The WORST Perk in EVERY Skill Tree In Skyrim | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[@TypicalPirate55]

Ok… I get it guys… necromage is a good perk. 😂 I got so many people in the comments telling me that it helps with vampire builds. I had no idea, since I don’t really play vampire builds that much. I wish it actually told you this In the perk menu. I probably would pick novice healing in that perk tree if I remade the video now.

[@AzIgaziMakk]

Haha i wanted to comment also on Necromage :D . But you know it okay. It's the best perk in the game if you are vampire.

[@DrewskiGaming0]

It does more then help vampire builds it boosts the potency of every perk you take after you take the necromage perk so the best way to use it is resting all your perk points, it takes time to set up since you need to go through dawngaurd and dragonborn but it's worth it

[@twistedvtuber9894]

For lockpicking, wax key has to be the worst by FAR. By the time you get wax key, you have a high enough skill to just pick every lock relatively easily. And almost every lock in the game stays unlocked permanently after being unlocked, so having a key to it is pointless. The only time it's even remotely useful is to get a key to a shop you like to rob at night. But most locks on shops don't go past Adept anyway, so picking them normally is easy already. So there's literally no point in Wax Key

[@TypicalPirate55]

Yeah, wax key is pretty bad

[@lerarosalene]

Yeah, there are like two locks (probably more) that are locked with "Key Required" but have key available with Wax Key on easier locks in other places. e.g. Gyldenhul Barrow.

[@noodler5583]

I’d say the level 100 perk that makes master locks easier is worse because of the second level 100 perk that makes it so lockpicks don’t break anyways.

[@mateuszslawinski1990]

The worst perk in Restoration isn't Necromage (others already explained it) but Dual Casting because it drains 40% more magicka (but multiplied by 2, because you use both hands) to get 10% healing bonus.

[@JB-xl2jc]

And Necromage applies to yourself if you're a vampire, which causes all of your buffs and healing to be more powerful on yourself.

[@X-35173]

​@@JB-xl2jc it also buffs other perks taken after it as well as standing stones. Its high key busted.

[@Nr4747]

The Magic Resistance perk in the Alteration tree is actually insanely useful on legendary difficulty since you'll want to hit the magic resistance cap of 85% in addition to having a high fire/frost/lightning resistance to resist those effects even more - and, ideally, you'll want to hit all of those points without having to "waste" too many enchantments on those effects or having to play a Breton. Yes, Spellbreaker is a great help, especially against dragons, and is an all around great item in general, but Orchendor can be very difficult to kill without cheesing the fight for many builds, so having alternative methods of reaching the magic resistance cap is always nice. Plus, I'd argue that the Dual Casting perk is actually a lot worse in the Alteration tree since the "Flesh"-spells are usually just worse than wearing armor anyway, are often not worthing spending all of your magicka on, and not many fights will last long enough to need "overcasted" versions of the "Flesh"-spells anyway.

[@tranducquang5912]

You don't have to do any of that. Just drink a potion and you get it. You would want alchemy anyways if you are a mage so that every single one of your spell is 100% more effective. Its also why Alteration tree sucks since all the thing it provides are just redundant and overshadowed by the 3 best tree in the game. Why use oakflesh when your armor rating is at capped, or why use exchange health for mana when you can just chunk a potion.

[@Nr4747]

@@tranducquang5912 Well, if you're playing the game naturally (meaning you aren't cheesing crafting) you will not reach max level alchemy before you get your first 2 magic resist perks in the alteration tree. And it's that middle part of the game that tends to be the hardest on legendary survival difficulty because many enemies do crazy damage to you while you still haven't maxed out your crafting. For that part of the game, the alteration tree is actually really good, imho.

[@noahneukom]

not to mention that dual casting flesh spells only improves the duration of the spell and has no impact on the armor points you get

[@novatong]

9:08 I would argue that the Orcish Smithing is the worst of the Smithing perks, while the Advanced Armors is the third-best Smithing perk. While the Orcish Armor set is better than the Dwarven Armor set, their weapons are actually weaker. The Orcish weapons are the 3rd weakest category, after Iron and Steel. This makes the Orcish Smithing overall a lower tier than the Dwarven Smithing because both of their armors could achieve the maximum physical damage reduction of 80% with level 100 Smithing and level 100 Heavy Armor, making both of the armor sets being on par while the Dwarven Smithing perk has stronger weapons. "So why is Orcish the worst Smithing perk and not Steel?" You might be wondering. Because if you know how to get certain steel weapons, they are actually better than Orcish and even Dwarven. Some examples are: Blades Sword, Scimitar, and Skyforge Steel Sword. These 3 swords are in the Steel category, while you can't craft them, you can upgrade them and they benefit from the Steel Smithing perk. These 3 swords have the same damage as the Elven Sword (11 damage), which is stronger than the Orcish Sword (9 damage) and the Dwarven Sword (10 damage), while still having the same weight as regular Steel Swords (Weighs 10 points instead of 13 points like Elven Swords). So once you join the Companions and have access to the Skyforge Steel weapons, you don't need to upgrade until you find your first Glass weapon. Plus the upgrade cost is much cheaper. And on top of that, prior to the Anniversary Edition the Steel Smithing perk had access to Crossbows, which arguably are better than even Dragonbone Bows. The Steel Armor set can also achieve the 80% physical damage reduction at level 100 Smithing and Heavy Armor. As for the Advanced Armors perk, you CAN make weapons with it. With the Dragonborn DLC you can make the Nordic weapons, which are as strong as the Elven weapons, but weighs 1 point less. But why is it the third-best Smithing perk? Because both the Steel Plate Armor set and the Nordic Carved Armor set are on par with the Orcish Armor set, which means they all can achieve the 80% physical damage reduction at level 100, but with superior weapons from the Nordic weapons category. And on top of that, you can make the Scaled Armor, allowing you to make both Heavy Armor and Light Armor at level 50 Smithing which you can't do with Dwarven or Orcish while having access to better weapons than them both. The best Smithing perk is tied between Dragon and Ebony (Because of Stalhrim), as they both have access to both Heavy and Light armors while also having the best weapons prior to the Anniversary Edition. Dragonbone weapons are physically stronger but Stalhrim weapons have access to stronger enchanting properties. Advanced Armors are better than Daedric because despite Daedric has stronger weapons and the best armor in the game prior to the Anniversary Edition, Advanced Armors can achieve the same results with its Heavy armors and it has access to both Heavy and Light armors on top of decent weapons, more value per perk point invested. But these are just my opinions. Also you don't need the Dwarven Smithing perk to smelt the Dwemer decorations into ingots, you can do that as a level 1.

