Can You Beat Skyrim By Only Bow Bashing?

It's just a worse version of the shield bash... or is it?
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[@Psycchan]

i like to imagine the reason for the damage glitch is that drawing the bow makes your enemies expect to get hit by an arrow, so smacking them in the face gives you a bonus for the a misdirection

[@bandanimals3710]

I like to imagine he's just pushing the arrow into them with the bash. Like some kind of fucked up nail gun.

[@Pironesia]

Both of these are awesome interpretations hahaha

[@DankDrCuck]

I knew I wasn't the only one to think of this lol

[@jinn8465]

"He's gunna sho-" _Whack!_ "Ow! The fuck?!"

[@Khantia]

I imagine that he's using the energy stored in the string, as well as the arrow's sharp tip to increase the bash's damage.

[@deliciouschicken]

I imagine bow bashing does accomplish the task of beating, yes.

[@benlefebvre7582]

Can you beat. Ah yes, you can indeed beat.

[@Nerbit13098]

Hopefully fixed now lmao

[@bayleemaclaren]

@@Nerbit13098I got in trouble at work for busting out laughing at that😂😂

[@robjsmiles]

The dragonborn comes

[@BlackSun6393]

Can you beat? *black screen* *quiet slapping noises for 20 minutes* "Yes you can indeed beat."

[@dynamitekaitorn7175]

@@BlackSun6393 17:26

[@Jofus002]

Three year anniversary? It's been so long! Nerbit has really moved up in the world since then. On behalf of all of us, thank you for all your incredible content.

[@Nerbit13098]

Thank you, it means a lot, none of this would exist without the support of the people watching :)

[@Rebel3000]

it honest to Hydalen seems like yesterday i started watching his videos, starting when he just uploaded his Fallout 3 Crafting Weapon video

[@mothballcharles]

You know, the extra damage glich makes a lot of sense because you'd be bashing somebody with a loaded bow.

[@theholypineapple3558]

If I had a nickel for every time a KZbinr beat Skyrim by only bow bashing I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s odd both Nerbit and Ymfah did it.

[@Falloutboy7555]

I saw what you edited😎

[@DamnDaimen]

Ymfah did bow ONLY. Nergit is doing bow bash only. They are not the same. What a difference a single arrow makes.

[@diinouhothead9362]

On one side... YAMFA AND HIS GOD TIER EDITS & CAPTIONS! On the other side... NERBIT AND HIS ACCENT! (seriously tho what's his accent?)

[@constructionbird]

@@DamnDaimen ymfah did both

[@burge117]

​@@diinouhothead9362Irish my good fellow 😊

[@jamesgortsema7995]

Congrats on three years! Would creature runs of skyrim be possible? If so beating skyrim as a mud crab or a skever would be interesting to watch.

[@Nerbit13098]

I've thought about it to be fair

[@skycaptain95]

Already done

[@theterrorofdimensions1326]

Creature runs for Skyrim, plz! XD

[@josebice2895]

​@@Nerbit13098 Mitten Squad did the skeever run and had nothing but issues with the mod he was running. If you do, eventually, do a Creature playthrough, ensure you double test everything

[@Southbeach445]

@@Nerbit13098you my favorite KZbinr

[@corvideer1738]

Bending rules to have more fun while maintaining the general "heart" of the challenge is a fantastic way to go. Congrats on 3 years!

[@purplehaze2358]

"Plus, one of the effects of his bow is that he can draw it faster, meaning I have to be vey quick with my bashes, or I'm going to take an arrow straight to the head" You're playing Skyrim and you managed to avoid making the 'arrow to the knee' joke. Respect.

[@NovaSamuraiVYT]

Heads up, missed skyrim in the title

[@lbdjthethird1240]

I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.

[@Nerbit13098]

Should be good now

[@Perfectly_balanced]

​@Nerbit13098 you misspell skyrim

[@MetalSolidCrisis]

@@Nerbit13098 hey bro you misspelled bow

[@WilliamLovesGames]

I thought it said fallout 4

[@Coler-ug1pe]

Man’s just torturing himself at this point

[@Nerbit13098]

Contrary to popular believe the only time I was in pain making a run was the Batman Arkham Origins video as I'm not overly fond of the game lol

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

2:00 That Soup is so broken that whenever I approach whiterun, I instinctively chant "Cabbage Potato Leek Tomato" To remind myself to pick up the ingredients for it at the farms on my way into town.

[@kada0420]

You and me both

[@taleundere2610]

What no elder scrools 6 did to the fanbase

[@doubledouble4g379]

I've actually memorized which farms have what so I can have a BIG supply, not to mention a handful of 'unsupervised' barrels that are loaded with them...

