Skyrim - Block Guide (2021)

[@NicholsBlauner]

your videos have a way of making the game feel more immersive than other channels. I think its the slight pauses where you take in the scenery. I'm not sure, but either way thank you for your content

[@Leto85]

I think it's also because he takes you on a training journey in these videos.

[@michaelsanders7484]

What makes this so great imo, This is a ten year old game, but you decided to still make a skill guide for it. There's a million skill guides but you decided you wanted to do one as well. I appreciate your passion! Thanks for the video.

[@GameVibzMason]

Hey thanks buddy yeah I know what you mean, I was late to the KZbin game but not the skyrim game. I have some catching up to do but I really try to bring 10 years of expertise to the videos lol

[@michaelsanders7484]

@@GameVibzMason well keep it up my friend!

[@MrMoo_Cosplay]

Most KZbinrs are all fart and no poo, put let me tell you good sir, when you fart, you most definitely follow through! I started watching you with your new vegas 100% dlc guides, you’ve helped me to 100% Skyrim with these!

[@branchie8979]

Did you really have to go with the fart and poo analogy?

[@Fish_flakly]

@@branchie8979 yes he did have to go with the analogy

[@bex6745]

This comment is nothing to sneeze at.

[@jeffgoode9865]

I've... never heard this expression before. My life is forever different, from this day. Thank you.

[@MrMoo_Cosplay]

@@jeffgoode9865 You are most welcome. Use it well friend.

[@al3ksand3r71]

and make a soup CABBAGE+POTATO+LEEK+TOMATO=VEGETABLE SOUP Restore 1 pt. of health and stamina per sec. for 720 sec. This is one of the most powerful and overlooked thing in skyrim you can make if you like melee fight and bashing

[@samuelcameron8910]

Watching your videos has made me play skyrim again, I know pretty much everything your saying but I watch your videos because you bring the life of the game back to me and I’ll be honest that isn’t an easy thing to do. I appreciate your videos man keep it up!

[@MrJeffschuler]

yeah me too !!!

[@kmater356]

You know what I just noticed? All of your magic guides have an epic thumbnail of the best spells in the game...except for illusion where its just you casting muffle in that guys ear lmfao. Keep up the good work.

[@GameVibzMason]

Iv noticed and regret that lol maybe ill redo it

[@ikeharrison1]

@@GameVibzMason These are great vids my dude, excellent job, just subscribed! Question, this is all vanilla, correct? Or are you using mods i.e. Ordinator etc. Not a criticism just a question. Thanks!

[@GameVibzMason]

It's special edition so it's vanilla plus all the dlc

[@eddielim3909]

It has been years since I last replayed Skyrim but one of the most fun build was a shield-charge-bowling-ball build where I just charge in and knock everything down like bowling pins.

[@JD-pl8xz]

Been playing since 2011 but never have had a block level higher than 25, thanks for the guide my friend!

[@AzoiatheCobra]

dont forget that besides all of the books there is a guy in whiterun that will ask you to fetch a sword, and as a reward he will increase your one-handed and block skill by one

[@Trephining]

Amren, the one who asks if you've considered mercenary work

[@jordantucker9799]

Not to mention that's where one of the Transmute Spell Tomes is located. Real great for making gold then crafting enchanted jewelry.

[@Dr4wfox]

I was waiting for this. Just bought this game, hope it is good. Joking aside, I love the Shield build, because it is extremelly op, love the Spellbreaker.

[@reffa2858]

Theres a new version coming out in like week.

[@Dr4wfox]

@@reffa2858 just hope I won't have to pay again

[@flabbergasted6231]

