Awesome! And on the upside, you now have mammoth moccasins! I never get tired of stories like these. ^_^Rossmallo said:
Your toughest Skyrim battle
- Thread starter King of the Sandbox
- Start date
Recommended Videos
The most difficult normal fight I had was the ghostly boss at the end of one of the tombs that had a word of power in it (I was given the quest by a courier after I used a shout in Whiterun).
I must have been underleveled and poorly equipped, because the ice breath shout that he starts the fight with instantly sent Lydia into her kneeling animation. He then proceeded to carve up my health in seconds with his dual axes. I couldn't run back down the corridor I came from to kite him, and running into his chamber caused a draugr mage to spawn, who then summoned a frost atronach and slowed me down with ice spells, allowing the boss to catch and kill me. I reloaded several times, and even going in knowing what would happen (courage spell on Lydia, all my best buff spells active), he still killed me.
I want to say there was some epic solution to this, but in the end I just turned the difficulty down, kited him into the corridor and chugged every last one of my health potions. I was so happy I had beaten him that I forgot about the mage in the next room, and went in without healing. I had to do the fight all over again
The actual most difficult battle I've had was self-imposed:
I must have been underleveled and poorly equipped, because the ice breath shout that he starts the fight with instantly sent Lydia into her kneeling animation. He then proceeded to carve up my health in seconds with his dual axes. I couldn't run back down the corridor I came from to kite him, and running into his chamber caused a draugr mage to spawn, who then summoned a frost atronach and slowed me down with ice spells, allowing the boss to catch and kill me. I reloaded several times, and even going in knowing what would happen (courage spell on Lydia, all my best buff spells active), he still killed me.
I want to say there was some epic solution to this, but in the end I just turned the difficulty down, kited him into the corridor and chugged every last one of my health potions. I was so happy I had beaten him that I forgot about the mage in the next room, and went in without healing. I had to do the fight all over again
The actual most difficult battle I've had was self-imposed:
I had just become a werewolf with the companions, and decided that, since my character woke up without equipment, I would only use equipment I found during the quest to kill the Silver Hand. This worked fine right up until the boss, who ignored my armour and instantly triggered a death animation on me. Since his weapon was silver, transforming just made me die faster.
I didn't have an amazing solution to that either. Just gave up on role playing and re-equipped my smithed and enchanted armour.
I didn't have an amazing solution to that either. Just gave up on role playing and re-equipped my smithed and enchanted armour.
I tried to kill Astrid when she's first introduced, but failed, I reloaded to earn the disarm shout and try again later =P
It's hard to say. Probably one of the ancient heroes that you find hanging out with the draugr. Some of those guys are massively powerful, even now a few can one-shot me with their bow, and I have full dragon-scale. At level 40 something. Although Krosis was also a massive pain in the ass, and my first fight with an Elder Dragon damn near raped me.
Oh, dear. That does sound tough! And the thing that happened after you finally beat him... that happens to me a lot. I wish I could tell the game to save for me every 5 minutes, because I forget waaaay too often.Rossmallo said:
I agree, to a point. But I honestly haven't fought very many. It's not like I see one every day. I may go perhaps an in game week without seeing one, which is fine for me. Then again, even if they did pop up more, I'd be fine with it. Fighting them is one of my favorite things to do. Each battle is it's own adventure involving landscape, tactics, minions, random others, etc. ^_^SmashLovesTitanQuest said:
And I still haven't seen one carry anything/anyone up into the air and drop it yet, and I'm kinda dissapoint.
I think I was in Volenruud, or some Nordic ruin, and the final boss was this spectral dual wielding dickwad who also had a Draugr Scourge backing him up. Lydia was utterly useless and kept dying, and the Scourge would always summon a Frost Atronach that would whoop my ass. I forgot what level I was, but I think I was sub 20 at that time, or low 20s. And I couldn't kill them without turning the difficulty down. It was impossible for me. I didn't have enough health potions or elixirs to aid me, at the time I was utter shit with Destruction, and my Dwarven Mace was useful since it had a fire enchant, but I was getting practically two shotted.
I have also had some tough fights with mages, but nothing some good ol' skull bashing and resistance potions couldn't solve.
EDIT: I just remembered a real tough fight I had that didn't require me to be a puss and change difficulties. It was against a Draugr Deathlord, and the room we duked it out in had a magical pillar that liked to shoot frost at me. I found out the hard way about that, and that the Deathlord was a powerful ****. I then found out that the doorway I was in must have had something he detested, because it wouldn't follow me through. So I used that to my advantage to heal up, which was followed by me hitting it once, losing half my health, and then repeating. Eventually it maned up and was able to kill me through the doorway. MY last ditch effort was simple; next attempt, shield and mace in hand, I sprinted to the other side where there was an elevated area, and cornered it so Lydia could be useful and the pillar couldn't get to me. Whenever I needed to, I'd heal and I believe I used some offensive spells. Somehow I got real good at blocking and was able to deflect his power attacks. Eventually, he died. And i was happy.
