How to Battlemage - Morrowind Build and Start Guide

[@CoffeeNutGaming]

Guess what is NOT in this video for the first time ever?? I can hardly believe it too 👀

[@ThePermanentMoose]

no limeware platter? aight I'm boutta head out...

[@jinma42]

Balmora? Edit: Yes. 🗿

[@SpookyWatcher]

You playing Morrowind?

[@mr.pumpkin8891]

hey coffee would u mind cover morrowind rebirth? its a mind blowing mod and im sure u could make a great video abt it

[@UnknownMoses]

Are you using OpenMW?

[@CountofVatesgrad]

There's nothing like a human Tin Can shooting lightning bolts from its hands, gotta love the Battlemage!

[@jameswilkes451]

18:19 "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, I was disgusted. I craved the strength and certainty of steel..."

[@rubicc1920]

2024 morrowind is fucking wild - i love it -sincerely, a morrowind player who started playing in 2024

[@KingLich451]

it's a wild fuckin' indeed.

[@thicc_reap7569]

His channel is great check out his other videos

[@danielmurphy123]

Watching Gaenor getting ganked and over-encumbered by a mob of Greater Bonewalkers is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.

[@DaemianOfMars]

I don't know if someone already said this but whenever I watch your videos I feel you're like the Bob Ross of Morrowind. Instead of showing us how to easily paint you show us how to easily make a viable character from the get-go and make it our own. Also the chill vibes. Great vids! I just subscribed

[@HovJigga]

Holy Shit. You're finally covering my favorite playstyle. Can't wait to watch the full thing once I wake up tomorrow!

[@Solid-Shizzard]

Battlemage chads rise up

[@Yashhaa]

NEW COFFEENUTS POST?!?!?!?!?!? Bro I just started playing morrowind and you’re like the only person I’ve been watching. Great videos bro!!!

[@jasonmuller1199]

A Breton born under the Atronach sign is my favorite race it pretty much makes you invincible to magic

[@ThePressurizer]

Ah, a classic! I took some of your tips on throwing weapons and created a stealthy ninja Breton. Tons of fun!

[@ThePressurizer]

@jesusachmed8645 Like the classic Skyrim Stealth Archer? :)

[@zachlewis9751]

Spaceballs. Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.

[@disabledfalafel]

An Altmer Battlemage has been my go to for both Oblivion and Morrowind since I first played one on Skyrim. I used a similar strategy to defeat Gaenor, except for using hungers instead of bonewalkers to bypass his incredibly high evasion rate (along with a crap ton of other daedra to maximize DPS). Great video as always :D

[@yashaze586]

Just for the Spaceballs refinance you get my sub

[@teukeh]

I haven't played Morrowing in well over 10 years, I just really like your editing style and they way you make these guides! Keep up the great work :)

[@dequaleg]

I love these guides they got me back into Morrowind. I would love to see your take on an Arcane Trickster build!!!

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Magic rogues are so fun, especially since magic can fill in for some roleplay elements that aren't already in the game.

[@22788ocheeva]

The added touch of BATTLEmage and battleMAGE in your time stamps gave me quite the chuckle.

[@jugginsznn]

These videos give me life, keep up the great guides!!

[@Johnlaps]

Happy to see that you're making videos

[@RomanusVII]

Would love a Sorcerer episode of this

[@_Irrelevant]

This came out at the perfect time! Playing Morrowind for the first time ever, and loving it. I've been messing around with different character builds in the beginning so I can find one I'll be happy going to endgame with, and Battlemages are super cool as a concept, so here I am.

[@arturick673]

Breton has been my go to for ages.

[@smanbeu]

Nord shreds

[@digitalmstrmind]

Breton gang rise up

[@thelizardwizard6772]

Ive been waiting for this How To Class vid for so long, i love it!

