Erik The Slayer is my guy. Him & I are like a Skyrim buddy cop movie. I know all other available followers look at him with envy in their eyes. I seriously think he really understands that I've given him almost impenetrable armor. Because he will rush in & just destroy enemies, sometimes even before I notice them. Slayer is a perfect title for him.
I'm just now playing Skyrim for the first time (I know, I'm late to the party) and I decided to just stay with Lydia for my entire first playthrough. I also discovered that she can use any staff you give her, making her super effective as a mobile weapons platform.
Lydia is a great follower, def one of my favorites. I’d also recommend Brelyna and Marcurio. They’ve got some big personalities, solid abilities, and are very memorable. (My fav is still vampire wifey Serana though 😂)
@@JuneShepardN7 Marcurio slaps. He will wear rings, amulets that are enchanted to increase his destruction skills. He snipes dragons flying in the air with the bolt spell, and fireballs. He's honestly op (oh and nothing like giving him the wubajack and watching bandits turn into sweet rolls 🤣🤣)
Lydi is a true sweeetheart, that's why I married her; does her best to work as a partner against the enemy. If you want to sneak, forget it with Lydia. My next follower was Aela, then Serana. My best follower ever during about 12 yrs of playing the game is Frea. Once you get to Solstheim and find her & prove you're worthy, Frea levels up with you and she'll never disappoint you. If you accidently harm her, just use Grand Healing. Frea is the follower I want from here on.
Arm Lydia with Staff of Ice Spikes, Staff of Ice Storms and bring her sword way up past 200 combined damage points and you have a tank with real firepower.
In my very first ever playthrough, I lost her. Never found her ever. I think I may have told her to wait somewhere & forgot about her, & then she probably died. In my second playthrough, she died at Valtheim Towers when she took a little too much damage & then fell off the bridge onto some rocks. I may have accidentally shouted in her direction. To atone for those 2 mistakes, I have never had her carry my burdens. I get Iona to do all the heavy lifting.
LOL my second playthrou i told her to wait at high hrothgar but then forgot where she was and real life weeks later i came their and realized she was there for weeks.
@@ESOdanny Ya, I never understood why he is the highest level follower in the game and then Bethesda then just made him do garbage damage. What a waist.
My Top 3 Companions: Mjoll the Lioness - All-around amazing Tank and Warrior, great storyteller, can protect the household all on her lonesome. Serena - One of the best personalities in a character, amazing mage/necromancer, voiced by Laura Bailey. Marcurio - Amazing mage and just as good as he says he is, a wonder to watch in battle
I used Cicero for a day. Then I got annoyed that he would never shut up so I sent him back to the sanctuary while I was trying to glitch through jorvaskrr.
I love him SO much however while in a dungeon he, unfortunately, passed after a blow to the skull with a death overlords ax. I told him to wait tho also he wouldn't put on the armor I gave him. I later found out it was heavy armor this was my first playthrough.
Eric the Slayer is one of my favorites. He randomly started picking up staffs one day and dual wielding them with the sword I gave him. And could his name and story be any better.....seriously. Aela has been another favorite, because, face it, she's a savage. And almost never fights with Serana, who I've been walking home through half the game, but when they do fight it's still really entertaining.
Marcurio is my man. I marry him on all my characters. I keep saying I need to marry someone else with my new character, but I end up with Marcurio every time.
So I just like payed for him to help me and stuff like that how can I get him to marry me like I already have the amulet of mara and he hasn't asked me yet is there something I have to do?
Just to clarify, there was a point near the beginning of the video where ESO is talking about Jenassa, and he says followers don't use up enchantment charge on weapons, so that is a good reason to give followers an enchanted weapon. I happen to know, from experience, at least on the ps4 version, that enchantment charge on weapons IS taken up by followers and every so often u have to recharge their weapons for them.
One of my favorite followers is a khajiit named Kharjo. He's a very unique follower. He guards the Khajiit caravan. If you talk to him about the bandits he tells you about how they stole his moon amulet. You can offer to get it for him and if you do so and bring it back to him he can become your follower and at the moment he is my favorite follower
@@WomanRespecter87 stupid idiot. Just hire a merc from ur nearest tavern for usually 500 gold. Then go to the ritual stone. Doing this you can quit literally power up the ebony blade by killing the same person like 10-20 times. Simply use the ritual stone wait a day and keep doing that. Might take like 5 minutes but its by far the fastest ive found.
I love Erik the Slayer as a follower, he is overflowing with enthusiasm & optimism his one liners are brilliant, from telling you to be careful & not wanting to turn into a shambling corpes when he dies, he will use staff weapons as well as great swords or battle axes & is incredibly polite when you ask him to carry stuff for you
@@solaire_ofastora3 I tried that. Waited for 10 days while listening to a podcast, traveled all over skyrim and never found her. Might have clipped through a wall and never died because of her essential status
She has a unique AI and personality and will interact with the environment like no other followers (like praying when you're at High Hrothgar). The funny thing is, it's not complicated to do that. They just have to tweak a little the follower's traits to make them interact more, it's more a matter of settings rather than technology if you will. Best follower 10/10
Love your information I am 63 and love this game have been playing it from day one after a friend told me about it you have made it even more fun because of all the little things I have missed......TY
Yes, the role-playing reality really starts when you find a follower [modded or not] who interacts and comments about things. I was at a forge and my young follower asked " Would you make something for me, too?". I wish I could have answered "Sure, what do you need?" I made him a new shield and enchanted it, too.
I love Marcurio, he is awesome and can use any weapon expertly. Lydia is my housemaid but I take her out once in awhile to keep her skills fresh then bring her home and take Marcurio back out for the big stuff.
Thank you Danny. From this video I have to select two... Vanassa and Erik the Slayer! I was quite happy with both of them. Of course I used AFT to make Vanassa the ideal stealth archer and Erik the perfect ranger. RIP Erik West who inspired this fun follower.
