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Nightblade: Assassination skills

Every skill in the Assassination line — each base skill with its two morphs beside it, cost, cast time, range and duration. Hover or tap a skill for the full tooltip.

data retrieved 2026-10-17 · datamined via UESP

Ultimate (1)

Death StrokeBase
Cost 70 UltimateCast 0.4 sRange 7 m
Death Stroke
Base · Assassination
Cost 70 UltimateCast 0.4 sTarget EnemyRange 7 m
Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing 3716 Magic Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 8 seconds.
Incapacitating StrikeMorph
Cost 70 UltimateCast 0.4 sRange 7 m
Incapacitating Strike
Morph · Assassination
Cost 70 UltimateCast 0.4 sTarget EnemyRange 7 m
Ravage an enemy with a swift strike, dealing 3840 Disease Damage and causing them to take 20% more damage from your attacks for 8 seconds.

If cast with 120 or more Ultimate, you instead deal 4223 Disease Damage, stun the enemy for 3 seconds, and increase the duration of the damage taken effect to 12 seconds.
Soul HarvestMorph
Cost 70 UltimateCast 0.4 sRange 7 m
Soul Harvest
Morph · Assassination
Cost 70 UltimateCast 0.4 sTarget EnemyRange 7 m
Ravage an enemy with a spinning attack, dealing 3718 Magic Damage and increasing your damage against them by 20% for 8 seconds.

Also afflicts the enemy with Major Defile, reducing their healing received and damage shield strength by 12%.

While slotted on either bar, any time you kill an enemy you gain 10 Ultimate.

Active skills (5)

Assassin's BladeBase
Cost 2430 MagickaCast InstantRange 7 m
Assassin's Blade
Base · Assassination
Cost 2430 MagickaCast InstantTarget EnemyRange 7 m
Thrust a magic blade with lethal precision to stab an enemy, dealing 1161 Magic Damage. Deals 300% more damage to enemies below 25% Health.
ImpaleMorph
Cost 2430 MagickaCast InstantRange 28 m
Impale
Morph · Assassination
Cost 2430 MagickaCast InstantTarget EnemyRange 28 m
Throw a magic blade with lethal precision to strike an enemy, dealing 1161 Magic Damage. Deals 330% more damage to enemies below 25% Health.
Killer's BladeMorph
Cost 2066 StaminaCast InstantRange 7 m
Killer's Blade
Morph · Assassination
Cost 2066 StaminaCast InstantTarget EnemyRange 7 m
Thrust a caustic blade with lethal precision to stab an enemy, dealing 1161 Disease Damage. Deals up to 400% more damage to enemies with less than 50% Health.

Heals you for 2399 if the enemy dies within 2 seconds of being struck.
Grim FocusBase
Cost 1890 MagickaCast InstantRange 28 m
Grim Focus
Base · Assassination
Cost 1890 MagickaCast InstantTarget EnemyRange 28 m
When slotted on either bar, gain Major Savagery, increasing Critical Chance by 12%.

Your Light and Heavy Attacks now generate a stack of Grim Focus, up to 10 times. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks grant two stacks.

When at 5 or more stacks, you can consume 5 to fire a spectral arrow to deal 4182 Magic Damage and heal for 33% of the damage dealt, if you are in melee range.
Merciless ResolveMorph
Cost 1890 MagickaCast InstantRange 28 m
Merciless Resolve
Morph · Assassination
Cost 1890 MagickaCast InstantTarget EnemyRange 28 m
When slotted on either bar, gain Major Savagery, increasing Critical Chance by 12%.

Your Light and Heavy Attacks now generate a stack of Merciless Resolve, up to 10 times. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks grant two stacks.

When at 5 or more stacks, you can consume 5 to fire a spectral arrow to deal 4752 Magic Damage and heal for 50% of the damage dealt, if you are in melee range.
Relentless FocusMorph
Cost 1107 StaminaCast InstantRange 28 m
Relentless Focus
Morph · Assassination
Cost 1107 StaminaCast InstantTarget EnemyRange 28 m
When slotted on either bar, gain Major Savagery, increasing Critical Chance by 12%.

Your Light and Heavy Attacks now generate a stack of Relentless Focus, up to 10 times. Fully-charged Heavy Attacks grant two stacks.

