done by 5%.
Harpooner’s Wading Kilt
Set bonus
(1 item) Dealing direct damage grants you a stack of Hunter's Focus for 1 minute, up to 10 stacks max. You can only gain 1 stack of Hunter's Focus per second. Each stack of Hunter's Focus increases your Critical Chance by 125 and your Critical Damage by 1%.
Taking direct damage removes 5 stacks of Hunter's Focus, up to once per second. Removing Harpooner's Wading Kilt removes all stacks of Hunter's Focus.
Thunderous Volley
Set bonus
(2 items) Increases the damage Volley deals by 430 each tick. This bonus increases by 143 every time Volley ticks, up to a maximum of 8 times.
Slimecraw 1 Piece
Set bonus
(1 item) Adds 771 Critical Chance
Alternative Sets
Kinra’s Wrath can be easily replaced with easier to obtain sets such as New Moon Acolyte or Briarheart if you need to at first.
You can even upgrade the build to a Trials set up by using Arms Of Relequen.
Without the Mythic item, a full monster set like Stormfist then becomes a possibility.
New Moon Acolyte
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
(5 items) Adds 401 Weapon and Spell Damage. Increases the cost of your active abilities by 5%.
Briarheart
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Stamina
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) When you deal Critical Damage, you increase your Weapon and Spell Damage by 450 for 10 seconds. While this effect is active your Critical Strikes heal you for 349 Health. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds.
Arms Of Relequen
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(3 items) Gain Minor Slayer at all times, increasing your damage done to Dungeon, Trial, and Arena Monsters by 5%.
(4 items) Adds 657 Critical Chance
(5 items) Your Light and Heavy attacks apply a stack of harmful winds to your target for 5 seconds. Harmful winds deal 52 Physical Damage per stack every 1 second. This effect can stack once every half second, up to 10 times and scales off the higher of your Weapon or Spell Damage.
Stormfist
Set bonus
(1 item) Adds 129 Stamina Recovery
(2 items) When you deal damage, you have a 10% chance to create a thunderfist to crush the enemy, dealing 1650 Shock Damage every 1 second for 3 seconds to all enemies within 4 meters and a final 8470 Physical Damage when the fist closes. This effect can occur once every 8 seconds. The Shock Damage dealt from this set bypasses Spell Resistance.
Gear Set Up
| Weapon/Armor | Set | Trait | Weight | Glyph |
| Main Hand | Swamp Raider Bow | Precise | NA | Double Damage Poison |
| Backup | The Maelstrom Bow | Infused | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Head | Kinra's Wrath | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Shoulder | Slimecraw | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Chest | Kinra's Wrath | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Waist | Kinra's Wrath | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Gloves | Kinra's Wrath | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Legs | Harpooner's Wading Kilt | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Feet | Kinra's Wrath | Divines | Medium | Stamina |
| Necklace | Swamp Raider | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 1 | Swamp Raider | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
| Ring 2 | Swamp Raider | Bloodthirsty | NA | Weapon Damage |
Consumables, Race, Mundus
Race
For the most damage possible on this build, go with Orc, Dark Elf or Khajiit. For an easier time sustaining your abilities, Redguard will be the best option. For more details on all ESO Races and passive bonuses be sure to check out our Full ESO Race Guide.
Mundus
The Shadow
Food/Drink Buff
Lava Foot Soup and Saltrice
Potions
Weapon Power Potions
Skills - One Bar Setup
Main Weapon: BOW - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills - Two Bar Setup
Main Weapon: BOW - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Backup Weapon: BOW - Click on a Skill Name to learn more
Skills Discussion & Rotation
One Bar Rotation
Buff with your Potion and Relentless Focus. Then:
Poison Injection -> Lightweight Beast Trap -> Lethal Arrow x4 -> Relentless Focus Proc
Rebuff Relentless as needed. Use Toxic Barrage in place of the 4 Lethal Arrows when ready.
Two Bar Rotation
Buff with your Potion and Relentless Focus. Then:
Poison Injection -> Arrow Barrage -> Lightweight Beast Trap -> Bar Swap
Lethal Arrow x4 -> Relentless Focus Proc -> Bar Swap
Rebuff Relentless as needed. Use Toxic Barrage in place of the 4 Lethal Arrows when ready.
Notes
You MUST light attack between each ability in order to charge up the Bow Proc from Relentless Focus. When the enemy enters Execute Range (less than 25% Health) switch to spamming Killer’s Blade on the front bar.
Passive Skills
Class Passives
Weapon Passives
Armor Passives
Guild Passives
Racial
Other
Champion Points 2.0
Below you will find the recommended Active and Passive Champion Point Stars for this build, broken down into 300, 600, 900, and 1200 CP ranges.
For more information on Champion Points click on a Star name below or browse our detailed Champion Points Guides.
Constellation Descriptions:
GREEN: The Green Craft Constellation is focused on crafting and utility-centered upgrades.
BLUE: The Blue Warfare Constellation focuses primarily on increasing player damage, healing and defenses.
RED: The Red Fitness Constellation is focused on character survival and sustain.
- 300 Champion Points -
GREEN
BLUE
RED
- 600 Champion Points -
GREEN
15 Wanderer
BLUE
RED
20 Sprinter
8 Hasty
20 Hero’s Vigor
- 900 Champion Points -
GREEN
BLUE
RED
20 Sprinter
16 Hasty
20 Hero’s Vigor
30 Tumbling
- 1200 Champion Points -
GREEN
BLUE
20 Precision
20 Piercing
30 Mighty
20 Hardy
20 Preparation
RED
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