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Character Build: The Outcast

Tags: #Character Build Barbarian  #Character Build Assassin  #Character Build Alchemist  #Race:Orsimer  #Rank:Exemplar  #Teineeva 
  • Member
    April 4, 2015

    Thanks, sorry for the inconvenience. Love your builds by the way.

  • Member
    April 4, 2015

    I appreciate it :) Looking forward to seeing more from you, as well!

  • Member
    April 4, 2015

    Well I'm definitively planning to stay, and I already have a few concepts brewing. However I would like the outcast to leave the relative insecurity of the bloodworks before starting to really work on those (so far I'm just testing some interesting mechanics). But at this rate I'm confident to say that that will happen some time soon. So yes you should definitively expect some more of my work soon ^^

  • Member
    April 4, 2015

    Great job on this! The presentation is awesome and the idea of a battleaxe assassin is quite fun.  You have my like and congrats on the Recognized (which is too low for this build IMO)! 

    If you want to utilize the Rueful Axe more effectively, check out this post I made, seems like it'll be fitting.

    I would suggest writing down the perks you personally used. Maybe in Bold, for every skill? Some people prefer fixed perks and follow builds to the letter.

    I also have a few suggestions for your potions/poisons

    • Orcish Blood Elixir - replace very uncommon Human Heart with Fly Amanita and one of those - Butterfly Wing, Chaurus Eggs, Hanging Moss, Luna Moth Wing, Nordic Barnacle. These are much more common and you'll be able to craft more poisons 
    • Rage Enhancer - you can replace Eye of Sabercat and Hawk Feathers with Purple Mountain Flower and Canis Root. More common and growable in Hearthfire gardens.
    • Tracker's Draught - replacing Falmer Ear with Thistle Branch will result in same effects + Resist Frost. Thistle Branch is also more common than Falmer Ear and does not require fighting Falmer 

    You also have your tags messed up a little. They should be "Character Build Assassin", Race:Orc

    I suggest adding two more CB archive tags, your build will appear in two more places and will gain more attention.

  • Member
    April 4, 2015

    Thank you for your feedback, it's much appreciated. I will look into the things you named. I already thought of changing the alchemy recipes, it was indeed a bit painful to collect the ingredienst I named. Thank you for the tag hint, I'm new to the creation of builds and didn't exactly know what I had to do with the tags.

    And yes I would love to use the rueful axe more effectively, so I'll definitively see if I can't incorporate the trick you mentioned.

    I'm also having a few thoughts about adding an ability or two, however that would need some extra thought.

  • Member
    April 4, 2015

    Here is one - Berserker Rage + smithed Rueful Axe + Great Critical Charge

    A ton of damage in one hit  That's that trick I mentioned 

    Don't dwell too much on abilities, they are not required for character builds. Incorporating them just for the sake of having "special moves" section is worse than not having them at all. Just see what you used in your playthrough and if you think it's unique enough, write it up, if not - don't bother, it'll do more harm than good.

  • Member
    April 4, 2015

    Yeah that was my thought exactly. As I mentioned in the build my original idea was a Sweep+berserker rage+Sneak critical combo, but yeah Bethesda clearly gave me the red light on that one...

  • Member
    April 4, 2015

    Well there you go, I added a small combat section, just to enhance the gameplay part of the build. And to celebrate the recognized tag. Thank you everybody.

  • Member
    April 5, 2015
    Really, REALLY well done! I enjoy twists on the classic archetypes, and an axe-wielding, berzerker, Orc assassin definitely counts as a twist ;D

    Looking forward to those other ideas you've got brewing :D
  • Member
    April 5, 2015

    Looks nice. It even features Twisted halfway through!