Can I Beat Skyrim Legendary Survival Difficulty With ONLY UNARMED?! | Skyrim Legendary Challenge!

[@domonikistheguy]

i love the whole idea of Phisten being a Khajiit who is way in over his head! having to step back from quests and being like 'I'LL COME BACK LATER! YOU DIDNT WIN!' such a novel visual to me.

[@JulesVonBasslake]

Reminds me of that JoJo part 2? meme of a secret Joestar technique, running away.

[@pocketinfinity6733]

narrator: "Phisten was in over his head" Phisten: "Im just holding back!" narrator: "he was not in fact not holding back at all, he was just pathetic"

[@ramrodbldm9876]

🤡

[@kvatchyobiv8540]

Hello! First time i see your videos and i love Skyrim too, a hint if i may as a long time player level up as you can early both 3 jobs Alchemy, smithing and Enchanting. disenchant blacksmith appron, wich improves weapons and armor as the Muris ring, as for enchanting collect ingredients to improve potions the combo scales when youre improving clothing and so with better potions and with those gear making enchantment potions to make enchantment better that scales untill no more can be done, with that improve both enchantments on a gear that improves armor and weapon aswell potions skills and make potion of blacksmithing even better, that equals better armor rating and for your pugilist gloves makes even better with perks combined, you may scale sneak for stonger backstabbing punches for an engage and is not direct damage the Shout called "marked for death" starts to find in the dark brotherhood chambers it reduces both health and armor rating from target. Cheers bro, i hope this hints helps you in the future videos.😉

[@kvatchyobiv8540]

Ah by the way with those alchemy potions that fortify enchanting even better enchantments including fist damage from enchantments.

[@jenniferroe297]

Fun fact: Arngeir never actually takes the horn off you, you can bring it back to the dungeon and get rewarded with a free dragon soul.

[@hereforthecomments-mads1740]

Not entirely true. The horn is removed and placed back at the tomb. You get the dragon soul because you’re recognized as a dragonborn by them.

[@tree_sentinel_ghost]

@@hereforthecomments-mads1740 You gotta place it to get the soul tho bruh quit clownin

[@hereforthecomments-mads1740]

@@tree_sentinel_ghost You give the horn to Arngeir then it is placed at the tomb automatically. You dont place the horn yourself. You’re the one clowning here.

[@tree_sentinel_ghost]

@@hereforthecomments-mads1740 Your name makes much more sense now

[@hereforthecomments-mads1740]

@@tree_sentinel_ghost Thank you

[@DrMedMueller]

I think the reason Kodlak sends the Dragonborn alone to help dispell the wearwolfcurse is because the other companions of the inner circle would disprove of it. He's the only one calling it a curse rather than a gift

[@jamestoy4962]

Actually, one of the twins (I forget the specific ones name) calls it a curse as well. I think it's farkas, as when you tell kodlak what you think about the lycanthropy, he says "the boy has a nugget of truth" It's been awhile since I've done the companions, so forgive me if I'm wrong

[@Sl31ghtofhand]

Farkas sitting there like😐

[@Bazz488]

​@jamestoy4962 it's vilkas

[@evanabney3659]

Aside from Skjor, who's dead now, Aela is the only one who considers the beastblood a gift. Vilkas sees it as a curse, and Farkas follows his lead- both of them will, later on after the completion of the questline, ask you to cure their lycanthropy too.

[@leaaronsanchez]

Both the twins call it a curse too. If you kill all the witches and cure yourself, both of them with ask to join you, the want to cure themselves too. Alone Alela wants to stay a werewolf. With the DLC's if you stay a werewolf Alela know a way for both of you to become Alpha werewolves with werewolf totems.

[@brianw.7700]

For anyone looking to speed up feeding as a werewolf, if you press the shout button to use your howl right after you start feeding, it cancels the feeding animation and lets you move out of the way of incoming attacks. (You still get the health and werewolf perk progress, too.)

[@carveslipknot56powerman7]

Excellent Pro tip

[@aydeng00]

Man, I have thousands of hours in Skyrim, and I really believe that I used to know this, and forgot. I played as a werewolf for most of my early playthroughs, but it's been so long since I actually used beast form in combat, like years...😅Thank you for the tip! 😂

[@OfficerQuavers]

The fact that the answer to arachnophobia was bears nearly killed me. Laughed out loud at quarter to 4 in the morning 😂😂😂

[@WillowPlaysGames]

glad it gave you a good laugh!