[@geenoix2357]

Battlemages don't need Destruction. That's what the hammer is for

[@method2madness]

The reason battlemages are assiciated with blunt weapons is that in the late dark ages and early medieval period in Europe, when warrior priests still existed, many of them strictly used clubs and blunt maces in an effort to limit the drawing of blood in battle.

[@sawyerglover560]

Up a hill near Hla Oad, you can find an ebony shortsword. A good pick-up for any playthrough

[@tylerprudhomme]

looks very fun tbh I'll have to give this built a run. love your energy and charisma too. you know how to make these things ( mechanics and strategies that many people would find boring) very entertaining. that's a rare skill

[@cordell224]

Subbed kinda recently and was wondering when this video was going to drop!! Thank you Coffee, I greatly enjoyed your Spellsword build as well, it inspired me to want to play this game again after playing it as a child on my original Xbox like 20 years ago!!

[@munkeydude777]

babe wake up new lifestyle just dropped

[@thecore8605]

I love Orcs for battlemages, either destruction or conjuration feel right with orcs, it really plays into that Orc Shaman stereotype

[@user-ox4op1yc2w]

Great stuff man! Would love to see your take on a vampire/werewolf how to. I've never gotten around to even becoming a vampire xD.

[@Richthofen100]

Great vid

[@softo-and-weto]

Youre the best morrowind channel brother, i say drop more deep dives but ik these videos cant be easy to record/edit. Respect If you ever decide to explore/explain Oblivion, youre the channel I'm gonna watch🤝

[@A_rodis]

seeing this channel grow since i was in my last MW phase a year ago is very nice to see. glad you're still playing this flawless game. im going from my fallout phase into a MW one myself. maybe ill beat the game for the first time since starting it 15 years ago! and with this class

[@nobodyyouknow1065]

I was going to watch this anyway but it doesn’t hurt that you opened with a sneak peek of the time honored test of any build: killing gaming’s most OP homeless man.

[@Max2ds]

Gaenor is now a permanent fixture in Mournhold. His regeneration prevents his death from hunger, but his strength never recovers. He lacks the power to even speak at this point. All refer to him as the Ebony Statue now

[@Kurgan0822]

Thanks for all the guides Coffee. I haven't played this game in years and need all the help I can get.

[@10yenmechanic50]

I finally got into Morrowind after watching your videos. Coming from skyrim and then oblivion, the dice rolls made me give up early in playthroughs a good 5 times or so. Your videos helped me get over the early game hump and now I feel so immersed in this fantastic world. Thank you!

[@shlamonov341]

last few days I was just thinking about makeinfg new char orc battle mage, thanks for tips man, right on time!

[@simulatec5774]

Love your content man! Break the game with real items in game rather then soul trap fortify attributes hack you always bring me back to the game haha

[@TurkOLDgames]

Coffenut thanks for make that great service to morrowind community, you inspire me to make videos from that game in portuguese because have low channels doing that here in brazil, im with 1 video of spellarcher build that im editing and soon i will make audiobook of morrowind books in portuguese too, thanks so much

[@UncleBoss-cr1cb]

I started a battlemage playthrough a couple weeks ago but I'm focusing exclusively on Tamriel Rebuilt. I went with an Orc and the default Battlemage class, tho. I love your enthusiasm and excitement; your channel is one of my favorites and it deserves way more views than what it has. I subscribed on two accounts even. I'd kick some money your way if I wasn't going through a bankruptcy atm

[@TamaHawkLive]

These how too guides have really brought back an urge to play this game again and play test more than just my standard dark elf fighter build lol

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Awesome build! I like using Blunt Weapon with mage characters as well, it even fits with "pure" mages so that your staff isn't useless when it runs out of charge.

[@vismundcygnus3795]

34:31 that was a werewolf, Coffee. If it had been night time he would've transformed and become quite the problem lol

[@jaked-beans]

Another awesome video! Thanks for the morrowind content!

[@vuyanitause6534]

Fun Tip: If your feeling confident(the quest can be cheesed) get the mace of molag bal. Not as strong as the recommended mace but absorbs fatigue and magicka making you be able to cast more spells.