[@Zachattack-nu7lr]

Snake: "In close range combat, a knife can sometimes be more useful than a gun." Well, let's just drop gunpowder all together then, Snake. P.S: Can you beat the Outer Worlds as Teddy Roosevelt? Revolver and Rifles only, but you must also destroy every corporate faction.

[@andrewbrown6039]

Hey Nerbit, brilliant video as always. If you're interested, i have a challenge for you. Can you beat fallout 3 as a vampire? you have to use Vance's Longcoat and vampires edge. only heal using blood packs and only travel during night (excluding when you leave vault 101 and tranquility lane) Thanks as always for the great content .😊

[@lbdjthethird1240]

Honestly, he could put any game after "Beat" and the answer would be yes.

[@KimJongBeIllinDaily]

Man it feels like you have been around forever. Thanks for all the entertainment, man!

[@Nerbit13098]

Thanks man :)

[@morrigankasa570]

​@@Nerbit13098An interesting full game playthrough/build I would love to see you do (includes civil war questline, all the black books/dragonborn questline, dawnguard, and etc), would be Ice Queen Build. Basically only Ice Magic, Stalhrim Weapons/Armors as final setup, and being a Nord Vampire Lord. Though another idea I would like to see is that complete playthrough as an Illusion & Restoration Master only using Illusion & Restoration Magic while being a Thalmor Vampire Lord. Finally, I have played Skyrim many times and have never done the Peace Council wussy nonsense. Instead I have always completed the Civil War Questline before that point always siding with the Stormcloaks.

[@FatalHog]

My favorite bit from these videos is presumably very tired and overworked script nerbit writing these, only for well rested and awake recording nerbit to question what exactly went wrong with those spelling errors.

[@Pie_Romancer]

I love your weapon restricted runs. Its quite fun to see you make a build around your single fighting style and maximize its effectiveness. One im curious about is beating Fallout 3 with only the minigun.

[@ruthlesace]

Biggest problem is finding ammo. Might be alittle more manageable in New Vegas because of the ability to craft bullets.

[@apanzerofthelake4021]

​​@@ruthlesaceyou can craft ammo in fallout 3 via the ammo press after completing the Pitt DLC. The problem would be getting the minigun passed the main gate, however you actually can get your equipment passed that gate. Follow all of the steps that Trapped in Fallout shows in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZKToomifJ2rgNE Following this might lead to the DLC not progressing and ultimately softlocking you to the Pitt as none of the quest npcs will enter dialogue with you. This may seem as a dead end at first, however if drop all of your gear after fast travelling passed the main gate the quest should update. Thus allowing you to keep your gear and absolutely trivialise the Pitt.

[@HerpaDurpVg]

Tale of two wastelands

[@ruthlesace]

@@HerpaDurpVg big mod, does good things, but then nerbit only uses mods for themed runs.

[@HerpaDurpVg]

@@ruthlesace for sure. I was meaning it’s an easy way to use bullet crafting in FO3

[@ClockworkBlade]

Hey Nerbit! Congrats on the 3 years! Now let me ask this, can you beat Morrowind with only the fork of Horripilation?

[@GQuack]

You could've named the character Bowyer to coinside with the recent Super Mario RPG remaster, and Bowyer's a goofy looking boss from that game. Congratulations on three years of runs!

[@insert_name_here6487]

and also bowyer is a maker of bows (as in the profession that makes them)

[@Deneb626]

Its so funny to me that one of the most powerful items in the game.... is soup. Never change Skyrim, never change

[@itmaster9699]

Ahh yes, I love playing , it’s a great game.

[@Nerbit13098]

The best truly

[@hoovy2319]

I know it doesn’t help with this video since you can’t hit anything with arrows, but you can also do the arrow damage glitch immediately after shooting the bow to. As soon as the arrow hits your target, if you bash it’ll also do the arrow damage. You’ll hear a second arrow hit the target when you bash it so that’s how you can know you pulled it off

[@fayept]

This run was super fun to watch. The way you STEAMROLLED everything after using the glitch that you discovered was incredible to watch after you had shown how much of a struggle the run would have been was cinematic, well-edited, and you were well-spoken. You're my favorite Bethesda-based challenge runner by a wide margin.

[@reptarien]

This went from being "oh god he's gonna be in so much pain for this whole video" to "wow this actually looks fun and viable" in a matter of a few minutes lmao. I didn't even know about that arrow bow bashing bug before!

