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Character Build: The Vampire Count

Tags: #Character Build Necromancer  #Character Build Illusionist  #Character Build Vampire  #Rank:Legendary  #Race:Altmer 
  • Member
    September 5, 2013

    Definite like.  I came here looking for a build to take me through the vampire side of Dawnguard's storyline and was not at all disappointed.

  • Member
    September 24, 2013

    Great build. I will defintly try this out at some point.  +1

  • Member
    November 9, 2013

    The guy in the first pic looks like Abbath Doom Occulta, the frontman for Immortal.

  • Member
    February 1, 2014

    First and foremost, I apologise for the thread resurrection, I am new and not sure if it is frowned upon on the Blog. However, I felt I must stress the love I have for this build. I have been playing it for a little over a week, and in the few years I have been playing Skyrim, I have never had more fun. While not completely over-powered, the challenges and rewards are almost overwhelming. And so I say with utter pride and respect, +1 and my undying love.

  • Member
    February 1, 2014

    It is not an issue to bump builds as long as it is not your own build.

    Thank you for your kind words. I feel as if this was definitely one of my top playthroughs as well, very rewarding and varied. 

  • Member
    February 14, 2014

    This is a great looking build, and exactly the mindset with which I'm building my Vampire. I love the poison rune idea, because I'm the kind of player that will handicap myself for roleplay's sake. For example, because of the vampire's in-game weakness to fire, my vampire has an aversion to it and doesn't use fire magic unless on a bow, where he can put plenty of space between himself and the fire. So Ignite won't fly for him. Poison rune, though, sounds like a fantastic fit.

  • Member
    May 6, 2014
    My version of this one is a bit different, as an vampire count shouldn't shout slow time and jump into the crowd, dual-wielding his enchanted daggers and killing everything without zombies or followers helping him... And I've perked myself more in sneak (Backstab and Silent Roll)
  • Member
    May 7, 2014
    I didn't really do that either. I made heavy use of summons and some followers, as mentioned in the build.
  • May 7, 2014

    An excellent combination of roleplay and gameplay. I only wish I could build like that! Now for the questions:

    --Did you find yourself using the Vampire Lord form at all?

    --I've never gone up to Two Souls in Conjuration before. Are all those summons and followers hard to keep track of in combat?

    --Given that this build is pretty big into necromancy, Have you considered trying out the other Ahzidal ring?

  • Member
    May 7, 2014
    No... I was saying that my Vampire Count is doing that more than standing back casting poison rune, not that dual-wielding enchanted daggers is a part of the build.