You have no idea how much you have just made my day. I have been playing this game for around 9 years and had no clue you could disenchant the solitude shield and use the resist magic enchantment TWICE! That is crazy to me! That is amazing! I hate magic so much in this game yet love it at the same time. I always make a point of trying to make my builds as resistant to magic as I possibly can so I can just essentially shrug off whenever someone is shooting me with magic and just strike them down or if I'm getting pelted by dragon fire I can just tank it. But then main reason is I'll be honest a more stupid reason. Purely for that stupid quest in the Labrynthian with the stupid soul gems all in that one hallway room area that shoot fire at you and for me never fail to one shot me. Ever since then I always level up my alteration to 100 and even then it can still sometimes one shot me or bring my health down so low that I can get killed with only one more shot. So any resist magic enchants are super helpful. I want to be able to if I walk across a rune trap to not be even phased one bit. I love the atronach effect too where you see the swirl surrounding you as you instead absorb the magic to use it for yourself lol. So satisfying. I'm just like a mad evil scientist at that point like "YES! DO IT AGAIN! HIT ME MORE! I WANT YOU TO HIT ME AGAIN! I WANT TO WATCH AS YOUR EFFORTS FAIL BEFORE YOUR EYES!" You may ask, "Are you sure it is an evil scientist and not a masochist or sadist?" To that I answer you, "Mind your business and don't ask me difficult questions to answer." 😂😂

[@BOWDOWN2JESSE]

I watch these videos like I didn’t know this info yet… dammit I’m playing Skyrim again now

[@hf7219]

Nice, that brings some light in the dark.

[@blackmailz]

I'm surprised that a LOT of my friends NEVER knew that the Auriel's shield. To be fair it was one of the most well hidden secret "weapons" but still. And yes i do stand around waiting to be hit like 15 times cuz who doesnt like watching a band of bandits lined up in a tight cave and be fusrodah'd?

[@bartekgumieniak2815]

you can skip part with books, because block skill tree as he mentioned is one of fastest skill tree to level up. if you really want to use those books then go to soltsheim and grab black book from ravenrock and you can stop leveling at 90lvl. i would recomend using book at skills that are very hard to level up such us destruction skill

[@GameVibzMason]

Yeaj its way faster without the books I just show 1 of every book because no one ever has lol

[@Trephining]

It's still good from the point of view of the video maker to include the skill books and their locations, as that definitely rounds out the information about how the player can develop the skill. With that information in hand (in mind), then it is up to the player to decide how they apply it.

[@Varunic219]

Points for everybody!

[@Fosfato008]

Great guides also thanks to your God guide I'm trying to go for all achievements, it's super helpful and clear

[@GaaraFPS]

modding in the ability to run and jump just adds so much more to the shield bash being able to clear chasms with a nice jump and not the dash shout while shield bashing an arrow out of the air is one of the most satisfying things ive done in this game

[@Chrisfragger1]

Shield Charge is super fun, like Pain Train in FO4.

[@idkpeerpressure2854]

Very well rounded explanation of this skill imo as a seasoned Skyrim player. I only have two critiques and it is so minor that it hardly matters. It's your pronunciation of 'Chitin.' Like I said, it's a small critique. Correct pronunciation (atleast in the American dialect) sounds like 'Kite' 'tin' or 'Kite-in'. This is how to correctly pronounce the word according to the dictionary (if that detail matters to people, idk). Anyways, my second is based on my understanding of how you gain xp in the block skill tree. I believe you gain more xp the more damage you block per hit. If that is the case, DO NOT wait until you are level 95 to introduce perks into the block skill tree, but instead, add your perk points to the necessary skills in Block as you reach the necessary level to "purchase" them with your perk points.

[@joelpierce1453]

While Spellbreaker is objectively the best shield overall, Auriel's shield is the best light armor shield, and if you like the ancient falmer armor that goes with it, you want the shield to match the set.

[@tannermason4315]

By far the best creator for this type of gameplay!

[@erikkarlsson6839]

What an mzing guide man, big thanks! Great work!

[@andrewreohr2072]

Honestly I love how the stalrim shield and silver armor

[@SargeWolf010]

I love collecting shields for wall decor 🤪

[@kyndread71]

I do the same thing. Since my toon is in the thieves guild, he collects the guard shields from all of the capital cities.

[@shard__matrix2]

I’m still following the god tier character guide and I’m loving it 🤩

[@tabsfornow]

Appreciate the vids! Been getting back into Skyrim and these are great reintroductions to the game.