[@davidlane1248]

Thank you for the thorough breakdown

[@leonjensenn8253]

Aspect of terror increases fire damage as well so i wouldnt see it as the worst

[@borgl_2]

I thought it was just augmented flames that does that

[@The_CoomSlayer]

​@@borgl_2Fire spells are considered Fear spells as well, so they get bonuses from Illusion.

[@Howardax]

​@@The_CoomSlayerI can't remember, do you need to get Intense Flames prior to unlocking Aspect of Terror in order to get the extra fire damage? I thought the "fear" effect only gets added once you have the relevant perk - that's why I questioned OP's choice to rank Intense Flames as the worst (especially given that Rune Master also exists in the same tech tree, like come on 😂)

[@svilendenchev9984]

​@@Howardaxyou don't, you need to get Augmented flames 2/2 before aspect of terror tho or it doesn't work

[@TheArne959]

Necromage is the most broken perk in skyrim when you yourself become an undead (vampire) All your perks, pasives, shoutpowers gets boosted.

[@TypicalPirate55]

I had no idea that it affects vampire perks that much. The restoration skill tree is STACKED!

[@jimmyrittmann8208]

Yeah, I was gonna mention this. I think restoration was the only one I really questioned your pick on. Maybe Ward absorb as the weakest, due to the number of ways to get spell absorption?

[@Muckito]

@@jimmyrittmann8208 I don't know, for me the worst perk for Restoration and also Alteration is the Novice perk. You need it to acess the other perks and that's basically it since you're most likely not using the Novice spells longer than the first hour, maybe just Candlelight and that spell doesn't cost much anyways. You'll still get those perks, but if you just look at it's usefulness beside unlocking the other perks, it's basically nothing.

[@azurewind2287]

Nah, if u playing vannila version without usp alchemy is the most broken perk. With resto glitch u can even become GOD in skyrim :V

[@TheArne959]

@@azurewind2287 technically alchemie isnot a perk but a skill tree And technically you dont even need perkpoints in alchemie to use it in an overpowerd fashion. But yeah its verry powerfull

[@calilaployploy2827]

good list the only one that I genuinely disagree is Magic resistance. Because sure there is the shield that block spells, snd wards but this is s flat ever present buff. Because of it you can do the wards and magic resistance. It's very useful if you want to use the atornach stone (+magica recovery -resistance to magic damage) It's great for vampires, will help with dragons and if you mix magic resistance, with the lord stone and the Bretons natural defenses you become basically inmune to magic.

[@16pgtips]

Gets shadow warrior peak, laughs as he walks over pressure plate without setting it off, then hears lydia walk on plate right behind him...😵😵

[@brunot.c1144]

The pickpocket gold perk is very useful if you use it on NPC's that you can pay them to train a especific skill. If you want to maximize your smithing and you traing it on the skyforge, It starts to cost around 2k gold each level. With that perk, you can easely pickpocket your gold back in these situations.

[@zeroone8800]

I agree "keymaster" is terrible and clearly the worst, keys are always easy to pickpocket, why would you ever need this perk?

[@lovely_rae]

Using prowlers profit is better. You always get gems from chest & urns. Take & use those gems to make jewelry to lvl up smithing. Alot of ppl don't know the higher the value of the item you smith the quicker you lvl up. And if you have the warrior stone equip it goes even faster. You can then sell the jewelry or use them for enchanting then sell it at a even higher price.

[@brunot.c1144]

@@lovely_rae True, I have used it quite a bit too. But it's way easier to just pay the level up, while also leveling up your pickpocket stealing your gold back lol

[@poporiporo]

The only decent way to level up Pickpocket is by pickpocketing gold, and this Perk makes it way way easier. That's by far one of the best perks in a pickpocketing build

[@lovely_rae]

@@brunot.c1144 I don't like paying to lvl increase. Feels weird to me & I've never done it in any game. But that's the things about this game, you have options.

[@BaldianOfIbelin]

2:33 Nah there you are wrong Magic resistance is quite strong, with a Breton you can have 85% natural magic resistance (without enchanted armor) and if you have Atronach perk you become almost immune to magic damage where the only thing that has a chance to hurt you is the expert or master spells but even there it is so slow that you can heal faster

[@mikatheluv]

Well that or... A mace right in the head

[@rallyoso2998]

I disagree with block runner because it helps close the gap with mages specifically. You can keep your shield raised while approaching them and take less damage from their constant spellcasting with the perk that reduces elemental damage. You could say Spellbreaker solves this issue anyway, but in practice it's not great because the mages will constantly break the weak ward and stagger you.