I have also had some tough fights with mages, but nothing some good ol' skull bashing and resistance potions couldn't solve.
EDIT: I just remembered a real tough fight I had that didn't require me to be a puss and change difficulties. It was against a Draugr Deathlord, and the room we duked it out in had a magical pillar that liked to shoot frost at me. I found out the hard way about that, and that the Deathlord was a powerful ****. I then found out that the doorway I was in must have had something he detested, because it wouldn't follow me through. So I used that to my advantage to heal up, which was followed by me hitting it once, losing half my health, and then repeating. Eventually it maned up and was able to kill me through the doorway. MY last ditch effort was simple; next attempt, shield and mace in hand, I sprinted to the other side where there was an elevated area, and cornered it so Lydia could be useful and the pillar couldn't get to me. Whenever I needed to, I'd heal and I believe I used some offensive spells. Somehow I got real good at blocking and was able to deflect his power attacks. Eventually, he died. And i was happy.
So I had this character, not really a stealth build but with the help of a little illusion he tries to sneak up on dudes and stab them for a cheap hit before the real fight starts. Also he steals stuff a lot.
So I was doing the thieves guild mission, the early one where you go to a honey farm and burn some hives and empty a safe. So I emptied the safe and came back out of the house undetected, standing around the door were hired thugs waiting for me. Those are the guys who are hired by the town guard to hunt you down if you get caught commiting a crime.
Anyway, these guys attack me and now my cover is blown sky high, on this mission the little island your on is filled with mercenaries your supposed to sneak past, but well the hired thugs got their attention and everyone decided to attack me. But then they decided to attack each other.
Then the dragon showed up! Did I mention that I was attempting to play the game on master difficulty at the time?
Man I died so many times. But I won in the end, and the dragon was kind enough to kill some of the thugs for me so I could loot their magic weapons. Im just glad I had heavy armour and wasnt a real stealth build. I ended up killing a fair few of the mercenaries and the hired thugs were all killed by the dragon, and I abandoned the island and went for the beach(dragon nearly killed me on the swim over, water doesnt protect you from dragonfire). I ended up finding some guards who were willing to help me in a farm. Then the dragon attacked a bear and it tanked the dragon for us. First time I killed the dragon the bear one shotted me afterwards so I had to go through the whole process again.
I dont think I have ever laughed out loud at a game before. That shit was like lock stock and two smoking barrels where every bad guy arrives at the same place and kills each other in the ending.
I ended up turning the game down to expert though after that fiasco, and I really enjoy it now. Master is just too punishing. Worse than dark souls!
So I was doing the thieves guild mission, the early one where you go to a honey farm and burn some hives and empty a safe. So I emptied the safe and came back out of the house undetected, standing around the door were hired thugs waiting for me. Those are the guys who are hired by the town guard to hunt you down if you get caught commiting a crime.
Anyway, these guys attack me and now my cover is blown sky high, on this mission the little island your on is filled with mercenaries your supposed to sneak past, but well the hired thugs got their attention and everyone decided to attack me. But then they decided to attack each other.
Then the dragon showed up! Did I mention that I was attempting to play the game on master difficulty at the time?
Man I died so many times. But I won in the end, and the dragon was kind enough to kill some of the thugs for me so I could loot their magic weapons. Im just glad I had heavy armour and wasnt a real stealth build. I ended up killing a fair few of the mercenaries and the hired thugs were all killed by the dragon, and I abandoned the island and went for the beach(dragon nearly killed me on the swim over, water doesnt protect you from dragonfire). I ended up finding some guards who were willing to help me in a farm. Then the dragon attacked a bear and it tanked the dragon for us. First time I killed the dragon the bear one shotted me afterwards so I had to go through the whole process again.
I dont think I have ever laughed out loud at a game before. That shit was like lock stock and two smoking barrels where every bad guy arrives at the same place and kills each other in the ending.
