A small disagreement i have, you keep pointing out the massive pommel on the Greatswords saying its too big and distracting, and i cant agree with it. The reason the pommel has to be big is cause its a big sword, and swords need a counter weight or else it will be off balance and you cant wield it nearly as effectively, but i agree with most your placements
@@alphariusomegaon9017 Same with all the jagged edges on the deadric swords; it does look cool, I'll give it that, but the moment I imagine trying to actually use it; it just doesn't work. Plus, with Dawnbreaker, sometimes simple is better; for instance, one of my favorite real-life swords is the jian, which has a simple, straight blade and overall shape.
Might have heard that already, but the leather something on steel greatsword is actualy a real thing, that was used. You can grab it there to have better leverage for more powerful strikes. Not a hate, just some facts
And knowing that makes me absolutely hate the nordic greatsword that the video ranks as number one. Because if you actually tried to using that wrapping the way it's intended, you'd have to be careful not to stab your own hands with the spikes they put on the bottom hilt.
Seeing as ypu don't know, the leather strap in the greatswords aren't just for design, you are supposed to hold them with 2 hands one hand on each handle, ans thrust your enemy, which was done in Mediaeval times against armoured opponents
@@minstrel9806 not exactly, you can grip a sharp sword no problem with a good grip, that becomes even easier with say gloves on. Some would be made to not be sharp at the end for the sake of half swording or wasn't very sharp to begin with. I'm no expert but I do know for a fact having a better hold on the weapon with your hands farther apart would help far better, specially for trying to pierce armor. The design for Skyrim was thoughtful but overall I still wouldnt even use it and go for the blade instead. I find it strange how games these days have basic weapons inspired by the real world but then they have full on fantasy weapons that you can't help but laugh at. I find daedric stuff to be so cartoon looking and not badass even in the slightest. Same for dragon stuff although I do like the look of Dragon weapons
I think he forgot that just because a weapon exists doesn't mean it's always in someone's hands, sometimes you gotta hang it up Imagine just having a coat rack of greatswords
I think a lot of people will disagree with you on the scimitar. But I agree with you, the sword looks like what a guy who knows nothing about Arabic culture other than watching Aladdin once made this sword.
idk if anyone has said this yet but you forgot (my person favorite sword) Chilrend. It is basically a glass sword that is more blue and I am here for it.
My personal favorite is the nightingale blade, the hilt just looks great, the blade looks a bit simple, but sometimes simple is better, though I wish there was more of a divide, seems like an awkward diamond if you look at it from top-to-bottom, still a great looking blade, it's up there with dawnbreaker imo.
Dunno man, I mean, not to sound like a keyboard warrior, but think about how heavy that sword would be as a one handed weapon. That big "cross guard" would probably weigh at least 5 pounds, the average one handed sword weighing about that or less. Now, I know that it's probably some fancy metal that that has no weight, but personally, I wouldn't use it. Also, because the guard is round, your opponent's blade might slip down and cut your hand. However, it does look pretty cool aesthetics wise.
Finishes the entire Dawnguard questline, gets a sickass katana from the final enemy, damage is pretty much equal to Steel Damage and enchantments are minor at best
The Steel Greatsword has that leather band because it's covering the portion of many swords known as the "ricasso." It's the part of the blade closest to the hilt and usually in front of the guard, often unsharpened and covered with metal or leather so the wielder can grasp the blade with his other hand at that point to increase the power of a thrust or cut. And it's not sharpened because unless you're wearing metal gauntlets...well, you would cut your hand. And it's also a straight rip off of the sword Schwarzenegger used in the Conan movies.
Regarding the Steel Greatsword, the leather portion you said you didn't understand has a fairly strong basis in Medieval European two handed blades. A secondary grip higher up on the blade adds to your control of it, and this was, based off my understanding, most prominently seen in the German zweihandr
There is one sword he had forgotten. In the switch version of Skyrim, you can obtain the master sword in a few ways. (Easiest finding a slightly hidden chest at the throat of the world.)
