damage?

Does that mean that if you are a mage you only really need to level magica and health, while nightblade need all 3?

thanks

No. As a physical dps NB you shouldn't put anything in magica. Just softcap your stamina 1st, then dump everything in health.

As a magical dps, you don't need anything in stamina.

All classes have abilities that will use both stamina or magicka. Casters have weapon skills that use Stamina as well.

Not always. Staff using casters don't use stamina at all.

whats the softcap at?

Staff skills use magicka, I do not use any stamina abilities. This isn't exactly a benefit though.

If you Google "ESO nightblade builds" you'll get a hit for a wikihow website that has some fundamental information. Do some basic research and you'll have a lot more fun with your character.

I must have misread some previous posts. I had thought staff skills were using stamina or something to that effect. Sorry, wrong info

Edit: If i could get off work and play i would know these things!

Even staff-using class-ability using mages will use stamina for sprinting, sneaking, blocking, interrupting, etc. Granted, not as much as one who uses non-staff weapon skills.

I was quite surprised by how much magicka my nightblade was using, because I was turning invisible during combat, and using class abilities so often, I found myself trying to fit in some light armor pieces (and passive skills) to help my magicka. If you primarily use stamina-burning weapon skills, though, you can get by with less magicka regen/pool.

It'll be an interesting experience, trying to find that 'sweet spot' between stamina and magicka use.

Actually, how hard staff users' light and heavy attacks hit depends on stamina. The actual staff "abilities" are magicka dependent. All classes use stamina to dodge, sprint, and break CC. A staff user may also use stamina-based guild abilities.

Actually, magicka-based classes get to dodge etc. more than others. Stamina use for these skills is percentage based. If you have 5000 stamina and dodge uses 25%, it costs you much more in raw numbers than it does a Mage with 1000 stamina. If the Mage is never using stamina for anything other than defensive maneuvers, they can do them more frequently. One of those design decisions I'm just amazed is still in place.