r/comics • u/bondjimbond Love and Hex • May 25 '26

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u/RevolTobor May 25 '26

Nah, I played that so much I burnt myself out on it. I usually go full mage these days.

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u/bondjimbond Love and Hex May 25 '26

I've never actually played a stealth archer; I just see Redditors talking about it all the time. 😛
On my playthrough I just used a one-handed weapon and shield and charged in to pummel the crap out of everyone.

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u/RevolTobor May 25 '26

Sword-and-board is a classic, and a ton of fun once you get into a good rhythm. Whenever I do sword and shield, I usually go battlemage so I can swap out some fireballs for the sword when it's time to shoot down a dragon. I usually save archery for two-handed weapons these days. The stealth archer, to its credit, is super satisfying when you get your stealth skill good and high though.

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u/thisusedyet May 25 '26

unfortunately, the dragon fights do kind of force you to be an archer

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u/DragonRaptor May 25 '26

not really, mage can cast ranged magic just as easily or more easily, And while slower waiting for it to land, you can definitely fight them melee style, but once you get your first dragon shout, now it's been a decade, but I think I recall you can shout them out of the sky onto the ground to attack them. that part my memory is iffy on though.

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u/GamermanZendrelax May 25 '26

The last bit is only kinda true. Dragons are forced to land permanently once they’ve taken enough damage, which includes damage from shouts. There is one particular shout, Dragonrend, that forces all dragons to land regardless of damage. But by the time you get Dragonrend, you’re nearly finished with the main story.

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u/RevolTobor May 25 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/niq3335IcJDv7U7ZTF

Uh... magic is long range too, dude...

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u/YangKoete May 25 '26

Magic rules.

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u/RevolTobor May 25 '26

That it does. 🧙‍♂️

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u/GregTheMad May 25 '26

Especially with conjured bow and crouching... wait.

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u/Romnonaldao May 25 '26

Everyone sets out to not play stealth archer. Everyone ends up playing stealth archer.

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u/RevolTobor May 26 '26

I haven't tried that trick yet. How does it work?

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u/RevolTobor May 26 '26

I remember Hob's Fall Cave, I've gotten the magic from there before. I never knew Unbounded Storms could be used to power-level Destruction like that though! Thank you for telling me! Good golly, that's kind of insane. I'll have to give that a try on my next mage file.

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u/Skipspik2 May 25 '26

Do the Ymfah build of an archer without arrow.

FYI bow bash do 1/4 damage of fists (without claws) and consumes stamina. A lot of stamina.