[@Nurk0m0rath]

Plus doesn't it lead into the shield charge, which sends enemies flying as if you'd Fus Ro Dah'ed them into oblivion? I forget the progression of the vanilla perks because I always play with modded skill trees. My personal choice of worst vanilla shield perk would have to be the one that slows time. I mean, it only triggers when I have my block up and all it tells me is SOMEONE is power attacking me, which if I'm playing smart and not letting myself get surrounded, I can already see it coming. Then again there's also power bash, which I never use. But I'm pretty sure that starts the whole bash perk line, so you kinda need it if you want *anything* else on that line.

[@christofferovergaard6328]

Necromage is one of the best perks if you are a vampire because of the amount of stuff that counts as restoration, get this early and bam a lot of your later perks are 50% stronger because it just works

[@AmyraCarter]

3:26 Interjection: This perk allows one to recover single arrows from those that OP players one-shot kill, at a chance of 90%, versus 20% without the perk. So, this perk is one I get as soon as I can, because it's better to be able to reclaim bolts and arrows from corpses, than to make a pit stop to buy or craft more. Make sense? Of course it does. Not to mention, some arrow/bolt types are hard to come by. 5:04 But it's perfect for stealth builds, because when they run, you get a second chance at hiding and then getting a surprise attack. Of course, when they run, often times, they are panicking and can run into traps, other infighting NPCs, etcetera. Not useless. 7:28 Special treasure includes higher amounts of gold. So, this perk actually increases the amount of gold that can be found by a factor of 175%. Not insignificant. Also, it increases the likelihood of finding flawless gems by fifty percent. 10:04 It's great when having to take narrow paths that force stepping on or over these kinds of traps. I've come across way too many to dismiss this perk as unnecessary, especially since the activation of traps often alerts nearby hostiles. No thanks. ... I think 'Quiet Casting' is bad, because it's in the wrong tree. It belongs in Sneak. Otherwise, it's fantastic. Lowering the skill requirements for Persuasion/Bribery/Intimidate is a must. I've made this mod already, and the Quiet Casting mod too. I've made improvements to the Speech tree, the Sneak tree and the Enchanting tree. ... Did you know that combining frost and fire damage negates frost resistance? It's a bug. I think it's addressed by the unofficial patch. Maybe, I'm not sure. The pickpocketing gold perk? It also increases how much gold can be taken, not by much, but it's something. ... #QA What do you think of new location mods, like Beyond Skyrim, Clockwork Castle, Falskaar, and so on?

[@TypicalPirate55]

Thanks for submitting the question!

[@maileesaeya3614]

I'd argue that the worst perk in the Sneak tree is actually Muffled Movement. It only provides a 50% noise reduction, and only for armor; the Muffle enchantment or spell (available from any court wizard right from the start of the game) provides a far greater affect and applies it to all movement related noise, not just that from armor. Meanwhile, Light Foot is incredibly useful by letting you just completely ignore pressure plate traps instead of having to keep an eye out for them, then jump/go around them, to say nothing of the times it completely invalidates a puzzle (there aren't many of them, but there are a few). For most of the rest, I see where you're coming from (barring Restoration, but everyone else has done multiple essays on that), even if I tend to disagree, though to some extent context is relevant (what mods and/or CC content we play with, for instance). Master Destruction is obviously pretty bad because the Master Destruction spells are just bad (the best is Lightning Storm, but even that's only usable if you've got 100% cost reduction anyways), and I'd argue Experimenter edges out Snakeblood for worst in the Alchemy tree (you'll often commit to memory what you care about, or look it up online), and then Soul Siphon for worst in enchanting (it's only useful for enchanted weapons, and it turns out the Destruction cost reduction reduces weapon charge consumption; even without that, the recharge rate is so bad that you'll be chewing through Soul Gems anyways).

[@TheKaz95]

For me hunters discipline is a always get due to using crossbows and the exploding bolts. Since its a pain to hunt down a large supply of them always getting more than 1 back means i could go a whole dungeon with much less.

[@JaviusSama]

Just do the Dawnguard schematics side quests and you'll never be without exploding bolts.

[@darkvitolo]

There is a glitch that when you activate Aspect of fear it will also boosts your fire spells from the destruction school by almost double damage

[@parkercrouse3898]

3:20 to add onto that, you can give a companion 1 good arrow and they will spawn more when they fire it giving you endless daedric arrows

[@sandymcmaster9834]

I agree with you on oblivion binding, when using bound bow and a melee summon it is to easy to accidentally hit your own summon and banish it

[@mendelson6052]

There’s a Black Book power that prevents all friendly damage Oblivion binding is nice for control and rp builds where you’re maybe not in the best possible gear

[@oxishimaruxo]

Paralyzing shot in the Archery tree is definitely my least favorite cause it activates on the release not the hit, nothing like following the arrow cinematic as it flies through the air only to miss cause your target is paralyzed on the ground

[@glassofwater281]

I was questioning if dual casting would be worth it for my cryomancer (and first successful mage character) until I started completely stopping dragons from breathing fire on me with one big ice needle. I also learned that 0% mana cost is a thing so I've been grinding a bunch of skills to 100

[@renthegigglefox]

One commonly overlooked aspect of Necromage is its use in the very niche playstyle of being a vampire. If you are a vampire, and take Necromage, it affects you. All healing, perks, Standing Stone effects, enchantments, potions, and any spells that target yourself (like those in Alteration and Conjuration) will be increased by the multiplier of Necromage. Using Necromage with the Atronach Stone and Perk can result in an 80% spell absorption rate.

