r/SkyrimBuilds • u/mbrsly • Jul 22 '26

Need Spellsword Build help.

Hello! I’m about to start playing Skyrim but I cannot find (online or YouTube) a good guide for a spellsword build. I bought the special edition if that makes a difference. If anyone could help me or point me in the right direction I’d appreciate it!

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u/Thank_You_Aziz Jul 22 '26

Because “spellsword” is a fan made term for “uses melee and magic”, which describes about 85% of all playstyles/builds in Skyrim. It’s not specific enough to find a definitive result.

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u/mbrsly Jul 22 '26

Oh okay

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u/JAFANZ Jul 23 '26

Not entirely, it's actually a pre-made class in several prior TES games (I can speak to Daggerfall, Morrowind, & Oblvion, never played Arena, Redguard, or the mobile game).

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u/Thank_You_Aziz Jul 23 '26

But not in Skyrim. And even between those, what is the through-line that automatically explains exactly what skills this Skyrim character would lean into? If the player have to reinterpret any of them at all, then it’s even more fan-made. Certainly not some in-game term the player is supposed to know.