[@akhnatenpage4854]

Because bears naturally are less scary than spiders. Lol

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I remember from ages past a mod that replaces spiders with spiderman

[@ramrodbldm9876]

The fact that you thought it was so funny shows you're either not a day past 13 years old or a basement dwelling kidboy🤡

[@Loubert2004]

@@akhnatenpage4854eh I respectfully disagree

[@goblintacos88]

When I was doing a full unarmed playthrough years ago, I learned that the Alteration Tree is your best friend on this game. Later in the game you get enough physical damage protection, but one thing I always had a problem with was fighting anything that used magic, I would die so easy, the Alteration Tree gives you magic resistance, plus putting the right spells on your armor is very important also. Great Challenge, I have yet to play on the Survival difficulty, but it looks brutal, lol.

[@Halimat2.0]

in the hot water area between riften and windhelm is a stone that grants you magic absorption which also helps alot and if you do the lovers quest in riften you get additional magic resistance

[@goblintacos88]

@@Halimat2.0 Cool!

[@ShaimingLong]

A couple of things regarding the start of the thieves guild stuff, you can just fail the initial quest to keep the merchant around. He might not sell anything special, but it's nice to have an extra general goods merchant around for unloading items. Secondly, the shakedown quest can be done completely non-violently, you don't need to brawl with anyone, just talk to people connected to them to learn how to convince them to pay up.

[@Mortvent]

The merchant returns after a few days, has a questline as well. It's only a temporary thing.

[@ShaimingLong]

@@Mortvent First time I played back at launch, I picked up his quest first, then got him imprisoned, went out, got the journal but the part to give it to him didn't give a quest marker, he never returned. Having that broken quest made it stand out to me. If he actually does come back now, I guess Bethesda must have actually done some bug fixing! Next time I play I'll give it a try, thanks!

[@exantiuse497]

The merchant does NOT return if you frame him. @Mortvent has the unofficial patch installed, that returns him to the market square. In an unmodded game he stays in prison permanetly

[@ShaimingLong]

@@exantiuse497 It's amazing how easy it is to take the fixes the unofficial patch does as official fixes. Especially when those fixes seem relatively easy to do. I know I've made that mistake with Fallout 4 before. Thanks for clearing that up!

[@poilboiler]

You can fail the ring stealing. Fail the 3 extortions by killing one of them. Fail the island by burning all hives. And you're still considered the best thief they have and they still send you on the most important tasks.

[@arellajardin8188]

Well, Unarmed in FO4 will seem like a breeze in comparison. Sadly, crafted Brawler gauntlets do not have the Fortify Unarmed enchantment. They have to be bought. I don't know what level Deadric or Dragonplate Brawler gauntlets spawn at merchants, but those are as high as you can get without using an alchemy/enchantment loop. And the Ring of the Beast is better than any ring you can make youself. Though, surviving as a Vampire while doing radient quests to get the ring is another matter.

[@4evachasinpaper]

Lvl 50 n above will spawn most end game loot in merchants

[@arellajardin8188]

@KrimsonKracker Are you talking about Vanilla, or are you talking about the Brawler variants added with Fearsome Fists in the AE? Because I'm pretty sure I saw Brawler's Daedric Gauntlets at a Blacksmith at some point.

[@AAAA90175]

The fearsome fists gauntlets all show up on their dedicated vendors upon starting the game up with the creation installed.

[@mzbbowser4062]

I have so much respect for this guy making a poll to limit races as if this isn’t alr an insanely hard run

[@ForestX77]

Possible lore reason why Khajiit have the highest base damage of unarmed damage is cause in their homeland of Elsweyr they have Khajiit monks who practice what is known as Claw-Dance which has many styles of hand to hand fighting which is a big part of their history and culture which is used for combat but is mainly used as a form of meditation. In short Khajiits are the kung-fu masters in TES lore which makes it a further crime that Skyrim and ESO don’t have dedicated unarmed skills.

