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Character Build: The Vancian Wizard

Tags: #Character Build Elementalist  #Character Build Illusionist  #Character Build Vampire  #Race:Dunmer  #Rank:Legendary 
  • Member
    March 3, 2015

    Maybe you could use nightingale strife as one of the powers or nightingale subterfuge for illusion.

  • Member
    March 3, 2015
    I pretty much left that option up to the player. I didn't want to include a questline that didn't match up with the roleplay of the build but that's mostly up to the individual. I'll probably pick up Nightingale Subterfuge, myself. Very cool ability. Good call though :)
  • March 3, 2015

    Well make it snappy then!

  • Tim
    Member
    March 3, 2015

    Well, when I started this on Master, I thought that it wouldn't be too bad. Now, however, I know the truth...After being eaten by Mirmulnir several times, and seeing my face bashed in by an imposter Imperial soldier at least 3 times (then I remembered that I had a staff). So far, I'm enjoying my playthrough

    Oh, and I was also wondering if you had a strategy you used for Dragons/enemies with fire resistance

  • Member
    March 3, 2015
    Dragon fights are really tough. A couple times I had to bail but always take on frost dragons cuz you get Frost Resistance as a vampire and your stave does more damage to them. For the fire variant dragon you can still use your stave it's just gonna take a couple recharges to wear them down. Often times you can get town guards or giants to kill a couple for you. My best strategy was Marked for Death and the Werebear conjuration. Kind of a variant of the Bloodmoon Mantra if you want to think about it that way. Another good method is hitting them with two words of Drain Vitality and dodging their breath attacks until they run out of Magicka. Once it cools down do it again. Then just stay away from their sharp teeth and spam that staff! It's pretty brutal but I will say that this playstyle makes dragon fights the epic boss battles they should be and you'll be thank for every soul you do claim.
  • Member
    March 3, 2015
    That's a pretty awesome RP guide! Very similar to what I did here! Glad you like it so much. Let me know how the playthrough treats ya :)
  • Member
    March 3, 2015
    He can 1-hit KO you but it wasn't too bad. I probably died three or four times before I started to develop a solid strategy. I love the Chitin and Bonemold with those Telvanni Robes. Very nice aesthetic :) I'm still rocking the cultist boots and gloves with the adept robes. It's simple but something different. May switch to hooded black robes soon though. The evil is all-consuming!
  • Member
    March 4, 2015
    HATE those three Imperial imposters! I hope you slapped them straight to the planes of Oblivion. Nothing's too bad for dem guys xD
  • Tim
    Member
    March 4, 2015

    Yeah, I just spammed my Fireball Staff until all the red on my minimap went away . That was really my only option because I couldn't get close enough to use Ancestor's Wrath.

  • Member
    March 4, 2015
    Let that stave carry you through dude. There's no love stronger than a wizard and his staff :) I started Dawnguard pretty early and picked up the Vampire Lord form as well as Mist Form to make good use of Ancestor's Wrath. Then I completed the Blood Rings of Magic quest and put my Volkihar quests on hold to complete Unearthed. It takes forever to get to Ahzidal so get to digging! Glad you're enjoying it so far :)