The leather on the GS is there to hold on to when thrusting, and the pointy bits is the secondary crossguard. Basically - it's a zweihander. Look it up, it looks pretty much identical.
The Deadric swords look like someone stuck a sawblade on a handle. Doing a thrust with this blade would be stopped about halfway through because it has that extra prong...which might give you another stabby spot, but would also keep the blade from getting much deeper. Plus the hilt has freaking spines on it...Basic Rule...don't cover the hilt of the sword with metal razors. You could hurt yourself.
Personally I love the shape of the iron greatsword. Sure the iron weapon texture is rough and kinda basic but it has all the qualities of a bangin greatsword edit: You LIKE the ebony sword? It looks like a sharpened noodle? The nordic greatsword is at NR.1? That's just bogus
Glad that also based people are in the chat. The Iron/steel swords look pretty good. Ebony/daedric swords? Uh! Forget it. They don't even count as swords for me.
The leather strap on the steel GS isn't random. It's there so you can use it to make more powerful swings in exchange for some reach. Basically you can grab the blade for more leverage
Only reason I like the Iron sword is because it looks more like an Ulfberht sword that a viking would use, making it fairly immersive with a Nord character
Ngl the fact that the wooden sword looks so much like the steel sword is pretty cool, almost as if the parents of skyrim want their sons to grab a real one later
Skyrim is almost unplayable to me without Vaultman30's Armor Extended armor and weapon replacers. That mod replaces 90% of the vanilla garbage in the game, or at least it did until the anniversary update. Now it replaces about 75%. I guess the bulk of the new CC material was put together by Warcraft fans. Maybe a patch will be created soon that allows Vaultman's mod to overwrite that crap.
@@waynepurcell6058 Hmm, I've never heard of that mod, but I use nordwall's medieval armor and weapons overhaul. It really just makes skyrim feel more immersive, but I just wish that it covered orcish and elven, because those are the worst ones.
the loop at the end of the dragonbone swords is so that you can tie it to yourself so that if its dropped in the mud its not lost, historically a lot of swords have it
I think it's impossible to make this kind of video without everyone disagreeing with you. It's a very subjective topic. For me the list almost goes backwards, my favorite is the iron sword (i love the proportions and texture and the hilt makes sense) second is dragonbone and on last place are the daedric weapons (they look exactly like the swords i would draw as a kid and considered cool)
@@alexandrupohata9235 I can recommend some channels of people who are enthusiasts and/or experts on such weapons. They can make their educational videos entertaining too.
It's totally cool to disagree. We are humans, and we all have our own opinions. So therefore I hope no one gets mad when I say I disagree and I believe that the orcish greatsword and the iron sword both look dope. Especially the iron sword. It looks like a real combat weapon, capable of piercing armor, what with the way it tapers sharply to a point instead of being blunt on the end like some weapons (looking at you, steel sword). But hey, we can all have our own opinions. Still another great video. Loved it!
Odahviing would be number 1 for me he looks sick and I think he might be the only red dragon in the game if I remember right so that makes him really unique.
this is an old video, but, the leather strap on the steel gs is actually part of real swordfighting using greatswords! it's something you can grab onto for "half-swording," where you literally end up only using half the sword for greater maneuverability. easier technique to do if you're not worried about slicing your hand open
Not critiquing the video, I just wanted to say I think that leather strap on the steel great sword is for half swording, a technique that allowed weapons to better penatrate armour.
5:55 while the leather strap doesn't look that good, that's actually a historically accurate design for a great sword, its meant to allow the user to grip the sword closer to the blade if necessary.
ngl this is where yours and my opinions differ the most ngl, but I suppose the most likely reason is because I have grown to like some of the ones that are more realistic. eg. i love dragonbone and despise daedric. Great video boss, keep em comin, always great to hear what everyone else has to say
Does this dude even like, know anything about Skyrim? If he did, he would know that the wooden sword is actually a masterpiece in world-building design.