[@ganymedemlem6119]

9:30 I have to argue against orcish smithing instead of advanced steel. Orcish weapons do less damage than dwarven and the armor boost is completely negated by the "Ancient Knowledge" passive you get from completing the quest Unfathomable Depths.

[@ceyjai413]

Na intense flames, makes fire spells count as fear spells, which in tandem with fear enhancing illusion perks, makes your fire spells more effective.

[@CesarACastillo]

And this is why Ordinator is my headcanon skill perk tree lmfao

[@fabiospasiano9885]

Every single Lockpicking perk. Lockpicking is a no-brainer already.

[@poporiporo]

For me, the most useless perks are all the “Master level ////// spells cost 50% less” because master level spells cost so freaking much that no matter if it's cost is 50% less, it still cost way too much. Master level spells are only usuable with high level enchanting

[@Notmiddleg]

Or if you break your character using the restoration potion glitch. There's a guide on my channel about that

[@acrustykrab]

​@@Notmiddlegdo you always advertise your channel on other channels comment sections

[@Notmiddleg]

@@acrustykrab not always. When I do, nothing happens

[@alex2143]

Should be mentioned as well: using both enchantment and alchemy it's possible to craft sets of armor that reduce the cost of spells by up to 100%. If my math checks out, that makes the perk obsolete. I'm working on a conjuration build right now with the idea that he'll be able to summon two storm atronachs and a bound bow, then still have a full bar of Magicka to work with as needed, and become ethereal shout as a get out of jail free card. Can't wait until I can summon two storm atronachs for free.

[@MugApwool]

​@@NotmiddlegGood 😂😂😂

[@MinnowTF]

If you were trapped in a room with 1 million bald men who all wanted to kill you, how many bald men’s heads could you slap before they killed you? You can show my name btw, and please answer, it’s quite urgent to know.

[@TypicalPirate55]

This is the greatest question in the history of questions. Thanks!

[@kevinquiroscanales6240]

I would say Frost Enchanter is actually the best out of the three elemental perks on one specific scenario: when combined with an enchanted Stalhrim item, frost damage enchantments actually reach insane hitpoints.

[@Nr4747]

Aspect of Terror is actually *really* strong if you're using any kind of fire magic since it buffs fire damage and works multiplicatively with the Augmented Flames perk from the Destruction tree (if you've already taken that perk), but I agree otherwise.

[@SasukeChia]

The thing about hunter's discipline is that this perk was made when you could make arrows. So, high level arrow's like deadrid are very rare, and you need this perk to use it, otherwise you would be stuck with iron and stell arrow's.

[@rgaither88]

I disagree with the Frost Enchanter. This perk boosts chaos damage as well and when used with Stalhrim weapons can really add a definite bonus.

[@jirinavratil6232]

8:48 I found out, that pickpocket skill is the fastest and best to leveling up your character by simply repeatedly adding and stealing gold via any NPCs pockets in the game without any bugs or glitches. And this particular skill perk for better chance of pickpocket gold is veeeery useful for that So I wouldnt say that its useless perk... Because it isn´t, if you want an easy way to level up your char without abusing game glitches :)

[@snakeman830]

Aspect of Fear lets your fire spells get boosted by all of the fear enchancing Illusion tree perks as well. This takes the form of increasing the damage.

[@balloonedraccoon2503]

Do you remember your very first playthrough in Skyrim? The first boot up of the game?

[@TypicalPirate55]

Awesome question! Thanks

[@dustinduzgames1276]

I remember it I did not like the game when I first started playing it

[@nerkdurgen5574]

i have to mention that if the dragonborn is a vampire necromage applies to them as well, and for some reason makes certain perks more effective. so if you are a dual wielding build, necromage is fantastic because it increases the speed at which you attack. i think there's a list on the uesp

[@TheNuclearGeek]

Has anyone else started a playthrough just chopping an obscene amount of firewood to turn in at the inn in Whiterun for startup money? I mean it's what, 5G a piece, 6 pieces per click, and the chopping block is right outside. I often wonder if it may actually be the best G/min earn rate in the game. It makes me wonder why the orphan girl doesn't do it, ya know?

[@joshuel1700]

We could test this out if you like? I often am quick and selective with my loot from areas. Ex: only enchanted items, jewelry, potions, scrolls, and in the higher levels, glass and up equipment, even unenchanted. I believe in the beginning, you may keep up if you were to literally chop from the moment we get to Riverwood, while someone else plays more along the intended script.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@@joshuel1700 It would certainly be easy for anyone to do and I may actually try myself. It's really simple to figure out how long it would take to cut 48 (seems like a good max early inventory amount) and turn them in, figure out what the per hour is based on that and then see what adventuring gets you. Honestly I know myself it doesn't take long to get a few thousand gold to start things off with, get all your starting gear and all the spells at least.

[@pixelbro99]

Maybe Skyrim has child labor laws or something? Idk 🤷‍♂️

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@ Those "bleeding heart" Nords lol

[@mmmapplesauce1673]

Block runner? The elemental damage resist and block runner is amazing together.