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Eric was the first follower I had. I gave up using him as I seemed to spend most of my time rescuing him. I did try Frea of the Skaal but I found her all her little self righteous utterances so annoying I just dropped her and went back to Lydia. If I use a follower it tend to be Lydia until I can get Serana, though I do kit Serana out with better armour and one handed weapon. Though I do find her necromancy a bit off putting. Having become attuned to the sounds of spiders, skeletons and such being enemies to listen out for and suddenly hearing them scurrying around behind you can be a bit unnerving.
My favorite follower will always be Kharjo. He's a decent fighter, has some nice dialog, and there's nothing better than his soft fur to get you through a cold night in Skyrim. He does need several sneak-enchanted items if you're a rogue character, though, or else he'll give you away too easily. The only time I play with Lydia at my side is when I'm doing Boethiahs quest.
Faendal will always be my favorite, Faendal survived Karstaag with me. I gave him a Daedric bow with daedric arrows, his damage output to Karstaag almost seemed unreal, he was wearing ebony armor without the helm. I play as an archer myself so having 2 archers makes for fun fights. All you gotta do is steal Sven’s girl and Faendal is your friend for life. He also levels your archery so he has many uses.
In my last playthrough I used Kharjo quite a bit. He's sneaky, does excellent for ranged with either a staff or a bow and is also great in close quarters with a sword and shield. I outfitted him with a full Ebony set including the Ebony Mail as the chest piece. The one downside was that he would occasionally blow me up with a Staff of Fireballs if I got in front of him.
Cicero and Kharjo are my favourites I remember I played skyrim with my friend and she told me Kharjo was invincible (she thought he was) , so we got him as a follower after doing his quest and he later got killed by a lurker :( so when I got back to my house, I downloaded an invincible follower mod. My khajiit is saved! :D
there is a simple simple mod that adds a book of resurrection: I download it because vampire attacks always kill some of my merchants and I need my places to sell stuff so . even if in game Adriana Avenici dies and she leaves me an inheritance of 100 gold the actual npc continues to work and I can sell her stuff, by simply resurect her, and if I do before the actual in game day is over she wont even register as dead in the game so no inheritance. :). the same with any other thing. I sometime span this when I need leather kill and resurrect a bear or dear until I get some 10 pelts or maybe 20 and then resurrect and let the dear/bear go because no dears/bears were harmed in the making of these leather armors :)).
I've played skyrim sooooo many times but I never really equipped my followers with anything, or just like arbitrary stuff. I'm so glad you spelled it out for me and told us what to equip for maximum DAMAGE
Erandur is my go-to follower. I get him when I start the game and keep him untill I want to restart. I always put him in armor, and give him staves to use. He's a beast in battle, and a really nice guy (unless you heal him. Then he gets snippy.)
I have 10k hours, and I've spent more time with both of them than you've even played. = ) Jen is one of my favorite melee followers. Rangers also tend to open locks for you, if that's not your thing.
@INTERNET STRANGER She's top three best followers in the vanilla game, no question. It's likely her, Marc and either Farkas or Vilkas. Kind of a shame that the DLCs focused so hard on making more overpowered followers. I mean, they're (all four) not even in the top ten anymore. Frea, Rilas, Serena, Rayya, literally the entire DG faction... It's like they decided that since they dropped the ball so hard on so many followers that they were just gonna lose the whole level cap, while still keeping it implemented on everyone in Skyrim. It's a damn shame. I feel like after level 30, I either need a housecarl, a DB initiate or one of the DLC followers. Still, with decent Fort Health stuff she can hang. Dual wielding is that good. = ) She's one of the few (maybe Erandur too) who has any amount of radiant dialogue. I wanna say Erik has more than average as well.
@INTERNET STRANGER Definitely some of the best lines in game. She's one of them yes, but as Faendal proves, it takes more than dual wielding to be great. = ) Her massive health pool definitely helps her be awesome, and dunmer in general are much better as followers than bosmer. = D Also, she's not a punk.
Some of the best followers I've found while exploring Skyrim are two nords from the thrisk tribe in Solstheim instead of helping the rieklings, if you help the nords you'll get access to two Dremora class Nords followers that scale up to lvl 60 Dremora class is special because it's the only class that specialize in both 1h and 2h meaning they are some most customizable followers in game
I think I’ll go with Jenassa this playthrough, I like her dark, ascerbic wit! I wish those of us that play on PS4 could use the hairs and faces you have given your followers. We’re stuck with the ugly originals! Thanks for that Sony! A useful video for a new or returning Skyrim player, many thanks.
i hired her on one of my earliest playthroughs of the game n did the DBH with her (even gave her armor to match) n she was amazing. she also had a surprising amount to say in certain areas n she came in clutch in more fights than i can count. gear her up n she is a monster
Aela is my favorite follower and wife choice. I also really like j’zargo a good bit as a follower. But I usually like kajit. They entertain me with the way the speak, and j’zargo is no exception.
I like Janessa, she will also duel wield staffs if you put them in her inventory. I keep her supplied with an assortment of melee weapons, bows and staffs. She will use whatever the situation calls for very proficiently.
I like Jenassa and Marcurio. But I am not sure who I prefer of the two. Another I like is Illia, I find her to be a very interesting as well as useful follower. Though I'm not sure how good she is... I also made the sad mistake of placing her as the Steward of my house that I built near Falkreath and ended up losing her as a follower... I lost all the stuff I gave her... Which was a lot..
Yeah, I think Illia is my favorite. She's not quite as powerful as Marcurio though. It's a real shame about not being able to ever recruit her again if you ever dismiss her. I made her my steward in one of my playthroughs so at least she wouldn't just disappear.
I'd suggest using the chaos enchantment on stahlrim weapons, the buff on frost enchantments gets applied to the fire and shock portions of chaos, as well.
A few notes on Jenassa: She's an Amorous Adventures follower, so travels with her can be particularly interesting. She's been made over, several times, appearing in sets such as Bijin Warmaidens, Skyrim Beautiful Followers, and GCE NPCs Replacer. My favorite version appears in GCE, which is only available for LE. It's easy enough to port, though.
