Sneak/Illusion builds are a ton of fun to play, and blend well with mage and thief playthroughs (wizards make surprisingly good thieves and assassins, whoda thunk?) I like to carry an unupgraded dagger and longbow (no smithing perks required) to use as alchemical delivery systems. Adding alchemy really opens up a lot more options. One of my go-to poisons is canis root+imp stool+scathecraw. The first two ingredients can be grown, and an obscene amount of scathecraw can be harvested on Solstheim, even without the green thumb perk. Also, chokeberry from Rare Curios can produce some tremendously deadly poisons. I laughed out loud at Carlotta doing OF; there's been some discussion for years about how she has quote a nice house for someone running a fruit and vegetable stand, and I've heard that Balgruuf himself is one of her suitors, so she's definitely working some angle. Cheers. Mike!
Thanks for sharing your play styles! Yeah I agree on alchemy, I decided against using alchemy here, as I felt like I use alchemy so often in builds, whether it be as a stepping stone to levelling other skills like enchanting, or for use itself, that I wanted to try something a little different. I'll have to check out chokeberry and scatheclaw though, they are two ingredients I can't say I've used a whole lot before 😁 Haha yeah she is obviously depicted as an attractive woman (for a video game character of course 😂) and she obviously had a lot of suitors, but yeah, giving away 500 gold for basically having a conversation with someone, when she is selling leeks and potatoes. Something isn't adding up 😅🤣
Interesting journey for this build. Though I rarely kill Astrid early, the Blade of Woe is a very intimidating weapon for an assassin. You've made me rethink using the Serpent stone for my current assassin. Doesn't use Alteration magic, so it's a good choice. Thank you for sharing.
Yeah I sometimes do the intros like that on my build guides. I think maybe half of them I've done it on, it depends if I can come up with an interesting back story or not 😁
@@mike-thegamingdad fudgemuppet has a great guide on how to come up with strong characters for roleplaying ua-cam.com/video/FycmEWxxLlk/v-deo.html&feature=share9
Trying to think if the quest for the ring was the only thing in this build that was one of the new anniversary editions. It might be worth clicking onto Creation club on the main start menu and seeing what it says on there as that is where the AE content is listed. If it says "purchase" or "buy" then your version of Skyrim will be Special Edition or earlier, which will explain why you couldn't find the quest. It may also say "download all". That means you have Anniversary Edition but it's not installed, in which case you can download it and restart and you can get that quest now 👍🏻😁. Glad you are enjoying the build though 🙌🏼!
@@mike-thegamingdad i appreciate you taking the time out of your day to explain that to me. that means more than you know. i’ve got the Anniversary Edition, so i’ll definitely look into trying to install everything. thanks again man, take care.
@@lekamrkela6937 thats a shame, the ring is quite unique as it provides a few different benefits that aren't usually found together Fortify Illusion 30% Fortify Stamina 20 points Fortify Sneak 20% I'm not aware of anything as good as it that the player doesn't create themselves. You could try stores like radient raiment in Solitude, and see if you can pick up a ring of peerless illusion, but thats just the illusion benefit of 25% and nothing else additional. To get close to the ring of masser I;d suggest investing in enchanting (ideally to 100), and then making your own ring using two enchantments, that way you could create something similar (I'd probably go for illusion and sneak out of these three)
all this sounds good i do wish you would show how to use it killing elder dragons, most build guides of melee oriented types always skip that aspect. dragons are immune to most of those spells, for play nice leveling and set up for the build though to make it work
All you need is this in one handed you perk it to 80 you get duel fury and ofcourse you max the one handed damage and the bonus of duel attacks. Next you level level your illusion to 75 get it to where you get quiet casting it is a must you get master level illusion. Go to college of winterhold buy invisibility. On your sneak max it to 100 get everything in it shadow warrior is a must it breaks them from seeing you you use it then pop invisible and stay crouched. You dont need no other fancy nothing the best shout and only shout you need is aura whisper get all 3 in it whala you have a world class assassin also get slow time shouts all 3 in it those are the only 2 shouts you need in this game use daggers and get the dragonbone ones. Enchant both daggers 🗡 with chaos damage and the silent moons enchantment the silent moons enchantment lies it works all the time and has the added effect that slows your opponents attack speed.
