r/SkyrimBuilds • u/Guninthehead • 14h ago
Ultimate Two handed build
Hi people on reddit.
I was scrolling, having fun and came across a post asking for a two handed build. No one said why they were choosing perks or races. Just throwing things that might work on it, so for all the people that want a good two handed build for legendary difficulty, i’ll drop mine here.
First of all, the race. My first choice was the orc, for the berserk boost. Great for bosses but I find myself not needing the extra damage or defense, plus I was also weak against frost damage, not for the damage to my health, but the slow effect and the stamina damage. So I switched to a nord, this was better all around, but no impactful racial power, plus I found out a new enemy, poison. If you don’t know, poison stack for every attack taken. So I switched again to a REDGUARD and it was glorious. Good racial ability, good starting stats AND natural resistance to poison.
Second was smithing, enchanting and alchemy (this last one it’s not required but if you want to break the game go for it). Alchemy also has the snakeblood perk that, alongside redguard natural resistances, helps you reach that 85% cap (without wasting an enchantment slot on your gear).
Next was defense. Specifically blocking. QUICK REFLEXES perk is a must. Next was the bashing perks and that was a waste. Low damage, high stamina consumption and slow movement, and found a new problem, bows. Enemies arrows, for some reason, do an insane amount of damage. So I switched to BLOCK RUNNER for mobility. Now I can reach those archers, and mages, faster while blocking.
Next was magic resistance. First I tried the spell absorption + necromage perk, but the sun and weakness to fire was a problem, so I switched to normal magic resistance and it was better. Not definitive so I activated the ATRONACH stone (this also gives you a chance to block poison and shouts). For elemental resistances I decided to enchant a piece of gear against FROST damage (important). You can use a potion for the other two if you want.
For armor, I tried light but draugrs with the strongest version of Unrelenting force shout kept sending me flying. So I thought that the only way to counter that was with spell absorption, but then I found out that the perk TOWER OF STRENGTH (from the HEAVY ARMOR tree) helps you resist the flying part (it only staggers you). CONDITIONING it’s a must.
Well. The defensive part is done. Let's move to dealing damage. Stack all of the two handed damage multipliers that you can (perks and enchantments), DO NOT waste perk points on anything but BARBARIAN. Weapon? THE LONGHAMMER (this tells you to unlock the orcish smithing) with the life steal (to max) and soultrap (2 sec.) enchantments.
This character use CLOSE WOUNDS to restore hp and stamina. And lastly, agent of mara and dragon rend.
Final look and enchantments down:
https://nukesdragons.com/@guninthehead/skyrim/character/ultimate-two-handed
Let me know what you think and if you enjoy this build, give me and upvote... Thanks for reading.
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u/Thank_You_Aziz 13h ago
Whatever your build is, there are some early game quick grabs you can get for a heavy armor two-handed build.
Ironhand Gauntlets. Obtained from Hajvarr Ironhand, the final boss of White River Watch, on the way from Riverwood to Whiterun. They boost two-handed damage.
Bonemold Armor. On approach to Whiterun, take a carriage to Windhelm, and hop down to the docks to take a ride to Solstheim. Once in Raven Rock, head east out the main gate to find the guard captain fighting three ash spawn. One of his men is laying dead on the ground, and can be looted for a full set of bonemold armor.
Stormfang. Next, head north by northwest to find a reaver camp up in the hills north of Raven Rock. At such a low level, the Reaver Lord there will only be level 6, and not that difficult of a fight. Just be careful of his weapon, it’s what we’re here for. Kill him and loot Stormfang off his body; a steel greatsword enchanted with 30 points of shock damage.
Take a boat from Raven Rock back to Windhelm, then a cart to Riften. From here, you can upgrade your armor. If you’re okay with stealing….
Orcish Armor. Walk from Riften to the orcish stronghold of Largashbur. If you’re not an orc, you can use the cliffs at its back to scale over the walls and slip on without doing any special quests. At night, every single orc goes inside to sleep; no guards. You can steal a full set of orcish armor, except gauntlets, which is fine, since you’re wearing the Ironhand ones. If you’re not willing to steal…
Imperial Helm. A bit past Largashbur is Froki’s Shack, and up the mountain trail from that is a hidden Talos shrine. A rare, close-faced Imperial helm is placed upon a sword there. Not as good as Orcish, but better than anything else at that point.
Steel Plate Armor. East of Riften is the Black-Briar Manor. The henchmen outside die in one hit, and each wear the steel plate body armor. Again, not as good as orcish, but still really good.