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Be Overpowered- Miraak's Guide to Early Level Quality Arms and A

• Miraak

  

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  May 9, 2013

  I'm really not seeing how it would be hard to kill. It's not going to be able to handle a stray dog, your follower, and yourself hitting it at a constant rate. Let's use Lydia as an example here. She has a steel sword which hits 9 damage a second. Say you have a hunting bow dealing 7 damage + Arrow damage every second and the dog dealing 8 damage not counting power attacks. That 1000 health doesn't seem so high now that at least 24 damage a second is being dealt. It will only take about 42 seconds for the deathlord to be dropped dead if this damage remains constant.

  I'm really not seeing how it would be hard to kill. It's not going to be able to handle a stray dog, your follower, and yourself hitting it at a constant rate. Let's use Lydia as an example here. She has a steel sword which hits 9 damage a second. Say you have a hunting bow dealing 7 damage + Arrow damage every second and the dog dealing 8 damage not counting power attacks. That 1000 health doesn't seem so high now that at least 24 damage a second is being dealt. It will only take about 42 seconds for the deathlord to be dropped dead if this damage remains constant.

• Knight-Paladin Robert

  

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  May 9, 2013

  Pro Tip: get a lot of arrows =P

  Pro Tip: get a lot of arrows =P
• Vazgen

  

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  May 9, 2013

  They rarely used the potions in my game. I had to use Healing Hands for reliable healing method, and even that will keep you for as long as you have magicka. In any case, my suggestion was to mention high level weapons that are easy to get like the scimitar under a boat a bit west from Dawnstar. The weapons that you can get right from the start of the game without searching for potions to prepare your follower for the life-and-death fight.

  They rarely used the potions in my game. I had to use Healing Hands for reliable healing method, and even that will keep you for as long as you have magicka. In any case, my suggestion was to mention high level weapons that are easy to get like the scimitar under a boat a bit west from Dawnstar. The weapons that you can get right from the start of the game without searching for potions to prepare your follower for the life-and-death fight.

• Miraak

  

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  May 9, 2013

  Potions, Arrows, The Steel-Plate Set for Follower, Static Stray Dog from near Helgen, and a Scimitar then. All easily obtained right from the start.

  Potions, Arrows, The Steel-Plate Set for Follower, Static Stray Dog from near Helgen, and a Scimitar then. All easily obtained right from the start.

• Vazgen

  

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  May 9, 2013

  Let's see the numbers, Lydia has 158.5 health if you're under level 6, Stray Dog - 100 health. Ebony Sword deals 15 base damage. That means that Draugr Deathlord will bring down both of them in 17 seconds.

  Now your damage. Say you have Steel Arrows and Hunting Bow that means you'll deal 17 damage per shot (8 on Master, 4 on Legendary). Lydia deals 9 damage and the dog - 8. It'll be 34 damage which means you'll need 29-30 seconds to bring him down on Adept (40 seconds on Master and 47 on Legendary).

  If you go on melee with Scimitar you'll deal 11 damage per second (5 on Master and 2 on Legendary). With Lydia and a dog you'll need 35 seconds on Adept, 45 on Master and 52 on Legendary.

  Now let's calculate the damage it deals to you when your followers are down. Ebony Sword - 15 damage. Your health (say maximum 150 at level 6). 10 strikes on Adept, 5 strikes on Master and 3 strikes on Legendary.

  Now I'm not saying it's impossible to beat him, but it requires a lot of preparation, some luck, and reloads.

  Let's see the numbers, Lydia has 158.5 health if you're under level 6, Stray Dog - 100 health. Ebony Sword deals 15 base damage. That means that Draugr Deathlord will bring down both of them in 17 seconds.

  Now your damage. Say you have Steel Arrows and Hunting Bow that means you'll deal 17 damage per shot (8 on Master, 4 on Legendary). Lydia deals 9 damage and the dog - 8. It'll be 34 damage which means you'll need 29-30 seconds to bring him down on Adept (40 seconds on Master and 47 on Legendary).

  If you go on melee with Scimitar you'll deal 11 damage per second (5 on Master and 2 on Legendary). With Lydia and a dog you'll need 35 seconds on Adept, 45 on Master and 52 on Legendary.

  Now let's calculate the damage it deals to you when your followers are down. Ebony Sword - 15 damage. Your health (say maximum 150 at level 6). 10 strikes on Adept, 5 strikes on Master and 3 strikes on Legendary.

  Now I'm not saying it's impossible to beat him, but it requires a lot of preparation, some luck, and reloads.

• Nikolaj Poulsen

  

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  May 9, 2013

  I just set game difficulty to novice and use my 1k damage fork, easy as pie to kill them then!

  I just set game difficulty to novice and use my 1k damage fork, easy as pie to kill them then!

• Vazgen

  

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  May 9, 2013

  Ha! Guess my "always play on high difficulties" habit got the better of me  Miraak, I'm by all means not suggesting to remove that part from your page. Just now there are two locations, one of which I'll never set my foot in on Legendary until I'm powerful enough. If you could add some more locations it would've been very cool 

  Ha! Guess my "always play on high difficulties" habit got the better of me  Miraak, I'm by all means not suggesting to remove that part from your page. Just now there are two locations, one of which I'll never set my foot in on Legendary until I'm powerful enough. If you could add some more locations it would've been very cool 

• Knight-Paladin Robert

  

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  May 9, 2013

  Some hit and run tactics and some "get the draugr stuck luck

  Some hit and run tactics and some "get the draugr stuck luck
• Miraak

  

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  May 9, 2013

  Now I need to make like a ginger dragonborn, and steal some of your souls 

  Now I need to make like a ginger dragonborn, and steal some of your souls 

• Knight-Paladin Robert

  

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  May 9, 2013

  lmao

  lmao