I like the witch you can get as a follower. I think you have covered her before, and I can't remember her name or the tower where you get the quest before you can recruit her, but I like her voice and personality, as well as the quest to recruit her.
My favourite follower on that list is Erik the Slayer but for other reasons than his skilltree. I got really annoyed of the depressive Serana at times, and Erik is always so kind and close to you. Another thing is the background story of why this character was made: the TES fan that died to cancer before he was able to play the game and thus they made him live in Skyrim as Erik the Slayer
Weirdly, if you equip Gregor the Housecarl with a Staff of Paralysis, he turns into an OP maniac - he paralyzes everyone, then jumps into combat with a sword and shield. And if you give him a bow, he is *hell* on Dragons. He doesn’t just rush into melee. He’ll stay back and pincushion them. I’m pretty sure does all this while he’s just a generic warrior build too. Best tank follower in the game, hands down.
I’ll definitely have to give some of these followers a shot, the only one I’ve used other than Lydia are Aela and Serena. I like Serana a lot, she’s pretty handy if you deck her out
I rarely write comments or suggestions, but I was excited to discover a way to get a companion in Skyrim when the one you have vanishes for no good reason. I lost a companion in the middle of a cave exploration and, after searching exhaustively, I finally gave up. I went to Whiterun and looked for another companion and was told several times that it "looks like you already someone with you". In fact, it was the same story all over Skyrim. I tried several "restore you companion tricks"...yeah yeah follow the dog and a few others that didn't work. Then totally by accident, I was hanging around Jorrvaskr and asked the attractive archer if she had any work. She said that there was an artifact in a cave that she needed help recovering, would I join her. I told her sure, and we set out. When we entered the cave it dawned on me that if I completed this quest, the alliance would be over. I turned around and abandoned it, but I continued the game. Low and behold she is following me, fighting alongside me and all the other behaviors characteristic of a companion. I was pleased, to say the least. Thanks for listening.
for PC there's a mod I found recently that will allow you to fix almost all the problems with a follower's limitations. It's called Project Proteus. you can make them forget or learn spells, level them up, change their skill set, etc. I love that it also has the ability to change the weather if you're sick of the constant blizzard in the northern parts of Skyrim. it has both oldrim and special edition versions.
Great Video! I, like you, enjoy using Lydia since i figured out how to make her more stealthy. She only attacks once she is spotted and thus will be engaged, so any items that increase her sneak will make her a more enjoyable follower for a stealthy player. Also if you increase her magika she loves to dual wield staffs.
@@TRafael82 Late reply, but NO. They DO require that you make sure they are filled (with FILLED Soul Gems) so it can be a pain if you forget to check before a battle!
You're not alone. On my recent character, Grarkuul The Snow Lion, a heavily armored Nord spellsword/ice mage, she was just the companion I was looking for.
Also the STRONGEST build in the game is a Breton with Savior's hide. If you have all the Resist magic perks that gives you the exact cap at 85%. Atronach stone + Attonach perk makes you immune to 97% of magic that hits you.
Derkeethus & Serana. I've always felt a bond with Derky, maybe bc i feel i have a little story with finding him. Plus he doesn't die. Love his charm. He's def my ride or die
Love Lydia, and always use her. But when I try other followers (I know there's no reason for that, Lydia rules) I like to use Erik The Slayer. And listening to Raining Blood while he murders a dragon to death is beautiful xD
Erik, Belrand, Jenassa are some of my favorites. I also like Jordis the Shield-Maiden who is basically better Lydia as she doesn't complain about carrying your burdens. She carries them proudly!
Wish you did more follower videos. Some of my favorite content its amazing after all these years that there's still followers that I've never heard of!
Brelyna Morvayn from the college of winterhold is comically powerful as a steward/essential. Any time bandits spawn on my house she immediately flames them with an atronach and electric spells
Is there a reason you didn't include Teldryn Sero? Granted, he's on Solstheim, and thus, the Dragonborn DLC, but I believe he is the only mercenary you can hire as a follower on Solsteim, so if you are doing a video on followers you can hire on Solstheim, I think it will be a short video.
Just a heads up to anyone who might not know.. Jenassa does not look at all like ESO is showcasing is his video. He is using a mod which changes the looks and race of Jenassa. I just had to point that out because to someone just starting out, the mod ESO is using could be misleading. 🤔
I love how Vorstag jumps on top of the dragons head and starts chopping holes in its skull. I have never finished a game with Lydia because in some point in the game she just vanishes never to be seen again. I like to have Belthor who is not on this list because his stats is probably not that good but roll with me and you'll have god-like armor and weapons which makes up for the lack of skill. The reason I like Belthor is he looks so buffed, like a buffalo ready to charge right through anything in our way. With the right armor he looks like a beast.
Hopefully we will get more unique followers with more diverse personalities and that they give some comments about your current quest sometimes. They should also interact more with the world, like talking to NPC's or they could even suggest some dungeons, they would like to explore. I hope they upgrade their AI too with the next title, together with better animations like face expressions and movement.
marcurio is literally a tank in my let's play. no matter what he will not die, i am so surprised. he ran back to me after getting launched in the sky by a giant i just watched him fight. i was certain he was a goner, but he ran back to me eventually. i have him in heavy armor with one weapon and the other hand for spells btw
Erik the slayer is based on a real person that passed away before skyrims release
Heard about that can confirm
Kyper Gaming xD
@@fallenaasimar3878 what's to xD?
Erik The Slayer is my guy. Him & I are like a Skyrim buddy cop movie. I know all other available followers look at him with envy in their eyes. I seriously think he really understands that I've given him almost impenetrable armor. Because he will rush in & just destroy enemies, sometimes even before I notice them. Slayer is a perfect title for him.
@@BraddahSpliff true I gave him a dragon bone war hammer and Dragon bone armour and he rushed our enemies.
Is it just me or does anyone like to just binge watch his videos while playing Skyrim?