Now as to how you become truly elite you level enchanting to 100 get werewolve so u have that beast form I have reason behind this get the enchantment where you can put Two enchantments on an item next man just go buy enchantments the ones you really want is illusion fortify it to where you have 0 cost you put it on your rings and necklaces get smithing buy every piece of clothes from the chick In solitude buy and get the max level fortify enchantment potions trick to doing this or to getting the stuff you want is simple you buy save then smack the seller hit load and whala fresh inventory, get every ring every necklace or craft them it don't matter, this is why you want werewolf beast form go to your house in whiteout say hey Lydia follow do not leave your house stay inside. Save it try and time beast form and talk to her feature at the same time it works I promise when it does wait for your charecter to fully transform into werewolf go down to your Inventory put it all on you even the fortified smithing clothes my daggers are base damage of 747 a piece I have all 4 sneak gloves on I do 179+k on any assassination I promise you this all works watch the werewolf stacking glitch on youtube. Reason why you don't use vampire is due to the bs weaknesses during the day 🙄 werewolf has just 2 small weaknesses the rested bonus and lmao silver weakness you have to literally run to the stupid silver hand camps to get hurt by it also werewolf is immune to paralyze o and to the overweight thing go get the steed stone thank me for just breaking this game for u all.
cool, I just did a similar build but went full dark brotherhood illusionist, but this time I kept only fancy clothes on and jewelry. Oh and so had to use bound sword and so only used shroud handwraps for 12X damage from sword sneak attack. Also maxed out alt for transformation and magic resistance + ebony skin 300%
Leto you trippin'! That camp has always been there on the road between Helgen and Pinewatch. It's where the massive number of bees (and bear traps) are!
@@LibraritheWizardOfficialI don't remember having posted this, but I do remember that camp being there, and exactly his to get there. My previous comment surprises me. 😂
Always a fun build to play. I like using the Breton race for the Dragon Skin and the decent Conjuration starter bonus for Bound Weapons. Though a bit weak late game, using exclusively silent cast Bound Weapons is fun for a "no weapon" play through.
@@mike-thegamingdad just going by classes from TES Arena to Oblivion. Started in Arena as a hybrid class. You had the three major classes, Warrior, Thief, and Mage, then a few variations, like Sorcerer, or Barbarian, then there would be hybrid classes. From memory I can think of Nightblade for mage/thief, Spellsword for mage/warrior, Rogue warrior/thief, then there was Bard that was like a warrior/mage/thief.
All you use out of illusion is quiet casting and invisibility and you still crouch using it you fortify your invisibility to no cost and there you go infinite assassination and it isn't a hybrid thing it actually comes from age of Conan and world of war craft sins go invisible and stay invisible to sneak attack.
It comes from age of Conan and world of War craft in war craft it is known as subterfuge. The only spell needed In illusion is invisibility with quiet casting its simple max out sneak get everything in it. Fortify illusion to where it's 0 cost you literally will assassinate the entire game it is known as rogue a subterfuge rogue now you have been corrected. Invisibility works in crouch you stand you will be spotted but in crouch its 100 percent 0 detection by visual seekers that even goes for dragons.
Yeah sure I can look into that, assuming you mean no weapons as such, so effectively unarmed? That would work when in vampire Lord mode (volkahkr vampire), trying to think of the drawbacks when in humanoid form. I guess you could focus on some mage skills like destruction or conjuration.
Have you made a vampire lord build setup. I would think a spell blade in dragon light armor using Harkon's sword would be a good setup to create a daylight vampire.
great vid, great build and great ideas as usual... (though can't quite bring myself to catch SV!)...can't wait to see what you produce when Starfield lands 😁...