[@nicholaswalker757]

One thing I'd like to point out to people is if you're playing any of the pre-special edition versions of skyrim the quick reflexes perk is glitched and it'll sometimes leave everything permanently in slow mode until you wait, quit out or load/reload an area. Also the glitch will even slow down the process of waiting, so if you use waiting to diagnose the glitch don't think the game is frozen if it takes extra long to wait that 1 hour to fix the bug. This can be really funny and op because it allows you to essentially neo your way through an entire level and kill/loot everything without taking any damage because you've slowed down time to the point where enemies barely even have time to aggro on to you before dying let alone get a hit off. It can also be really weird and wonky as well though because when the game glitches like this it messes up your sensitivity and the overall movement of your camera. Overall not something too serious as it's not something that will crash your game or anything and is pretty easily fixable, but just something I thought everyone should know before deciding if they want to use it on their build or not.

[@nicholaswalker757]

Edit was me adding the third paragraph because I miss-clicked.

[@thenerfbeaver6482]

Thank you so much, it’s so cool to be finally playing this game, so far I think it’s worth the hype

[@itsbob8806]

This guy videos made me play skyrim again

[@rasyidihramsyah7992]

I love Block tree but i never put more than 1 perk on shield wall perk as its waste of perk for me, and i always try to reach 70 block first so i could get block runner perk, combined with sneaky build it's really good, you could move normally while sneaking, my favorite build is dagger and shield assassin, it's really good build in 1 vs 1 or 1 vs many (non dragon) situation, as you could 1 shot them with shadow warrior perk, My end game equipment usually Legendary Valdr's lucky dagger or mehrunes razor + Spell breaker and not using any armor, only fully enchanted clothing, with sneak attack x2 enchantment on my glove

[@Starcat5]

Ah, another Blocking Rogue, I see. There are far too few of us. Most of the time when I try to tell folks about that trick they think I'm trying to punk them.

[@yahuahoverman9585]

@@Starcat5 How do I leave it at one and still protect myself effectively?

[@Starcat5]

@@yahuahoverman9585 Don't ask me, I wasn't the one who started this thread. The original comment was about using Block Runner to speed up moving while crouching. Using it defensively wasn't part of his build. In your particular use case, feel free to max it out.

[@yahuahoverman9585]

@@Starcat5 thank you

[@Glostahdude]

Excellent series bro! They nerfed salmon roe…. Fish don’t respawn anymore… ever. Also, when you in Thieves guild doing city of influence quests… you can no longer pause/save to make it easier by getting the same city from both Vex and Dev. THIS REALLY SUCKS…. Makes it take WAY LONGER!! Rant over…. Sorry lol Edit: Targe of the Blooded “Bleed” effect stacks. 3 hits = 9 Bleed etc. Awesome shield! Edit2: The low level ward, forget what it’s called…. That alone blocks about 50% of dragons breath

[@babak5827]

You are the true high king of skyrim :)

[@stealthyspy1012]

I personally don't like Quick Reflexes, when playing this on switch sometimes the slow time effect stays there forever and I'd have to reload a save, worst part is thst I'm a sword and shield :P

[@Axem71]

I love these guides, informative and entertaining. Thumbs up from me.👍😀

[@TomasDavmy]

Damage reduction is hardcapped in Skyrim. 80% from armor(567 armor) and 85% when blocking. So you still take damage from blocking arrows with the Deflect Arrows perk. About Bashing(which is big part when using a shield and you did not talk about): The "best" bash damage is a Two-handed weapon. Bashing with Two-handed weapon deal more damage than a shield. The best "item" for bashing is 'Vegetable Soup' which makes you able to spam bash for 720 seconds. source: wiki and testing you should check the wiki and do some testing before making these guides.

[@Dragonrider-cj8js]

Been playing this game since its release and never knew about Auri-Els shield

[@basdenhartogh1954]

To be fair its quite easy to miss

[@BradBrother]

Thank you for making these guides

[@julienfrisson9372]

Nice thanks for tutos and explication ! nice godjob, continue dude ! ;)

[@tobiasandersen1168]

I love there someone that still grunding skyrim😍

[@samuelcameron8910]

Have you ever thought about doing a guide to survival mode?

[@garbodude4365]

Block probably is my favorite tree in Skyrim, just feels good to use and get good with.

[@ndl6827]

Amazing guide man! Thank you so much for making it.

[@Varunic219]

This is fantastic. You are fantastic.

[@jordantucker9799]

Targe of the Blooded is quit interesting, I'm thinking of making an Gladiator warrior with the Champion's helmet an sword. An Imperial Shield is what I would've used but the Targe shield has a better aesthetic feel to it.