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I'm just now playing Skyrim for the first time (I know, I'm late to the party) and I decided to just stay with Lydia for my entire first playthrough. I also discovered that she can use any staff you give her, making her super effective as a mobile weapons platform.
Better late, then never!
Lydia is a solid follower.
Lydia is a great follower, def one of my favorites. I’d also recommend Brelyna and Marcurio. They’ve got some big personalities, solid abilities, and are very memorable. (My fav is still vampire wifey Serana though 😂)
Yeah, Serana is a beast
@@JuneShepardN7 Marcurio slaps. He will wear rings, amulets that are enchanted to increase his destruction skills. He snipes dragons flying in the air with the bolt spell, and fireballs. He's honestly op (oh and nothing like giving him the wubajack and watching bandits turn into sweet rolls 🤣🤣)
"My love for Lydia is unyielding!"
Respect +100
Lydi is a true sweeetheart, that's why I married her; does her best to work as a partner against the enemy. If you want to sneak, forget it with Lydia. My next follower was Aela, then Serana. My best follower ever during about 12 yrs of playing the game is Frea. Once you get to Solstheim and find her & prove you're worthy, Frea levels up with you and she'll never disappoint you. If you accidently harm her, just use Grand Healing. Frea is the follower I want from here on.
Arm Lydia with Staff of Ice Spikes, Staff of Ice Storms and bring her sword way up past 200 combined damage points and you have a tank with real firepower.
Lydia will always be there to carry my burrdens
*I am sworn to carry your burdens*
30 likes?!? This is my most liked comment ever!
Damn my comment got a like in 4 min that's fast
In my very first ever playthrough, I lost her. Never found her ever. I think I may have told her to wait somewhere & forgot about her, & then she probably died. In my second playthrough, she died at Valtheim Towers when she took a little too much damage & then fell off the bridge onto some rocks. I may have accidentally shouted in her direction. To atone for those 2 mistakes, I have never had her carry my burdens. I get Iona to do all the heavy lifting.
LOL my second playthrou i told her to wait at high hrothgar but then forgot where she was and real life weeks later i came their and realized she was there for weeks.
I never understood why most followers had a level cap. But not the homie Jarzargo!
Ingjard as well.
He is capped at level 81. And the bad thing about jzargo is he can only use novice spells like flames, so does no damage at all.
@@ESOdanny Ya, I never understood why he is the highest level follower in the game and then Bethesda then just made him do garbage damage. What a waist.
The brother hood initiate has none as well and there is a glitch i do to get the BHI and j zargo
How about the fact that he learns Paralyze at higher levels and can be equipped with Staffs. What a God
My Top 3 Companions:
Mjoll the Lioness - All-around amazing Tank and Warrior, great storyteller, can protect the household all on her lonesome.
Serena - One of the best personalities in a character, amazing mage/necromancer, voiced by Laura Bailey.
Marcurio - Amazing mage and just as good as he says he is, a wonder to watch in battle
I started insulting Serana for Reviving a Skeleton, There were dead Draugr Dead all around!
I agree with these top three 👍
And on top of that, Mjoll is also essential
@@gaychainsaw646 happened to me too just shot them with a bow 🙃
Serena is Laura Bailey??? Holy shit I had no idea!!!
cicero is forever my fave. i actually adore the fact that he never shuts up, prevents the game from dragging on and he's hilarious
Poor Cicero...
My favorite line from him is pretty pretty flowers he's so iconic.
Yes! Thank you, I was seriously beginning to think I was the only one who used him
Oh great and powerful listener!
I used Cicero for a day. Then I got annoyed that he would never shut up so I sent him back to the sanctuary while I was trying to glitch through jorvaskrr.
I predict Elder Scrolls 6 will be made by the modding community.
already is in work sort of - Skyblivion and skywind , elder scrolls 6 - return of the future past !
They pretty much made my skyrim
And bethesda proceeds to sue whoever worked on the mods lmao
Beyond Skyrim.
Yea hammerfall defo will😂
Best follower in all of skyrim, hands down, Teldryn Sero.
WreknUrRektm without a doubt
WreknUrRektm I think he did’t consider him because he’s from a dlc and he lives in solsthijm
Easy
I love him SO much however while in a dungeon he, unfortunately, passed after a blow to the skull with a death overlords ax. I told him to wait tho also he wouldn't put on the armor I gave him. I later found out it was heavy armor this was my first playthrough.
Yup
Eric the Slayer is one of my favorites. He randomly started picking up staffs one day and dual wielding them with the sword I gave him. And could his name and story be any better.....seriously.
Aela has been another favorite, because, face it, she's a savage. And almost never fights with Serana, who I've been walking home through half the game, but when they do fight it's still really entertaining.
Marcurio is my man. I marry him on all my characters. I keep saying I need to marry someone else with my new character, but I end up with Marcurio every time.
I used to marry marcurio until I got mods, now kaiden is my man
So I just like payed for him to help me and stuff like that how can I get him to marry me like I already have the amulet of mara and he hasn't asked me yet is there something I have to do?
@@juliabaum6366 try asking him, i did that 10mins ago lmao
@@lovebuzz4116 it's ok I figured it out it was because I married someone and they died
I stopped having Lydia follow me a long time ago because I'm a sneaky character.
Imagine doing thieves Guild business and then the victim sees Lydia
"HEY WTF"
"FOR THE LOVE OF TALOS, LYDIA, CAN YOU NOT SNEAK?"
I grew tired of Lydia because: "I`m sworn to carry your burdens "well then fuck off if you don`t want to go adventuring can stay at home !
Hello brother lol
Elvenbred X i got rid of her bc she sucked at sneak too and i wanted someone else saying something else too so i GOT A CAT!!
She killed by elven guard when i try to sneak in talmor embasy
Just to clarify, there was a point near the beginning of the video where ESO is talking about Jenassa, and he says followers don't use up enchantment charge on weapons, so that is a good reason to give followers an enchanted weapon. I happen to know, from experience, at least on the ps4 version, that enchantment charge on weapons IS taken up by followers and every so often u have to recharge their weapons for them.