[@TheUndyingCrystal]

​@ForestX77 While the lore you're mentioning is true, I'm pretty sure Skyrim only explains the higher unarmed damage from Khajiit and Argonians as them having claws. The guards will even tell a Khajiit who is in combat stance to "put their claws away".

[@StevetheWizard2591]

There's an alternate way to survive this challenge, but it's a little differently difficult: Become a Vampire Lord, and you'll have an infinitely usable way to deal massive unarmed damage, and if you side with the vampires in the Dawnguard questline, you'll have access to a ring that boosts your unarmed damage by 25 and stays equipped while you're transformed.

[@SirVivalistVideos]

Hey Willow. Been enjoying your video's. Worth a membership when I got time to catch your lives. I did this run with no magic, including enchantments. Orc Heavy with a shield. Berserker was a life saver. Be thankful you never had to go to Winterhold. That was the biggest struggle until I found the smelter to keep warm.

[@dylanclatone4031]

“Im gonna heal infront of you to assert dominance” *proceeds to get clobbered 😂

[@joelpierce1453]

I haven't watched through the whole thing, but you didn't mention the Fists of Randagulf in the intro. They're a pair of unique heavy armor gauntlets added by AE which boost unarmed damage. They would be super useful early on with a run like this, though they are outclassed once you get to the high level brawler gauntlets. I think the quest is started by reading something on the table Adonato Leotelli sits at in Candlehearth Hall in Windhelm.

[@tsutl84]

The skeevers owning you that hard remind me of a saying we have on Final Fantasy 11 (the first Final Fantasy MMO): No matter what level you get to and no matter how powerful you get, there will always be a bunny that can kill you.

[@Halimat2.0]

the worst thing is the skeevers aren't the strongest enemy in that dungeon and there is a mage boss waiting for you

[@Lucorito_Costito]

One thing I've noticed during my playtroughs that may actually help someone who is looking for an unarmed build, is that an argonian vampire lord with the special vampire ring you get doing missions after completing the dawnguard questline siding, well, with the vampires, is that the multiplier go nuts and makes you deal more damage than a Khajit in the same scenario would do for some reason I have no idea why, making you able to do massive damage and actually one-hit some NPCs... Not most of them tho lol.

[@Luna-Starwatcher]

I loved watching this challenge run cause when I was a lot younger and had just found Skyrim for the first time, I immediately picked a Khajiit cause I thought they looked neat. The claws ended up carrying me through the entire game, I upgraded my armor and other equipment normally, but never used a sword. Felt like watching myself play for the first time again

[@regiliok]

fun fact metal armour makes u cold faster fur armour keeps u warm walking with a torch gives a little bit of heat too one more tip the steed stone makes heavy armour weigh less and lets u carry more i also recomend getting the Predator's Grace boots they are easy muffle and nice and warm

[@ivycarroll3781]

I thought steed stone made armor weigh nothing while it’s worn. It’s been a hot minute tho

[@benjadryl_7393]

plus you get that sweet sweet 1% stamina regen buff

[@Halimat2.0]

atronarch stone gives magic absorption allowing for eaiser fight against dragons and mages which own you the hardest usually since they ignore armor

[@regiliok]

@@Halimat2.0 that is why i almost always play breton kinda nerfs the OP magic early game and lets u almost ignore it late game

[@joridvisser6725]

Good video, though one small note: The ring that you get when you side with harkon (ring of the beast) also works without transforming and it adds +100 health and your unarmed attacks deal a bonus 20 poison damage (this is especially valuable as poison completely ignores armor and resistances) as such it allows unarmed to be rather strong even on legendary if i recall correctly

[@Nightstick24]

39:39 If you ever need a good, hard laugh that'll bring you to tears, get yourself a potion of paralysis, or a paralysis spell, and hit poor Wulfgar with it right as he Whirlwind Sprints.

[@Corncheese77]

in case you do more skyrim videos, there is a set of orcish armour in an orc camp to the west of riften. super easy to get, even easier if you are an orc. By far the best way to get high lvl armour super early, I grab it every run!

[@LimbosUnrest]

Be careful if your I think around level 9 - 11, it will trigger the quest linked to that stronghold im pretty sure!