[@taab84]

spellbreaker is the best shield in the game but it has a major flaw, when the magic protection is breaked (it occus arely when the spell is too powerful) it stagger it's wielder

[@QuirrelSquad]

Imagine blocking - brought to you by the college of winterhold

[@TheBovineDictator]

Nice video. What about the difference between light and heavy shields? I know there is a weight difference, but does it synergise with your armour? And do armour perks affect shield performance? Thanks.

[@Masilvaaa]

Light armor perks affect the CA of Light Shields

[@Himothy_Wayne]

Hopefully you see this and can answer. I’ve always wondered if using the Targe of the Blooded with the shout Elemental Fury is a possibility. Just quick as hell shield bashes stacking that bleeding damage like nothing.

[@GameVibzMason]

It only effects one and two hamded not Shields and bows unfortunately

[@Himothy_Wayne]

@@GameVibzMason damn I gotcha. Just never knew if that was even remotely a possibility. Thanks for responding and the block breakdown!

[@olddboodaa4395]

Great vid and concept.

[@TheMadRatKing]

The one thing that pisses me off about the shield of ysgramor is that it’s tilted so it doesn’t clip into you due to its sheer *girth*. I tried mounting it on a display, and discovered that tilt is built into its fucking model, because it mounts onto the WALL tilted.

[@somemorewords9714]

I hope to see your guides on elder scrolls VI. Whenever that releases lol.

[@Trephining]

2037 at the latest. I would bet at least $24 that it comes out before the end of 2037.

[@LTmxr]

Thanks again for the dead money guide

[@Trephining]

What do you mean by "dead money guide"??

[@LTmxr]

@@Trephining I’m talking about his fallout new vegas dead money dlc guide it really helped

[@zzodysseuszz]

One of the shields in the thumbnail looks like the Pygmy shield from ds1

[@Gangerworld]

This was a while ago so I don't know if you'll get this, but it seems like your slow time using Quick Reflexes lasts longer than when I use Quick Reflexes. I'm on PS5 using the Anniversary Edition. Did they change Quick Reflexes so it doesn't last as long? I know it was bugged where it was on permanently. Maybe they changed it to avoid that? Because I remember playing Skyrim years ago and the slow time for Quick Reflexes seemed to last a LOT longer than it does now. I remember being able to dance all around an enemy during Quick Reflexes, and now I can barely move at all.

[@zgabrielr]

You have enchanted your Imperial Shield with 40% of blocking. Is this percentage the maximum which is available to reach by legit ways? I'd like to have the best enchantments for my Daedric Armor, I play as a Imperial, Shield and One-Handed Sword. How can get the best levels for enchantments?

[@tritebs1673]

Use fortify enchant potions and Ahzidals Armor set from the Dragonborn DLC Your best bet is to use potions you make at level 100 Alchemy. Snowberries and Blue Butterfly Wings. If you have the Rare Curios creation use Dreugh Wax and Stone-flower Petals, both have a multiplier for Fortify Enchanting which results in a better potions than any other Vanilla ingredients. I believe the highest Fortify Block I got was 50% using this method but I believe that's as high as you can get without exploits and glitches

[@byronrush9802]

@@tritebs1673 which is more than enough all you need is two pieces of gear to be 100% covered which is why veterans always raise enchanting first as it levels up with each item you disenchant and items you enchant

[@remote24]

​@@tritebs1673block caps at 85% you can reach that with a deadric shield/Warhammer and 4 Points into shield wall

[@MP-vf8qz]

I think the shield of solitude is the best in the game. With the resto glitch.

[@east90nine]

It's pretty clean. Now I'm thinking about doing a werewolf heavy armor shield build.

[@jcenterprisesjc]

For blocking I got a attacked by a Uber troll (I had dragon scale armor and 300 health) I jammed a bread tie into the block and let the single troll hit me. In an hour I had leveled up to 100 two almost three times!

[@oldgamerchick]

Wonderful video thanks for your hard work 🙃☕❤

[@Grendelful]

Game Objective: Stand Clear Bandit corpse: *YEET* Dovahkiin: That guy could be me.

[@RikiYao]

May I ask which graphic mod are you using? it looks great!