Yeah its not for everyone, thankfully this build type can be done without it, your illusion just won't be as powerful. But it's sufficient in the majority of scenarios. If you did want to avoid vampirism, then I'd probably also pick another race. Dark elves make for good vampires due to their natural resistance to fire, which negates the vampires weakness. I'd probably pick a high elf if I was doing this minus vampirism. That way I'd have an extra 50 magicka, could put less points into magicka and therefore more into health. And then I could probably have a different amulet than the one I picked here 👍🏻 Yeah I'm looking forward to Starfield coming out, should be done with the last of us by then so that will be my other game I play alongside Skyrim 😁
Thanks for the kind words I appreciate it 😁. Yeah I try and show every little detail if I can. I've learnt in the short time I've been doing this, don't assume anything. I skipped over details in some of my earlier videos, thinking well people will know where X is, or how to do X. And I'd get a lot of comments saying I don't know how to find that, where is that, what's this etc. So I try to make my stuff as easy to follow as possible
@@mike-thegamingdad Just passing a tip back Mike. The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal would really complement your build well as an alternative to the Aetherial Crown. 👍
@geoffersonairplane9338 thank you 😁 yeah I did consider the grey cowl. It was in my initial notes but what put me off it was that guards turn hostile towards you if they see you, so it becomes a do you don't you scenario of taking it off in settlements. I guess that could have been part of the build forcing you to always be sneaky, but I found it to be quite restrictive if all you want to do is go and sell some stuff to a blacksmith 🤣. It's an interesting item though, I like the detect Life feature it has with the different colours 😁
[8:41] Just before you go into this area to the left to pick up the coins and gems on the table, there's also a similar area to the right that leads to a chest. I found about 60 gold in it with a gold pouch next to it worth about 20 more gold. :D
Great guide.=! I'm not usually one to speed level 1h and sneak in Helgen as only got around to playing this year for first time. Maybe I should re-think my stance on that. On a different note, Is it worth getting the Lucky Dagger from Mother Cavern in Hunter & Hunted quest or just stick with Steel Dagger until a better drop or craft?
Thank you! Yeah it's not for everyone, to be honest if I'm just playing Skyrim for enjoyment/on my main playthroughs, I don't speed level either. It's great if you want to play a certain character or role-playing but it's just as fun to level naturally 😁 Yeah the lucky dagger would be good definitely, it's better than plain steel and good early on with the enchantment, it just loses value overtime as the critical hit damage doesn't increase
Nice one, thanks mate :) Agreed, looks an easy one to grab so probably worth getting. Having a lot of fun with this build! Thanks again!@@mike-thegamingdad
Good build, If I was going to make one such as this. How would you go about it using Ordinator mod? Since the perk are a wee bit different. That's if you play on PC.
@GrindingMadness I've never used ordinator mod before myself, so I'm not sure I'm afraid. I've heard about it though and it sounds fairly complex so it's on my list to eventually try. I'm playing legacy of the dragonborn for the first time ever at the minute. I'm very new to modding, I've basically played 10+ years unmodded
@kevlyon yeah i had a look, only done 3 in the last year, and the last one was 3 months ago. Interest in those seems to be dwindling sadly. I noticed the last couple I did really struggled to get going, maybe they were too niche I dunno. I don't feel like I've retired from them though, I just wait till the right idea. I appreciate the comment though thank you 😁
Hey I'd check you have the anniversary edition and not an earlier version of Skyrim as that quest is one of the new additions that was added in 2021. An easy way to check is to click onto Creation Club on the start menu. If it says "installed" next to everything on there, you have it and the quest will appear. it's just a random chance. If it says "download" you have it, it just needs installing. Do this and restart the game and the quest, plus all the other new stuff will be included. If it says "purchase " or "buy" then your Skyrim version is probably the Special Edition which predates November 2021. You can upgrade it but the upgrade isn't free I think I paid about £15 for it last year.
An incredibly powerful build and a heck of a lot of fun to play, though I’ve never taken my illusion assassins to this level. Well done! It’s also satisfying to take out Astrid out early. 😅 Such an annoying character. Just a shame you can’t claim the Dark Brotherhood this way.