[@chernobyl720]

The Bears really make it Harder, because the Spider woldnt have fit through the Door in the Beginning P.s. Really cool Video. Glad i found your Channel

[@charlesbrown4483]

I recently did my mandatory annual Skyrim play through and did an unarmed build for the first time. I loved it, honestly it was probably the most fun I’ve ever had with Skyrim’s combat. One thing I wish I could’ve changed about it though. My original idea was to do a one-handed build, i.e. only use a shield. My idea was to get that one spiky shield that causes bleed damage, and just punch with my free hand. But you can’t do that effectively because you have to be completely unarmed for most of the good unarmed perks to be usable. That was a bummer for me, but otherwise the unarmed build was super duper fun and if read this and you’re thinking about trying it, DO IT NOW!

[@Savaris96]

I always assumed that Argonains deal more damage with their fists because they have scales, while Khajiti actually make proper use of their claws

[@keepingitfresh7104]

This guy is criminally underrated good video man 👍🏻

[@sosgrosil1085]

The name Physton with the idea of being a tony the tiger rip off has me laughing for a solid minute and a half because of the whole... bandana thing.

[@FaustIoM]

Another great Skyrim Challenge video, It has to be said as well, the thing I appreciate the most about these challenge videos so far is that you don't use any Companions/followers outside of quest ones. Really appreciate that.

[@Halimat2.0]

well companions would be way to cheesy even if you only allow them to punch they just are tanking for you like crazy and making it effortless

[@luxx.44]

the legend of phisten is 10/10, love the guy:3

[@WillowPlaysGames]

was a good run!

[@luxx.44]

it was absolutely brutal to watch, you suffered long and hard o7

[@gr8stginge185]

Be kitty kat, get gloves from hmoeless man, disenchant gloves, enchant spiky fists. Get heavy armour, get perks mainly one for the fist one, become one of use and turn into a vampy fire, done. Ez pz Some how become stalth archer.

[@wolfspider9815]

Love this. Someone else might've already stated this previously, but whilst in werewolf form and eating a body to heal-you can roar as soon as available and get back to the good good fight

[@wolfspider9815]

^Interrupting the eating animation but receiving it's benefits

[@lbgonpokeit]

Just commenting before the gameplay really starts. I KNOW for a fact I couldn't do this, I'm excited to see how you do! Thanks for the upload man!

[@BLD-wh1nu]

Bro your channel is criminally underrated these videos are great your funny and you only have 34k subs wth

[@WillowPlaysGames]

It's okay, one day I'll b over rated lol. But jokes aside, thank you this comment is really kind. The channel has blown up more than I thought it even could. It may seem like 30k subs isn't much in the grand scheme but it's huge to me.

[@BLD-wh1nu]

@@WillowPlaysGames well congrats and I'll be here for the bigger milestones once they come

[@dima_keller]

Hey glad you talked to Keerava instead of beating her up. Even though you tried it... Multiple times 😅 I really like her and her groom and if I do this quest I always make sure to visit them last and to take their quest as an apology (yeah I can't really play bad characters)

[@Banshee718]

god i lov willow videos they are so consistant and long enough to listen to while working

[@probablybadgers3994]

Loving this channel. Keep up the good work!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Thanks, will do!

[@whodoes765]

Fun fact: there is a ring that gives you 20 extra damage with your fist in the dawnguard dlc, just side with the vampires and do some side quest. The ring is called "the ring of the beast."

[@Royal_ram_]

Actually i believe there is a glitch, that makes it so that if you pick an argonian, get the necromage perk, and become a vampire, it well actually boost your unarmed damage way beyond that of a Khajiit, even with the same process. I don't remeber exactly how to do it or what the order is but i definitely remember watching a video of someone making that build.

[@rockowlgamer631]

40:30 I have played Skyrim on Legendary twice and will say that the spiders are some of the most hardest to deal with because of the poison they inflict. Unlike on lower difficulties the poison is super fast so turning the spiders into bears was probably a smart thing to do. Since you have arachnaphobia, you would not like Grounded the game.

[@mothman8300]

33:08 To explain on the lore, the basic companions don't know about the curse and aside from one, the rest of the circle are all happy with being werewolves and wouldn't want to break the curse.

[@hattopo]

Something important to note is that if you instead chose an argonian you could've became a vampire and got a 5x unarmed damage multiplier, which is unique to argonian vampires for some reason

[@StarlightFromAbyss]

The way Skyrim balance works, I think you can allow yourself to use Blacksmith-Alchemy exploit cycle at least once. Buff will be noticeable, but not gamebreaking like when you use it several times to snowball the effect.

