What is the Strongest Punch in Skyrim Without Crafting? ᴾʳᵉ⁻ᴬⁿⁿᶦᵛᵉʳˢᵃʳʸ

[@Sickliff]

Update: As of Anniversary Edition, Bone Wolf's Revenge no longer affects player vampires. However, the Bloodworm Helm from the Gallows Hall creation has a new necromage-like effect that does work on player vampires. There were also many gauntlets added to the game with unarmed enchantments so the new maximum would undoubtedly be higher. But how much higher? That remains to be seen.

[@hinkelstein1494]

Is the argonian bug fixed, or is the vampire argonian still the best race?

[@Sickliff]

@@hinkelstein1494 The argonian vampire's unarmed power attack multiplier has not been patched yet.

[@Jamiemundy32]

The way you explained this was as if I was listening to a path of exile build video.

[@Sickliff]

@@Jamiemundy32 Jousis has had an influence on my style to be sure

[@Jamiemundy32]

@@Sickliff I sadly do not know who that is, I just found your videos at random suddenly. Also, the few path of exile videos I did see were either builds or lore videos. So if it is a poe youtube I most likely haven't encountered them yet.

[@legateelizabeth]

Honestly the thing I took away from this is that female Argonians look very spiffy in that ancient nord armour. Strong aesthetic.

[@Sickliff]

Agreed

[@Nurk0m0rath]

So does Aela, at least imo. But I'm prejudiced...she was my first Skyrim waifu.

[@redriddler1231]

Why you lusty Argonian maid

[@ehotblch9602]

You start to realize that you had some pretty strange choices in your life when you watch videos like this and know most of the glitches and methods used, lol. But I had absolutely no idea about argonian-vampire unarmed damage boost, that’s amazing! Thank you for all this content.

[@ehotblch9602]

I also didn’t know how exactly “Steel fists” perk works, so thanks for showing it.

[@Sickliff]

It honestly surprises me that no one found out about Argonian Vampires' unarmed power attack. I discovered it on accident looking through the creation kit.

[@pocketspider]

The amount of crazy data and mechanics in here is insane. Absolutely love these videos, and I'm hyped for whatever you're thinking of next!

[@Sickliff]

Super glad you're into it!

[@John-ec5hz]

I can't believe I've played hundreds of hours of skyrim only to now realize that elixir of true shot was a 50% physical damage boost this whole time.

[@Sickliff]

Yeah, it's kind of an obscure bug. Glad I could teach you about it!

[@cal5964]

it doesn’t boost archery?

[@overlord9486]

@@cal5964 it will boost all physically damage, archery is included, he just means it excludes magical attacks. I dont know exactly but i know that bow damage is calculated by (equation of bow damage) + (base damage of arrow). so im assuming the calculation effects the first half of the calculation rather than the total with the arrow as well. which is still great, lets say you have no perks and no levels in archery, using ebony tier. the bow does 17 dam, the arrow 20 dam. usually your damage would be 37 but if you drink the potion, it would be 17x1.5= 25.5 + 20 = 45.5 not 55.5 you would expect. with perks and levels in archery idk, but im pretty sure the mult applies to the base damage only? i could be wrong on that dont quote me. But you gain more benefit from having a better bow rather than better arrows. but arrows are where a lot of your additional damage comes from when using bows.

[@cal5964]

@@overlord9486 thanks for the detailed answer I will definitely remember this next time I play Skyrim again

[@overlord9486]

@@cal5964 yea im clearly too bored if i know all this stuff 😂

[@dmitrygolubev9398]

"Male creatures such as Spriggans, Hagravens, and Wisp mothers" I love being a part of the Default Gender™

[@TaurusTheCrazyBull]

Khajiit: "Come on, one of the only reasons I'm chosen Is because of my melee, why do you have to take that from me" Argonian "Because I can, and because I can I will"

[@rohanthomas4134]

Damn I’m really glad I found your channel. Your presentation style is both clear and entertaining and your understanding of the game makes you seem like a deadpan mad scientist.

