Skyrim With ONLY Novice Spells...

[@ZekeWaters_]

My mod list is out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJXafX1sg69gg6Msi=qs3tbe1gr_nElXtr

[@CodWalrus]

DANCING LIGHTS, TRUE STRIKE, POISON SPRAY!

[@NCR_vet_ranger2347]

Is poison spary an actual spell in skyrim?

[@CodWalrus]

@@NCR_vet_ranger2347 I don’t know

[@Warpded]

​@NCR_vet_ranger2347 With a mod, I suppose. Definitely not in base game. I believe you can get a poison rune one though

[@FrogThatVibes]

Prestidigitation to put dirt in their heart

[@eslin2845]

@@FrogThatVibesgonna put some dirt in your eye

[@Stubblur]

coming from a skyrim nerd casting and recasting flames at enemies stacks your burn damage and you do more damage over time and saves you some magicka

[@amynix2632]

Oh...my guy, I have done this for fun, actually (just not on legendary). For a run like this, you need to grab bound sword, which is a novice spell, and put your perks in conjuration to bump the damage of conjured weapons. A lot of people crap on the bound weapons, but the math does not support their disdain. Bound weapons get really good really fast if you perk them out. When I play as a mage with a follower, I frequently use fury and bound sword as main spells with an illusion/conjuration build that bumps their efficacy. I cast fury to keep them fighting each other, flames for the passive DoT, and then chop at whoever's left at the end with my sword. It's remarkably effective. I honestly haven't run a stealth archer playthrough in years because once I went with bound weapons, I didn't ever want to go back.

[@ZekeWaters_]

Oh my god, I didn't even realise bound sword was a novice spell. This happens every time I do a challenge run, I don't do my research and the comments let me know all the stuff I missed that would've made my life better lmao. Thanks for the heads up though, this has kind of inspired a conjuration only run :)

[@amynix2632]

@@ZekeWaters_ That would make an excellent challenge. (You could totally be a stealth archer. The bound bow is at Fort Amol in a basket).

[@Sanguivore]

Bound weapons are my favorite playstyle. :D

[@kozmatheclown]

@@ZekeWaters_ Conjuration only challenge wouldn't be terribly difficult since it's busted as hell. You get twin souls perk and you'll be suprised to find out that 2 Dremora lords can kill basically anything in the game.

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@kozmatheclown On legendary difficulty though? I wanna find out what happens

[@monsterberger7728]

Note: For Morokei, use the atronach stone, its so broken that the ghost protecting him was harder than the priest themselves. It trivializes the *entire* fight.

[@botondnyitrai3128]

I also had that bug where the game basically locks you into novice difficulty. My solution was downloading a mod, that let me set the difficulty manually, so I can decide how much damage the enemies and I do. Adept being 1:1. I recon on legendary you take triple damage, while the enemies take 0.25 damage

[@ZekeWaters_]

That is a good idea! I found out this is a relatively common bug with SkyUI, and there's a fix for it on the nexus

[@botondnyitrai3128]

@@ZekeWaters_ itis also worth considering to download some combat overhaul mods. Blade and blunt gives a nice balanced difficulty with some extra features. Have been using it since I found it. In conjunction with Valhalla combat it is perfect

[@PoloWolf47]

What mod is that? I have a big that forces me to be on survival mode on any difficulty above novice

[@botondnyitrai3128]

@@PoloWolf47 i don't remember, haven't used it in ages, but if you write in "difficulty" on nexus there should be something there.

[@PoloWolf47]

@@botondnyitrai3128 okay thank you

[@illiaJ5622]

Just a tip: armour doesn't matter at all with resisting magic. Three Nords in unenchanted Leather, Steel and plain clothing will both receive 25 fire damage from Firebolt. Magical armour like Oakflesh also only protects from physical damage. To resist magical damage, you need either general Magic Resistance (like the one Bretons get as a race feature), which will decrease damage from most magical damage types (I think there are some rare damage types that ignore them, but I can't recall), or a specific resistance to element (Nord and Dark Elf racials as example), or Poison Resistance (it's considered magical damage too). Armour is only gonna help if it has enchantment like that, but just armour rating protects ONLY from physical damage.