[@nemohimself2580]

So long as you don't use restoration potions, it caps around 127% boost.

[@cullenkenny98]

For anyone trying unarmed only. I dont recommend the bears mod for a start, haha, but i get it. For the brawl issue he had, if you start attacking before the brawl actually starts, thats assault, and you'll get done in by guards. Anything involving dwarven ruins is beyond hard. Dont attempt till you're almost max damage. You can do it without wolf form, but i recommend a follower at bare minimum. You cant block, you are short range, you need something. Every benefit helps. The ebony armour from boethia is amazing. Shouts are amazing. Enchanting is pretty good too. You'll want to set up a crop farm early. Get enough crops to level up alchemy to max (but dont use it early) then get enough crops to make health potions. You dont wanna do this too early, as everything will outlevel you, but you can save the resources till later. With enchanting, fortify health as well, not just unarmed.

[@pocketinfinity6733]

26:14 derp bear has blessed this video and your future challenge runs

[@thecrownedkings7717]

There’s quite a lot of unarm overhaul mods which add cool martial art combat animations and kill moves plus if you wanna be magic monk there’s mods for that too. Arcane brawlers for one gives your fist elemental damage

[@epicguy6343]

Honestly such a W that you’re not afraid to say you have arachnophobia, good on you, king!!

[@Gormfeld]

Another good character name would have been Ken, because it means "fist" in Japanese. Although if you do that, you also have to make him a human with spiky hair and a sleeveless leather jacket.

[@taphorphicexonyct]

Yes please do insert more VOD clips to these videos, GOLD

[@gamerfourlife64]

Ah yes an unarmed run i did one of these once just to see how far id get but survival wasnt a thing back then so this added bit of difficulty is awesome

[@MortimerFolchert]

Just FYI: You don't need to brawl for the Thieves Guild Intro-Quest. If you had talked with Brynjolf again after he gave you the Quest he would've told you: 1.) Helga can be blackmailed by stealing her Dibella-Statue. She'll pay her debt in exchange for the Statue. 2.) Keerava can be blackmailed by talking to her Fiancé, aquiring knowledge about her Family and then threaten her Family during her dialogue. 3.) Bersi can be blackmailed by thrashing his Dwemer-Urn in his Shop. No matter the Order, the 3rd one will always pay immediately. [4.) If you've failed to collect the money through dialogue, instead of brawling, you could go back to Brynjolf and pay the 300 G out of your own pocket.] I put the last one in brackets because I'm not 100% sure if this Option is Part of the Base-Game, the USSEP or the Cutting Room Floor. P.S.: Phisten is a great Punch-Cat Name. =D Mine was Je'an Clawed van Helgen. xD

[@thegary5151]

I would love to see more livestream moments in these challenges!

[@fayemarie5056]

32:25 fun fact, you can use the howl ability to skip the feeding animation so you aren't defenseless

[@gamerwolfKO]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but vampire lord is actually the best for unarmed builds WITHOUT needing to actually be transformed. At level 46 you get a 50 unarmed bonus plus you can get another 20 poison from a vampire lord perk that works whole untransformed as well. Plus you get access to a ring with the VL route that gives 100 hp and 20 unarmed. Finally theirs a gauntlet in the Anniversary edition that gives 20 unarmed plus another 15 with the heavy armor perk for unarmed damage. If my math is right you can hit 137 unarmed as a Kajhit Vampire Lord which can be bumped to 151 with the necromage perk. A lot of work but it can make you pretty strong. Necromage gets even crazier with the magic defense from the alteration tree and lord stone, bumping up your magic def from 55% to almost 69%.

[@PhilMihaly]

The Silver Hand do more damage to you in werewolf form because they use silver weapons, which specifically do more damage to werewolves.

[@jacobcrumpton4643]

For future reference, in the Dawnguard DLC, if you're a vampire, you can pick up a couple of special rings off a radiant quest. one of which, the ring of the beast, adds 100 points to both health and unarmed damage.