[@Sickliff]

I definitely feel like a mad scientist sometimes haha.

[@Leto85]

It is amazing how much new things you could teach me after I thought I knew so much already about Skyrim.

[@Sickliff]

Glad you learned something new!

[@absol1001]

I'm definitely going to try this in my next playthrough! Awesome content!

[@Sickliff]

Thanks, have fun with that!

[@tastezemelon7229]

Someone at bethesda slept on the keyboard and the mistake has made it through several rereleases. Peak bethesda right here.

[@philadeos]

Love the way your mind works.

[@Sickliff]

It is a blessing, and a curse.

[@Davenzoid]

I never thought i'd sub to another skyrim channel in 2021, 10 years after its release, but i stand corrected. Love your vids, finding out about new stuff is damn good content!

[@Sickliff]

That's a huge compliment, I'm really glad you learned something!

[@poormansproductions2402]

Interesting stuff. Are you familiar with multipunching? I think that would give orcs back their edge, maybe not for the highest damage per punch, but the highest DPS as you can land 4-5 punches per attack and they'd all be doing two times the damage compared to a single punch with a x5 and x1.25 modifier.

[@Sickliff]

Yeah, orcs may be a more attractive choice for a casual playthrough.

[@maxhadanidea]

whats multipunching

[@Kirokill1]

What is multi punch

[@poormansproductions2402]

@@Kirokill1 It’s when you spam attack and movement keys to land multiple punches during one animation which increases your dps substantially. You can find it near the end of my unarmed guide.

[@TheRagingHardon]

If you dont do the glove stacking or werewolf/vampire hybrid you can still get approx 1k dmg power attacks.

[@dixonarc69]

I appreciate you making a guide without the blacksmith/enchanting/invisible treasure chest exploits. It's still way too glitch heavy for me though.

[@Asaelus]

As always, this was really interesting. One shotting Alduin with a punch takes the cake for me 100%!

[@Sickliff]

Killing Alduin in absurd ways is my specialty.

[@Vaz_G]

This video is a hidden gem, ill probably still play as a male though but combined with necromage crafting it should definitely still be good enough

[@Sickliff]

Thanks! I'm glad you found some of the tips useful.

[@thegamingzilla6269]

fun fact: Khajit dont have that much of a extra fisting damage compared to Argonians, mostly due to an oversight regarding the Claws perk not displaying the actual damage number it adds. Instead they only add a rather small number, only putting them at 12 unarmed damage instead of 15 like its displayed they do, putting them only doing 2 points more damage than Argonians

[@Sickliff]

Khajiit and Argonians both have 10 base unarmed damage, but Khajiit gain 12 damage from their ability. So Khajiit have 22 unarmed damage and Argonians have 10, without any upgrades.

[@harley3211]

fav skyrim content channel atm

[@Sickliff]

Welcome to the cult of Hermaeus Mora!

[@kjhgjfcdgdfghj]

Wow, these videos are just super great

[@Sickliff]

Thank you so much :)

[@redriddler1231]

7:08 confetti bursts... & grunts heads...

[@everythingstrength1485]

Just discovered this gem 💎 awesome video.

[@Sickliff]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@The_House_Always_Wins]

To bad human enemies are the only ones with punch kill animations

[@jebus2382]

And the most astute of all thought argonian because of the thumbnail

[@Sickliff]

Haha yeah

[@natebush8217]

What a coincidence; I was actually working on a female Argonian/werewolf hybrid unarmed build. Guess the Nine Divines have answered my prayers on a video to help me realize my dream. XD

[@Sickliff]

Nice, hope it helped!

[@arwahsapi]

A reptilian - werewolf hybrid should be called werecrocodile, shouldn't it?

[@natebush8217]

​@@arwahsapi By that logic, a reptile/werewolf hybrid should also be called wereturtle, a weresnake or a weretuatara. XD

[@test-jd8rr]

The bone wolf necromage perk doesn't work anymore apparently.

[@Sickliff]

Correct

[@heimerdogger]

Underrated channel ngl

[@Sickliff]

Growing every day! It's only a matter of time.