[@morphstarchangeling8024]

Necromage is actually insane, especially if you become a vampire as your restoration spells will take into account that you are an undead. It makes perks and other effects added onto the player stronger after you take it if you are a vampire. It can be an insanely broken skill, but only if you're a vampire. If you're not playing as a vampire the usefulness of it drops a good bit. Magic resistance is also an extremely good bonus to have on a Breton specifically as they already have a baseline magic resist, boosting that up farther without needing to use a ward is pretty good. It can make for a really good buffer until you remember to get spellbreaker if you're like me and constantly forget to get that OP shield.

[@thecowardlytimelord5322]

When snakeblood, magic resist, and hunter's discipline are life saving perks, falmer poisons on legendary difficultly are no joke, I've personally never used spellbreaker and magic resist potions don’t last long enough so you better believe I'm getting magic resist perk and completing the book of love quest as quickly as possible also might I add that Bretons with their starting magic resistance are the meta choice for a reason though I always play an Argonian because of personal preference, and finally hunter's discipline is great if you give your follower a really strong arrow type early on and no bow so you basically get an unlimited supply of strong arrows also you can only get dragonbone arrows by crafting so picking those back up at double the normal rate helps.

[@dennis.k8499]

Cutpurse is the best early game perk. Train yourself at various trainers and steal the money back. Do this until pickpocket 100 and you have your perks back, unless you want to keep it of course

[@alexanderstilianov]

Intense Flames has saved my life more than a few times.

[@aiFun365]

Intense flames makes it so that Aspect of terror adds more damage to fire spells. Together they make fire mages much more powerful. This might have been adjusted in unoffical patch but still works in unmod game, add in Necromage as a vampire and your going to cook everything

[@vega7865]

Your guides helped me make an awesome Magic build in VR, thank you!

[@TypicalPirate55]

Awesome! Glad to hear that these videos help. 👍

[@Alexor715]

"Yesss don't take that useless poison resist perk..." -Chauruses on higher difficulties

[@Bottlecapppp]

I gotta say that cut purse is kinda niche, because it's useful when you want your money after training and said trainer doesn't have a shop where you can get your money back by trading or isn't a follower to just pick up your coins from their inventory

[@darycknagel5757]

Necromage has one of the best utilizations in Skyrim, which is being a vampire and the only way to break past the limits of enchanting without being completely game breaking.

[@mikatheluv]

Great video, I think all of the listed perks are from a logic point of view, however, must of them are intended for roleplay I think, like the pickpocket ones. I could make a good use of all of the "making the undead flee" when I created a female imperial character who was a mara worshiper mostly an exorcist who could make the demons scared with her flames spell and so on, I even joined the stormcloacks and we won only curing them with my restoration I did not fight anyone lol

[@derektimmons6495]

He doesn’t know that necromage works on vampires including if your a vampire. So all buffs and perks are more effective.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

Necromage!? Seriously!? I'm guessing you don't play vampire ever? Since it's arguably the BEST skill in the game even without being a vampire but especially if you are a vampire since it increases your own effectiveness being undead yourself. Also, I'd say the worst skill in the critical chance for bow, 1H & 2H since critical hits only calculate off the base damage of the weapon and it's such a low percentage. For bows alone you'd have to waste 3 skill points on it when you're better off sniping.

[@TypicalPirate55]

I’ll be honest, I’ve never given being a vampire play-through a shot. It looks fun, so maybe I’ll have to try it sometime

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@@TypicalPirate55Oh ABSOLUTELY!

[@The_CoomSlayer]

​@@TypicalPirate55Yeah Necromage is absolutely broken since it will increase all enchantment and potion effects if you're a vampire. Even unique ones like elemental damage boosts from dragon priest masks, which can't be improved otherwise.

[@insertusername9755]

"Master level spells of (x) cost half to cast" come to mind...

[@indisputable3]

Those are quite useful if you're using more than 2 schools of magic

[@gutscross9706]

i LOVE oblivion binding, because i ran an all conjuration charactor, with 2 permanant storm atrinoches who got in the way all the goddammed time, but i could just 1-shot and re-summon them

[@staxstirner]

*Necromage Vampire has entered the chat*

[@brandonbyrd2336]

Some people have mentioned Necromage while being a vampire already. Just wanted to throw this out there: It affects enchantments on both armor and weapons. It affects a good number of perks as long as you take them after both becoming a vampire and having the necromage perk. It also affects some shouts like elemental fury. That combined with the dual weilding perk in the one handed skill tree will have you swinging weapons so fast that your arms basically become invisible. The slow down effect in archery and block are both majorly affected. BUT it also affects weaknesses. Like a vamps weakness to sunlight is also made worse. That being said any weaknesses can be easily reversed with enchantments.

[@christoffelsymbol1631]

Magic resistance is like the sole reason people level up Alteration in the first place Snake blood would be good too if it wasn't that deep in the Alchemy tree (at that point, you can cheese with your own 80% poison resistance potions)

[@JMulvy]

The only perks i avoid like the plague are all of the paralyze combat perks because they have a tendency to proc before you land the blow, so mid-swing your opponent will suddenly freeze and topple over, causing you to miss them the with your weapon the majority of the time. Nowhere is this more annoying than with a bow. Otherwise I take all the other perks because i have earned the ability to be so baddass in even the most niche of ways.

[@rallaa941]

It's cool that you offered to keep the questions anonymous for people who don't want their names posted on video. Anyway, I'd say that the critical hit skill in the archery tree is the worst since critical damage is determined by just the base damage. Getting back more arrows has become more useful if you have the arcane archer creation club content so you can get back those sweet elemental arrows.