[@jinn8465]

"I swear you'd think they're part of the Omertas with how much I'm slaughtering them" _I now want a mod that gives the Frost Trolls a suit and Omerta voice lines._

[@burge117]

Holy crap 😂 this should be fun. I still remember being blessed to come across the Shield Bash run on its release date. I've never looked back ❤

[@Nerbit13098]

It's crazy to think it's been 3 years already, time flies

[@burge117]

@@Nerbit13098 Here's to many more man!

[@thusadragon]

I've run into that same sound glitch you had in the Thalmor Embassy. I believe it's the sound of flame traps spewing endless flames. I've had weird things "carry over" between interiors before, like Kyne's Peace glows from another interior's creatures hovering mysteriously outside the walls. I suspect that something was sitting on the flame traps in some dungeon, probably Ustengrav, and the game remembered that it should be making the sound at those coordinates but forgot to limit it to just Ustengrav. That's my best guess after thousands of hours in this beloved mess of a game! ❤

[@daymuntaku6590]

same. just yesterday I had ice wraith noises haunting one of the student dorms after I ran past one in the midden

[@lenoxavalon3051]

"I took out my pent up confusion and mild aggregation out on the frost trolls. I swear you'd think they were a part of the Omerta's" sent me laughing to the floor. Thank you.

[@ATransSylveon]

Glad that you have been able to go this long

[@Nerbit13098]

It's crazy, feels like only yesterday I was recording that first video with my old band Hero microphone lmao

[@TTV_TomTime]

@@Nerbit13098do not sleep on that microphone shit went hard af lmao used it for so long and proudly

[@thecrimsondragon2379]

3:18 the damage you were doing to that wolf nearly made me cry.

[@Charles-In-Charge]

19:25 You killed the Forsworn Forager, and his girlfriend behind him sheathed her blade and surrendered! Incredible.

[@ahorseofcourse7283]

In this video, an orc proves that a significant misunderstanding of the basics of archery is no barrier to its mastery.

[@raygc1]

Good to know, a Stealth archer even does melee better than a melee build! Jokes aside, I never knew that glitch was a thing! I'm curious if the enchanted fire/ice arrows proc when bashing.

[@Xavier_Destalis]

17:27 THANK YOU. Finally someone else has made the reference besides me. Fuck sake. This is the top tier content I cu-... uh. Watch for.

[@vincenttorrijos9680]

Its really been 3 years since Mitten Squad went on that break that inspired you to make that Shield Bashing Video, and inspired me to watch that Shield Bashing Video. How far you've come my guy!

[@thebigsucc030]

I tried beating by bow bashing only, wouldn’t recommend it hurts and I need a cast for my shaft

[@carycharlebois5965]

Just the fact that you have done these maddening, bizarre challenge runs of so many games and retained (most of) your sanity is impressive in its own right. Respect. You deserve about 10X the subscribers you have.

[@normalicious9734]

This is essentially the antithesis of a Stealth Archer and I fully support it. Also, congratulations on three years of this. This is definitely one of my favourite channels on KZbin

[@runningthemeta5570]

If you want to skip the council, you can go with the questline until you get very close to the end of it. Either one hold before the Siege if Windhelm/Solitude or up to the fort before the siege. If you do that you should be able to skip it.

[@wyvolf]

You know it’s gonna be a great nerbit video when there’s the fable ost (absolute win). Happy 3 years man! Whenever you upload it’s always such an entertaining treat to watch.

[@digital_shadow7933]

Just an Idea, the Bound Bow with the mystic binding perk is easily accessible and does more base damage then a dragonbone bow, additionally bound arrows do as much damage as daedric arrows. The Spell book can easily be found in Fort Amol. This way you can essentially start out with good equipment without needing to do any quests and without needing creation club content

[@Senior_Squid]

1. Thank you for all of the content over these years 2. The Dragonborn Comes is a lowkey banger of a song.

[@purplehaze2358]

I love the idea of someone being so dumb that they don't even know how to use a bow properly, so they just settle with using them to beat people to death.

[@an0rmalname179]

Ah this is the ancestor to the Fallout 4 gunbashing run! Also I didn't expect to see a Battle Block Theater reference lmao. So is this technically a loud archer build?

[@dtseldenring]

oh god its time for long stick bonk vs a big dragon

[@volkmardeadguy1557]

my favorite skyrim combat big is the sprinting 3rd person power attack. i think it only works with a one hander, but if youre in theird person and do a running power attack, then just keep holding forward and mashing attack youll start doing really fast power attacks and it somehow lets you keep doing it with no stamina. you do keep moving forward, but if youre fighting a dragon you just run in place and swing rapidly

[@Rainu3279]

Alduin just panicking and flying away halfway through reviving his buddy is the funniest thing. "Oh god, oh jeez, I gotta get outta here!"