[@Makareno94]

6:26 what 8000?! There is no way that can be right!

[@sinva4847]

He breaks the game again, this time he decided to become One punch man.

[@Sickliff]

Whisper, the one swipe lizard

[@smolchild1057]

The thumbnail guy be like: "go to the church and ask God to forgive you"

[@elgatto3133]

By the Hist what have you done to our poor brother

[@CallumDT]

I knew all of this about unarmed besides the argonians being stinger than cats. How much stronger are Aragonians is it that significant? Do I need to delete my build or make a argonian version? Also yes I have liked and subscribed obviously. Even hit that bell notification. You know it.

[@Sickliff]

An argonian vampire's power attack is over 2 times stronger than a khajiit's with all of these buffs applied. The normal attack damage is about 150 extra with a khajiit though. I'd say if you were to change races, an orc would be more ideal because of Berserker Rage providing higher DPS potential. The argonian vampire is good specifically for dealing the highest single punch damage. Not that it isn't viable in its own right, of course

[@dantealivieri5390]

One Punch Woman

[@Nurk0m0rath]

And meanwhile I just used the Vokrii perk pack, which comes with a short line of unarmed perks in the light armor tree. At level 10 and without any racial bonus, not an enemy in bleak falls could match me until the final boss. Wasn't even meant to be a brawler build.

[@ninjacom3]

You are the limit breaker of skyrim

[@jaja47_coolness]

I need a post-anniversary one

[@YoshiTheWise]

This is both impressive and amusing. Crafting is not allowed but you can wear 10 pairs of gloves 😂

[@CeeTeeOfficially]

They are unique tho😹

[@WhiteGandalfs]

Well: Without crafting, but with every inch of available glitches and cheating. There were times in my life when i was fascinated by such features, but nowadays... well: Lame.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Ha! I told my cousin Argonians were better than Khajiits. I knew it.

[@genericvillager]

Daedric includes Daedric brawler, Daedric mail(probably) Ebony probably includes the spell knight Randagulf is Steel plate I believe Dwarven probably includes wraithguard and Dwarven brawler I wonder where the Imperial Dragon and storm bear fit do u think they're just regular steel

[@DarcShinobi]

Love the video. 6th time hear. Now that i have anniversary..im wondering if it still Argonian?

[@Sickliff]

They still have the 5x power attack multiplier, so I believe they're still the strongest

[@milgos5269]

ebony and daedric armor is way easier to come by than you show, you can just: - go to the bandit camp next to whiterun - acquire transmutation - transmute iron into gold - dupe gold ingots with the follower dupe - 100 smithing by crafting 3000 rings - get ebony from the orcish ebony mine - get daedra hearts for free from the merhunes dagon quest, dupe them or buy them from a merchant and reset their stock now you have access to craft every single piece of heavy armor in the game that is craftable, even ancient nord at the skyforge and stalhrim in solstheim or you can just summon daedric armor from the midden forge if you are lazy i guess

[@ehotblch9602]

One of the rules was to not use any crafting

[@Sickliff]

Normally, that would be a decent method, but smithing wasn't allowed in this video. I did consider using the atronach forge for Daedric gauntlets, but I wanted to show off the Ancient Nord Gauntlet bug.

[@milgos5269]

@@ehotblch9602 yeah i dont really care about his rules, its more directed to the people who actually play the game without ymfah like restrictions, powerleveling smithing is way better than a 1/600 chance for dragonplate gauntlets

[@Fluffy-Rose1993]

Alright, time to sharpen my claws.

[@crimsonone3401]

can you also make a video about strongest build possible in skyrim ? like most powerful possible build we can create in this game according to stats that would make us like a walking god.