You could go a lot further to be honest as well, smithing perks to make your armor stronger, more perks in 1H, level up enchanting and alchemy to make strong poisons and better gear. Although I wanted it to be different from a few other builds so I decided to leave some skill trees out for once. Yeah I find her irritating as well, plus she tries to double cross you anyway even if you do the DB questline 😫
Hey Mike, I'm thinking of getting the Anniversary Edition but wondering if the survival mode is part of that..or seperate. Been watching alot of your videos but must have missed it somehow.
So everyone should have got 4 things for free to celebrate Skyrim being 10 years old. They were: Survival Mode, Saints v Seducers, Fishing and Rare Curious Ingredients. Usually its on the start menu at the top right corners as a prompt to download them I think. Those 4 are also included in AE, but you get s ton of other stuff as well like all the new homes, armor sets, weapons and quests
@Jay-zn8rg I can't remember what it was on this, however normally my builds always start on adept in the building section, then when they are ready the difficulty can be cranked up. For warriors it's usually legendary and mage types I play on master. But this one you could probably play on legendary. It's normally offensive mages that I drop own down because you're far more susceptible to one shot kills 😅
Hey no keep it maxed as otherwise it drops to level 15 again. You can level it up again and you'll get more perks in the long run but Sneak takes longer to level outside of Helgen I've found
At the start of the video? I think that was a generic wind clip from the software I use to edit (Wondershare Filmora) 😁. They have quite a few good sound clips to use
No the innkeepers will give a random quest from a selection, so you may get it 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. I've ended up with about 6-7 one time before it finally came up. You don't need to do the other ones, just keep trying. It's an anniversary edition quest though so make sure you have that version/and the content is downloaded from Creation Club/Creations otherwise it won't pop up
Hey trying to find an answer to this but had no luck so far, its something I've not come across before. Do you have any mods installed, such as USSEP (Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch)? Wondering if that makes her 'un-pacifiable'
Not during the build stage it wasn't no, probably adept I think. But once set up, it can be played on legendary yes. With this one, it just becomes more critical not being hit. On legendary most blows would likely be one shot kills as the armor rating of builds like this are low
Sneak/Illusion builds are a ton of fun to play, and blend well with mage and thief playthroughs (wizards make surprisingly good thieves and assassins, whoda thunk?)
I like to carry an unupgraded dagger and longbow (no smithing perks required) to use as alchemical delivery systems. Adding alchemy really opens up a lot more options. One of my go-to poisons is canis root+imp stool+scathecraw. The first two ingredients can be grown, and an obscene amount of scathecraw can be harvested on Solstheim, even without the green thumb perk. Also, chokeberry from Rare Curios can produce some tremendously deadly poisons.
I laughed out loud at Carlotta doing OF; there's been some discussion for years about how she has quote a nice house for someone running a fruit and vegetable stand, and I've heard that Balgruuf himself is one of her suitors, so she's definitely working some angle.
Cheers. Mike!
Thanks for sharing your play styles! Yeah I agree on alchemy, I decided against using alchemy here, as I felt like I use alchemy so often in builds, whether it be as a stepping stone to levelling other skills like enchanting, or for use itself, that I wanted to try something a little different. I'll have to check out chokeberry and scatheclaw though, they are two ingredients I can't say I've used a whole lot before 😁
Haha yeah she is obviously depicted as an attractive woman (for a video game character of course 😂) and she obviously had a lot of suitors, but yeah, giving away 500 gold for basically having a conversation with someone, when she is selling leeks and potatoes. Something isn't adding up 😅🤣
Its crazy how op sneak builds are in skyrim i love it so much also great build like always 😁
Yeah sneak is crazy once it hits 100. Crouching in front of someone and still being invisible 😂
I’m playing an illusion thief, soon to be assassin. The masser ring + cowl of nocturnal make sneaking and illusion so much fun.
Yeah 100% glad to hear you enjoying playing that way 😁🙌🏼
This is one of my favorite builds, although I usually add some conjuration as I like the look of bound weapons
Yeah that's a great option as well 😁👍🏻
Interesting journey for this build. Though I rarely kill Astrid early, the Blade of Woe is a very intimidating weapon for an assassin. You've made me rethink using the Serpent stone for my current assassin. Doesn't use Alteration magic, so it's a good choice. Thank you for sharing.