My main follower is Eola. She is just so evil, I love it, and actually quite useful.
for real, she killed me when i accidentally damaged her, sad a bit as she doesnt talk much
One of my favorite followers is a khajiit named Kharjo. He's a very unique follower. He guards the Khajiit caravan. If you talk to him about the bandits he tells you about how they stole his moon amulet. You can offer to get it for him and if you do so and bring it back to him he can become your follower and at the moment he is my favorite follower
😘😘
Yup but u have to complete a quest for him
I used him to upgrade my ebony blade
Holy Cow 😂😂
@@WomanRespecter87 stupid idiot. Just hire a merc from ur nearest tavern for usually 500 gold. Then go to the ritual stone. Doing this you can quit literally power up the ebony blade by killing the same person like 10-20 times. Simply use the ritual stone wait a day and keep doing that. Might take like 5 minutes but its by far the fastest ive found.
I like Erik the Slayer for 1) he represents a potential adventurer's dream come true, and 2) his optimistic attitude
I like his dialouge! He Tells the Dovakinn to becareful when told be waited
I love Erik the Slayer as a follower, he is overflowing with enthusiasm & optimism his one liners are brilliant, from telling you to be careful & not wanting to turn into a shambling corpes when he dies, he will use staff weapons as well as great swords or battle axes & is incredibly polite when you ask him to carry stuff for you
Serana will always be the top tier follower in my opinion.
Until she gets lost somewhere and you never find her again and can't recruit a new follower
@@bellystraw wait for a day
@@solaire_ofastora3 I tried that. Waited for 10 days while listening to a podcast, traveled all over skyrim and never found her. Might have clipped through a wall and never died because of her essential status
@@bellystraw but she can die so try looking in where the throne is in white run or your house
She has a unique AI and personality and will interact with the environment like no other followers (like praying when you're at High Hrothgar). The funny thing is, it's not complicated to do that. They just have to tweak a little the follower's traits to make them interact more, it's more a matter of settings rather than technology if you will. Best follower 10/10
Love your information I am 63 and love this game have been playing it from day one after a friend told me about it you have made it even more fun because of all the little things I have missed......TY
I hope you're still enjoying the game!
Yes, the role-playing reality really starts when you find a follower [modded or not] who interacts and comments about things. I was at a forge and my young follower asked " Would you make something for me, too?". I wish I could have answered "Sure, what do you need?" I made him a new shield and enchanted it, too.
I love Marcurio, he is awesome and can use any weapon expertly. Lydia is my housemaid but I take her out once in awhile to keep her skills fresh then bring her home and take Marcurio back out for the big stuff.
Thank you Danny. From this video I have to select two...
Vanassa and Erik the Slayer! I was quite happy with both of them.
Of course I used AFT to make Vanassa the ideal stealth archer and Erik the perfect ranger. RIP Erik West who inspired this fun follower.
So far, the followers I like having are Serana and Lydia.
Edit: Adding Farkas to the list of followers I like to have.
I absolutely hated having serana around. Everyone else is a better follower than her. At least they don't complain all the time.
sounds like Bae squad along with aela the huntress
Void Walker bro Serena is the best what do you mean
@@Creamed_Corn
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Yes , what did you need?
Yes , what did you need?
Yes , what did you need?
Yes , what did you need?
Yes , what did you need?
Enough said.
Void Walker yea but she trying her hardest
I think Ralis is very underrated. He's a funny little dark elf.
I always use Erik the slayer he just makes me feel like we are both starting our adventuring together ❤
Eric was the first follower I had. I gave up using him as I seemed to spend most of my time rescuing him. I did try Frea of the Skaal but I found her all her little self righteous utterances so annoying I just dropped her and went back to Lydia.
If I use a follower it tend to be Lydia until I can get Serana, though I do kit Serana out with better armour and one handed weapon. Though I do find her necromancy a bit off putting. Having become attuned to the sounds of spiders, skeletons and such being enemies to listen out for and suddenly hearing them scurrying around behind you can be a bit unnerving.
I use Erik the Slayer quite often even though I'm level eighty-ish. He's a BEAST of a warrior.
yes friend he is a great warrior, he maybe doesen't have the higher level but the way he fights is better than any two handed warrior
How do you get skyrim se ?
@@martinshaw1610 I'm a console gamer (who rarely has internet) so I just bought legendary edition at my local game store.
Cicero is my top follower, still makes me laugh after all these years and he loves his listener
The best. His dialogue is so creepy.
My favorite follower will always be Kharjo. He's a decent fighter, has some nice dialog, and there's nothing better than his soft fur to get you through a cold night in Skyrim. He does need several sneak-enchanted items if you're a rogue character, though, or else he'll give you away too easily.
The only time I play with Lydia at my side is when I'm doing Boethiahs quest.
Kharjo is so wise he says our dovah life is more important than his amulet he had since he was a cub
Dont know why but i always have mages as followers and then make them tank whilst im using a bow
Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic! Err... method of tanking damage
Yes...
I used to use that Erandur guy as a follower, but that was probably more because of the dialogue he had tbh.
J'zargo with his retarded 100 in heavy armor be like: this Cat has over 9000 lives
... the what now???? I mean, I guess if it works!
I use Kharjo whenever I find him. Khajiit love
play kajjit get karjo or jzargo as followers
Faendal will always be my favorite, Faendal survived Karstaag with me. I gave him a Daedric bow with daedric arrows, his damage output to Karstaag almost seemed unreal, he was wearing ebony armor without the helm.
I play as an archer myself so having 2 archers makes for fun fights. All you gotta do is steal Sven’s girl and Faendal is your friend for life. He also levels your archery so he has many uses.
Great friend to have around.
I really enjoy Faendal too
I accidently killed Faendal =(
He was my favourite but i lost him somewhere, i was a new player back then and almost cried searching for him. Moved on and got lydia
I always use him too
When you mod characters skins so much they dont even closely resemble themselves
*Talks about Marcurio* "Can wield any staff eh? Even the Wabbajak…."