[@ducphathuynh2435]

yeah about bonewolf perk it not working anymore because they patch it out and let the necromage stay there. that absurd ps: Maybe you want the Fearsome Fist CC cause those new bracer/gaunlet had absurbly high base armor

[@Sickliff]

Yeah I mentioned that in the pinned comment

[@LegateLynx]

I understand most of the tricks and multipliers in the video, but is there a limit to how many times you can stack gauntlets? You can go into Forelhost and fight several ghosts that drop draugr armor sets. If there is no limit on how many times you could stack gauntlets then your damage could just scale limitlessly. Haven’t tackled this glitch yet so Idk for sure what limits apply. If you play a male argonian, I assume you would lose about 1500 damage when subtracting agent of dibella and the lover perk

[@Sickliff]

Each buff is only applied once, but you can stack enchantments from gloves of the pugilist if you duplicate them

[@LegateLynx]

@@Sickliff among glitches, seems a bit on the exploit side. I was thinking of making an argonian tribal character, so I want to see how far I can get with hth as well as certain primitive looking weapons

[@irisinthedarkworld]

1:55 not halfway in and already losing it

[@Sickliff]

The magnitude of the error is definitely comical.

[@Bonds_Mr_Coelho]

With no gliches the khajiit is the best option. 73 of base damage is OP

[@Sickliff]

73???

[@mirfalltkeinnameein9720]

@@Sickliff 22 base dmg +18 from gauntlets +20 from the enchantment for more unarmed dmg on the gauntlets (i think it was 20) +20% unarmed damage from the ring of the beast =72,5

[@cryojester]

Has anyone tested if the 5x modifier is still present in Anniversary Edition?

[@Sickliff]

I tested it, still works.

[@cryojester]

@@Sickliff Fantastic, thank you!

[@drayden1x]

super underrated

[@Sickliff]

Thanks! I'll get there in time

[@blastification2]

"Argonians are inferior." - Sickliff

[@Sinsanities]

It's over eight thousand!!!!

[@pandapruitt2542]

"what's the best race abusing certain glitches but not others"

[@loop4569]

The Lusty Argonian Pugilist

[@CeeTeeOfficially]

Is it true that perks that affect archery also affect unarmed?

[@Sickliff]

No, that's a myth

[@CeeTeeOfficially]

@@Sickliff okay aha thanks for replying :)

[@ajkillerofall5716]

does the 5x unarmed damage when vampire work on xbox 360 aswell or just pc?

[@Sickliff]

I haven't tested it on the 360, but it should be the same. Let me know if you try it out.

[@elitereptilian200]

god damn it.. every time I read or hear the word "knowledge" I instantly hear in my mind that asshole scammer who snuck in to someones carage to film himself in front of someone elses lamborghini yelling "knowledge"..

[@Sickliff]

Living in the Hollywood hills with only 2 bookshelves in my bank account

[@elitereptilian200]

@@Sickliff 😂

[@haych5491]

The scariest piece of knowledge i found from this video is that hagravens are men.

[@gluxetv8327]

Is it still available to do the hybrid when i am already started as a vamp lord before i turn into q werewolf? Or do i have to cure myself witha black soulgem before reconverting?

[@Sickliff]

Well, you actually have to be a vampire lord in order to do the glitch.

[@gluxetv8327]

@@Sickliff no, like what if i side with harkon and he has already turned me into a vampire lord? Im guessing the option for serana to turn me to avamp lord wknt show up right?

[@Sickliff]

@@gluxetv8327 It will because you won't be properly flagged as a vampire. Just make sure you've transformed into the vampire lord form at least once beforehand.

[@genericvillager]

Okay so ur saying the ancient nord gauntlets giv +18 Unarmed Damage cuz they're marked as daedric and ur stacking 8 different pairs of gauntlets to get th bonus from each material?

[@Sickliff]

@@genericvillager Correct

[@genericvillager]

@@Sickliff so do u hav any idea what madness and spell knight gauntlets are marked as and does this mean at best spell knight gauntlets only give +18 not +20 Unarmed dmg?

[@genericvillager]

@@Sickliff man I just need an updated list of what gauntlets are marked as what perkfist I'm sure it's obvious for most but I'd rather just look at it u kno

[@karpai5427]

Wasn't Marked For Death shout fixed in Anniversary Edition?

[@Sickliff]

Yeah, I plan to make a video about the new MfD though.

