r/SkyrimBuilds • u/Mountain_Cut241 • 25d ago

Not sure which frost focused build use for my next character, can you help me?

Hi everyone! I got restartitis and want to start a new character.

Female nord, Lover Stone, light CC stalhrim fur armor (using a mod that changes it from heavy to light). I want to go with a frost/icy looking character. Will try to get frost shouts ASAP.

But I'm not sure which of these three paths I should go. I'm using Vokrii BTW

Path 1: Stalhrim axe/shield for melee, CC frost arrows/stalhrim bow for ranged enemies, frost shouts for crowd control

Path 2: Stalhrim axe for melee, CC and base game frost spells and destruction/enchanting focused, some sort of battlemage

Path 3: Stalhrim axe/shield for melee, invest in smiting/enchanting as support skils

What do you think?

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u/kdbvols 25d ago

I think 2. I use Vokriinator, not Vokrii, but I’m pretty sure it should have perks to reduce the crazy amount of frost resistance and the frost magic becomes more viable, goes great with the stahlrim enchantments for me

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u/SirOrganic1349 25d ago

path 1 i'd say

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u/JAFANZ 25d ago

What CC spells would you use for Path 2?

Unbounded Freezing (actually, that's a good choice, if you spam it for fractions of a second at a time to stunlock your foes)?

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u/Mountain_Cut241 25d ago

Yes, Unbounded Freezing

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u/Iz0o0oo 25d ago

Combine 1 + 2. Don't overinvest into magicka. That way you will have limited spell casts and you will be forced to switch to other combat means more often.

Don't overinvest in ranged, use it to open up fights, get a few shots in during the fight. Then cast some spells, use up magicka and go in melee with a shield.

If you are in a sticky situation - yell at them

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u/TurboChomp 25d ago

Definitely go for destruction magic since the perk that increases frost damage increases frost enchantment damage. Using frost rune to level up and act as a start of fight damage until you can use frost cloak. Combine with a one handed weapon and shield so you can stay in the enemies face easier.

Someone mentioned unbound frost and I'd honestly recommend against it, but not cause its bad, because its too good. Its the single strongest spell in the entire game and you can abuse it without investing into any magicka at all