My guy, brow, (not that it matters in the game bc skyrim combat is super shallow lmao) the leather bit on steel gs is for halfswording, basically grabbing a sword by the blade and beating the fuck out of your opponent with the pommel and cross guard
@@041mikey no matter how you orient a blade, the center of balance does not change, maybe I used the wrong word, but the technique I was talking about only uses the blade as a handle, and it uses the pommel and cross guard as improvised picks and hammers, so if the terminology is wrong, inform me so I can edit the post
@@041mikey ok so apparently half swording refers to both holding the sword at the handle and halfway up the sword to stab better and what I talked about, this again may be wrong, but who am I to question our tech overlords
The ebony greatsword is actually my preferred greatsword. It just feels like something a huge samurai villain would use. But I am the the guy that has an enchanted ancient Nordic pickaxe named Chaoporphyrous, so....................I'm a nerd.
Other than it being an Aesthetic Design, the Pommel on some of those Swords and Great Swords actually have Multiple Purposes, such as a Counter Weight to Balance the Weight of the Sword. To look Flashy. And can actually be used as a WEAPON itself dealing Blunt Force Trauma or Blunt Damage. So Before you decide you don't like a Huge Ball or a Pointy Bottom Part on a Sword or Great Sword, try thinking about how they Functioned and how they were Used as an Extension of the Lethality of the Weapon, making it slightly more Multipurpose in Combat. Did you know that Historically Soldiers would Hold a Sword by the Blade and Swing it like a War Hammer? Yes, it's True. Also you should look into HEMA, Historical European Martial Arts. It can teach you a lot.
What's with the hate towards the ring pommel on dragon bone swords? Greatly resembles irish ring hilt. Also, I find it interesting how you draw comparisons to the bloodskal blade and the macuahuitl, when personally the forsworn swords appear to clearly draw inspiration from crudely crafted aztec macuahuitls. Be a little more open minded to the designs!
Honestly, I think the Ancient Nord Sword being black like tar makes it better imo But that may just be me being biased cause it's the sword I used for like my entire first playthrough until I got the 2 swords from the imperial questline, and even then I would exchange them from time to time when their enchantments ran out
Today I learned that staves is the plural form of staff smh I always wondered what staves were because I thought staff was just staffs in plural. I thought I was missing a whole class of weapons but no...I've been hoarding them just like I do with potions all this time.
The only vanilla sword (non Katana) that isn't a complete eyesore is the single hand iron sword right at the beginning of the game. It could "almost" pass for a Type L Anglo Saxon/Viking sword that is missing a bit of pommel.
I remember I made an extremely stealth focused character once, I really wanted shadow warrior so I basically had 100 sneak before reaching 40 in any combat skill. I got so pissed with random encounters becoming boss battles that I did the fortify alchemy loop and made an iron dagger called Longinus that did something like a million damage. Kinda took the fun out of that playthrough but it was initially pretty funny oneshotting anything with that little butter knife
Personally, I’d of just linked stealth with alchemy. Alchemy can do everything. Even boost dagger damage if you use fortify archery potions. (Ah, gotta love bad coding) Poisons ignore armour, weakness to poison on a bow, followed by two hits of lingering damage health daggers. Everything dies! Or paralysis lasting a few minutes. And just go ham levelling that one-handed skill. As an assassin character you can completely ignore the left side of the sneak tree. Wearing clothing (I like hooded monk robes) or the un-armoured dark brotherhood robes or ciceros clothes will make you A) completely silent as no armour penalty B) move lightning fast. Keep daggers sheathed and un-sheath them when you want to rush an enemy. (Doesn’t work with spells in hand)
1:30 fucking thank you, love seeing a well structured video about skyrim that goes deeper than "uhh top 10 weapons best ones are bound bow and mace of molag!"
I love the designs of the nordic sword and gs but my HUGE complaint with them is that they, for some reason, decided not to give the blades any depth for the model and just slap a 1 pixel wide jpeg on each side of them so they look like you're swinging around a piece of paper taped to a hilt. Totally ruins them for me. The other nordic weapons look sick, though.
In all fairness the falmer sword's defense I'm pretty sure that the grossness is a feature, not a bug.... Axe is still the only falmer weapon I like though because it actually looks like repurposed chiten.