[@masonjones8527]

I made a Breton Battlemage as well. I use long swords though. I just got the boots of blinding speed and made a 1 pt levitate for 60 secs spell so i just zoom around in the air slaying cliff racers before they can blink and slinging spells at rats. It's pretty sick, I gotta think of some new spells to make.

[@Mollikar]

After playing every Elder Scrolls game multiple times I sort of settled on my Artificer Battlemage build, put everything into physical warrior stats, take Alchemy and Enchanting to turn my Armor into basically Megatron. Breton is always the best BM choice obviously

[@PazuChill]

I love seeing Morrowind guides in 2024. This is one of my absolute favorite games.

[@iamgoont]

Ain't no way i just started a battlemage playthrough 2 days ago. Your timing is impeccable, good sir!

[@titaniumvulpes]

You know, I'm pretty sure that naked nord taunting you from the rock was actually a werewolf!

[@UnknownMoses]

In Morrowind, you do the exact inversion of me with my Breton, I choose Combat as specialization then for favorite attributes Agility and Intelligence. Agility to I hit more and get knocked down more and intelligence for more magicka. Major Skills: Long Sword, Mysticism, Conjuration, Destruction, Restoration Minor Skills: Light Armor, Short Blade, Alteration, Block, Heavy Armor Birth Sign depending on my mood: Mage or Atronach Restoration levels slow and is good against undead so it really helps to have it in the major skills group. Restoration allows you to heal between fights allows you to carry far less potions. I never use enchanting skill, I only use the enchanted items I find.

[@Slarti76]

This is so amazing. I always found Morrowind a bit inaccessible. So help me the RNG at the start? Death by MUDCRAB!! I'M A BLOODY ORC! HOW! Anyway I'm mimicking these builds and getting so much more out of the game. Finally that money I spent 22 years ago on the original game is worth it. I mean I came from Arena and Daggerfall which were essentially spreadsheets with graphics. Anyway, this Irish Gen Xer is subscribed :)

[@ltjon1924]

Here's a video idea: Propylons explained/ guide. There's plenty of short little guides that show you where to get all the indexes, but none of them are narrated and voiced as to explain any of the lore or the why to them? If I remember right I think they are an additional Fast Travel network but for obvious reasons left unused? I'm too lazy to do the research and just want to listen to you talk about it! Lmao! I've always just used Mark and recall to Scamp Trader in Caldera and then go to the various routes from the Mage Guild guide, but I'm curious if Propylons might be able to add a benefit to a fast travel Network, or if it's just a wild goose chase?

[@amospersson6409]

Poor Gaenor, a fate worse than death.

[@SomethingScotty]

There's also that free 2h axe you can get in Seyda Neen in a log behind the watchtower.

[@idanluz2]

love your videos, rock on !

[@CoffeeNutGaming]

Glad you're enjoying em! 🤘

[@exigm]

awesome video man glad to see you back!!

[@maxx2536]

I believe you already recommended Bretons for a mage build in the past

[@CoffeeNutGaming]

Lol you're right - in the OG How to Mage. When I was filming for some reason I thought I picked High Elf in that one.

[@marlowe2215]

Yet another wonderful character build guide from the master himself, folks!

[@welp_dang]

your vids bring me comfort and good times!

[@floppa554]

thank you for your videos

[@Zombiphobia]

There is no Todd but Todd and Veloth is the prophet of Todd. All thanks and wellbeing is due to Him.

[@shetlandapache949]

Blunt weapons have the highest enchant charge so it makes sense for that advantage

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

Now I really wanna do a more melee slanted version with the orc, inspired by the mystic knight from Dragon's Dogma. A mace-and-board warrior with spells for utility and CC. This might be my que to try that max difficulty run I've been thinking about.

[@kingbranden1369]

Have a rare like from me. You really captured the fun of Morrowind.