[@dominikhebr1986]

Thanks for this, i love this video it really helped you got a sub from me 👍

[@joelpierce1453]

I have a mod that lets me make unenchanted copies of quest items. So I can make the aetherial crown and still craft the shield for the aesthetics.

[@timothygoodwin3287]

Chitin is pronounced ky ten for future reference but great video!

[@Grendelful]

For clarification's sake, pronounce it like Kai-tin and you'll be fine. And indeed it's a great video I'll admit!

[@Trephining]

@@Grendelful no "schwa" character on most PC's keyboards, life is dang hard out here for these Skyrim piimps

[@connorself]

Just a very minor critique, Chitin does not have a Ch sound it has a cuh sound It’s pronounced Kai tin Sorry for being nit picky, but who knows maybe you’ll impress someone in the future knowing that

[@KelbPanthera]

1 small error I noticed: If you're using the spellbreaker, the elemental protection perk doesn't really matter much anymore. The ward generated functions like any other ward; it blocks -all- incoming damage from magical effects unless it's shattered. In the case of dragon's breath, even the lowly lesser ward spell is adequate 99% of the time because of how dragon's breath ticks damage onto the target. The ward on spellbreaker is between the lesser and steadfast wards in power so it gets pretty dicey against mid and late game mages. Tell ya what feels like an absolute baller move though. Roll up into Morvunskar (just south of Windhelm) with a greater ward while under the effects of shalidor's insights on restoration and a maxed out fortify restoration potion and watch a whole squad of enemy mages pound uselessly on your magical brick-wall while you zap-fry them with chain-lightning in turn. Epic.

[@asasd440]

You could do that but just stack the magic resistence from enchants, use the standing stone that grants you resistence. if youre breton you get extra resistence. then you get perk that resist 50% damage from frost fire etc and youre basically immune to shit anyway. if you really wanna go over the top go on the alteration skill tree and get the extra magic resist, with necromage, breaks the cap and puts even higher.

[@KelbPanthera]

@@asasd440 magic resistance is capped at 80% before difficulty adjustment. Absorb magick isn't but getting it to 100% requires either necromage vampire or defeating Miraak. The ward just no-sells incoming magic.

[@asasd440]

@@KelbPanthera with necromage you can break the cap. plus you arent reliant on magicka. if youre non magic build.

[@KelbPanthera]

@@asasd440 Just double-checked manually. Necromage vamp with the sum of my resist magic effects in the active effects tab was 119% and the dragon at bonestrewn crest barbequed me no problem. All of the damage resistances, physical from armor or blocking and magical from magic resist or element resist are hard-coded to cap at 80%. You can combine element and magic resist to get 96% total but some still gets through. That applies after the absorbtion check if you have one or another version of that. On magicka cost, there's a number of ways to deal with it even if you're not a mage build. Easiest is the secret of arcana from one of the black-books; no cost at all for spellcasting for 1 minute 1/day. Elsewyr fondue and a couple top-quality fortify magicka items or fort restoration items can also do a long way. Shalidor's insights scrolls cut cost in half and increase magnitude by half-again so they're always worth the side-quest to have a few if you're gonna use any magic at all. I'll admit you do *need* the appropriate level restoration perk (novice/ apprentice/ adept) for wards to be a realistic option but you're likely to grab those for heals anyway. If you are a mage and you don't want to waste low-level xp on one or another armor skill, you're gonna need wards to keep up on your armor rating anyway. Better to learn to wield them well sooner than later. I get it, man. I wrote wards off at first too. They're well worth the effort though.

[@asasd440]

@@KelbPanthera im not sure how you were flamed that bad. Atm in legendary i can simply stand at breath weapon or magic and laugh it off. Never bothered with actually leveling heal and investing so much in magic if im playing as a fighting character, i rather stack absorb health or others, poisons since they are simply more effective. But ill try to check what you suggested though those are heavy investment.

[@emredemir9068]

Hi GameVibz does the blocking skills work with a sword? Example: you block a attack with a sword.

[@GameVibzMason]

Yessir

[@skittlezmac]

Also I love your vids!

[@skittlezmac]

I know it's low budget but I go into the Rat Way in Riften and find the brawler guy with the enhanced unarmed gloves and let him punch my shield all the way to 100

[@Trephining]

Not a bad idea. About how long does that take if you start with Block at 15? Or 20 or whatever.