[@rickau]

Dual casting restoration or possibly the save from death one because that can be replaced by hot key potions. Necro mage as a vampire is godlike.

[@Toni_231]

The only use I've found for oblivion binding is albeit super niche, but but somewhat useful is when you use it on your own summons if they're clogging up corridors.

[@Nr4747]

Frost Enchanter is actually an *amazing* enchanting perk since it works with the Chaos enchantment that you can get from Falx Carius in Solstheim. My pick for worst Enchanting perk (and you're right that they're all quite strong) is either Soul Squeezer or Soul Siphon, depending on your playstyle (aka if you like using the Fiery Soultrap enchantment or not), since neither are particularly needed on any "normal" playthrough (where you'll have more than enough gold to buy all of the filled soul gems you'll need).

[@jareddurr4320]

frost enchanter is very useful because of the chaos enchant in conjuction with stalhrilm. Stalhrim buffs frost enchant damage and each element from chaos gets buffed by every elemental damage increase. So Fire + Frost + Shock Enchanter + Chaos Damage enchant on stalhrim weapon. Furthermore, for some reason, enchants like absorb health also receive buffs when they are paired with elemental enchants with the use of the double enchantment perk.

[@Obviouse]

Frost enchanter with frost atunement, combine that on a stalhrim sword with frost damage and a chaos enchant and tell me its usless

[@AnarchySin74]

Cut purse?!? Not me pick pocketing 3000 gold at a time from trainer pockets to infinity train with very low fail rate.

[@GelatinousCube-jw8vg]

Incredibly surprised to see block runner on this list. Movement spend is DRASTICALLY increased while blocking with a shield. Able to close the gaps on ranged enemies like archers and mages isn’t the only thing it’s got going for it. Coupled with quick reflexes, which is also in the block skill tree at level 30, you can dodge and move around enemies basically at you whim.

[@TypicalPirate55]

Which perk in the block tree is worse than block runner In your opinion?

[@GelatinousCube-jw8vg]

@@TypicalPirate55 probably power bash because it still does very little in he way of damage but I guess it’s still useful for interrupting enemy attacks.

[@rbrucerye]

For alchemy I have to go with the pick that let's you ID ingredient effects over the poison resistance. At least with the poison resistance you need it to get one of the best perks in the alchemy tree (purity)

[@dariuszmajecki]

If you play pure mage build, using intense flames perks on wide group is actually pretty damn good as they stop attacking you which means less hits draining your life. This perk functions as crowd control. Necromage is one of the absolute best perks in Skyrim, especially if you also are undead (vampire). The absolute worst perks for me are magic cost reduction perks in each school. Why you ask? Because with enchanting you can make 0 cost anyways. Also the wax key perk is absolute trash. And btw unless you invest into enchanting and get 0 cost resto spell wards are absolute trash spells that drain magicka super fast, that said due to how it works dual resto perk is also trash, because the cost increase and the ammount healed is worse than if you casted the skill separately 2 times without dual wielding it.

[@daniel-tv4hx]

I wish speech had a perk similar to the merchant one that lets you sell any item to vendors for persuade and intimidate. Just a way to have those options more often feels like there's only like 15 times in a whole playthrough where these come up. Imagine being able to threaten random bandits to leave you alone like a calm spell or even convince them to betray one another, thieves could even actually rob people instead of having to pickpocket or attack.

[@TypicalPirate55]

for sure! I really hope we are able to negotiate prices from vendors in the next Eder Scrolls game!

[@lewis6138]

Congrats on the 1000+ subs, mate!

[@TypicalPirate55]

Thanks a ton! 🎉🎉

[@TheAchilles26]

The crit perks on both One Handed and Two Handed are way worse than the paralyze strikes, because crits are completely worthless due to going off the weapon's base damage WITHOUT Skill Level, Perks, or tempering

[@sebastianruiz911]

Never woulda thought of intense flames as the worst within the destruction tree, but I totally see your point. Nonetheless, I gotta admit I like it because it helps thin out swarming enemies like draugr. I has saved my 🍑 from many many dungeon royal rumbles.

[@shrihanshetty8859]

8:20. I think a 25% chance doesn't mean it will work once in 4 successful backward power attacks; it means there is a 25% chance in a single attack that it will work, so it is even less than what you said. Again, not too sure.

[@solarlightshield7916]

Block runner is great if your a dagger stealth assassin. It allows you to creap up faster to your targets. Greanted there are other ways to do so using illusion magic so stealth isnt an issue but wheres the fun in that

[@Christina-g4s]

Let me change your life. 1) don't wear armour. Clothing or unarmoured DB garb, means you move fastest. 2) sheath your daggers. Unsheath them when you move to attack. You move really fast! *Do not* have a spell in your hand, you lose the speed bonus.

[@NexuroPL]

play game on legendary and you'll quickly realize that you need to dump ~100 arrows to kill a stronger enemy

[@ericb3157]

my personal pick for "worst Destruction perk" is "Disintegration". "chance of instantly disintegrating enemies that are low on health if you hit them with an electric spell". what's wrong with that? *if you disintegrate a Dragon you don't any bones or scales or DRAGON SOUL* ! you also can't use "Raise Dead" style spells on any enemy that gets disintegrated, but at least normal enemies still drop items..

[@HallyVee]

No "AoE Self" spell to combine with Poison Resist, eh?

[@calvinsimpson1301]

Ive been playing skyrim since literally day 1 and ive never, not once, takenany speech perks outside of the first one that makes prices better

[@Appsmmogamer]

Dude you just lost all credibility when you said necromage was bad. It's the best perk in the game if you're a vampires.