Zathem have him dual wield staffs lol
He never wields any staves that I give him and if I give him anything other than heavy armour, he gets wrecked. 😶
i was more thinking of the Sanguine rose.
A hefty fee of 500 gold? Ye not rly Hefty when ur running around with 60k gold at all times...
I once became a millionaire. Then again , I also owned a floating castle once.
i keep 100k cause idont buy anything
I reached 16 million gold at one point but that’s cause I spammed 10,000 gold cheat through a mod lol
60k bruh on my skyrim i have 480k (ish)
CosmicWave99 I have a mod where there is 63k gold in every barrel
In my last playthrough I used Kharjo quite a bit. He's sneaky, does excellent for ranged with either a staff or a bow and is also great in close quarters with a sword and shield. I outfitted him with a full Ebony set including the Ebony Mail as the chest piece. The one downside was that he would occasionally blow me up with a Staff of Fireballs if I got in front of him.
Keep these videos coming please. Skyrim is life.
Cicero and Kharjo are my favourites
I remember I played skyrim with my friend and she told me Kharjo was invincible (she thought he was) , so we got him as a follower after doing his quest and he later got killed by a lurker :( so when I got back to my house, I downloaded an invincible follower mod. My khajiit is saved! :D
there is a simple simple mod that adds a book of resurrection: I download it because vampire attacks always kill some of my merchants and I need my places to sell stuff so .
even if in game Adriana Avenici dies and she leaves me an inheritance of 100 gold the actual npc continues to work and I can sell her stuff, by simply resurect her, and if I do before the actual in game day is over she wont even register as dead in the game so no inheritance. :). the same with any other thing. I sometime span this when I need leather kill and resurrect a bear or dear until I get some 10 pelts or maybe 20 and then resurrect and let the dear/bear go because no dears/bears were harmed in the making of these leather armors :)).
Cicero is so good if you give him chillrend
Another person who likes Cicero? Finally, a person of taste!
Belrand: "I summon Silver Fang in defense mode!"
Dragon kills the familiar.
ESO: "God Dammit Belrand, this is not YuGiOh!"
I've played skyrim sooooo many times but I never really equipped my followers with anything, or just like arbitrary stuff. I'm so glad you spelled it out for me and told us what to equip for maximum DAMAGE
Erandur is my go-to follower. I get him when I start the game and keep him untill I want to restart. I always put him in armor, and give him staves to use. He's a beast in battle, and a really nice guy (unless you heal him. Then he gets snippy.)
I heard he also gives a lot of information if you visit new places more then other followers is that true?
Can you show stats of characters at the side, while talkig about them, please?
It is just for ease of comparison.
Love your vids!
turn on closed captioning, it lists them, you just have to read fast. :)
also you can go to elderscrolls fandom (has ads unfortunately) and see the stats listed.. elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Erik_the_Slayer
He doesn’t care they review girls because they are sad little boys who obsess over things they can’t get
He the best player to me😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Marcurio has been m go-to companion since I discovered him, he's basically been my main follower for years.
Get Ree'd Me too. I always go back to him
❤ Eric the Slayer 😎... "By the nine! I wonder if any of my ancestors walked these halls!"
I have around 500 hours in Skyrim and I never realized that Janessa and Stenvar were in this game
I have 10k hours, and I've spent more time with both of them than you've even played. = )
Jen is one of my favorite melee followers. Rangers also tend to open locks for you, if that's not your thing.
@INTERNET STRANGER She's top three best followers in the vanilla game, no question. It's likely her, Marc and either Farkas or Vilkas.
Kind of a shame that the DLCs focused so hard on making more overpowered followers. I mean, they're (all four) not even in the top ten anymore. Frea, Rilas, Serena, Rayya, literally the entire DG faction...
It's like they decided that since they dropped the ball so hard on so many followers that they were just gonna lose the whole level cap, while still keeping it implemented on everyone in Skyrim. It's a damn shame. I feel like after level 30, I either need a housecarl, a DB initiate or one of the DLC followers.
Still, with decent Fort Health stuff she can hang. Dual wielding is that good. = )
She's one of the few (maybe Erandur too) who has any amount of radiant dialogue. I wanna say Erik has more than average as well.
@INTERNET STRANGER Definitely some of the best lines in game.
She's one of them yes, but as Faendal proves, it takes more than dual wielding to be great. = )
Her massive health pool definitely helps her be awesome, and dunmer in general are much better as followers than bosmer. = D
Also, she's not a punk.
@@iami3rian394 lol look how proud you are saying that..
@@JuniorJuni070 oh a troll. On the internet. Fancy that.
6:01 And he has the Argumented Frost skill
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Wow it's cold today!
This isn't cold, you don't know what cold is!
Good job there is no augmented argument spell... Just sayin
Some of the best followers I've found while exploring Skyrim are two nords from the thrisk tribe in Solstheim instead of helping the rieklings, if you help the nords you'll get access to two Dremora class Nords followers that scale up to lvl 60
Dremora class is special because it's the only class that specialize in both 1h and 2h meaning they are some most customizable followers in game
I think I’ll go with Jenassa this playthrough, I like her dark, ascerbic wit!
I wish those of us that play on PS4 could use the hairs and faces you have given your followers. We’re stuck with the ugly originals! Thanks for that Sony!
A useful video for a new or returning Skyrim player, many thanks.
That's why I love xbox I hope Sony let's up though I downloaded mods as soon as I downloaded the game
Do you know what Armor pieces have been used in the video for Jenassa?
@@SimGozz they’re a black recolour mod for regular eleven armour
@@magnusjarvinen8598 and the hair and face mods?
i hired her on one of my earliest playthroughs of the game n did the DBH with her (even gave her armor to match) n she was amazing. she also had a surprising amount to say in certain areas n she came in clutch in more fights than i can count. gear her up n she is a monster
This should be called "every mercenary in Skyrim"
Ikr, the mercenaries are absolute powerhouses, they're all (or almost all) definitely worth that 500 gold
Aela is my favorite follower and wife choice. I also really like j’zargo a good bit as a follower. But I usually like kajit. They entertain me with the way the speak, and j’zargo is no exception.
