This thread i will use to discuss new builds i tried/plan on trying.

I'm currently working with a Imperial nightblade vampire @ v8. Felt like I could take advantage of the huge racial bonuses they receive (Increase max health and stamina).

Primarily a PvP build but I have kept it playable for any grinding or solo farming I might want to do.



I never ever see anyone using Reaper's Mark. The ability is so overpowered we must exploit it, especially if we want to sustain in these fights. Reduces Spell AND Armor resistance by 8000 for 20 seconds, when the target dies you get restored 60% of your MAXIMUM health. Killer's blade heals us for 20% of our MAXIMUM health if we kill the enemy with that spell. If done properly you will be getting 80% of your max health restored PER monster/player killed. I see anywhere from 9 to 12,000 healing received when this procs.




Mass hysteria is something I keep just for situations in pvp were you must get that 4 second terrify in. Concealed weapon is another skill I dont see used very often. Its got a high damage output and low magic cost but the two main reasons we want are: the passive Magick Flood (Increases our magic by 8%) AND while it's slotted, movement speed while stealthed or invisible is increased by 25%. We want to be extremely mobile with this build to close distance or evade players if necessary. Couple this with your elusive mist and you're seeing a 65% movement boost.



I left off which morph im using on Siphon strikes. It's going to come down to a matter of preference for you i imagine.

This post was edited by DeMarcus on Jan 11 2016 08:30am

Part 2. Weapons and their reasoning



I really like the blinding flurry for pvp, Each hit has a 7% chance of setting the enemy off balance. Perfect for teleport stomping onto a lonely caster or healer and knocking them down

Most of you are probably spitting at your monitor asking WHAT NOT STEEL TORNADO? The increase in radius is nice but since we're primarily a magic champ we run out of stamina after 2 or 3 steel tornado spams. This is unacceptable especially if you need to block dodge or roll from an attack you would be a sitting duck. Whirling blades lets us regen 200 stamina every 2 seconds for 10 seconds.




Mutagen seemed like a hands down favorite for us in PvP.. Heals over 20 seconds & allies with less than 20% health are healed for additional hp and have one negative debuff removed.
Steadfast ward is going to ultimately come down to matter of preference. Neither morph can go wrong.
Siphon spirit for the health and magic regen

This post was edited by DeMarcus on Jan 11 2016 07:56am

Part 3. Gear

For this build I decided to use 5 light and 2 medium armor pieces.
I have multiple setups stashed away and I wouldn't recommend a player on a budget to do this.











Typically my build is the 5pc Seducer set with 2pc Torug's Pact and 2pc Willow's path as my dual swords.
I have Juliano's stashed away in case I need that extra damage.



There are two builds I haven't had the chance to try, and plan on testing these over the following week and updating this guide.





I could really see twilight's embrace catching steam and becoming super popular. The 1k health and the 10% additional healing seem to be quite favorable for end game PvP.

Magnus doesn't provide much of a benefit in terms of the raw stats but any time you have a chance to completely negate the cost of a outgoing spell, that's something to consider.


Non-craftable sets that we should keep an eye out for (Vet dungeon drops for undaunted)..





Molag is very popular now and for good reason, but a not so popular distant favorite would have to be scourge harvester. We really want to keep up our magic/stam and health pools as much as possible WITHOUT having to use our backup restoration secondary.

This post was edited by DeMarcus on Jan 11 2016 08:32am

Part 4. Jewelry and such





Relatively cheap and somewhat easy to find, these items won't break your piggybank but will provide that extra boost your badass vampire is lookin for. If you were really serious about getting that magic pool as high as possible, a Breton might be the choice instead of an Imperial.

Breton
10% max magic
Reduces cost of magic spells by 3%

vs

Imperial
12% max health
10% max stamina


Parts 5 & 6 will be up later today.

This post was edited by DeMarcus on Jan 11 2016 08:33am

posting a stamina based single target assassin later today

71% critical strike on sword/shield