The steel Greatsword is really a hand and a half sword. That leather bit in front of the hilt is a ricasso...it's there so you can hold the hilt in your right hand and grip that part in your left and get a lot harder slash or more of a punch thrust with power. Haven't you ever watched Conan the Barbarian? Where do you think they got the idea?
I love katanas so akaviri style blades (Harkon's Sword and Ebony Blade included) are my dearest picks. Also, IMO Akaviri Blade complements Nightingale armor better than the Nightingale Blade since it has black sheath.
a bit of an explanation of the Ancient Nord swords, and why they are so dark, they have been lying in a tomb, filled with damp and mold for 1000s of years, and that causes problems for a metal object, the Nordic Hero swords, are basically you restoring the sword the way it was when it forged in ancient times, or at least close enough, I think the handle probably had a leather finish like the basic Steel Sword has, only one tomb has these blades in mint condition, Volunruud.. the rest have decayed along with their owners for 1000s of years till you, took them to the Skyforge and reforged them
Umm wooden sword is like the best its a masterpiece of world design and quality
"Ignore."
-OP
No sarcasm, it actually looks quite nice...
I like the sound it makes.
Hi, there was a video on my channel about how I make a steel sword from Skyrim with my own hands
I understand it's a joke, but it's not a good one.
I completely forgot about how Miraak just carries around a lurker’s c*ck and insists it’s a sword
I have learned... That there is such a thing... As too much... information...
@@themightytrainthurnax6613 I love the reference
What.....the......fuck
@@kylelopez7631 now imagine that thought when swinging Miraak's sword in first person :)
also, Miraaks sword :)
You got paid no money to write this comment yet you still did.
A small disagreement i have, you keep pointing out the massive pommel on the Greatswords saying its too big and distracting, and i cant agree with it. The reason the pommel has to be big is cause its a big sword, and swords need a counter weight or else it will be off balance and you cant wield it nearly as effectively, but i agree with most your placements
its for ending the enemy rightly
Hi, there was a video on my channel about how I make a steel sword from Skyrim with my own hands
Same with the wrap on the steal gs my man's doesn't want anything realistic on his swords
@@alphariusomegaon9017 Same with all the jagged edges on the deadric swords; it does look cool, I'll give it that, but the moment I imagine trying to actually use it; it just doesn't work. Plus, with Dawnbreaker, sometimes simple is better; for instance, one of my favorite real-life swords is the jian, which has a simple, straight blade and overall shape.
@@rainier1277 I understood that reference
Might have heard that already, but the leather something on steel greatsword is actualy a real thing, that was used. You can grab it there to have better leverage for more powerful strikes. Not a hate, just some facts
@Moyai Drip same. It’s based off the zweihänder which is one of my favorite swords.
I would like it if it was utilized, but with the character always holding into the end hilt the sword seems unbalanced.
And knowing that makes me absolutely hate the nordic greatsword that the video ranks as number one. Because if you actually tried to using that wrapping the way it's intended, you'd have to be careful not to stab your own hands with the spikes they put on the bottom hilt.
Considering that would give you less length for leverage, I don't think it would increase power. It would increase precision, tho!
Next - alchemy ingredients Worst to Best.
…… I’m scared to even try that
Them hawk parts are any Dawngard playthrough’s best friend.
We all know the jarrin root will rank best, but you can only get one in any play through (if you don’t duplicate it)
@@_JTC357 but if you get 30 crimson nirnroot you can make 2 poisons if you save before crafting
@@longbrowgaming2772 troll caves then. They are much more diverse than taverns.
He's finally giving the wife a break from making videos
You mean his actress?
@@Appa281 please stay away from woman
You know what joke means?
@@Appa281 your relationships?
Bro, chill out
As a man who is watching this in the Dollar General break room, the scimitar is even too cheap looking for us
There’s actually a lot of historical swords that have a ring pommel like that and I think it actually looks pretty sweet
Guard Might Get Nervous When A Woman Approaches With Her Weapon Drawn..