[@vinxersnf9374]

fun fact: i kid you not,there is a mammoth tusk,litelary in the bannered mare,ready to be stealed

[@CirnoFairy]

I'm surprised people don't know this.

[@durandol]

*stolen

[@RealBradMiller]

​@@durandolnah, downright thiefed, stoled, tooken.

[@abrahamwashington8579]

​@@RealBradMiller lmao 😂

[@Fiemus9]

Hey my dude, the switch to novice difficulty is a known SkyUI glitch. Get the mod “SkyUI SE - Difficulty Persistence Fix” because even if you out get it to the right difficulty it can bake itself in to the save how many times you switched from novice and do an insane health multiplier to enemies leading to bugs where enemies has infinite health. And do insane damage. Great video! Just subbed and excited to see more!

[@ZekeWaters_]

Apologies for this video being in 30fps, didn't even realise until it was uploaded 💀

[@XionLuis]

Cinematic

[@milty400]

My mans speaks so clearly and eloquently and STILL Closed Captions every word he speaks and edits it in. What an absolute chad!

[@evelynbrocious]

I only watched a few minutes so far, but thousands of dmg can be achieved through enchantments and potions, spells can cost nothing, and durations can be basically infinite so I believe it's possible

[@PoloWolf47]

I was thinking that too. You can make some pretty powerful enchantments and potions to make this easy (or as easy as it can get on legendary)

[@mattiasandersson8693]

Not really a challenge though. You can break everything with alchemy and enchanting. Whats the fun in that?

[@benjamintan6750]

😂only thing limited is his health pool to survive getting hit,blown up, bitten

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

Btw when doing the quest to retrieve the books for the college, if you free the guy who stole the books and have him come with you, you can just hand him over to The Caller and skip the whole boss fight.

[@ralonnetaph6450]

Three things for early game mages. First if you favorite the hood that gives 30 mana in the tutorial, open the favorites menu with up or down on the dpad, and hold left or right on the hood with that menu open, you can set it to a hotkey. I keep it on the left dpad, double tap and instant unequip and re-equip it for instant 30 mana refill when you run out (Also works for doing power attacks with weapons unequiping as soon as you make contact and do damage to cancel the animation and be able to keep moving) Second, the basic fire spells typically say “does more damage to enemies on fire” which means you do damage faster by spamming the initial cast instead of just holding the cast for spells like flames. Third, if you have creation club content, buy steel blue entoloma from khajit caravans and glowing mushroom to grow at goldenglow plantation for potions to increase destruction damage. Nightshade also does it and can be grown in farm plots but will make a weaker potion than steel blue, but nightshade and glowing mushrooms can be grown at tundra homestead no creation club needed. Bonus: if you’re not locked to novice spells, take the dual destruction and followup perk that says it can stagger, firebolt is now strong enough to beat the entire game for free, even dragons stagger.

[@eslin2845]

Another thing is aspect of terror boosting fire damage. Usually more of a niche thing unless your using incinerate. Edit: just came back to this, it should be ignited not incinerate

[@megacharizardxgod5298]

If you talk to one of the greybeards before going there (on the elder scroll quest), I believe you can just tell them that you're the dragonborn and they'll let you in

[@naji_aka_Tracey]

Oh hell no 😂 great video. There's no way I'd ever play in Legendary as a mage. Props to you for doing it...mostly 😁

[@Caedda478]

When you shouted Faendal off the cliff the way he rag dolled down the mountain made me completely lose it lmfao 🤣 🤣 💀

[@Penguiniscool-dc4zl]

Flames,Frostbite, and sparks are the best spells ngl

[@darkrai2007]

Reminds me of a playthrough i love doing, The chaos bringer, full focus on stealth and the fury-esque spells. The whole point of the build is to have enemies kill each other then the last one standing i pacify then backstab. It's such a fun way to deal with enemies that love to overwhelm you with numbers. I do modded runs that have the ability that an enraged enemy unable to find and fight another enemy takes damage until either the spell runs out or they die.