[@saverofthehumens]

Someone make an overhaul to the creation club or whatever so it's "official/canon" in the game at that point since it's provided by Bethesda to fix their fuckups of deleting viable unarmed from the game. What if I want to play another race or not be a vampire at all? Am I SOL, Todd?

[@UncannyBeagle]

Interesting, I'll probably never use it, but interesting nonetheless.

[@DarkAdept1]

Argonians are superior race according to lore. Best mages, beastmasters and assassins.

[@Mortelix7]

Does skyrim unofficial patch corrects the X5 right handed power attack multiplier?

[@Sickliff]

Dunno, I don't play with the unofficial patch. But you could probably look on the USSEP changelog to find out.

[@Leto85]

Hagravens are marked as male?

[@Sickliff]

Yep.

[@whtwolfgames7983]

Does the female argy vampire buff still work with Ordinator perks?

[@Sickliff]

I have no idea, but I encourage you to test it out.

[@GorNaKat]

It's kinda sad that you need to break Skyrim over the knee and exploit it to hell and back to make something other than stealth archer build viable( Well, this build is much more than just "viable", it's literally game-breaking, but i think my point still stands. Also idk if it was done with Unofficial patch, but note that with it, the necromage perk is fixed so it doesn't affect you, only your summoned minions. Frankly, i think every build should be done with the Unofficial patch.

[@Sickliff]

I didn't use the unofficial patch, but hopefully you may have learned something interesting regardless.

[@GorNaKat]

@@Sickliff Oh yeah i did. Argonians' *5 unarmed but ONLY when they are vampires is hilarious XD Imagine if you need to justify it with lore. What, are all their nails now vampire fangs? To they drink hist by feeding it to their victims first and then impaling them on their fang-scale-nails? Now that's some head-canon. Thanks for the vid, it was fun to watch!

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

You don't need to, Weapons + Smithing works wonders while Magic + Enchanting works wonders. Without exploits you make any build viable.

[@Sonicracer100]

3:04 What happened here?

[@oghren6617]

Are we really surprised that a female Argonian has best hand to hand after all those spears she’s polished 😏

[@jeremykelker8908]

"Jolly good guess!" 🇬🇧

[@turnedwheat2013]

Dang, I was hoping for no exploiting

[@lightningkitten]

love you

[@Sickliff]

💋

[@MorbidGames666]

HO LY FUCKING SHIT

[@bragiodinsen4604]

"And thats true, argonians are inferior." **nerevar has entered the chat**

[@TheBrunarr]

1:06 I can't tell if this is sarcasm or you misspoke lol

[@Sickliff]

I'm serious. Those are all considered male by the game.

[@TheBrunarr]

@@Sickliff Seriously? Wow I really am surprised at that, never would have thought!

[@towncrieronfire5899]

Before I watch this.. kitty cat people all the way!

[@timothydees4050]

Is this still good? And good on Xbox?

[@Sickliff]

Check the pinned comment for updates on certain things that were changed with anniversary edition. Everything else should still work on the relevant versions.

[@Billy_Herrington1969]

The amount of bug abusing and cheating is unbearable lol Although now I know that argonians get 5 multiplier on unarmed damage when becoming a vampire, that's new, but is probably fixed by unofficial patch

[@dustydeergod]

Fist. I mean first

[@bladpalace3728]

Wtf?

[@enermaxstephens1051]

At 1:05 don't you mean the opposite? Those 3 creatures after the deer are all female. Supposedly. If you can call that female anyway. You said this means female creatures will do extra damage to male creatures, then you showed 3 female creatures.

[@Sickliff]

Spriggans, hagravens, and wispmothers are male according to the game.

[@enermaxstephens1051]

@@Sickliff Obviously one of the many oversights and mess ups like you highlight in many of your videos. As is evidenced by the fact that they've got boobs.

[@morkahnofficial]

Lmfao all hagravens are actually male 🤣

[@T28Tank]

Sex doesn’t matter people don’t let him fool you they both do the same amount of damage