Seeing as ypu don't know, the leather strap in the greatswords aren't just for design, you are supposed to hold them with 2 hands one hand on each handle, ans thrust your enemy, which was done in Mediaeval times against armoured opponents
As a long time medieval weaponry fan, i only realized it now.
So basically it's just a way to make half-swording easier and less dangerous?
@@minstrel9806 not exactly, you can grip a sharp sword no problem with a good grip, that becomes even easier with say gloves on. Some would be made to not be sharp at the end for the sake of half swording or wasn't very sharp to begin with. I'm no expert but I do know for a fact having a better hold on the weapon with your hands farther apart would help far better, specially for trying to pierce armor. The design for Skyrim was thoughtful but overall I still wouldnt even use it and go for the blade instead. I find it strange how games these days have basic weapons inspired by the real world but then they have full on fantasy weapons that you can't help but laugh at. I find daedric stuff to be so cartoon looking and not badass even in the slightest. Same for dragon stuff although I do like the look of Dragon weapons
This! I'm glad someone else understands why it's there!
@@minstrel9806 yeah, pretty much
You*
You should rank all the daedric artifacts
Wabbajack number 1
@@zetto3093 I barely ever use it I just toss it into a display case right away
@@pearsemolloy9656 i use it for memes
Hi, there was a video on my channel about how I make a steel sword from Skyrim with my own hands
@@pearsemolloy9656 lmfao i did that literally a day ago
Next Video - Ranking Gurads Worst To Best
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Everyone knows the Whiterun Guards would be number one they’re iconic AF lol
@@pearsemolloy9656 I like how the Solitude guards mix light and heavy armor.
@@pearsemolloy9656 looks like somebody stole your sweet roll, also. No lolygaggin
The ones with scaled armor vs that quilted leather automatically go into the top 5
Dragonbone greatsword looks great to me. I don't mind the ring pommel at all. I actually prefer it over the more obnoxious ones.
I think he forgot that just because a weapon exists doesn't mean it's always in someone's hands, sometimes you gotta hang it up
Imagine just having a coat rack of greatswords
Yeah I love the ring that the Dragonbone weapons have. It totally completes the look.
I think a lot of people will disagree with you on the scimitar. But I agree with you, the sword looks like what a guy who knows nothing about Arabic culture other than watching Aladdin once made this sword.
Agreed.
idk if anyone has said this yet but you forgot (my person favorite sword) Chilrend. It is basically a glass sword that is more blue and I am here for it.
plus it emits like a frosty steam like dry ice
My favorite to
That belongs to someone
I wanna know who actually used a wooden sword as their first...it’s practically impossible 😂
The "thunk" sound it makes when hitting enemies makes me chuckle a little.
MittenSquad did a playthrough beating Skyrim with only a wooden sword.
The sword master dude in the game of thrones that got killed by the other guy with a real sword
@@SaraphDarklaw I was looking for this comment
put a fire enchantment on it or shock enchantment for funnies
My personal favorite is the nightingale blade, the hilt just looks great, the blade looks a bit simple, but sometimes simple is better, though I wish there was more of a divide, seems like an awkward diamond if you look at it from top-to-bottom, still a great looking blade, it's up there with dawnbreaker imo.
Dunno man, I mean, not to sound like a keyboard warrior, but think about how heavy that sword would be as a one handed weapon. That big "cross guard" would probably weigh at least 5 pounds, the average one handed sword weighing about that or less. Now, I know that it's probably some fancy metal that that has no weight, but personally, I wouldn't use it. Also, because the guard is round, your opponent's blade might slip down and cut your hand. However, it does look pretty cool aesthetics wise.
Gotta agree nightingale blade is one of the best both in power and design.
I agree, Harkon's sword looks cool but it's quite bad in terms of stats ngl
just use mods lol
**runs away**
Hi, there was a video on my channel about how I make a steel sword from Skyrim with my own hands
Finishes the entire Dawnguard questline, gets a sickass katana from the final enemy, damage is pretty much equal to Steel Damage and enchantments are minor at best
@@sigmazeta2044 and will only you work if your a vampire so it's useless unless you sided with the vampires
If you're min-maxing then any equipment, including weapons, can be made to be completely overpowered.
