Matilda the Shieldmaiden | Skyrim Build Guide

[@lyrianmaximus4561]

Great to see these vanilla builds. I hope you get more subscribers

[@HappyHippo2002]

A great build to kick off your build series! I started up this build about two weeks ago now and I'm loving it. Of course I play Adept, with Survival Mode and all the AE Content, plus I don't use any exploits and focus on roleplaying, but I still take the heart of the build and play it. And this build has been great fun. I can't wait to make my way through all of your builds as time goes on. I'm really excited for the next build, the King of Monsters, just because I've never done an unarmed character before. Keep up the great work, and I'm definitely staying tuned for new builds whenever they drop.

[@Fahluaan]

Thank you so much! This is still one of my favourite builds and not just because it was my first. I'm glad you're enjoying it and I hope you enjoy the rest of my content too. Coincidentally my King of Monsters build was actually my first time playing an unarmed character too!

[@HappyHippo2002]

@@Fahluaan Well, update time. Currently Level 48, 75 hours into the character. I have not had fun like this in Skyrim since SE came out in 2016. For some reason, it was this build that cured my constant restarting. Thank you for these amazing builds! I have finished the Companions, Civil War (Empire), and tons of Side Quests on her journey (Survival Mode, no fast travel as well). So much fun honestly. I just beat the Main Quest last night, leaving the Dawnguard and Dragonborn as the only questlines left. However, for the first time in my 10 years of Skyrim, I've got a game-breaking bug that will prevent me from completing the Dawnguard questline in the future. In addition, there are a few changes I wish I had made before/during this playthrough. So as of today, I'm pausing this build and moving onto the next (King of Monsters). Eventually I will come back to the Hero of Whiterun and restart her, changing a few things I wish I had, and paying more attention to bugs than I did this time around.

[@Fahluaan]

@@HappyHippo2002 Thanks for the update! I'm so glad to hear that you've been enjoying this build and I hope you enjoy the next one. Sorry to hear about the game-breaking bug. Hopefully you won't encounter it on your next play. What changes do you think you will make to the build?

[@HappyHippo2002]

@@Fahluaan I didn't realize at first that all your Builds were built for Legendary Difficultly, and as somehow who always plays on Adept, I won't be needing Enchanting on every character. I think I'd remove it from this character and replace it with Archery, since it fits the build, but I didn't have enough Perks for it. As well, not directly build related, but with my Roleplay, I'd love to actually write a journal for my character, where I write about the events of each day, sort of like you'd find on am adventure in a cavern in Skyrim. Just a cool thing to always remember each build by. I'd also start the Dawnguard earlier, as I had finished everything in the base game beforehand, leaving just the Dawnguard by itself, which with Survival Mode, is ridiculous amounts of back and forth travelling. I'd rather do it alongside all of my other questlines as well.

[@Fahluaan]

@@HappyHippo2002 those are all good points. For the journals, that is a great idea! Do you, or have you considered publishing those online?

[@rustammadatli6666]

There once was a hero named Ragnar The Red

[@Fahluaan]

Who came riding to Whiterun from ol' Rorikstead

[@mizfeyl]

​@@Fahluaan and that braggart did swagger and brandish his blade

[@Fahluaan]

@@mizfeyl as he told of bold battles and gold he had made

[@mizfeyl]

@@Fahluaan but then he went quiet did Ragnar the red

[@Fahluaan]

@@mizfeyl when he met the Shieldmaiden Matilda who said

[@ticcitina7093]

Nice video virtual gamer 👍😁

[@Fahluaan]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

[@brynyolfxd3010]

Theres no point doing the dwarven box quest .. its been glitched since launch and Bugthesda has never bothered to fix it "give us ypur money and go away" business philosophy

[@Fahluaan]

@@brynyolfxd3010 I think the Smithing aspect is fixed by the unofficial patch, but that doesn't help those of us playing on console