[@calvinsimpson1301]

Straight up cracked as a vampire

[@Rand0mPeon]

Dude didn’t realize that the perks includes strengthening _your_ spells on yourself when you’re an undead. L take lmao

[@m82m107barrett]

/IF/ you’re a vampire. Outside of the tryhard exploit community, vampire builds are rare

[@artemisvoncourt7578]

necromage being bad is a really odd take... it affects all undead... including you... if your a vampire... meaning any buff spell, or perks you have are doubled for yourself...any shout effects that buff you... doubled... its really broken if your playing a vampire

[@SirEliteGrunt]

Lockpicking’s wax key is the worst for me. You get a copy of the key if there is one so you don’t have to lock pick it again making it harder to level. Also picking locks is so easy lol

[@michaelwilcox8187]

Coin purse beautiful when used on trainers

[@joshKozak]

Congrats on 1000 subs bro!

[@TypicalPirate55]

Thanks! Really appreciate it!

[@thecoffeebadger5807]

I never invest any perk into lockpicking. Playing Skyrim for years gives me a skill that allows me to predict the sweet spot to open chests. If you lockpick a chest while carrying a torch, you can increase your chances to open chests a lot easier. Also, with Fenrik's Welcome Illusion Spell, you can open Expert level and below chests infinitely while saving up the lockpicks for the master chests. So the lockpicking skill tree is pretty redundant.

[@robmitch4085]

"while carrying a torch" i.. i can't tell if your joking or that's a bug or intended.. and the fact i can't tell really shows the stability of Skyrim.

[@anthonythenoob]

Thanks for taking the time.

[@LordIvul]

I'd say that reflect perk from heavy armor tree is equally useless as the soft padding for a simple reason: if you are heavy armored, you're going to easily achieve the armor cap, reducing any physical damage you receive by 80%, meaning, you're not going to be receiving that much damage, and it reflects the damage you would receive. That means that the damage you reflect won't be high, so I can't see how that 10% chance is going to change the tides of the battle.

[@lavendergrey2357]

Treasure hunter is wayyy better than Master lockipicking when unbreakable is right there lol

[@bartoszN01]

8:34 Cutpurse is useful if you want to learn skills from npcs for free, which could otherwise be costly.

[@Striker2097]

Only problem i have are necromage and frost enchanter. Necromage makes vampires enchantments 25% stronger. You wont notice unless you go to active effects. And frost enchanter paired with the frost spell damage perks from destruction, has the ability to make 1 of the strongest enchanted weapons in terms of raw damage. Pair a stalhrim weapon with chaos enchantment and frost and your gonna do 100s of poinst of damage. Forget daedric and dragonbone or madness weapons from cc. Stalhrim is soem of the strongest weapons in the game

[@myself2noone]

Necromage might just be the single best perk in the game.

[@JaviusSama]

I'd say Key Master is worse than Cutpurse. I think you are forgetting the free training exploit. Not only that: Cutpurse is a requirement for better perks while Key Master is mostly useless and has no other perk that requires it.

[@hideshisface1886]

Alchemy: I'd disagree with poison resistance - it is good, just comes too late - there are several enemies that use poisons consistently and they are a major pain especially on higher difficulties - namely the Falmer and Chaurus. 12dmg for 4 seconds is not much on normal and lower, but it becomes devastating on higher difficulty settings. All things considered - experimenter is the worst perk, because all its benefits are temporary and redundant once you know the recipes. Alteration - you mention potions - they are consumables with limited time. Wards - eat your magicka like crazy. Enchantments - now we are talking - but enchantments are the reason WHY Magic Resistance perks are amazing - 30% from perk. 15% from Agent of Mara, 25 from Lord sign. That is 70% with no enchantments. Fully capped if you are a Breton. At most you need ONE enchanted item to cap resistance out. That is ton of slots you can use to enchant some other effect. I'd argue that Alteration Mastery is the worst perk - Master spells of Alteration suck - both have too long casting time to be useful at what they do. Archery - Hunter's discipline is bad. But Critical shot is also a strong contender - Critical damage is based on BASE damage value, meaning you get at most only a couple points of damage out of this - it is bad on a principle of being deceptive. One handed and Two handed - the same story - critical damage and bleed perks suck, because they scale of base damage. Blunt perks are marginally more useful, BUT most in-game enemies do not really use their armour values - they tank with their health for the most part. Block - Shield Charge is my pick - on a simple principle it can, on occasion, simply stop working. Conjuration - my pick goes for dual casting - you eventually get permanent summons and most bound weapons last more than long enough on base casting time. Oblivion binding is ok against mages who like to summon a lot - especially at higher difficulties where these summons are actually a threat. Destruction - completely agreed on intense flames - you don't want your enemies to run... UNLESS you combine it with Aspect of Terror, which boosts fire spells significantly stronger IF they have intense flames - it makes them count as fear spells. Running away is still annoying, but damage offsets it. Enchanting - all are good, but Front Enchanter is the least useful on the principle of comparatively many resistant enemies. Heavy armour - agreed on Cushioned - it is just a minor quality of life perk but nothing you will really notice. Illusion - this is the tricky one... This magic school, IF you are planning to use fear, frenzy and similar spells is an "all or nothing" investment - you need all the perks to keep up with leveling of enemies - otherwise the spells will simply cease to work. And that is on top of the fact that these spells do not work on bosses to begin with. Light Armour - deft movement - not because it is bad, but it feels like a throw in to the tree. Lock picking - wax key... It is the definition of useless - it gives you the key to a lock you just picked... come on. And most locks STAY unlocked. AND since you already unlocked it... you can do this again if it ever gets locked. Pickpocket - poisoned, hands down. If you want to assassinate the enemy, daggers are more effective due to damage multipier. Poisons are hilarious... but not efficient here. Smithing - Advanced armours - no unlock for new weapons is damning. Sneak - light foot - agreed. It is convenient, but never necessary. Speech - the whole tree is bad, except the investment perks - especially considering you simply can't level it up naturally without using glitches to repeat dialogue. Restoration - necromage is useful for illusion casters and amazing for vampires. My pick would be Avoid Death - is situational and rarely gives you enough to truly turn the tide.

