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Grim Focus

Grim Focus

Grim Focus

Cast Time: Instant
Target: Self
Cost: 2700 Magicka
Skill description
Focus your senses for 20 seconds, reducing your damage taken by 2% with every Light or Heavy Attack, up to 5 times. While active, hitting an enemy with 5 Light or Heavy Attacks converts this ability into Assassin's Will, allowing you to fire a spectral arrow for half cost to deal 1479 Magic Damage, and healing for 33% of the damage dealt if you are within 7 meters of the enemy.
Name: Grim Focus
Type: Active ability
Location: Nightblade > Assassination
Unlocks at: Assassination rank 42

Types of damage:
  • Magic Damage
Champion Points buffing this skill:
  • Blessed
  • Elemental Expert
  • Elf Born
  • Master at Arms
  • Quick Recovery
  • Spell Erosion
Champion Points protecting against this skill:
  • Elemental Defender
  • Iron Clad


Grim Focus is a skill located in the Assassination (which can be found in the Nightblade skill tree). Grim Focus is a base skill, and can be morphed into Relentless Focus or Merciless Resolve.

Grim Focus deals the following types of damage: Magic Damage. Which means that it gets buffed by the following blue champion point trees: Elemental Expert, Elf Born, Master at Arms, Spell Erosion. Also the following red champion point trees protect against this skill: Elemental Defender, Iron Clad.


Builds utilizing Grim Focus

Name Author
Stamina Nightblade Beginner Guide for Elder Scrolls Online Alcast
Magicka Nightblade Beginner Guide for Elder Scrolls Online Alcast

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