[@marcosdheleno]

you know, i think an amazing race that people dont consider for battlemages is the NORD. think about it, with a nord, with the lady birthsign, and endurance as one of your starting attributes, you will start the game with 85 endurance. that's almost maxed health gains from the start of the game. add to that their natural immunity to cold, resistance to shock. and the dragon cuirass giving immunity to fire, you can make yourself incredibly resilient against elemental damage. the best part is, the lady also gives 25 to personality, which is one of the bigger drawbacks of picking nord. and it invert you from starting with the 30, to 55. of course, there's a big reason people dont think of the nord as a good option, since they are too melee focused. but i genuinely think, that's not as much of a drawback as people think. outside ofthe low inteligence, that does really suck.

[@savvarayetsky4576]

Please do a Sorcerer one! With classic daggerfall-style Atronach sign for that anti-mage caster, essentially a magicka battery feel

[@johamidmirgl532]

Dream theatre is heat dude. I fuck with the shirt

[@UnknownMoses]

I cant watch the video because I haven't played Morrowind in about 15 years and do not want to remember anything because I plan on playing very soon. Awesome video though

[@KrusherMike]

I can forgive passing up the Firebite dagger for RP reasons, but man... I gotta call you out for not grabbing that Iron Shardaxe.

[@DomagojSkiljan]

Thanks for playing this game in so much cool ways ^^ I installed it a couple of months ago, but I min maxed the carecter till it's no fun again 😂😂😂

[@davidkelling159]

This dropped 2 weeks ago? I'm sorry I just saw it on my feed...it's almost the houses didn't want me to see it. I was busy honoring the tribe unmourned, and getting dumped

[@stoyantodorov2133]

Love the shoutout to the orcs being great battlemages. Female orcs in particular have literally no weaknesses when it comes to combat, be it with weapons or magic.

[@Jackbat69]

I like doing a battlemage / crusader orc biuld all the time

[@johnhawthorne4716]

You can steal the items from the reg office. Grab it And drop it instantly

[@AlexanderRamirez-jv2dg]

I always struggle between Breton battle mage or Breton Witch hunter. They couldn't be any more opposite in terms of play style (staying on the magic side of the game that is). I love both and I struggle to choose.

[@williamlazenby314]

Should have chosen Endurance and Spear instead of Strength and Blunt. Heavy Armor and Spear both function off of Endurance. Pumping Endurance higher is more survivability.

[@joshuabryant9845]

Love the Spaceballs reference.

[@curajacaster]

bretons are always my fave race

[@goransekulic3671]

I personally wouldn't go Conjuration for a Battlemage. Maybe the exception would be "Bound item" spells. Something about using minions is just not Battlemage / Bloodrager etc enough. Such a character should have focus on combat(Weapon + Heavy Armor ... ideally Axe or Blunt + HA), Destruction spells(well, ofc) and Enchant. And, TWO HANDED WEAPONS! That's what a BM is to me. Then again, it could run afoul of being kinda similar to a Spellsword. I tend to go more Magic heavy on a BM(it is a mage with a help of combat) while a Sword is the other way around(combatant with a help from spells).

[@David_Alvarez77]

Yeah. I think you are correct. I think he is conflating the battlemage and the sorcerer classes in this video.

[@goransekulic3671]

@@David_Alvarez77 Going by TES, yes. Don't get me wrong, his class is perfectly fun, but that is a Sorcerer, not a Battlemage. A bit more combat oriented Sorc, but Sorc nonetheless.

[@UnknownMoses]

The first time I played Morrowind, I played as a Dark Elf but every single time I have played Elder Scrolls since I play as a female Breton for the speed boost even though sex only matters in Morrowind. I don't know habbit I guess, and in skyrim vanilla it matters even less which race you take.

[@jippij]

wooo sotc music !!

[@BryceOfVarrock]

I love these videos so much! I need to get a way to play morrowind=\

[@MurkyConspiracy]

My Morrowind no longer has a cursor, like in menus and such. I think maybe a windows update caused bugged it out. Have you experienced this before, or have any ideas? Epic video as well!

