Below is a reference breakdown of commonly used Nightblade tank skills. You don’t need every skill listed here on your bar at once, use this section to understand what each option provides and when it becomes useful.

• Goading Throw – Ranged taunt that also heals you and applies Major Maim, reducing enemy damage.
• Siphoning Attacks – Converts Health into Magicka and Stamina when activated. While slotted, all damage you deal heals you and restores Magicka and Stamina once per second. Also generates 2 Ultimate every 4 seconds through the Transfer passive and increases Max Magicka and Stamina by 6%.
• Warding Burst – Group damage shield that also grants Minor Courage and contributes to ultimate generation.
• Polar Wind – Strong burst heal with a self HoT that also heals an ally.
• Trample – Grants Major Heroism and applies multiple damage status effects, turning the Dragonknight into an ultimate engine when paired with Saxhleel Champion.
• Gibbering Shelter – Emergency defensive ultimate that provides strong mitigation, group shielding, and passive resource recovery.
• Leashing Soul – Pulls enemies together, restores Magicka and Stamina, and applies Major Cowardice to reduce incoming damage.
• Elemental Susceptibility – Free Major Breach with constant Burning, Chilled, and Concussion procs, enabling Minor Maim, Minor Brittle, Minor Vulnerability, Off Balance, and Minor Breach (with Blockade), while triggering Dragonknight sustain through Burning.
• Elemental Blockade – Maintains continuous infused Crusher enchant uptime, applies Minor Breach to Chilled enemies, and provides a projectile damage shield for the group.
• Expansive Frost Cloak – Grants Major Resolve to the entire group.
• Runeguard of Still Waters – Passive safety tool that grants Minor Resolve and Minor Protection, immobilises nearby enemies, and triggers a heal when under 50% Health.
• Replenishing Barrier – Provides a large group and self damage shield, restores Magicka, triggers Major Force when paired with Saxhleel Champion, and grants 10% increased Magicka Recovery from the Magicka Aid passive.

Add Pull Skills

• Inner Rage – Ranged taunt that provides a strong group synergy, dealing Flame damage over time to the taunted enemy and additional AoE Flame damage to nearby enemies.
• Razor Caltrops – Applies AoE Major Breach to all enemies in large pulls and snares them.
• Power Slam – Used to proc Void Bash, pulling all enemies together in one cast while applying Major Maim to reduce incoming damage.
• Pulsar – Applies AoE Minor Mangle and, when used with a Charged Ice Staff, guarantees AoE Chilled, enabling Minor Maim, Minor Brittle, Minor Breach (with Blockade), and granting Minor Protection to the group.

Nightblade Skills (No Subclassing)

• Dark Cloak – Provides a Max Health–scaling heal over time and grants Minor Protection, reducing damage taken.
• Mirage – Grants Major Evasion, reducing damage taken from area attacks, and Minor Resolve. Casting Mirage also triggers Shadow Barrier.
• Shadow Barrier (Passive) – Casting a Shadow ability grants Major Resolve, increasing Physical and Spell Resistance.
• Refreshing Path – Creates a ground effect that heals allies over time, grants Major Expedition, and provides Minor Endurance and Minor Intellect, increasing group Stamina and Magicka recovery.
• Binding Contingency – Provides a reliable AoE immobilise for add pulls and applies AoE Minor Vulnerability to enemies.
• Soul Harvest – Slotted for its passive effect, granting 10 Ultimate whenever you kill an enemy. Can be activated to apply Major Defile to a target, reducing their healing received and damage shield strength.