[@nanolies]

Since you have arrachnophobia, if you still want spiders and their drops instead of bears, there’s a mod out there that (is not at all canon or lore friendly) turns all spiders into weird, warped spidermen (the hero). So while it’s not lore friendly like bears it still allows you to have spiders and their loot.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

the bears drop the spider loot.

[@sparkslegends7482]

Can you beat Fallout 3, New Vegas, or Fallout 4 without using any caps at all. No buying with caps, no making weapons with caps, and no bribing or paying people with caps.

[@lordramdyx6139]

I'm not gonna lie, that Clear Skies thing still baffles me, how the heck have we all gone this long without noticing that before? Great job with the run, willow! This is such a fun run, congrats on the victory!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Thank you!

[@Halimat2.0]

the issue is while you have to use dragonrend on Alduin you can't really use any other shout so only after he can't fly anymore it can be used easily and isn't super annoying anymore

[@matthewcaraballo1171]

That fucking suplex was crazy

[@wadihredwan4237]

Finally a new willow video

[@WillowPlaysGames]

Here it is!

[@DrrZed]

Fun fact: cats scratch much harder than lizards.

[@gr8stginge185]

Lizard heals fast, cat sees in night time.

[@SuperShyguy11]

Love your avatar tbh, it’s really cool !

[@BillyJoe820]

Your channel is growing so fast and this game is almost 12 years old! Speaks volumes about your videos 😮‍💨

[@legendx8365]

I’m not sure if it’s a new KZbin feature or just something you can do but when you asked for the like button to be pressed around 14:25 the like button literally lit up and I think that’s pretty dope!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

it apparently is a new feature which is pretty cool!

[@Fencer_Nowa]

Honestly Insects begone even without arcanophobia seems pretty fun

[@NightNinja2303]

Did anyone else catch the glitch at 44:09 😅😅😅 I though I had lost my mind for a sec. Great video BTW!!

[@WillowPlaysGames]

yeah mishap in editing lol

[@lihzzahrdspeed6631]

I don’t see what you mean, I’m confused

[@lihzzahrdspeed6631]

Oh it’s actually 44:06 that’s why

[@Earthenfist]

I wonder if you'd have been able to take a different track here. Like, obviously you needed to deal damage, but could you potentially have managed without werewolf form by going for a tankier build? I think the Alteration school spells like Oakflesh and Stoneflesh still boost you even when wearing armor, and there's a variety of extra health enchantments and potions and stuff I think you can get. It still might not have been enough overall, but it might be a different track if you ever re-visit this challenge?

[@Xaa1962]

1) Yes, the bear mod made this a LOT harder. Bears START tanky, and the more you level, the more tanky they get. 2) You'd have made it easier on yourself by taking a few hours to build enchanting and smithing. Even without using the restoration loop, high smithing makes good armor, and getting (or making) a set of enchanting-boosting gear and enchanting a set of gauntlets that adds fifty or seventy points to your punches is not impossible to do, just tedious. Down-side: Leveling up this way would have meant fewer amusing death montages. ;-)

[@Alizudo]

[3:20] I'm going to say that Khajiit have stronger claws than Argonians because the scalpel-like properties of cat claws are a defining characteristic of felines. Meanwhile alligators or crocodiles (which Argonians seem most similar to), despite having claws, they're a rather minor detail and aren't especially sharp; something more like a dog's.

[@mothman8300]

This video made me do some research and I stumbled upon The Ring Of The Beast from the dawn guard dlc. Probably would have helped with this.

[@RukaDesu]

If I was trying this challenge, I would get 100 on alchemy, smithing, enchanting, and alteration first things first... even without the restoration loop, you can make potions to make better enchantings and smithings... and you can make a potion of better enchants to make an armor of better smithing too... you can make a full set of ebony, which is good enough... upgrade them with smith them in a way that even legendary dragons only TICKLE you do to defense alone... (all without a glitch) use enchantment to fortify unarmed as you did, with full 100% enchant + 100% alchemy it's probably higher than 8 on each...... and you can put a SECONDARY enchant on the same item! the full enchant set I would either go for a lot of extra health and health regen... or, smartly, a 100% discount to restoration mixed with a ton of health boost... maybe a ton of stamina boost on the parts I can't have health, for more power attacks! the 100 on alteration means you can get a 30% resistance to all magic... and a 30% absorb ON TOP of that... and you can boost even more your defense with spells... add that with the Atronach stone to a 80% magicka absorption! making you tanky as hell against any mage! you can also do the quest "The Book of Love" to get 15% permanent magic resistance, and enchant the rings/pendant with it to easily get a 85% cap of magic resist... the quest "Unfathomable Depths" is bugged and gives 25% armor rating to all armors except dwarven, the opposite of what it should do... which also would help (it may be fixed on anniversary, idk)