[@Obsidianoak]

Dude. Necromage also buffs you - check out some glitch vids. You can get your magic resistance past 85% i believe with this perk with the right approach Though yes Restoration would be a tough call as it is a generally good tree. I would say avoid death is the worst personally as you will have had ample time to build stats and stock up on potions ect. By the time you get it You can avoid death by entering the item menue and downing food/ potions or simply save a level up to replnish all stats and avoid death from level 2 on. Vs wait for a situational perk I tend to not use/ need.

[@3ofinfinity601]

Agree with you on the Alchemy. To me, Golden Touch is the best of the Lockpicking skill tree, followed by Treasure Hunter, because you do get gold, or stuff to sell for gold. That said, I've stopped putting any perk points into the whole skill tree, because none of them are worth it. If I had to pick the worst though, it would Unbreakable. It costs you five perk points just to get there, and your lockpicking has to be at 100. By this time I usually have over three hundred lockpicks, and don't care if I break one, or ten. As anyone who goes into a lot of Nordic or Dwarven ruins knows, Light Foot is a useful perk to have. The worst perk in Sneak, for me, has to be Silent Roll. Yeah, it looks kind of cool, but really it does nothing. If I didn't need it to get the higher perks, I wouldn't waste my time on it. One thing I take into account is how many perk points do I need to get the worst perk.

[@iridios6127]

IIRC, poison resistance works well against sick animals.

[@TheManWithManyNames]

I prefer the passive level up and perk system of Oblivion sure the no breaking of Weapons and Armor is better in my opinion but if it was Like Oblivion you could hoard hundreds of broken items and with the duplication glitch you can spawn hundreds of repair hammers that way you can repair all your damaged loot in one sitting and take your 100 health item to I believe it's either 150 or 200 but you have to be careful not to raise collectable armor and weapons though to keep them pristine. But besides that Oblivion makes all Skill trees good you can use those skills allot more often and in combination with others not to mention being able to use spells regardless if you're holding a weapons that's where Oblivion beats Skyrim. In Skyrim magic is useless beyond leveling them up. I've hardly ever used Illusion or Alteration besides using one skill over and over to level it to 100. I manage my perk points. I get everything to 100 and only use those perks that are actually good. Like picking two ingredients which is tripled when you pick from a planted item from your property. Pick pocket perk that gives me 100 inventory space. Two enchantments. For Lock-picking I just wait until I get the Skeleton Key and then I just never complete that quest. Such a stupid quest. Why turn in one of the most useful and unique item for an ability that I would say isn't equal to the trade. And I don't like using the perk that makes the basic Lock pick unbreakable. That's what the Skeleton Key is for.

[@lerarosalene]

Block Runner is cheesy when you need to walk fast overencumbered or crouching.

[@BlackGeine]

This channel is amazing

[@TypicalPirate55]

Thanks 😁

[@altabalder]

For QnA Do you plan on making videos on mods specifically? I know Skyrim has a lot to offer already but I'd love to see you talk about mods such as Ordinator Perks. I'm not sure if you're into mods at all though.

[@TypicalPirate55]

Thanks for the question!

[@TheDarkZoren]

ohhh boy... in order of issues. Falmer do most of their damage from poison's so a 50% poison resistance is great I would say the capstone to alchemy is the worst because you could just make better combinations. Having innate magic resistance frees up space for other enchantments so that point is moot. Atronach has a problem that it will make conjurations not work 30% of the time. Archery's Crit shot is a 10% chance to do the base upgraded damage of your bow. way worse than a higher change to keep stocked on your best arrows. Block runner? this is the worst take by far. you go from a walking pace to a your normal move speed and you call that a slight speed increase? Also blocking arrows is just unreliable considering the enemy can still hit you in spots your shield does not cover. Enchating's worst has to go to soul squeezer considering you should have the black azura's star or at least the regular star in every run. one handed and two handed perks that are the worst has to go the the weapon specific bonuses because of how bad crits are, how bad bleed is, and how few enemies have high armor rating. Smithing worst has to go to orcish smithing. Advanced armors unlocks carved nordic weapons and armor that are just better than orcish. restoration you chose necromage... i hope you now realize your mistake here. This one perk can break the game because if you are a vampire congrats all your enchantments are now stronger on you.

[@novatong]

Exactly what I'm saying. There is nothing Orcish Smithing can do better than Advanced Armors could. Both armors are on par with each others but the Nordic weapons are 2 tiers above Orcish.

[@TOMGoingFerrel]

What perks did you pick for your build? My answer "yes".

[@jep1st]

The worst pickpocket skill is the key master. Stealing keys is always easy and if you're a thief character, you're gonna lockpick your way in anyway. Stealing gold, on the other hand, is useful if you want to get your money back from a skill trainer.