[@Lonrok]

For someone with so many mods to make the game look better, it's kinda weird for you to not have TrueHUD which gives you much better information in general Also, the "Flames" spell has a better damage overall when cast a bit, then wait for dot, then cast again... This is because of DOT effect afterwards not because enemies on fire take more damage as someone else said, this only means they take damage because they are on fire, not that they have lower resistance when on fire Also, until what I've seen you're overusing the Dual Cast perk, as it is not efficient. In general it should not be used in destruction unless you have impact and a projectile spell.

[@rileymiller3154]

The vampire's In the necromancer base after being let out: ya know you're alright for a human that is

[@patricialavery8270]

There are full Thalmor robes on the dead Thalmor at the Talos shrine near the guardian stones.I used them in Survival because they are warm.I wouldn't bet money on it getting you through the Embassy,though.

[@ludoviccadotte875]

The claw door bug might be due to skyrim together, even if not active

[@Mehumies12]

The bug with the rotating door thing is usually from skyrim together.

[@tessa90]

I think a better way of allowing use of shouts would be allowing only the first word

[@fatfish2066]

idea for a blade and sorcery challange: Can you beat blade and sorcery as a middle aged dad RULES: the only items you can attack with are the blacksmiths hammer and the nail item you can pick up any nails you see on the ground and keep them and use them in any way you'd like You can use the hammer anyway you like, but cant exclusively use it to avoid the whole nail part no abilities outside of this

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@fatfish2066 So a carpenter challenge, sounds fun :)

[@fatfish2066]

@@ZekeWaters_ id make it crystal hunt because there's more chances to find and collect nails, but i understand if thats too long

[@devonbarron3967]

Im not sure why you didnt power level smithing and enchanting then get some heavy armor woth some good enachaments to buff the damage of your novice level spells

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@devonbarron3967 Because where’s the fun in that haha. I don’t like grinding to make the challenge trivial

[@devonbarron3967]

@@ZekeWaters_ I don't think it would've made it trivial if you didn't use in exploits or bugs but it probably would've made it to where you didn't need to take it off legendary just my opinion though it was a good video as it was

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@devonbarron3967 That’s fair, but hey there’s always next time :)

[@zerocalvin]

there is a reason why all my mage character eventually become a battle mage instead of a pure mage build... you'll never realize how good bound weapon are until you try a pure mage build.

[@nischalthapa2460]

you can ger different spells as entry exams to winterhold college if you save before the first interaction with the teacher and also J'zargo is an awesome follower.

[@lememz]

pretty sure you can get into the college by just flying in with the long bucket

[@krzyskasiewicz5937]

The tusk for Ysolda can be taken from Dragonsreach as she doesn't mind if it's stolen.

[@russellsimpson-q8u]

incase you didnt know, mages will have their ward up as long as you charge the spell so if you just hold it charged they will run out of mana

[@sayftysayfty4228]

if i remember correctly you can cast the novice-firespell multiple times in a row (don´t hold the button) to trigger the burn effect multiple times at once. Perhaps this would have helped.

[@erixxblack7247]

Atronach stone would def help with your mages guild run. Im not finished with the video tho.

[@DrCu-vt2wn]

One of the major rules of skyrim: if you can deal ANY damage, you can complete the game

[@ZekeWaters_]

Technically true, I guess it just depends on how patient you are haha.

[@Alancalibur]

Conjuration skill bound sword might make makw this slightly more trivial

[@gangstalkerofgangstalkers]

🧙🏻‍♂ Most skilled novice

[@ramasaputra6205]

Use spark to beat magic user, because any lightning element can drain the user Magicka, Fire is good against most enemies, but combine that with frost spell is wise option to beat any NPC with melee combat as ice in the game drain their stamina, making them unable to do bash, or power attack to your follower. Using Oakflesh when using Robe, gives you extra bonus in Armor rating making you less likely to be killed in one hit by stronger enemies. Also its wise to delve yourself in Alchemy, with Nightsade and Glowing mushroom you can craft yourself Fortify Destruction potion to increase your Magic Damage. Another interesting Video idea is Can you beat skyrim with magic without dying. XD

[@Ausuraaa]

Very underrated channel

[@XionLuis]

Your skyrim looks very nice!