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I love this advice, I probably should of stayed in the video that this was only my second time playing through Skyrim, idk how to level things quickly and didn't wanna spend 5 hours on a stream leveling skills so I just brute forced a lot of this run.

[@ts5186]

Subscribed and I salute you brother.

[@randomb1397]

Hey, totally new watcher but can I just say I love the restrictions you put on yourself, and how you stay true to the spirit of the game and challenge. I liked how you used the werewolf form to continue the challenge when it seemed progress was far too slow, but that you always tried to work towards making your initial build idea work. Kept variety but also you made sure it didn't feel like the initial challenge had been scrapped or anything. Refusing to do infinite loop meta (e.g. alchemy -> enchanting) was important too, because you stopped the crux of your gameplay becoming reliant one very basic and overpowered strategy. Also with the janky AI, it's sometimes (or actually almost always) too easy to just run around and ignore enemies, so I'm glad you tend to actually fight all the enemies in your path (except stealth missions - that's different IMO). Someone mentioned that you didn't have as much preparation for your combat as you could have, and I think that's honestly quite a good thing. It's not super fun relying on potion chugging to get you through everything, because it can detract from the other more interesting methods of making your build viable. Anyway really enjoyed this, so thanks, hope you keep uploading stuff like it :)

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I will, working on a starfield run rn

[@Enoonb]

18:40 - Fun fact: no matter who it is, your last mark will always surrender without a fight. Presumably because they heard about you "dealing" with the other two so they know that putting up a fight is not worth it.

[@leam1978]

werewolves become a lot more powerful if you use the fear roar often, in addition to knocking them down. that said, i think unarmed enchanting is fine to do--as long as you don't use the restoration loop. so then, enchanted gloves, gauntlets, and ring, heavy armor, magic resist from quests, some alteration-based defenses, and maybe a fortify archery potion to increase damage.

[@person55632]

For those who use survival, the camping mod gives you a portable campfire to keep warm. And there's also warm soup made with fire salts. I've learned the locations of allot of fires in the game lol

[@person55632]

I said this before you used a camp site lol

[@flabbergasted6231]

It is very possible but takes forever. You need to be a vampire lord with the poison claw perk, a khajiit, fortify unarmed enchants on as much as you can wear plus enchants to undo the debuffs of a vampire. You need to level up heavy armor to get the fists of steel perk and wear the daedric armor set since their gauntlets are special. All of these things are special and stack damage. You also need the ring of beasts which you will get from the vampire quests. Also, you don't even have to fight those people in the thieves guild quests there are alternative ways to dealing with them if you talk to Brynjolf. Also, the best tactics against dragons is to fight them from their side. Hit their wings when on the ground. They won't be able to hit you with their tail or bite at you. If you run at them and attack it helps. Now of course a bow and arrow when they are stationary in the sky or landed is the best tactic but that doesn't work here now does it? lol

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I didn't do a lot of that.

[@arellajardin8188]

I'm pretty sure Poison Talons only work in Vamp Lord form, which unequips armor. Thus, you lose the Fist of Steel perk and whatever enchantment you put on your Gauntlets. So I don't think Vamp Lord is the way to go. I'd only become a Vamp long enough to get the Ring of the Beast, then cure myself.

[@carveslipknot56powerman7]

The riften guard attacked you because you hit the dude earlier 😂😂😂 but after you died by that guard it was kind of funny 🤣🤣

[@BlanketGamer-fz4gx]

49:29 No Fast travel Is quite a pain but there is a easy way to go straight to the top by using a horse at a stormclock camp near whiterun. You can go straight up and get there in a few minutes.