No problem at all 😁👍🏻
would be sick to watch a roleplay playthrough with the comic book feel that intro had.
Yeah I sometimes do the intros like that on my build guides. I think maybe half of them I've done it on, it depends if I can come up with an interesting back story or not 😁
@@mike-thegamingdad fudgemuppet has a great guide on how to come up with strong characters for roleplaying
ua-cam.com/video/FycmEWxxLlk/v-deo.html&feature=share9
just finished this exact build, except the ring. for the life of me i cannot get that quest. 10/10 build, legit loving this.
Trying to think if the quest for the ring was the only thing in this build that was one of the new anniversary editions. It might be worth clicking onto Creation club on the main start menu and seeing what it says on there as that is where the AE content is listed. If it says "purchase" or "buy" then your version of Skyrim will be Special Edition or earlier, which will explain why you couldn't find the quest. It may also say "download all". That means you have Anniversary Edition but it's not installed, in which case you can download it and restart and you can get that quest now 👍🏻😁.
Glad you are enjoying the build though 🙌🏼!
@@mike-thegamingdad i appreciate you taking the time out of your day to explain that to me. that means more than you know. i’ve got the Anniversary Edition, so i’ll definitely look into trying to install everything. thanks again man, take care.
@minutees no problem at all hope you manage to get it sorted 😁👍🏻
@@mike-thegamingdad What would be an alternative for the ring? I can't get the ring (don't have AE).
@@lekamrkela6937 thats a shame, the ring is quite unique as it provides a few different benefits that aren't usually found together
Fortify Illusion 30%
Fortify Stamina 20 points
Fortify Sneak 20%
I'm not aware of anything as good as it that the player doesn't create themselves. You could try stores like radient raiment in Solitude, and see if you can pick up a ring of peerless illusion, but thats just the illusion benefit of 25% and nothing else additional. To get close to the ring of masser I;d suggest investing in enchanting (ideally to 100), and then making your own ring using two enchantments, that way you could create something similar (I'd probably go for illusion and sneak out of these three)
all this sounds good i do wish you would show how to use it killing elder dragons, most build guides of melee oriented types always skip that aspect. dragons are immune to most of those spells, for play nice leveling and set up for the build though to make it work
Okay no worries noted for future stuff 😁👍🏻
All you need is this in one handed you perk it to 80 you get duel fury and ofcourse you max the one handed damage and the bonus of duel attacks. Next you level level your illusion to 75 get it to where you get quiet casting it is a must you get master level illusion. Go to college of winterhold buy invisibility. On your sneak max it to 100 get everything in it shadow warrior is a must it breaks them from seeing you you use it then pop invisible and stay crouched. You dont need no other fancy nothing the best shout and only shout you need is aura whisper get all 3 in it whala you have a world class assassin also get slow time shouts all 3 in it those are the only 2 shouts you need in this game use daggers and get the dragonbone ones. Enchant both daggers 🗡 with chaos damage and the silent moons enchantment the silent moons enchantment lies it works all the time and has the added effect that slows your opponents attack speed.
Now as to how you become truly elite you level enchanting to 100 get werewolve so u have that beast form I have reason behind this get the enchantment where you can put Two enchantments on an item next man just go buy enchantments the ones you really want is illusion fortify it to where you have 0 cost you put it on your rings and necklaces get smithing buy every piece of clothes from the chick In solitude buy and get the max level fortify enchantment potions trick to doing this or to getting the stuff you want is simple you buy save then smack the seller hit load and whala fresh inventory, get every ring every necklace or craft them it don't matter, this is why you want werewolf beast form go to your house in whiteout say hey Lydia follow do not leave your house stay inside. Save it try and time beast form and talk to her feature at the same time it works I promise when it does wait for your charecter to fully transform into werewolf go down to your Inventory put it all on you even the fortified smithing clothes my daggers are base damage of 747 a piece I have all 4 sneak gloves on I do 179+k on any assassination I promise you this all works watch the werewolf stacking glitch on youtube. Reason why you don't use vampire is due to the bs weaknesses during the day 🙄 werewolf has just 2 small weaknesses the rested bonus and lmao silver weakness you have to literally run to the stupid silver hand camps to get hurt by it also werewolf is immune to paralyze o and to the overweight thing go get the steed stone thank me for just breaking this game for u all.