[@thesturmvogel6359]

Im just proud that Nerbit remembered to plug his twitter for once, especially given that its a genuinely reliable and funny source of content

[@wild_sergeant716]

What a glorious day, Sonic 32nd anniversary, and a new Nerbit Skyrim challenge.

[@Judsanity]

your videos sir, are consistently some of my favorite on the platform. save for the fact that they always relapse me back into my skyrim addiction. keep up the great work.

[@zeldafan6124]

Beat what?

[@Nerbit13098]

Yeah

[@primm_slimm]

I only remember this feature because when I was new to skyrim (around a year back yes I know I was late to the party) I tried to see if there was an aim function and presed left trigger on my controller and it made me punch jarl balgrulf in his face in the middle of the conversation right before you have your first dragon fight and I didn't know to put my weapon away to stop the aggro and had to run away.

[@judyfps5059]

Saw the title and immediately thought “ of fucking course you would find a way to make this shit work.” Another wonderful run Nerbit . Congrats on the 3 years. Have a wonderful day !

[@theoaremevano3227]

Got quite a kick out of listening a ton of these at work recently. :) When I saw the Starfield presentation a little while ago and saw developer hoarding sandwiches I couldn't help but think of this channel and wonder: 1: Can you make/find hamburgers in Starfield? 2: If so, can you beat Starfield as the Burger King? (Stealth build, maybe reverse pickpocket some charbroiled goodness into peoples' inventories. Only make money by selling burgers. Flying space burger ship.)

[@kelakakku]

0:02 They grow up so fast 🥲

[@bunstructors8591]

I'd like to think the "glitch" is actually that you draw the bow and then poke at the enemy.

[@mostlyghostey]

The peace council was SO cool the first time around when no one quite knew exactly how Skyrim worked and the whole game was kind of magical. Now every time I have to go through it I swear my dwindling supply of brain cells lowers even further.

[@segue2ant395]

There's something beautiful and poetic about an orc wandering around Skyrim brutally clubbing people to death with a bow and arrow.

[@lordbalthosadinferni4384]

Not that I'd ever expect it to be the route you choose, you *can* skip the peace council by *completing* the civil war questline. I would personally rather run back and forth across the land, kicking in the teeth of whoever I'm siding against this time, than sit through the council meeting. If only for the additional skill or werewolf/vampire XP, some loot, and a shout.

[@idontknownameplshelp1395]

When you said that the frost trolls must be a part of the omertas I imagined a frost troll in a suit and fedora

[@fredblues7175]

I have a challenge for you. Can you beat Fallout 4 with what you find? Done before, I know, but how about with no upgrades allowed, you have to use it as you find it, weapons and armor. No purchasing of weapons or armor. No legendries unless they are of the useless variety. On survival. Adjust the rules to make it harder and/or more fun. Happy Anniversary!

[@greyarchamedisblackthorn]

Ok, that pants buckling this was clever. I've actually never seen someone ACTUALLY buckle their pants while listening to that song. I actually laughed a lot.

[@gamingkat5969]

Norbit I have been here since you were at 1.2k Congratulations to hitting 300k Subs. Keep it up Man and keep on growing as a Content Creator and Strive to do your best. Have a wonderful day!

[@thespiritualist2842]

The amount of torture you put yourself through. Thank you for all the content that came and is to come.🥳

[@rogofos]

imagine being that assassin you infiltrated the throne room, leaving no trace, you're invisible and as silent as a grave… and then this ork shows up with a bow and starts bashing you

[@lockout5731]

three years later and your content is awsome from a sheild to now your awsome content from I TOLD YOU TO STAY IN YOUR CELL to running form people what a long way congrats to you

[@Creamy141]

Been subbed to you since Fo3 with only crafted weapons, always a banger whenever you upload, congrats on 3 years!!!

[@fayemarie5056]

Fun fact, the bow bashing doing the arrow damage glitch also works after you fire the arrow, I use it in my bow builds as well.

[@cpljimmyneutron]

Something I have never seem anyone do... If you actually follow the dragon burial map you can in fact run, mound to mound, and fight every single dragon as they are reanimated. I would love to see this done.

[@Achillez098]

There are 2 types of builds in Skyrim: -Stealth Archer -A build that ISN'T Stealh Archer to begin with, but will BECOME Stealth Archer eventually

[@MorglortheMangler]

Bandit: You can’t beat me you are out of arrows. Nerbit raises the bow above his head and grins with an evil smile. Bandit: Wait what are doing? No no not the face…..

