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An Argument for 'Drain Vitality'

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  • Raid
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    October 19, 2013
    This Drain Vitality/poisoning archer sounds awesome dude. I've been toying around with the staffs of Magnus and Gaulderson, both epic for silencing mages along with Magicka poisons. I'm gonna have to try DV as well now!
  • James
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    October 19, 2013

    The DPS on Jyrik's staff is off the hook, the only problem is it runs out of charge real fast. 

  • Raid
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    October 20, 2013
    Yeah, I thought it was a destruction staff, but no spell school reduces the cost. It's Skyrim's version of a machine gun in every sense! Deadly damage, insane firing rate (semi auto staff anyone?) and eats through charges like a fat kid through cupcakes! :D
  • James
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    November 13, 2013

    So far it seems the best spell to use in combination with DV is the basic Sparks spell.  Sparks is the only shock spell that does the same Magicka damage as it does Health (whereas all others do half magicka damage).  Dual casted with Fortify Destruction potion, Sparks can be surprisingly good DPS (46 damage to health & magicka on Adept)...as well as magicka efficient!

  • Paws
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    December 11, 2013

    I have been looking for a weapon to compliment my Vampiric Drain playthrough so I couldn't help but try Molag's Mace out. It is something special it has to be said when combined with DV and BotA Vamp Drain.

  • Deleted Member
     
    December 13, 2013

    I'm going to be using this for my next roleplay/build. Seems effective. I suppose it goes well with Marked for Death?

  • James
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    January 24, 2014

    Everything goes well with MFD.  With enough time, throwing a tomato at a dragon can be lethal under the effects of MFD!

    DV is best used with either Frost/Shock magic or Alchemy poisons.  The first word is extremely OP when combined with 'Freeze' from Ahzidal's ring.

  • Curse Never Dying
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    April 29, 2014
    Does the regeneratiin stunting effect work witb the glitched version of drain vitality?
  • James
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    May 23, 2014

    Appologies for taking so long to respond.  The glitched versions of the shout don't work since they are missing many entries in the spell database which renders them...well, glitched.

  • Vazgen
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    May 23, 2014

    James, a question on Ravage Health. Since you can constantly lower max health eventually killing enemies do they regenerate their full health after multiple applications of the poison?

    So, say an enemy has 500 health

    One shot with 30 damage Ravage Health - 470 health for 10 seconds, 500 health afterwards

    Two shots with 30 damage Ravage Health - 440 health for 10 seconds, 470 health afterwards? 


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