The khajiit speak funny indeed but Kharjo is my preferred cat friend.. he is far less arrogant
Serana is my absolute favorite. She's been helpful in many tight spots.
as much as I like Serana she is lack luster as a damage dealer. Her magic is not very useful and her weapon skills aren't very good either.
Erik’s enthusiasm is so much fun. Gregor has some really nice dialogue too and is my A1 tank.
I like Janessa, she will also duel wield staffs if you put them in her inventory. I keep her supplied with an assortment of melee weapons, bows and staffs. She will use whatever the situation calls for very proficiently.
I really like the both the warriors from the orc strongholds. they're pretty rad
I literally couldn't stop laughing at ERIK THE SLAYER and when hes T-posing
Jenassa and Mercurio were my 2 choices. He is awesome in Dwarven Dungeons. She is fantastic with info and watching your back
My favorite is Mjoll the Lioness. I don't know her "stats" but really enjoy her companionship and haven't had her die before.
Well yes usually they only die when you hit them after they're downed
I like Jenassa and Marcurio. But I am not sure who I prefer of the two. Another I like is Illia, I find her to be a very interesting as well as useful follower. Though I'm not sure how good she is... I also made the sad mistake of placing her as the Steward of my house that I built near Falkreath and ended up losing her as a follower... I lost all the stuff I gave her... Which was a lot..
Yeah, I think Illia is my favorite. She's not quite as powerful as Marcurio though. It's a real shame about not being able to ever recruit her again if you ever dismiss her. I made her my steward in one of my playthroughs so at least she wouldn't just disappear.
I am a spellsword using fireballs or other fire spells, and dawn breaker as my sword
My follower is Serana
Meridia: **angry daedric screeches**
I am a boundbow with a summon daidric lord
My point is, every time in fight Serana is not killed by enemies but by the friendly fire from me... That bug of Serana attacking me triggers everyday
@Marcus Antonius Serena is unkillable. The thing that she attacks the Dragonborn is just a glitch
I'd suggest using the chaos enchantment on stahlrim weapons, the buff on frost enchantments gets applied to the fire and shock portions of chaos, as well.
A few notes on Jenassa: She's an Amorous Adventures follower, so travels with her can be particularly interesting. She's been made over, several times, appearing in sets such as Bijin Warmaidens, Skyrim Beautiful Followers, and GCE NPCs Replacer. My favorite version appears in GCE, which is only available for LE. It's easy enough to port, though.
Serana and Mjoil will always be my favorite followers
I like the witch you can get as a follower. I think you have covered her before, and I can't remember her name or the tower where you get the quest before you can recruit her, but I like her voice and personality, as well as the quest to recruit her.
Illia , i killed her before i walked in the room , had no clue she could be a follower.
My favourite follower on that list is Erik the Slayer but for other reasons than his skilltree. I got really annoyed of the depressive Serana at times, and Erik is always so kind and close to you. Another thing is the background story of why this character was made: the TES fan that died to cancer before he was able to play the game and thus they made him live in Skyrim as Erik the Slayer
Improved list;
- Inigo.
- Inigo.
- Inigo.
- Inigo.
- Inigo.
- Inigo.
Indigo isnt in base game tho
i like Sofia better tho...
InOtterSpace No Auri? :(
Wish I could have him, I always see memes of him, unfortunately there ain't a mod on PS4 for him. 😪 Sad boi hours
Yea, indigo is the best mod I’ve ever had
Poor Marcurio. I never knew him. I always ended up sacrificing him to Boethia. Lol.
Yeah same haha, i now regret it because i wanna see him using staffs
Ditto i am so devoed i killed him after watching this he lasted longer than anyother compaion
Ppp ye
Faendal was my first and often ends up as my steward.
Weirdly, if you equip Gregor the Housecarl with a Staff of Paralysis, he turns into an OP maniac - he paralyzes everyone, then jumps into combat with a sword and shield. And if you give him a bow, he is *hell* on Dragons. He doesn’t just rush into melee. He’ll stay back and pincushion them.
I’m pretty sure does all this while he’s just a generic warrior build too.
Best tank follower in the game, hands down.
I’ll definitely have to give some of these followers a shot, the only one I’ve used other than Lydia are Aela and Serena. I like Serana a lot, she’s pretty handy if you deck her out
But nobody would carry my burdens more than Lydia ❤️
Top 5 annoying followers in Skyrim
The first one is LYDIA
But lydia will always be there to carry our burdens
@@Schemingzy YES YES YES YES
I rarely write comments or suggestions, but I was excited to discover a way to get a companion in Skyrim when the one you have vanishes for no good reason. I lost a companion in the middle of a cave exploration and, after searching exhaustively, I finally gave up. I went to Whiterun and looked for another companion and was told several times that it "looks like you already someone with you". In fact, it was the same story all over Skyrim. I tried several "restore you companion tricks"...yeah yeah follow the dog and a few others that didn't work. Then totally by accident, I was hanging around Jorrvaskr and asked the attractive archer if she had any work. She said that there was an artifact in a cave that she needed help recovering, would I join her. I told her sure, and we set out. When we entered the cave it dawned on me that if I completed this quest, the alliance would be over. I turned around and abandoned it, but I continued the game. Low and behold she is following me, fighting alongside me and all the other behaviors characteristic of a companion. I was pleased, to say the least. Thanks for listening.
for PC there's a mod I found recently that will allow you to fix almost all the problems with a follower's limitations. It's called Project Proteus. you can make them forget or learn spells, level them up, change their skill set, etc. I love that it also has the ability to change the weather if you're sick of the constant blizzard in the northern parts of Skyrim. it has both oldrim and special edition versions.
Marcurio is my #2 follower
Marcurio is one of *the* most competent mage followers, it's almost scary.