I ended up turning the game down to expert though after that fiasco, and I really enjoy it now. Master is just too punishing. Worse than dark souls!
i broke the game way, wayyyyy too quickly for it to be a real challenge unfortunately i encountered a giant and went 'oh holy hellballs' and just ran random dungeons and collected ore to get my smithing enchanting and combat maxed
so, now im running around dual-wielding 'netherblade and bitchslap' as i call them, offering 200 damage each plus twin 35 damage enchants and nothing can even hit be before it gets my triple power attack of doom
(200x3)+35x6 ( plus whatever the fire enchant gives )
i make that 810 plus power attack damage which is rather sick!
i'm honestly thinking of vendoring my gear and weapons or making a new char because i want some difficulty and i know there's a ton of content i've still not finished
so, now im running around dual-wielding 'netherblade and bitchslap' as i call them, offering 200 damage each plus twin 35 damage enchants and nothing can even hit be before it gets my triple power attack of doom
(200x3)+35x6 ( plus whatever the fire enchant gives )
i make that 810 plus power attack damage which is rather sick!
i'm honestly thinking of vendoring my gear and weapons or making a new char because i want some difficulty and i know there's a ton of content i've still not finished
Early on I ran into a Frost Troll on my way to High Hrothgar. I could not kill the ************. So I lead him all the way down the 7,000 steps of the mountain and into the city where the NPCs turned hostile and killed him. But not before he took one of them with him.
I decided to do something nice for Ulfric Stormcloak, since he'd given me a nice new suit of Stormcloak armor and a number of missions where I got to carve up legions of the hated Imperials. So I asked his assistant if there was any work that the community needed done - and he gave me the task of exterminating a giant.
By this point I'd gotten close to exactly one giant, an incident which directly inspired my long-standing policy of hauling ass in the opposite direction at the first sight of a club-wielding silhouette on the horizon. I was not looking forward to this fight.
But anything for the Stormcloaks, so I snuck over to the nearby giant camp where, sure enough, something abnormally large was lumbering about, club on shoulder. I decided to inflict as much damage as possible right away, so I equipped my best arrow, laced it with my most expensive poison, and made absolutely sure I was undetected.
As soon as the giant stumbled into my sights, I let the arrow fly, hitting the giant with the full Sneak Attack bonus plus poison damage. The giant spotted me immediately, and came charging at me with barely a dent in his health meter. And THAT'S when I noticed that he wasn't alone.
Out from behind that big stone pillar with a mammoth skull on top, came ANOTHER giant, also pissed off. The newcomer had a full health meter - and a big, conspicious white map indicator shining over his head.
Yup. I had messed with the wrong giant.
While I was busy being astonished, giant #1 was able to score his first hit, a single sweep of his club shaving off half of my health meter. I turned tail (literally, I play a Khajiit) and ran down the hill. Another hit took out nearly all my remaining health, I hit the Inventory button and guzzled a massive amount of those weak-ass health potions I'd been finding everywhere.
Giving up any hope of escape, it dawned on me that my best bet was to give up on my Stormcloak ambitions and just hope for a calm, uneventful career as a rug in whatever distant part of Skyrim I'd shortly find myself. I decided to go down fighting, though. I pulled out my trusty scimitar and started whacking away at the giants.
Amazingly, though the giants had soon trimmed my health bar back to almost nothing, I remained firmly footed in the Windhelm area. I opened my inventory again to look for more health potions, and spotted something I'd forgotten that I owned: A Dwarven sword with a nice Absorb Health enchantment! I didn't equip it when I got it because I wanted to save it for emergencies.
I drained another crapload of potions, grabbed the Dwarven sword, and started whacking away at the giants. Eventually, to my surprise, they both dropped dead. I harvested their filthy toes, reported back to Windhelm, and secretly wowed never again to seek gainful employment.
By this point I'd gotten close to exactly one giant, an incident which directly inspired my long-standing policy of hauling ass in the opposite direction at the first sight of a club-wielding silhouette on the horizon. I was not looking forward to this fight.
But anything for the Stormcloaks, so I snuck over to the nearby giant camp where, sure enough, something abnormally large was lumbering about, club on shoulder. I decided to inflict as much damage as possible right away, so I equipped my best arrow, laced it with my most expensive poison, and made absolutely sure I was undetected.
As soon as the giant stumbled into my sights, I let the arrow fly, hitting the giant with the full Sneak Attack bonus plus poison damage. The giant spotted me immediately, and came charging at me with barely a dent in his health meter. And THAT'S when I noticed that he wasn't alone.
Out from behind that big stone pillar with a mammoth skull on top, came ANOTHER giant, also pissed off. The newcomer had a full health meter - and a big, conspicious white map indicator shining over his head.
Yup. I had messed with the wrong giant.
While I was busy being astonished, giant #1 was able to score his first hit, a single sweep of his club shaving off half of my health meter. I turned tail (literally, I play a Khajiit) and ran down the hill. Another hit took out nearly all my remaining health, I hit the Inventory button and guzzled a massive amount of those weak-ass health potions I'd been finding everywhere.