[@luciferamigodobairro6169]

All roads lead to Rome and all builds lead to Stealth Archer.

[@tiberiusstaicu7853]

impressive how you made a skyrim run actually interesting instead of it being the same thing but with a different title .

[@cosmicfails2053]

I honestly thought the idea was a homage to one of your first fallout 4 videos, the Gun Bashing run Since bows are basically the skyrim equivalent of guns

[@ThatConnerGuy]

Never thought I'd see it again but time and time over, there you go Nerbit, proving me wrong.

[@mrawesome8611]

No joke, I was just now wondering when you were gonna upload again. Great as always! Happy 3 year anniversary, man.

[@Gilhelmi]

I am now morbidly curious about your ancient videos......... I must see them...... once.......

[@SonicKid7]

I really like when you include the typos and the like. It makes me feel like I'm having a stroke.

[@CGIBlade]

What can you beat? WHAT CAN YOU BEAT!?

[@DrakeKnight99]

I can only imagine someone watching as an orc kicks in the door with a bow and starts swinging it like a sword

[@BringerOfMoisture]

Banger challenge idea. Can you beat Fallout 4 as 11 Billion Crabs? Now, obviously you can’t actually play as 11 billion crabs simultaneously. Instead, you’ll use a mod that turns you and all of your companions *including Dog Meat* into Mirelurks and go for a minutemen ending, with every settlement, building Mirelurk traps + Beta Wave Emitters in every settlement. Bonus points if you take out the BOS too.

[@Spinoraptor159]

I love the music you added. It makes it feel more lively

[@spiderfreak8877]

This channel has given me so much joy since I found it. Youre an absolute unit answering all the questions we never thought we wanted answers to. Thanks for 3 years of awesome content Nerbit!

[@cornflakeshumunculus8373]

Skyrim is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits -Spiffing Brit

[@RyanReta97]

I love this run mostly because I'm amazed that there's a skyrim glitch I didn't know about, Ive been using the bow bash cancel with every play through I've done since the video came out

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Can't wait for the "Can you beat Starfield..." videos.

[@jonatasamaral7463]

Thanks for not using the restoration glitch, almost every skyrim youtuber uses, and the challenge always becomes really easy, cause these bugs solves pretty much everything.

[@Arcana_Gamez]

a unique cheese flavor on this episode, glad i didnt skip this because i had slready seen it but i told myself "Nerbit is alwayd good for a view even on a repeat" low and behold you showed me something about skyrim i didnt know lmao good dtuff my man heres to three ore years of fun

[@user-bloodforthebloodgod]

It's hilarious how today of all days you post this video. My friends and I were messing around with a cheap dollar store bow and arrow and of course I was the target for it, a bit later the arrow tip broke off and so I told my friend to shoot the arrow then throw the arrow tip at me, and so when they shot me I went to go pick up the arrow and I was expecting a little plastic thing to hit me and I look up and I just see a bow hurtiling at me and it hits me in the face

[@flabbergasted6231]

For those of you who want a cheaper way to get a bow to do this challenge or even want to get paid to get a bow. All you have to do is help Faendal and then take him as a follower and 'borrow' his house key from him. Then tell him to wait outside while you 'invite' yourself into his place with the newly acquired key. There will always be a bow on his table for you to 'borrow'. For those of you not doing this challenge there is also a handy potion of true shot on his shelves as well. And some alchemy ingredients that help for making fortify archery potions.

[@metuos.3651]

Bow-rk! It was so free! One step from greatness! But really I don't know how you have the patience to do this stuff. Amazing.

[@Clockwork-Rat]

"pent up confusion and mild aggression" same

[@ratclinic]

Nerbit, your MGS references in all your non-MGS challenge run videos never fail to make my day.

[@randomintrovertedspider7510]

"So, you're an archer, Bow-ser? Bit on the nose with the name, but hey, it'll be good to have ranged supp- wait, why are you running at them... and you just beat them to death with the bow. Do you even know how to fire that bow?"

[@trontosaurusrex9532]

I appreciate that you weren't bashful about sharing this challenge run with us!

[@TheValiantBob]

"Nerbit, remember the basics of CQC." "Hnng...bow...knife...BOW-KNIFE."

[@JordanKenneth330]

The battle block theater video was gold I love that game so much

[@michaelwautraets7126]

Fear not the man who practices a thousand moves once, but the man who practices one move a thousand times.

[@helghastmajor3471]

An orc when he gets a bow. "am best archer" *beats you to death with a fancy stick*