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Character Build: The Sapiarch

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  • Librari the Wizard
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    March 31, 2015

    Welp.  Just killed Mirmulnir. (Took a few tries, most were successful battles but the cutscene afterward was not firing and I wanted it to!) Still haven't touched a melee weapon, and using normal bows because I don't want this character to go to Fort Amol without an in-character reason to.  I'll probably end up buying Bound Bow later on; money's not hard to get in Skyrim anyways!

    I still haven't even gotten close to the heart of this build yet.  But I might grab Bound Bow and Atronach Stone on the way to Ivarstead!

  • Librari the Wizard
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    March 31, 2015

    I uh, I got the Atronach Stone at least, but then... I got interrupted by a rather rude dinner guest.

    Also ran into like five hundred other things that wanted to kill me, and spent a lot of the time running away panicking while healing myself with both hands! xD Totally felt like a boss when I was coming back from looting the word wall that dragon had flown over from, and saw Farkas and Ria getting obliterated by a saber cat.  I just stood by my dragon bones with a big smirk heh.  Who's the milk drinker now, huh?  Huuuuuuh?

    Also ran into some jerk of an apprentice storm mage on the way back, which gave me a chance to test bound swords, infinite stamina (via veggie soup), and 100% magicka absorb.  That guy REALLY didn't like fighting a Sapiarch-type build.

  • Teccam
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    March 31, 2015

    Hah, just wait till you get the real thing. Veg Soup is just a small taste! I'm honestly having trouble not using infinite Stamina now that I've started a new character. -_-

    Pretty ballsy of you to be facing that dragon head-on. Don't you play on Master? My guy was too weak to challenge a dragon up close in the early levels; I had to pick them off from cover using my bow. Or maybe I'm just ultracautious. 

  • Deleted Member
     
    March 31, 2015

    I've been checking out Infinite Stamina and I'm pretty sure it can't be used with the Dawnguard Shield (unless my testing was flawed), but I think it's because it requires 10 stamina and when you have a fraction of a fraction, it doesn't count as enough?

    I think its best use really is Archery and I'm tempted to steal it for my Event build.

  • Teccam
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    March 31, 2015

    Which effect specifically are you talking about -- the +10 bash damage to vampires, the stendarr's aura cloak effect, or general bashing/power bashing?

    I haven't played with the shield in ages, but IIRC, the aura is not triggered by bashing, but rather by sustaining the block action (i.e., by holding the block button for a few seconds). That doesn't require any Stamina in the first place, so it should be doable with or without infinite Stamina. I can't imagine why the bash-related effects wouldn't work, but I haven't tested them at all. I can look into it later.

  • Deleted Member
     
    March 31, 2015

    Sorry, I meant the Dawnguard Rune Shield.

    Oh, no, the bash works fine (I didn't explicitly test it, but there's nothing to cause issue), but the Stendarr's Aura drains stamina at a rate of 10/s (maybe not 10, but a fair bit). I was thinking this could be perfect for a crusader-ish character, but the math fails somewhere. I'm thinking you can cast concentration spells with no magicka (that sort of start-stop-stall thing every mage does for the first few levels with Flames), but the shield requires X amount to activate.

    This is completely irreverent to the build, but I thought I saw someone ask if this can be done.

  • Teccam
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    March 31, 2015

    I just tried it out in-game and it worked just fine. I could sustain the aura indefinitely, even after my Stamina drained. Bashing sometimes broke the effect for a moment, but not always. I recorded a video which I can upload if you'd like.

    Also, speaking of the rune shield ... I was thinking about using this for a build, but I'm leaning toward not doing that, so for anyone interested: I'm pretty sure the shield's aura effect can be used in conjunction with a normal spell cloak such as Stendarr's Aura. Throw in Necromage, a Restoration potion, and maybe a Shalidor's Insight: Restoration scroll, and you should be able to get over 100 DPS from the two cloak effects combined.

    Even without the scroll, you're looking at probably 70-75 DPS. Could be a good centerpiece for a Crusader or Paladin build if anyone wants to give it a shot.

  • Deleted Member
     
    March 31, 2015

    God, I hate discussions that break off.

    I'll take your word for it and try it again. I've been thinking of a Khajiiti paladin for a long time and board+claw might be just perfect. The Rune Shield can definitely be used with a cloak, this was why I was so interested in it. Thanks for taking the time to test it, too.

  • Henson
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    March 31, 2015
    Teccam - Rune shield aura + cloak is a mechanic I use with my Sun Priest. Sun damage and fire damage combined is awesome.
  • Librari the Wizard
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    March 31, 2015
    But I had cover! The cover happens to be named 'Steadfast Ward' and I would definitely not have survived without unlimited concentration casting! It took several minutes to bring that thing down. I went back today and got Bound Bow, but I can't cast it yet. XD Levels are just flying by and she is really growing in confidence and power. Just in time, too. I just reached bandit thug levels and haven't quite reached the first Mage Armor perk!

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