[@Xeono218]

I saw the poll before I got into Skyrim not thinking anything of it then later down the line I get into Skyrim and I come across this video and I was like well we just came full circle lol

[@PrinceSheogorath]

Tip for the civil war armor: wear a full set of heavy imperial armor and speak to the guy. He just gives you the key to the chest thinking your a recruit

[@SpartanB209]

If you get one of the hearth fire homes, you can get a carriage driver that can take you to Ivarstead. The one near falkreath is the most convenient.

[@alpharius282]

When I did my unarmed playthrough Skyrim I chose to do it without leveling any skill at all. So my opponents would scale with me the whole game. (Not at all). It helped tremendously. I did use shouts a lot to help deal with things.

[@EdmundKempersDartboard]

6:05 ok I'm trying this because that was wonderfully brutal. Spiked headfirst into the concrete from a good 6 feet in the air and at an angle that ensures a broken neck just in case the head trauma doesn't quite do it.

[@the1misscinny]

They should have given an unarmed skill tree in this game.

[@WillowPlaysGames]

would of been nice!

[@GreysonMacAllister]

Yes they should have but then Skyrim might've drifted too close to actually being an RPG

[@Nr4747]

I like this run since you made some mistakes that seem rather obvious to someome who played this game for way too many hours. Firstly, *don't* wear any light armor when going for this since you'll need level-ups in heavy armor for the Fists of Steel-perk anyway and any over-leveling (aka leveling the wrong stuff) really hurts you. Secondly, you can easily do the Thieves' Guild introduction without beating any of the traders up by exploring different options. But, like I said, I actually like watching less optimized runs, it's something different - keep up the great work !

[@Halimat2.0]

i think he did beat up the merchants to be in theme with the run though smashing the Dwarven urn would've also been in theme i guess

[@CommanderM-bh4rz]

Ya know the dude that got executed first probably woulda survived if he didn't get impatient

[@GriffinSPENG]

Another reason Kodlak sent you instead of the other companions that i havent seen in this comment section is, he knows your future before you do, he knows that you can save him, and he knows that your destiny is to prevent Alduin from bringing back all the ancient dragons.

[@Loki1620]

I have been playing my first unarmed playthrough. It makes it tough.

[@cainecrosh7085]

funny that not many people know that the thief guilds quest with the innkeepers can be veeeery easy, because u can intimidate them for example with smashing pots or sth at that one guy and so on. if im right u can intimidate two of them and the last will give the money without doing sth

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I knew you could but I was determined to win the fist fights. the Chat was yelling at me to intimidate the entire time but it's a punching build and I should punch them!

[@go2it566]

Every time spiders would show up “BEAR FIGHT! BEAR HANDED! BEAR NAKED?!?! OH YES PLEASE!”

[@jstang2121]

Beautiful video, the transition effect when you explained the run at the beginning make me feel like I'm having a seizure though, 9.5/10

[@randyjenkins8896]

Fyi: skyrim is a country not a continent,. Tamriel is the continent, cirodiil is also a country.

[@randyjenkins8896]

by the way you could use a sheild and your claws as your sheild barely can damage.

[@Z-KillerEdits]

fact on Kodlak thing you talked about, he sent you alone because he was testing on if you should take leadership of the companions.

[@trewise3822]

i actually enjoy the beginning break downs

[@WillowPlaysGames]

I do too! it's why they are there! but a lot of people don't they tend to skip it!

[@serotonin.scavenger]

Skyrim is not a continent. It's a province.

[@Confused_Slime]

Btw you dont have to wait for beast form to wear off you can just open the favorites menu (whatever button you have bound for favorites or the default on controller the( up button on dpad) and you can and then press revert form when you press the shout button you revert.

[@TheOneTrueSpy]

oh FUCK YEAH WILLOW ASCENDS TO MR FISTER!!!!

[@SAVAGE-qs2yb]

I think if anything, you replacing the spiders with bears makes the game harder because I've died to bears way more times than the weak spiders. Oh, I realized you say the same thing I just said in this video, I feel like I'm commenting on a different video you did with the mod lol. Oh well, nice to know we agree you made the game harder lol

[@WillowPlaysGames]

go check out my latest video, It is definitive proof that the bear mod was harder than not using it lol

[@Enoonb]

Moral of this run: it sure would be nice if heavy armor wasn't made out of paper mache.

[@trublaze]

7:00 You should always kill the Torturer, even when going with Hadvar. It's always morally correct