cool,
I just did a similar build but went full dark brotherhood illusionist, but this time I kept only fancy clothes on and jewelry. Oh and so had to use bound sword and so only used shroud handwraps for 12X damage from sword sneak attack. Also maxed out alt for transformation and magic resistance + ebony skin 300%
bound sword to get soul gems and max out smithing and enchanting
@@maunaowakea777 nice sounds like a good build! There's a few different ways to do it for sure 😁👍🏻
05:15 That little bandit camp must be from a mod as I haven't seen in there in vanilla Skyrim.
Oh really? That should always be there, this was filmed without any mods attached, I've even switched USSEP off 😅
@@mike-thegamingdad O! Than I remembered that completely wrong.
Leto you trippin'! That camp has always been there on the road between Helgen and Pinewatch. It's where the massive number of bees (and bear traps) are!
@@LibraritheWizardOfficialI don't remember having posted this, but I do remember that camp being there, and exactly his to get there. My previous comment surprises me. 😂
Always a fun build to play. I like using the Breton race for the Dragon Skin and the decent Conjuration starter bonus for Bound Weapons.
Though a bit weak late game, using exclusively silent cast Bound Weapons is fun for a "no weapon" play through.
Yeah dragonskin is a great ability 👍🏻😁
"Illusion assassin" in Elder Scrolls this is called a Nightblade.
Good to know 😁
@@mike-thegamingdad just going by classes from TES Arena to Oblivion.
Started in Arena as a hybrid class. You had the three major classes, Warrior, Thief, and Mage, then a few variations, like Sorcerer, or Barbarian, then there would be hybrid classes. From memory I can think of Nightblade for mage/thief, Spellsword for mage/warrior, Rogue warrior/thief, then there was Bard that was like a warrior/mage/thief.
Pfs it’s called an illusion vampiric assassin dude 😂
All you use out of illusion is quiet casting and invisibility and you still crouch using it you fortify your invisibility to no cost and there you go infinite assassination and it isn't a hybrid thing it actually comes from age of Conan and world of war craft sins go invisible and stay invisible to sneak attack.
It comes from age of Conan and world of War craft in war craft it is known as subterfuge. The only spell needed In illusion is invisibility with quiet casting its simple max out sneak get everything in it. Fortify illusion to where it's 0 cost you literally will assassinate the entire game it is known as rogue a subterfuge rogue now you have been corrected. Invisibility works in crouch you stand you will be spotted but in crouch its 100 percent 0 detection by visual seekers that even goes for dragons.
Good vid mike thanks. Could you do a build for a purely vampire playthrough? Its something ive never done and i wonder if itd be worth it.
Yeah sure I can look into that, assuming you mean no weapons as such, so effectively unarmed? That would work when in vampire Lord mode (volkahkr vampire), trying to think of the drawbacks when in humanoid form. I guess you could focus on some mage skills like destruction or conjuration.
Have you made a vampire lord build setup. I would think a spell blade in dragon light armor using Harkon's sword would be a good setup to create a daylight vampire.
great vid, great build and great ideas as usual... (though can't quite bring myself to catch SV!)...can't wait to see what you produce when Starfield lands 😁...
Yeah its not for everyone, thankfully this build type can be done without it, your illusion just won't be as powerful. But it's sufficient in the majority of scenarios. If you did want to avoid vampirism, then I'd probably also pick another race. Dark elves make for good vampires due to their natural resistance to fire, which negates the vampires weakness. I'd probably pick a high elf if I was doing this minus vampirism. That way I'd have an extra 50 magicka, could put less points into magicka and therefore more into health. And then I could probably have a different amulet than the one I picked here 👍🏻
Yeah I'm looking forward to Starfield coming out, should be done with the last of us by then so that will be my other game I play alongside Skyrim 😁
you did not mention the infected bear :D
Thanks for this grand effort (again) Mike. Your attention to detail is something else.