[@skittlezmac]

@@Trephining maybe 45 or so mins

[@fluffygengar3533]

Be honest, you only do smithing for daedric and dragon gear.

[@georgianultraimperialistor2934]

amazing video king

[@pawelkleban7289]

is there any difference between using heavy armous or light armour shields?

[@MeanOldGaffer]

For console players, I would skip the slow time perk, it can glitch out and time can stay slow for WAYYYY too long. It's not worth it.

[@akambibellow9914]

Dont fight the giant if you are low level

[@firstpersonsnooter2519]

Can someone explain to me what the difference between light and heavy shields are? Does the shield scale with heavy and light armor trees or what?

[@issuespunkrock]

Nice start to my day!

[@ouroboros3705]

only two issues my man, its pronounced kai-tan not chitten and you didnt need to do all the separate cities shields

[@notxesenad8867]

My man hahahahaha

[@ilbertipt]

what a video! Grazie!!!1!

[@TommiHonkonen]

don it be better that ariel shield than spellbreak because if you can fusroda multiple person at once

[@graham9045]

So blocking with just a dagger, like a failed assassination attempt, what block skills are useful for that?

[@christinaedwards5084]

As a general rule of thumb, left side of skill tree is for shields, right side is for weapons. Say you had a 100 skill one-handed character with 100% armsman a daedric dagger does 33 damage. Add the x5 bash perk you’d do 165 damage. But armour resistance will lower that number. Least that’s how I think it works, however as an assassin I’d rather use poison. Maxed lingering damage health poison combined with concentrated poison perk is over 300 damage And totally ignores armour.

[@gagerobinette7838]

I love you gamevibz

[@rinnegan2003]

Dawnguard shield: who are you? Targe of blooded: im you but better

[@georgioslucasfilmos2001]

Take a shot every time he says "shieeld"

[@yoko3182]

Chitin is pronounced "Kai-tin"

[@GameVibzMason]

Lol! First im hearing if it!

[@Trephining]

@@GameVibzMason Yeah, "chitin" doesn't come up in everyday conversation all that often, does it? Skyrim has a small cadre of such words that push the vocabulary usage a little bit.

[@kajetanjankowski6339]

So how can we find the item have the enchated block skill high ?

[@louiejimbroski8802]

Me who plays as a sneaky archer watching this video: interesting...

[@CFoust9111]

Great stuff

[@otisantreou1802]

Ugghhhhh fine I’ll start a new character

[@burntspaget9643]

Bro did he just say.. "big black heavy thing"

[@9gag1992]

But can you dodge?

[@seaweedisvegetable8465]

i got 9 legendary block skill, just to get perk point

[@fluffygengar3533]

Chitin is kai-tin i think

[@lynn2215]

Nice!

[@reggyjohnson9083]

Giant loses club- Guess I’ll die

[@gagalmg]

All my shields are " block 1 billion with your shield " :🤗

[@gamerager3998]

Can you do bow

[@Ilfrinco]

and theeeeen?

[@jeffreysmith4196]

Why get the books at all?

[@GameVibzMason]

Because I'll be the first one ever to show one of every book and its just a little edition to spice it up and throw in extra content lol

[@Trephining]

@@GameVibzMason ^And THAT is what makes it so that in the inevitable Battle Royale among all of our favorite known Skyrim YT content creators (yes, inevitable, this is going to happen one day, hopefully streamable live, and ZERO microtransactions, lololol), GameVibs will do rather well, definitely making it to at least the final 40% of the lot. Consistency with his craft matters.

[@michaelwelsh9700]

“Kite-in”

[@savagex466-qt1io]

Beareful with extra health on your shield lol if your low health and you swtich away from your shield you will die lol. I never get 5 points into Shield Wall. just 1 perk as you can enchant it to get the effect and have a resist magic. Honestly it does not reduce much damage at all. Mybie if you want to make the game harder and you dont get enchanting perks or just want to "wast " some perks to make it harder then ya sink em into that or lock picking lol

[@eyangjoseph2796]

Anyone experiencing invisible ebony shield?

[@GameVibzMason]

Yes! That happened to me! Wtf hey?