[@benjamintan6750]

On legendary , first you need to not die to mud crabs before thinking about magic 😂

[@Max.596]

Tbh you can do insane damage all you need are 2 things bound dagger and shrouded gloves perks you need are quiet casting and +bound weapon damage and + dagger stealth damage you will basically do 30x damage with deadric level dagger also the dagger scales off one handed meaning 2x damage

[@Eiszahn]

Awesome video but i have to point something out which i found quite funny. I am currently doing a Legendary mage playthrough myself in which i ban stuff like bound bow as in no ranged combat. All imma say is: bound sword is a novice spell as i noticed while watching this video. 😉

[@dgorsch]

Oh my The graphics look amazing

[@lonewolf9255]

the difficulty bug is a skyui one. there is a mod to fix it, skyui se difficulty persistence fix, its called in vortex, very similar on nexus

[@gwenofair628]

If you’re feeling particularly masochistic, you could always use only Arniel's Convection. It does one point of damage per second. It is the weakest spell in the game and is essentially useless in combat.

[@mezme8182]

now do master spells only

[@TheGrunaldi]

Why not fortify destruction potions ?

[@David-ix1qi]

Great video man! Any chance you’ve got a mod list somewhere? Edit: 5:15 … 🙋‍♂️

[@ZekeWaters_]

I'll be making a video on the modlist eventually :)

[@TheBillz123]

next time you do this just get the flame augment and the aspect of terror and just tap spam flames fire damage stacks and kill them rather quickly lol

[@fayemarie5056]

I like this a lot actually. Have you done one with only the lowest tier weapons/armor? (iron/leather armor, iron weapons/longbow)?

[@magolor152]

How about you beat the game with only zombies? (Both the CC summon version and the raised ones) And try to make it a goal to get those nefromancer robes that add an additional undead summon

[@JTManual]

should download a mod that has hooded robe there by default.... coming soon to creator content creations near you

[@mathiask04]

I think you might have forgotten about the summon familiar spell that might have helped a bit.

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@mathiask04 I completely forgot about conjuration in this run 😭

[@magolor152]

​@@ZekeWaters_you forgot about alot of things in this run tbh, good run though

[@ashenbrandon1013]

Can we pleeeeeaaaaassseeeee get a mod list

[@bigfudge2031]

This was very botched. You didn't even look up what spells you could use and you could have beaten the dragon priest if you brought potions with you, lowering the difficulty felt like a cop out.

[@ZekeWaters_]

I agree, not happy with how this one came out overall.

[@YapRageBaiter123]

When you say a lil bit off the top: 0:36

[@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo]

I have to ask, did you use any alchemy in this playthrough? Other than perks and upgrading to a higher tier of spell, there isn't much to increase the damage of spells other than fortify destruction potions. And of course there's enchanting to reduce the magicka cost and increase your pool. Maybe I missed it in between playing games.

[@Arthorium]

Which mods were you using in this run?

[@A_Kuma19]

Care doin it with death counter next time you do a legendary difficulty run?

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@A_Kuma19 When I go live for the next challenge I’ll add one :)

[@kelsonramsey9847]

To get morokai in my own attempts i have a folower or summon distract him and use the staff of jyrick galdursun or lightning spells to drain his magic and for whatever reason he never attacks back if i just keep hitting him with lightning spells

[@Spacecoreinspace]

i don't think he can if you hit him enough w lightning, because once his magick's gone he's gonna struggle to do anything when you keep barraging him w them

[@kneeofjustice9619]

Should have taken Serana with you

[@Warpded]

Now do it with no Destruction

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@Warpded 😭

[@Sanguivore]

Probably a lot easier honestly. I think Destruction is the weakest Magic skill, and scales the worst.