[@nicholausstevens1262]

First thing that showed up on a Google search said to try Windowed Full-screen Mode, sometimes morrowind doesn't like normal full screen or high resolution settings which can mess with the menus and your cursor.

[@MurkyConspiracy]

​@@nicholausstevens1262I have tried that, along with changing my resolution, and the DPI scaling fix. What is interesting is that OBS can see my cursor, it just isn't rendering in game. I am using OpenMW btw. Thank you for the tip to try!

[@bradleevelez9001]

Since you are on OpenMW maybe you pressed the button that hides the cursor, idk what it is on keyboard but on controller if on a menu or inventory you click on the left stick of the controller it makes go away or come back, maybe try that?

[@nicholausstevens1262]

@@MurkyConspiracy yea do what the otherguy said. Hit all your function keys and stuff that isn't bound to anything. You'll find which button it is eventually and have your cursor back.

[@MurkyConspiracy]

@@bradleevelez9001 @nicholausstevens1262 I have tried all of the function keys and every other button on the keyboard in menu a few times. I have an xbox one controller plugged in. The PC recognizes it but OpenMW doesn't seem to like it as an input. I can control the game or menus. I tried the left click stick with it but it didn't do anything (guessing because it isn't using the controller). I am trying to get the controller to work now as this seems like a good lead!

[@fetidcreeper]

Hey coffee. I recently attempted again to actually play a mage in a run, and ended up moving towards battlemage, and then just a knight. Happens everytime. Its the one thing i never did in morrowind, since 2003 or whenever it released. Never mage, telvanni or high elf.

[@tillercaesar-kq4ou]

Just getting back into the game in 20 years because I saw a neat lore video. My question is, can I use console commands or something to give my slave gear?

[@mrcrowe1848]

kinda crazy how close your voice is to Wes Johnson at some points in this video lmao

[@noFace00106]

With either of warhammer or a staff you should be able to stand outside of his range and kill him

[@sigmazeta2044]

assuming this is on default difficulty slider and Gaenor really damaged to zero Strength, which he's now dealing half as much as the base damage of his weapon, so I guess between damage of 1 to 18 per hit lmao

[@randyb4191]

Playing morrowind on my 360 today

[@CoffeeNutGaming]

Happy adventuring 🤘

[@FinalPenance]

Breton is objectively the best class since Morrowind.. every class benefits from magic resist

[@tommycole24]

I've been sleeping in that mages bed countless times, and the dark brotherhood assassin will not attack me😂 why tho

[@lordvile1209]

if attack is fortified 100 but agility is drained 100 wouldn't that pretty much cancel each other out? agility affects your ability to hit doesn't it?

[@thebrokenkid5550]

HIYAAA MAN LOVE YA CONTENTT

[@mohamedmaatougui2469]

Berserk > Adrenaline Rush really any day of the week outside of the hyper niche situation where your inventory is full so the extra strength is nice 100% Hit-Chance let's you dmp all weapon skills and still have higher hit-chance than all other races, this combined with some skill or longer reach weapons or even marksman let's you easily destroy anyone in the game, compared to Adrenaline Rush which limits you to Long Blades and doesn't allow you to beat enemies far out of your league not to mention that Fortify Fatigue gives higher casting chance than both Altmer and Bretons along with improving every other activity affected by Faitgue, and since Casting doesn't Drain Fatigue Orcs end up being some of the best casters in the game with Atronach

[@miroslavmalivukovic1534]

Murder-Smurfs for the win!

[@bobgrimes8618]

When are you going to bring the Coffee Nut TouchID to Tamriel Rebuilt?

[@xs10shul]

Ok I've watched all the way through and I cannot figure out how you open the chest at the 30:30 mark. What spell is being used?

[@wuguxiandi9413]

A whole build that doesn't use soul trap glitch for perma stat increases? How barbaric....