Thanks for the kind words I appreciate it 😁. Yeah I try and show every little detail if I can. I've learnt in the short time I've been doing this, don't assume anything. I skipped over details in some of my earlier videos, thinking well people will know where X is, or how to do X. And I'd get a lot of comments saying I don't know how to find that, where is that, what's this etc. So I try to make my stuff as easy to follow as possible
@@mike-thegamingdad Your efforts are appreciated. Started playing another round of Skyrim with this build after watching this and loving it so far.
@geoffersonairplane9338 nice thats awesome 🙌🏼😁
@@mike-thegamingdad Just passing a tip back Mike. The Gray Cowl of Nocturnal would really complement your build well as an alternative to the Aetherial Crown. 👍
@geoffersonairplane9338 thank you 😁 yeah I did consider the grey cowl. It was in my initial notes but what put me off it was that guards turn hostile towards you if they see you, so it becomes a do you don't you scenario of taking it off in settlements. I guess that could have been part of the build forcing you to always be sneaky, but I found it to be quite restrictive if all you want to do is go and sell some stuff to a blacksmith 🤣. It's an interesting item though, I like the detect Life feature it has with the different colours 😁
[8:41] Just before you go into this area to the left to pick up the coins and gems on the table, there's also a similar area to the right that leads to a chest. I found about 60 gold in it with a gold pouch next to it worth about 20 more gold. :D
Thanks for the tip 😁
If you Max illusion, the forge master is easily pacified with a dual cast.
Great guide.=! I'm not usually one to speed level 1h and sneak in Helgen as only got around to playing this year for first time. Maybe I should re-think my stance on that. On a different note, Is it worth getting the Lucky Dagger from Mother Cavern in Hunter & Hunted quest or just stick with Steel Dagger until a better drop or craft?
Thank you! Yeah it's not for everyone, to be honest if I'm just playing Skyrim for enjoyment/on my main playthroughs, I don't speed level either. It's great if you want to play a certain character or role-playing but it's just as fun to level naturally 😁
Yeah the lucky dagger would be good definitely, it's better than plain steel and good early on with the enchantment, it just loses value overtime as the critical hit damage doesn't increase
Nice one, thanks mate :) Agreed, looks an easy one to grab so probably worth getting. Having a lot of fun with this build! Thanks again!@@mike-thegamingdad
Free woodcutter's axe by the mill where Faendal works...
@bobbykgb that is sometimes there for me and then sometimes not and I never know why it disappears 🤔
Haven’t gotten dark brotherhood set, but copying and finding the style completely different to a deadric set.
Excellent video really helpful for a fun build! just starting now!
Thanks glad you enjoyed! Good luck with the build 😁🙌🏼
Good build, If I was going to make one such as this. How would you go about it using Ordinator mod? Since the perk are a wee bit different. That's if you play on PC.
@GrindingMadness I've never used ordinator mod before myself, so I'm not sure I'm afraid. I've heard about it though and it sounds fairly complex so it's on my list to eventually try. I'm playing legacy of the dragonborn for the first time ever at the minute. I'm very new to modding, I've basically played 10+ years unmodded
Come along way since making build videos 😂 thought i would comment to bring this highlighted up again
@kevlyon yeah i had a look, only done 3 in the last year, and the last one was 3 months ago. Interest in those seems to be dwindling sadly. I noticed the last couple I did really struggled to get going, maybe they were too niche I dunno. I don't feel like I've retired from them though, I just wait till the right idea. I appreciate the comment though thank you 😁
About time mike :D
Haha 😅 was up late last night trying to finish this, they take a long time to pull together these build guides
Couldn't get the quest from rumors, didn't get the dagger, it's getting hard to complete this guide ngl
Hey I'd check you have the anniversary edition and not an earlier version of Skyrim as that quest is one of the new additions that was added in 2021. An easy way to check is to click onto Creation Club on the start menu. If it says "installed" next to everything on there, you have it and the quest will appear. it's just a random chance. If it says "download" you have it, it just needs installing. Do this and restart the game and the quest, plus all the other new stuff will be included. If it says "purchase " or "buy" then your Skyrim version is probably the Special Edition which predates November 2021. You can upgrade it but the upgrade isn't free I think I paid about £15 for it last year.
