What are the best bow builds for Nightblades in ESO?

Bows are a very powerful weapon in The Elder Scrolls Online, allowing you to destroy your enemies from afar with some of the most devastating skills in the whole game. However, as it is with any weapon, you need the right combination of gear set and abilities in order to be effective.

This list will cover five of the best bow builds for Nightblades in ESO, their stats and specific advantages, so pay attention if you are looking for a powerful bow setup, the perfect one might be right here!

5. Toxic Raider

The Toxic Raider is the first build on our list and it is an amazing setup that guarantees very high DPS for Stamina Nightblades that enjoy using the bow. Playing solo or in a party, this is a great choice for all sorts of content in ESO for long range enthusiasts, with a very effective and easy to master rotation. If you enjoy attacking from a distance and poisoning your foes, make sure to try out this build.

What Toxic Raider excels at:

• Very high Weapon Damage;
• Very high Weapon Critical and Critical Damage;
• Focus on Disease and Poison Damage;
• The perfect combination of gear set and Bow abilities;
• Great choice for Nightblades who like a mix of burst damage and DoT.    

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4. Dark Arrow

Dark Arrow is an incredibly strong Hybrid Bow build that can even do solo veteran PvE content with no problem. It is focused on Critical Damage and using the Briarheart armor set to provide survivability through self healing. Furthermore, it builds up stacks that increase your Critical chance and Critical Damage, meaning that you just get stronger as the fight goes on.

What Dark Arrow excels at:

• Very high Weapon Damage;
• Very high Weapon Critical and Critical Damage;
• Perfect for long battles, getting stronger as you build up stacks of Tzogvin’s Warband;
• Self healing through Critical Damage using the Briarheart set;
• Powerful executions, with damage scaling with the missing health of your target.    

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3. One Shot Sniper

This is a PvP Stamina Nightblade build focused on killing your enemies with powerful bursts of damage using the Bow. The One Shot Sniper uses Critical Damage in combination with its gear set to deal tons of damage in a very short period of time, especially using the second activation of Merciless Resolve.

What One Shot Sniper excels at:

• High Weapon Damage and Offensive Penetration;
• Very high Weapon Critical and Critical Damage;
• Critical Damage deals additional Elemental Damage, making for powerful bursts;
• Very high sustain, with great Stamina Recovery allowing you to spam your abilities;
• Merciless Resolve can really one shot your enemies with its second activation.    

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2. Bow Ganker

Ganking is the easiest way to get kills in PvP and we all know that, but you’ll need the right setup in order to guarantee your kills. This build lets you move around the battlefield while invisible, only to snipe your enemies from afar and kill them in no time.

What Bow Ganker excels at:

• Very high Weapon Damage and Offensive Penetration;
• Very high Weapon Critical and Critical Damage;
• Guaranteed Critical Strike after leaving stealth;
• Great survivability through stealth and increased Resistances;
• Very high range and powerful bursts of damage.    

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1. BowBlade

The last entry on this list is the Bowblade, a PvE DPS Nightblade build that can handle any sort of endgame content in ESO, from delves and dungeons all the way to trials and arenas. It uses the Ring of the Pale Order for self healing while solo and the Maelstrom’s Perfected Bow for powerful AoE damage output.

What BowBlade excels at:

• Powerful AoE damage, allowing you to clear huge waves of mobs in an instant;
• Constant self healing using the Ring of the Pale Order;
• High Offensive Penetration and Weapon Critical, melting the HP of even the tankier foes;
• Relentless focus provides huge bursts of damage;
• Great sustain through Stamina Recovery on light and heavy attacks.    

Build Details

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