Love the fact it’s 2021 and we are still getting Skyrim videos as I just got back into again game never gets old
"Elves just love their birds." Well, yeah. Their patron deity is a bird. Or at least, the high elves view Auri-El as a bird.
and there's some elder scrolls lore i didn't know
I loved your Falmer sword commentary. Everything Falmer is like venereal warts mixed with bug parts, then sprayed with a rattle can.
Cool.
The Steel Greatsword has that leather band because it's covering the portion of many swords known as the "ricasso." It's the part of the blade closest to the hilt and usually in front of the guard, often unsharpened and covered with metal or leather so the wielder can grasp the blade with his other hand at that point to increase the power of a thrust or cut. And it's not sharpened because unless you're wearing metal gauntlets...well, you would cut your hand. And it's also a straight rip off of the sword Schwarzenegger used in the Conan movies.
Regarding the Steel Greatsword, the leather portion you said you didn't understand has a fairly strong basis in Medieval European two handed blades. A secondary grip higher up on the blade adds to your control of it, and this was, based off my understanding, most prominently seen in the German zweihandr
There is one sword he had forgotten.
In the switch version of Skyrim, you can obtain the master sword in a few ways. (Easiest finding a slightly hidden chest at the throat of the world.)
Also forgot DragonsBane. (Next to blades armor)
@@williamblazkowicz5587 the Akaviri Sword, Blades Sword, Balar’s Oathblade, and the Dragon’s Bane are all the same appearance wise.
@@Slender_Man_186Dragonbane has a little electricity effect around the blade
@@MemeFlavoredJam that’s just the enchantment, you could throw a shock enchantment on the Blade or Akiviri swords to get the same appearance.
The leather on the GS is there to hold on to when thrusting, and the pointy bits is the secondary crossguard. Basically - it's a zweihander. Look it up, it looks pretty much identical.
The Deadric swords look like someone stuck a sawblade on a handle. Doing a thrust with this blade would be stopped about halfway through because it has that extra prong...which might give you another stabby spot, but would also keep the blade from getting much deeper. Plus the hilt has freaking spines on it...Basic Rule...don't cover the hilt of the sword with metal razors. You could hurt yourself.
Personally I love the shape of the iron greatsword. Sure the iron weapon texture is rough and kinda basic but it has all the qualities of a bangin greatsword
edit: You LIKE the ebony sword? It looks like a sharpened noodle? The nordic greatsword is at NR.1? That's just bogus
Glad that also based people are in the chat. The Iron/steel swords look pretty good. Ebony/daedric swords? Uh! Forget it. They don't even count as swords for me.
The leather strap on the steel GS isn't random. It's there so you can use it to make more powerful swings in exchange for some reach. Basically you can grab the blade for more leverage
Yeah, real greatswords like the montante, spadone and Zweihänder had that spot that was dull, too.
"from a distance, if you run your eyes in sand it actually looks kinda good"
Only reason I like the Iron sword is because it looks more like an Ulfberht sword that a viking would use, making it fairly immersive with a Nord character
Same for me lol
Ngl the fact that the wooden sword looks so much like the steel sword is pretty cool, almost as if the parents of skyrim want their sons to grab a real one later
well it can be given to adopted children
Being someone who hates thicc boi swords, I have to download mods to be able to not cringe when I play Skyrim.
Skyrim is almost unplayable to me without Vaultman30's Armor Extended armor and weapon replacers. That mod replaces 90% of the vanilla garbage in the game, or at least it did until the anniversary update. Now it replaces about 75%. I guess the bulk of the new CC material was put together by Warcraft fans. Maybe a patch will be created soon that allows Vaultman's mod to overwrite that crap.
@@waynepurcell6058 Hmm, I've never heard of that mod, but I use nordwall's medieval armor and weapons overhaul. It really just makes skyrim feel more immersive, but I just wish that it covered orcish and elven, because those are the worst ones.