My illusion assassin is level 127 :) i do my enchanting and smithing to maje my weapons stronger
An incredibly powerful build and a heck of a lot of fun to play, though I’ve never taken my illusion assassins to this level. Well done! It’s also satisfying to take out Astrid out early. 😅 Such an annoying character. Just a shame you can’t claim the Dark Brotherhood this way.
You could go a lot further to be honest as well, smithing perks to make your armor stronger, more perks in 1H, level up enchanting and alchemy to make strong poisons and better gear. Although I wanted it to be different from a few other builds so I decided to leave some skill trees out for once.
Yeah I find her irritating as well, plus she tries to double cross you anyway even if you do the DB questline 😫
Great built but I can’t kill dragons with it 😂😂😂
Definitely?
Hey Mike, I'm thinking of getting the Anniversary Edition but wondering if the survival mode is part of that..or seperate. Been watching alot of your videos but must have missed it somehow.
So everyone should have got 4 things for free to celebrate Skyrim being 10 years old. They were: Survival Mode, Saints v Seducers, Fishing and Rare Curious Ingredients. Usually its on the start menu at the top right corners as a prompt to download them I think. Those 4 are also included in AE, but you get s ton of other stuff as well like all the new homes, armor sets, weapons and quests
@@mike-thegamingdad Thanks for the fast reply..getting ready to download now. You gained a sub Sir.
@JohnTenbeers ah excellent I hope you enjoy it 👍🏻😁 and thanks for the sub I appreciate it! 🙌🏼
Did you take my advic3 on the missing merchant ring of masser ;)
I did thank you, great little ring that! I've only ever swapped it before for the armor but I agree it fits this build type perfectly 😁
What difficulty you playing?
@Jay-zn8rg I can't remember what it was on this, however normally my builds always start on adept in the building section, then when they are ready the difficulty can be cranked up. For warriors it's usually legendary and mage types I play on master. But this one you could probably play on legendary. It's normally offensive mages that I drop own down because you're far more susceptible to one shot kills 😅
You never showed the location of the masser
Should we make sneak legendary?
Hey no keep it maxed as otherwise it drops to level 15 again. You can level it up again and you'll get more perks in the long run but Sneak takes longer to level outside of Helgen I've found
I need that ambient sound gsus that's relaxing
At the start of the video? I think that was a generic wind clip from the software I use to edit (Wondershare Filmora) 😁. They have quite a few good sound clips to use
ARRRGH! I just started over and get to RiverWood to find Faendal dead! WTF Sven!
Thats a first 😂
can i make this build without the aniversary upgrade
You can yeau but you'll need a different ring, as the ring of masser quest is a new addition
do i need to do bounty i accpted 1st in order to get missing merchant quest?
No the innkeepers will give a random quest from a selection, so you may get it 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. I've ended up with about 6-7 one time before it finally came up. You don't need to do the other ones, just keep trying. It's an anniversary edition quest though so make sure you have that version/and the content is downloaded from Creation Club/Creations otherwise it won't pop up
It says Astrid is too strong for pacify
Hey trying to find an answer to this but had no luck so far, its something I've not come across before.
Do you have any mods installed, such as USSEP (Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch)? Wondering if that makes her 'un-pacifiable'
@@mike-thegamingdadall good, just had to upgrade my skill tree
This is on legendary correct??
Not during the build stage it wasn't no, probably adept I think. But once set up, it can be played on legendary yes. With this one, it just becomes more critical not being hit. On legendary most blows would likely be one shot kills as the armor rating of builds like this are low
Funny video 😆