The second race of choice-and my personal preference-is Breton. That means six times the damage dealt with this ability activated. The Orsimer have only one and that’s because it’s the strongest racial ability in the game.īerserker Rage doubles damage for sixty seconds, which does stack with Deadly Aim, a perk that grants triple damage from sneak attacks with bows. The Orsimer, you see, don’t have two special abilities like the other races. The first race is the Orsimer (aka Orc) and it’s all thanks to a little something called Berserker Rage. Claws is completely useless.īetween the Altmer, Argonians, Bosmer, Bretons, Dunmer, Imperials, Khajit, Nords, Orsimer, and Redguards, it can be difficult to know what to choose, but I’ve experimented heavily and have found two races to stand out as the best races for the sneak archer build. Night Eye is a quality of life ability (after all, any sneak archer worth his or her salt should be traveling at night). The Khajit get Night Eye, which helps them see in the dark for sixty seconds and they get Claws, which increases their damage dealt with unarmed attacks. Their passive ability is a bit more useful, granting 50% disease and poison resistance. Like its name implies, Command Animal gives the Bosmer command of an animal for sixty seconds, which is virtually useless. The Bosmer, for example, get Command Animal. Most races have one passive racial ability and one activated racial ability. So if race matters but racial skill bonuses don’t, what is it that makes race so important? Well, in the late game, racial skill bonuses will have lost all meaning, but special abilities will still play a role in your build. I just keep him as a follower until my Archery hits level 50. Since he also happens to be an Adept-level Archery trainer, you can pay him to train you, access his inventory, and take back the gold.
Upon successful completion of the quest, Faendal can become a follower. Side with Faendal over Sven by delivering the fake letter to Camilla Valerius at the Riverwood Trader. The first quest you should do as a sneak archer after escaping Helgen is A Lovely Letter, which you’ll receive from Faendal. In truth, aside from making for a slightly smoother early game, racial skill bonuses are meaningless.Īs it happens, while the Khajit can enjoy their head start in Sneak for a short time, the Bosmer bonus to Archery means nothing all because of one Wood Elf named Faendal, whom you will find at the lumber mill in Riverwood upon escaping Helgen. Bosmer and Khajit are often the default recommendations for this type of build because they have relevant skill bonuses, with the Bosmer receiving +10 to Archery and the Khajit +10 to Sneak. In Skyrim, race does matter, although perhaps not as much as some people seem to think. Others will go the politically correct route and suggest that race doesn’t matter at all. Most Skyrim sneak archer guides will suggest you choose Bosmer (aka Wood Elf) or Khajit. Until then, I’m pretty much convinced that this is the most obscenely overpowered build you’re liable to find, sneak archer or otherwise. Tell me if there is anything you think could be improved or any useful exploits I might be missing to give my build the edge. I’ve seen a variety of sneak archer builds on the Internet over the years and none come even close to the sheer devastation unleashed by own sneak archer build at legendary difficulty.
#ULTIMATE SKYRIM MODS#
Feel free to ask me about any of these mods and why I use that mod. Those mods are SkyUI, Complete Widescreen Fix, Acquisitive Soul Gems, Unread Books Glow, and Run for Your Lives.
#ULTIMATE SKYRIM PC#
My ultimate sneak archer build, as presented in 2019, is based on the Special Edition of the game on PC with a total of only five mods that simply make the game more playable but don’t change in any substantial way the gameplay mechanics or the visuals. Today, eight years later, I’m finally prepared to share that build with you in perhaps its final form but, then again, perhaps not. It has given me a lot of time to master and perfect a particularly ferocious interpretation of a popular Skyrim build: the sneak archer. Despite it all though, I still find myself learning new things and exploring quests I’ve never done before. Combine the pirated copy I originally played in 2011 and the two legitimate copies in my Steam library and you have hundreds upon hundreds of hours across multiple playthroughs. It struck me the other day that I’ve played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim more than any other game, even though my Steam account may not reflect it, given that I played it before I was even on Steam and that I’ve played both the vanilla version and the Special Edition on Steam.
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