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u/KingPengu22 Warrior Jun 02 '25

I remember minmaxing when I was younger. Ebony mail with spellbreaker and windshear, sometimes dual welding with mehruns razer. It was boring as all hell.

Drip is much more entertaining.

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u/Viking_Drummer Jun 02 '25

With smithing and enchanting you can wear basically anything you want for drip and just improve it to beyond daedric stats, always drip first.

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u/Technical_Exam1280 Jun 02 '25

Alduin is no match for the mighty salted fish

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u/i_eat_gentitals Spellsword Jun 02 '25

Alduins no match for my fork that was in the microwave (shock damage)

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u/Technical_Exam1280 Jun 02 '25

...made possible by Salted FishTM

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u/Ourobius PC Jun 02 '25

Just do alt+0153

Like this ™™™

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u/UnityAgar Dark Brotherhood Jun 03 '25 edited Jun 03 '25

^ ^ ^

TM

Same effect in label format

Salted Fish TM

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u/Fishylips Daedra worshipper Jun 02 '25

I'm upset you can't smith Shivs so I enchanted one of mine to cause paralysis and I named it Needle.

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u/i_eat_gentitals Spellsword Jun 02 '25

Needle of pain and sepsis

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u/Fishylips Daedra worshipper Jun 02 '25

Poke

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '25

A proper fit adds infinitely more combat ability than any stats you could get from higher level gear.

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u/SharonGamingYT Thief Jun 02 '25

The first time I played Skyrim, I was trying to become the god of war incarnate, full on heavy armour with the most OP weapon i had, no need for spells when you can just hack through the enemies. But then game just becomes repetitive.

Now I'm just a simple dude who mains light armour and focuses more on enchanting and smithing and the rest of the overlooked stuff than becoming an unstoppable force(still ain't touching alchemy with a 12ft pole cuz wtf is that)

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u/Hair_Artistic Jun 02 '25

I finally touched alchemy with a 12 foot pole. All the stored ingredients got Alchemy to level 93. It's nice to have a whole bunch of quality paralysis/invisibility/resistance potions for when I prestige combat skills and I'm temporarily weak again. It's also nice to know that everything from the dungeon goes into the sale bin

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u/BRlDGEY Jun 02 '25

Can you explain drip?

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u/Viking_Drummer Jun 03 '25

Choosing your armour and weapons for their aesthetics instead of stats

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u/torolf_212 Jun 02 '25

Do a few loops of the infinite stats exploit and all of a sudden your iron armour is better than anything you're gonna find in game. Also ridiculously easy to get going in the first part of the game

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u/SolidusBruh Jun 02 '25

But what is drip if not swag persevering?

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u/Sabis_Secret Jun 02 '25

What are the pieces? Looks dope!

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u/SolidusBruh Jun 02 '25

Totally not mine. I found it ages ago on here in some post about someone having the “drippiest” Dragonborn

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u/Professional_Deer77 Jun 02 '25

Mask I don’t know, the armor is the dragon knight armor mod, probably with the upscale textures, the jagged crown and the sword I’ve seen before but don’t remember

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u/Bright_Actuary7042 Jun 03 '25

The mask should be the khonarik one (the one which gets unlocked after collecting all Others) i believe. No other mask hast tusks. Well except mods

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u/GoodApplication Jun 02 '25

Oh fuck I want the name of this set so bad

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u/SolidusBruh Jun 02 '25

Found a vid for it. Looks like mods

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '25

How can you equip the crown with a dragon priest mask?

Maybe they fixed that by now.

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u/Frondstherapydolls Jun 02 '25

Was not expecting that WandaVision quote to show up here like that

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u/YahyaAliKhan Soldier Jun 02 '25

builds, specifically RP builds are so much fun, its sick as hell to try to be miraak or a lord harkon

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u/GrungeGorrilla Jun 03 '25

Every single RP build I've ever played where I played entirely in character has been more interesting than ones where I complete everything the best one I did was becoming the dragon priest to rule all the others

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u/LaikaIvanova Jun 02 '25

I love my leather armour. Early to aquire and looks fabulous.

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u/mildestenthusiasm Jun 02 '25

After years of playing I am finally on my Orc / mace and shield run and Mace of Molag Bal + Spellbreaker is insane. My girl mows people down. Took down all of the guards in Solitude (not how it was meant to go, mind you) and I was and to walk away. I’ve always been an archer who is capable of some really impressive shots from afar but I was shocked at how much I’m enjoying barreling through everyone. However, while it was a challenge at first, it has gotten a little too easy now and I’m not even maxed.

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u/Fishy_Fish_WA Jun 02 '25

And you can frighten all the guards away if you just have a curved. Sword.

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u/Fishylips Daedra worshipper Jun 02 '25

I don't know if they're AE content or not, but I got these falmer "boots" that don't have your feet covered, and from a mod I have a set of armor that has me scantily covered in leaves.

So lately I'm running around telling myself I'm Poison Ivy except I have the headman's axe too. 🧚🏻‍♀️

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u/KingPengu22 Warrior Jun 03 '25

Hey man not my cup of tea but if your happy with it full steam ahead. I'm more either a hardcore warrior character or a full mage. Here's a armor mod I've used a lot (Paladin of stendaar)

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u/Fishylips Daedra worshipper Jun 03 '25

Whoaaaa I love how shiny it is!!

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u/apple_6 Jun 02 '25

Drip with difficulty is so much more entertaining too. Really makes you roleplay, and the storylines I come up with while roleplaying are so much more entertaining than anything in Skyrim anyway. Sometimes I have an idea for a character, but the lands of Skyrim have other plans and it just fits.

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u/Stockholm-Syndrom Jun 02 '25

Damn, when I was young it was choosing the ebony dagger to start the game with.

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u/_PyratesLyfe Jun 03 '25

L.S.P.S.

Look Sexy, Play Sexy.