[@Alancalibur]

"Conjure bound sword" if you count that as pure mage built

[@hberbalremedy8308]

dude this entire time youc could start off as a pickpocket/sneak theif with alchemy use pickpocket/sneak/lockpicking to grind gold spend gold on alchemy ingredients grind alchemy then make fortify destruction potions to increase said novice spells damage then grind enchanting and make some gear that reduce spell cost on restoration schools/destruction schools of magic with this method you coulc actually have a really OP novice spell build that relies on alchemy which i think is fair if your not using the glitch to do the run with no followers.

[@XionLuis]

Using the apprentice spell to enter the college didn't invalidate the run but, in my eyes, reducing difficulty and using higher level spells through staff did 😢

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@XionLuis I agree, wish it turned out different

[@XionLuis]

@@ZekeWaters_ great video nonetheless, keep up the good work!

[@zletroscreations1234]

I only came here to say that we have the same name.

[@PixelNinja97]

Modlist vid would be cool :-)

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@PixelNinja97 Check the pinned comment :)

[@isaacvale918]

Def want a mod list

[@urrrr]

Great video. You can include subtitles through youtube rather than in the video itself because it can be kinda annoying at times.

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@urrrr Thanks for the heads up :)

[@AiamMaianaise]

Its a shame that the lower level spells are outpaced by higher ones, because theres no option in vanilla to have, for example, a higher level flame throwing spell, despite the utility of the aoe of fire in a cone. And the fact that spells don't level with you makes them obselete so quickly which sucks. Which is why if I do a magic only playthrough, i'd either add a mod so that theres an enchantment to enhance spell damage, or to make spells level with you.

[@ZekeWaters_]

Massive agree on this one, really wish there was a way to improve the spells you already have.

[@Bobert_here]

19:59 You failed...

[@Bobert_here]

*condescending stare*

[@lememz]

all he had to was just use a long bucket to fly in lol

[@Bobert_here]

​@@lememzfr

[@luisdominguez6549]

Do novice gear only!!!!!

[@Bushman06]

If you have skyrim together when playing singleplayer the claw door stuck glitch happens if you have that mod

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@Bushman06 I had a look and I actually did have it installed, hopefully the issue is fixed now 🙏

[@Okay-pl8zt]

Hey the dragon claw door glitch u had. Did u have any redoll/ player physics mods installed? I’ve had a similar issue with those mods in the past. Don’t know why but it could be that

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@Okay-pl8zt I don’t think I do, but i appreciate the heads up!

[@Eggwaffles37.]

Harry Potter run

[@IzraelGraves]

So... No, its not possible. Lol I think you should try again with Conjuration spells in mind.

[@ZekeWaters_]

Yes absolutely, that was my biggest mistake. It IS possible, just not how I did it lol. But it was 15 hours of footage that I wasn't going to waste haha

[@IzraelGraves]

@@ZekeWaters_ I'd watch a series of you trying to do this, man. Tighten up the rules a bit (are shouts allowed? If so, which ones? Are CC spells allowed? Etc) And really take a second look at the stuff you skipped over, like conjuration and heavy armor!

[@Kaiji...]

Isn’t “Can you” irrelevant when we know it’s possible if you can deal damage? Isn’t it more about the journey of getting there rather than the

[@ZekeWaters_]

Yeah, you're right. The titles are more to spark curiousity as to what the run would be like rather than an actual question.

[@Ratapoopie]

ok but an avatar game but u can gun bend

[@edgreen2660]

I'm surprised your buddy didn't tell you to, rather than fight The Caller, trade Orthorn for the three books. Or was there a problem that made that impossible?

[@ZekeWaters_]

I'm recording the next challenge now, and I'm literally just about to do this. You may have just saved the next run 😂

[@edgreen2660]

@@ZekeWaters_, I'm glad to hear I helped.