When at 4 or more stacks, you can consume 4 to fire a spectral arrow to deal 4183 Disease Damage and heal for 33% of the damage dealt, if you are in melee range.
Mark TargetBase
Cost 2700 Magicka
Mark Target
Base · Assassination
Cost 2700 Magicka
Expose an enemy's weaknesses by applying Major Breach to them, reducing Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds.

When a marked enemy dies, you heal to full Health.

You can only have one Mark Target active at a time.
Piercing MarkMorph
Cost 2700 Magicka
Piercing Mark
Morph · Assassination
Cost 2700 Magicka
Expose an enemy's weaknesses by applying Major Breach to them, reducing Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds.

You can detect marked enemies even if they use stealth or invisibility for 3 seconds. When a marked enemy dies, you heal to full Health.

You can only have one Piercing Mark active at a time.
Reaper's MarkMorph
Cost 2700 Magicka
Reaper's Mark
Morph · Assassination
Cost 2700 Magicka
Expose an enemy's weaknesses by applying Major Breach to them, reducing Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds.

When a marked enemy dies, you heal to full Health and gain Major Berserk, increasing your damage done by 10% for 10 seconds.

You can only have one Reaper's Mark active at a time.
Teleport StrikeBase
Cost 3780 MagickaCast 0.4 sRange 22 m
Teleport Strike
Base · Assassination
Cost 3780 MagickaCast 0.4 sTarget EnemyRange 22 m
Flash through the shadows and ambush an enemy, dealing 1602 Magic Damage and afflicting them with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%.
AmbushMorph
Cost 3213 StaminaCast 0.4 sRange 22 m
Ambush
Morph · Assassination
Cost 3213 StaminaCast 0.4 sTarget EnemyRange 22 m
Flash through the shadows and ambush an enemy, dealing 1655 Physical Damage and afflicting them with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%.

Also grants you Empower and Minor Berserk for 10 seconds, increasing the damage of your Heavy Attacks against monsters by 150% and your damage done by 5%.
Lotus FanMorph
Cost 3780 MagickaCast 0.4 sRange 22 mRadius 6 m
Lotus Fan
Morph · Assassination
Cost 3780 MagickaCast 0.4 sTarget EnemyRange 22 mRadius 6 m
Flash through the shadows and ambush an enemy while unleashing a fan of knives, dealing 1603 Magic Damage to them and enemies around you.

All enemies hit take an additional 2050 Magic Damage over 5 seconds and are afflicted with Minor Vulnerability for 10 seconds, increasing their damage taken by 5%.
Veiled StrikeBase
Cost 2295 MagickaCast InstantRange 7 m
Veiled Strike
Base · Assassination
Cost 2295 MagickaCast InstantTarget EnemyRange 7 m
Slash an enemy, dealing 2323 Magic Damage.

If you strike an enemy from their flank you set them Off Balance.
Concealed WeaponMorph
Cost 2295 MagickaCast InstantRange 7 m
Concealed Weapon
Morph · Assassination
Cost 2295 MagickaCast InstantTarget EnemyRange 7 m
Slash an enemy, dealing 2556 Magic Damage.

If you strike an enemy from their flank you set them Off Balance.

When you leave Sneak or invisibility while in combat, increase your damage done with this ability by 10% for 15 seconds.

While slotted on either bar, you gain Minor Expedition, increasing your Movement Speed by 15%.
Surprise AttackMorph
Cost 2295 StaminaCast InstantRange 7 m
Surprise Attack
Morph · Assassination
Cost 2295 StaminaCast InstantTarget EnemyRange 7 m
Slash an enemy, dealing 2399 Physical Damage and applying the Sundered status effect.

If you strike an enemy from their flank you set them Off Balance. This attack will also be guaranteed to be a Critical Strike, up to once every 3 seconds.

Passives (4)

Executioner
Passive · Assassination
When an enemy dies within 2 seconds of being damaged by you, you restore 1000 Magicka and Stamina.
HemorrhagePassive
Hemorrhage
Passive · Assassination
Increases your Critical Damage by 10%.

Critically striking in any form grants you and your group Minor Savagery, increasing Critical Chance by 6% for 20 seconds.
Master Assassin
Passive · Assassination
Increases your Critical Chance rating against enemies you are flanking by 1448, increasing your chance to critically strike by |6.6%.
Pressure Points
Passive · Assassination
Target Self
Increases your Critical Chance rating by 438 for each Nightblade ability slotted, increasing your chance to critically strike by 2% per ability.

Current bonus: 0.