Giving up any hope of escape, it dawned on me that my best bet was to give up on my Stormcloak ambitions and just hope for a calm, uneventful career as a rug in whatever distant part of Skyrim I'd shortly find myself. I decided to go down fighting, though. I pulled out my trusty scimitar and started whacking away at the giants.
Amazingly, though the giants had soon trimmed my health bar back to almost nothing, I remained firmly footed in the Windhelm area. I opened my inventory again to look for more health potions, and spotted something I'd forgotten that I owned: A Dwarven sword with a nice Absorb Health enchantment! I didn't equip it when I got it because I wanted to save it for emergencies.
I drained another crapload of potions, grabbed the Dwarven sword, and started whacking away at the giants. Eventually, to my surprise, they both dropped dead. I harvested their filthy toes, reported back to Windhelm, and secretly wowed never again to seek gainful employment.
My first fight with the Dragon Priest who had Volsung was pretty tricky because I was only about level 10. By the fifth time he killed me I'd realised that if you move slightly to the left every time he raises his arms for an attack, he misses, then you shoot him, then move left, miss shoot, left, miss shoot, rinse, repeat. On my second try at this, I beat him with no damage.
So it's currently my first fight with Alduin just after reading the Elder Scroll. Took about ten minutes and half my health potions and then he didn't even have the courtesy to die properly.
So it's currently my first fight with Alduin just after reading the Elder Scroll. Took about ten minutes and half my health potions and then he didn't even have the courtesy to die properly.
The last quest for the College of Winterhold, it went a little something like this:
"Hmmm, this is an rather uninteresting dungeon so far, I wonder whats in this next room
What? Why is there a dragon coming out of the ground and why is it so angry at me!?
*After dying several times* Well, I hope there's nothing else like that in this dungeon"
Turns out there was, a Draugr Deathlord that proceeded to leeroy and one-hit me several times with a Warhammer
And a Dragon Priest.
And Frost Trolls outside the exit.
"Hmmm, this is an rather uninteresting dungeon so far, I wonder whats in this next room
What? Why is there a dragon coming out of the ground and why is it so angry at me!?
*After dying several times* Well, I hope there's nothing else like that in this dungeon"
Turns out there was, a Draugr Deathlord that proceeded to leeroy and one-hit me several times with a Warhammer
And a Dragon Priest.
And Frost Trolls outside the exit.
The bounty which I got in Solitude from
snowballed somehow into 7680 gold. Fine! I thought, never liked that city anyway, imperial scum.
Turns out the Imperial leader also want to have some of that bounty cash, as he was also hostile towards me during the peace treaty quest =(.
Had to pay the dept and give up my stolen goods, which I didn't think of putting in a box until after I had payed.
Totally count as a tough battle, or at least decision.
The dark brotherhood quest
Turns out the Imperial leader also want to have some of that bounty cash, as he was also hostile towards me during the peace treaty quest =(.
Had to pay the dept and give up my stolen goods, which I didn't think of putting in a box until after I had payed.
Totally count as a tough battle, or at least decision.
This undead lich guy who drops an overarmored mask that gives disease resistances. He was two hitting me with his ice blast, I just ran circles around him until his pathing messed up and he hid behind a pillar with his right arm sticking out, which I shot several dozen steel arrows into until he died.
I find it funny how I can beat the shit out of dragons with barely any difficulty, but if 3 or 4 guys gang up on me, or if I am fighting 'sub boss' enemies like Dragur Scourges I get murdered, but I have no enchantments, so...
The frost troll wasn't that bad. I cheap-shot him with arrows like I did the undead guy. If you shoot him as soon as you see him from in hiding, he can't see you and you keep getting sneak-attack bonuses. Shield coupled with flames decimate trolls though.
I find it funny how I can beat the shit out of dragons with barely any difficulty, but if 3 or 4 guys gang up on me, or if I am fighting 'sub boss' enemies like Dragur Scourges I get murdered, but I have no enchantments, so...
The frost troll wasn't that bad. I cheap-shot him with arrows like I did the undead guy. If you shoot him as soon as you see him from in hiding, he can't see you and you keep getting sneak-attack bonuses. Shield coupled with flames decimate trolls though.
Probably a mammoth... a single mammoth, all by itself, just roaming the wilderness by itself, and i took it on at level 13 as a stealth character.... That battle was not worth it, but definitely the most entertaining as i had 3 people on my couch next to me screaming me on and warning me of every little detail XD
Also, just before that, unlocked a master chest on my first attempt... WINNING!
Also, just before that, unlocked a master chest on my first attempt... WINNING!