[@Carrington1961]

Great video by a small creator, honestly really enjoyed it , earnt a sub, any chance you could pass your graphical mods list??

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@Carrington1961 Thank you!!! I’m going to make a video on my mod list soon :)

[@Dylanpowellspace]

21:10 i have had this glitch and i cant bloody change it how did you fix it?

[@ZekeWaters_]

Skyui- difficulty persistence fix on nexus :)

[@ivangamer_br3830]

do you have visual mods on?

[@Dylanpowellspace]

Please give us your modlist!!

[@davisvoelzke8011]

What about undying ghost?

[@davisvoelzke8011]

Literally summon it

[@wonderbreadjumps]

Ayo!!!

[@daboomchakalaka7898]

What’s that blue ball spell at 15 mins

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@daboomchakalaka7898 It’s Choking Grasp, it was added by the creation club. It’s basically an absorb health spell.

[@daboomchakalaka7898]

@@ZekeWaters_ohhh nice, thought it looked unfamiliar didn’t realise mods were being used too, thanks!

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@daboomchakalaka7898 No worries! I basically count it as vanilla now because of the Anniversary edition adding it to the base game, that's why I let myself use it :)

[@daboomchakalaka7898]

@@ZekeWaters_fair enough :) a shame you had to decrease difficulty in winterhold questline :( could’ve grinded your levels more, and got a better follower, and basically play as a support mage :) although understand grinding to get loads more health/magicka and gear is long af !

[@SenorGermaine]

Wait, but what enb?

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@SenorGermaine NAT III weather + ENB, i made a video on my mod list :)

[@SenorGermaine]

@@ZekeWaters_ I just saw that. Did not look like nat III to me, was kinda surprised

[@Bobert_here]

Good vid still tho😊

[@jethrothegamer]

Just to make future challenges easier you could have just gotten Sanguines Rose and summoned a bunch of Daedra

[@ZekeWaters_]

@@jethrothegamer That’s true, but I feel like it wouldn’t fit with the nature of the challenge. In my mind that doesn’t count as a novice spell

[@kniky_]

You basically cancelled a challenge multiple times. What's even the point? You can't even call it challenge anymore, as everytime you encounter anything challenging you just cheat.

[@undergravitydownforce714]

lmao bro thinks Heavy Armor Effects his spell damage? why did u bring it up even?

[@undergravitydownforce714]

your less than one minute in and your script is already stumbling more then my rushed essays😂

[@Jay-st2ky]

@@undergravitydownforce714he didn’t say that it does ?? He used the fury spell on them so they could help fight for him - and their heavy armor makes them more damage resistant and stronger .. he never did heavy armor effects his spell damage

[@ukalistaxd9464]

The game was pitying you It knows you stand no chance in another difficulty apart from novice lol

[@ronnysantana4155]

Sorry but the POV made me naucious lol

[@draakoss1492]

Duh just Use alchemy and enchanting to boost your dmg you won't have to use a single spell that isn't novice. ALSO dual casting sucks and you had to just cast recast cast recast flames to do even more dmg.

[@ZekeWaters_]

Yeah but using enchanting and alchemy kinds defeats the purpose, it trivialises everything. I have now learnt the hard way that duel casting sucks haha

[@potatomonka]

hadi

[@foofoo3344]

Pfff. Late game Skyrim mage is nothing compared to my Wooden Sword that's been improved and enchanted using the Restoration potion buff loop. My Wooden Sword does more damage than Jarrin Root and can one shot anything.

[@Graknorke]

Doesn't Skyrim have the fewest spells of any TES game

[@Emil80000]

Your skyrim doesn't look like skyrim. Whatever mod makes your view wiggle is also ass, makes me feel like I'm drunk watching this. What really seals it is that you failed at about minute 19, fighting morokei. The whole point of a challenge like this is that it's hard and you think of creative ways to beat it, cheating just makes the whole thing pointless. It's not like you needed to kill the guy anyway, or hell using an exploit is still within the rules moreso than what you chose.

[@FriedRice-dj1wq]

who cares