I always use him for the boethiah quest. that or the mercenary in windhelm.
He’s a very arrogant follower as well.
@@whiterunguard5633 He is, so when I finally get tired of his snark, we pay a visit to Boethiah and have a chat about his attitude.;-)
@@whiterunguard5633 My character married him and he's not as much arrogant anymore hehe
Great Video! I, like you, enjoy using Lydia since i figured out how to make her more stealthy. She only attacks once she is spotted and thus will be engaged, so any items that increase her sneak will make her a more enjoyable follower for a stealthy player. Also if you increase her magika she loves to dual wield staffs.
Do you need magicka for staffs?
@@TRafael82 Late reply, but NO. They DO require that you make sure they are filled (with FILLED Soul Gems) so it can be a pain if you forget to check before a battle!
Am I the only one who likes Mjoll the Lioness? She is unkillable and can wield staves as well. She also keeps me in line when I'm up to no good :p
You're not alone. On my recent character, Grarkuul The Snow Lion, a heavily armored Nord spellsword/ice mage, she was just the companion I was looking for.
Also the STRONGEST build in the game is a Breton with Savior's hide. If you have all the Resist magic perks that gives you the exact cap at 85%. Atronach stone + Attonach perk makes you immune to 97% of magic that hits you.
You can get over 100% spell absorption that also makes you immune to magick and regenerate it too
I hired stenvar yesterday. went into my 1st dungeon with him and he died after 2mins lol. Yeah I left him to fight 3 Sabre cats
I'm a simple man, I see ESO+Skyrim and i click like there is no tomorrow
video well that's not good for me lol
@10,000 subscribers without a single video 👍
@10,000 subscribers without a single video it's a better meme than the "_____ subs without a video" shit.
Derkeethus & Serana. I've always felt a bond with Derky, maybe bc i feel i have a little story with finding him. Plus he doesn't die. Love his charm. He's def my ride or die
Love Lydia, and always use her. But when I try other followers (I know there's no reason for that, Lydia rules) I like to use Erik The Slayer. And listening to Raining Blood while he murders a dragon to death is beautiful xD
Jenasa... every play through and all the way to end game :)
But i also like Mercurio for the Dwarven ruins
Same and I marry her every time
Me: Uthgerd, wait there.
Uthgerd: DOES COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
Uthgerd is good in the early game because she'll immediately get herself killed and her armor is worth a lot of money.
@@MyNameIsBucket LOLOLOL
I use marcuria or however you spell his name. Love his shock attack very accurate and does alot of damage, good for dragons.
Erik, Belrand, Jenassa are some of my favorites. I also like Jordis the Shield-Maiden who is basically better Lydia as she doesn't complain about carrying your burdens. She carries them proudly!
Lydia is my favorite follower and being a straight female, I marry her every play through because I love her so much
why do you like her so much, kind of a bland personality
I know he is not vanilla and he is xbox mod and pc but I really like Inigo The Brave!
Wish you did more follower videos. Some of my favorite content its amazing after all these years that there's still followers that I've never heard of!
Brelyna Morvayn from the college of winterhold is comically powerful as a steward/essential. Any time bandits spawn on my house she immediately flames them with an atronach and electric spells
It's called " aUGmented" perk
I often thought about argumenting with him about augmented and argumented spells hehe.
I fuckin swear he mispronounces SO MANY WORDS and it drives me nuts!! At first I wondered if it was an Australian thing but no, it’s just him.
@@AndrewBrownK
Dyslexia?
@@shadowstrider5033 does dyslexia do that? I thought it made it more difficult to read but I didn't know it makes you mispronounce so many things
@@jackmeoff2367 it is dyslexia
Hey Man, can you do a story build play through please?
My favourite followers to use, Lydia and Serana.
Frea and Teldryn Sero FTW. They are awesome too
Jenassa is my go to follower just because of the dialogue.shes so good with archery and fun to roam the world with.
NOOOO YOU FORGOT THE BEST OF ALL AND MY FAVE TELDRYN SARO
Is there a reason you didn't include Teldryn Sero? Granted, he's on Solstheim, and thus, the Dragonborn DLC, but I believe he is the only mercenary you can hire as a follower on Solsteim, so if you are doing a video on followers you can hire on Solstheim, I think it will be a short video.
Just a heads up to anyone who might not know.. Jenassa does not look at all like ESO is showcasing is his video. He is using a mod which changes the looks and race of Jenassa. I just had to point that out because to someone just starting out, the mod ESO is using could be misleading. 🤔
I love how Vorstag jumps on top of the dragons head and starts chopping holes in its skull. I have never finished a game with Lydia because in some point in the game she just vanishes never to be seen again. I like to have Belthor who is not on this list because his stats is probably not that good but roll with me and you'll have god-like armor and weapons which makes up for the lack of skill. The reason I like Belthor is he looks so buffed, like a buffalo ready to charge right through anything in our way. With the right armor he looks like a beast.
I actually get sad every time I see Stenvar now. He was my favorite, and he died in a falmer cave. RIP
Use console command to spawn him
resurection mod - simple and efective
Use normal saves every so often so if he dies you can just load a save from a few minutes prior and continue
I am super hyped for elder scrolls 6 are u 2 ESO
Hopefully we will get more unique followers with more diverse personalities and that they give some comments about your current quest sometimes. They should also interact more with the world, like talking to NPC's or they could even suggest some dungeons, they would like to explore. I hope they upgrade their AI too with the next title, together with better animations like face expressions and movement.
@@eatsthedarkness8059 agreed
@Roy Ayers 3%er wow i noticed that on my first ever comment on his channel after being subbed for a while
marcurio is literally a tank in my let's play. no matter what he will not die, i am so surprised. he ran back to me after getting launched in the sky by a giant i just watched him fight. i was certain he was a goner, but he ran back to me eventually. i have him in heavy armor with one weapon and the other hand for spells btw
I found serana a good follower once I had dawnguard. Followed by mercurio. Never used Lydia.