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Character Build: The Avarice

Tags: #Character Build Battlemage  #Character Build Bound Weapons  #Character Build Mage Armor  #Race:Breton  #Rank:Exemplar 
  • Member
    May 26, 2014

    I take it you picked Hunter's Discipline to get to the Ranger perk? Because it's essentially wasted on Bound Bow  

    Your gear choices, what is the final combination? You list all choices together in the start of the build and it's kinda confusing. Separating them should be a better choice.  I would personally go for Cultist Robes all the way and get that 100% spell absorption through Dragonskin racial power. 80% absorption is a lot and with 3 points in health you should have no problem with it in most (if not all) encounters.

    You might want to add something like a gameplay section, detailing how does this character fight, right now I'm confused whether this is a sneak archer, in-your-face archer, swordsman (without Quick Reflexes), sneaky backstabber... 

    Overall I like it, the presentation is nice (maybe just try to get the text next to those images in the Only Dragonborn and Fusion with Miraak sections, though I know it's a pain with Ning) and I commend your no-crafting approach with easy-to-obtain gear  +1

  • Member
    May 26, 2014

    Yeah Vaz, every perk in the Archery tree is completely worth spending in my opinion. The focus here was to get a fast-paced Battlemage-Archer hybrid, so the perks that speed up every aspect of the bow.

    I really do apologize for the lack of details that you've mentioned, I've had what I think is either a cold or really bad allergies for the past few days. I've been indoors for a while now, and writing this up was one of the few things I've been able to do to keep myself entertained. Despite having a lot of trouble getting all the details down.

    The whole 100% spell absorption thing is sort of my attempt at linking gameplay to roleplay throughout the build. I wanted the character to feel extremely powerful, and brushing off powerful spells was what I deemed would personify that.

    Spacing has never been my friend on Ning, but I'll try to see what I can do there.

    I haven't actually done a build with multiple armor combos, I'll be sure to add that tidbit in somewhere soon. 

  • Member
    May 26, 2014

    A few points of interest for consideration (I like this build btw!)

    1. The Atronach perk in Alteration falls under the Destruction school and it's magnitude can be boosted with a Fortify Destruction potion.  With 100 Alchemy skill and perks we can boost the perk over 50% (for full absorb with the stone) but even if you don't use Alchemy, as in this build, you can buy an 'Elixer of Destruction' when your character is level 30+ which will boost the power of the perk from 30% absorb to 45% absorb.  This can be gamebreaking but if you were thinking about trying this without Miraak's robes (Miraak's Robes' lack of regen being a problem for example) then this might be an option.
    2. I believe this still works (it may have been patched but I don't think it has) but the Bound weapons (Axe and swords specifically) can be enchanted with the 'Elemental Fury' shout.  When you take the Mystic Binding perk this is actually applied to the weapons as an enchantment so you can no longer use the shout.  I absolutely adore the fully perked bound weapons and recommend their use whenever possible but this might be something you could use at the earlier stages of the game.  Dual-wield bound swords with elemental fury are ridiculously fast...even more so as a necromage vampire!

    Quite like this concept, take a like!

  • Member
    May 26, 2014
    Another amazing build Miraak. So, did you use an Black Book abilities?
  • Member
    May 26, 2014

    When the situation called for it yes I did. Lots of nice powers for when you need them.

  • Member
    May 26, 2014
    It would be nice if you listed them.
  • Member
    May 26, 2014

    There's a lot of stuff missing from all of my sections that didn't show up when I pasted it into Ning. I covered black book abilities and such already. I'll try to get everything fixed when I get home, for now I'm going to enjoy Memorial Day if you don't mind.

  • Member
    May 26, 2014
    Alright, have a nice Memorial Day M, you deserve it. :)
  • Member
    May 28, 2014

    Fixed everything up, probably should have done so a couple days back, but I've been getting really caught up with the fact that school is gonna be out soon. End-Game Equipments been highlighted, Unrelenting Force has been explained further, and The Build section has been extended to explain things like combat and quests in more detail. Hope it's a bit easier to understand now 

  • Member
    May 28, 2014

    Great build Miraak, I like the 100% spell absorption without the use of potions. I keep trying alchemy focused builds to try and like them, but it NEVER works...
    Also, which side did you join for the dawnguard quest?