I love Leanwolf's better shaped weapons myself. But yeah, a mod to decentify the weapons is basically required.
the loop at the end of the dragonbone swords is so that you can tie it to yourself so that if its dropped in the mud its not lost, historically a lot of swords have it
I love Miirak’s sword so much and it’s colors are more vibrant appearing when you are in first pov
Miraaks sword is just a lurkers cock
I really like the ranking videos. Good job. Love the channel, dude. Keep up the great work.
Bro. Please keep uploading. This makes my day.
THANK YOU for noticing that the ebony sword is half handle, it weirds me out and I am thankful that I am not the only one to notice it
I think it's impossible to make this kind of video without everyone disagreeing with you. It's a very subjective topic. For me the list almost goes backwards, my favorite is the iron sword (i love the proportions and texture and the hilt makes sense) second is dragonbone and on last place are the daedric weapons (they look exactly like the swords i would draw as a kid and considered cool)
The iron sword's handle is too skinny and the two sides of the pommel would poke your hand, making it uncomfortable.
@@fransthefox9682 i'm not arguing with that, i don't know anything about weapons so you're probably right
@@alexandrupohata9235 I can recommend some channels of people who are enthusiasts and/or experts on such weapons. They can make their educational videos entertaining too.
For sure, and that goes for any of the rankings that are going off of looks. Everyone has different tastes.
My favourite is always the bloodskal blade because you don’t need to be right next to the enemy to strike them
It's totally cool to disagree. We are humans, and we all have our own opinions. So therefore I hope no one gets mad when I say I disagree and I believe that the orcish greatsword and the iron sword both look dope. Especially the iron sword. It looks like a real combat weapon, capable of piercing armor, what with the way it tapers sharply to a point instead of being blunt on the end like some weapons (looking at you, steel sword). But hey, we can all have our own opinions. Still another great video. Loved it!
"It's just a straight line" my brother it's a sword
Worst to best hold symbols (the ones on the shields)
Rank all named dragons.
I think it’s probably gonna be hard to make depending on whether to rank them aesthetically.
Odahviing would be number 1 for me he looks sick and I think he might be the only red dragon in the game if I remember right so that makes him really unique.
@@pearsemolloy9656 Same for me, that colour scheme is sick
@@pearsemolloy9656 Odahviing and Durnehviir are my all-time favorites.
I really like psarthunex for basically the reason of his tusk thats been broken off, also. Hes MARIO MY GUY
this is an old video, but, the leather strap on the steel gs is actually part of real swordfighting using greatswords! it's something you can grab onto for "half-swording," where you literally end up only using half the sword for greater maneuverability. easier technique to do if you're not worried about slicing your hand open
Not critiquing the video, I just wanted to say I think that leather strap on the steel great sword is for half swording, a technique that allowed weapons to better penatrate armour.
I recently started playing Skyrim and I like your videos! :D
5:55 while the leather strap doesn't look that good, that's actually a historically accurate design for a great sword, its meant to allow the user to grip the sword closer to the blade if necessary.
ngl this is where yours and my opinions differ the most ngl, but I suppose the most likely reason is because I have grown to like some of the ones that are more realistic. eg. i love dragonbone and despise daedric. Great video boss, keep em comin, always great to hear what everyone else has to say
Does this dude even like, know anything about Skyrim? If he did, he would know that the wooden sword is actually a masterpiece in world-building design.
My guy, brow, (not that it matters in the game bc skyrim combat is super shallow lmao) the leather bit on steel gs is for halfswording, basically grabbing a sword by the blade and beating the fuck out of your opponent with the pommel and cross guard
Half swording still uses the blade, you just change where the balance point is
@@041mikey no matter how you orient a blade, the center of balance does not change, maybe I used the wrong word, but the technique I was talking about only uses the blade as a handle, and it uses the pommel and cross guard as improvised picks and hammers, so if the terminology is wrong, inform me so I can edit the post
@@filthysewerrat3490 thats called a mordhau
@@041mikey ok so apparently half swording refers to both holding the sword at the handle and halfway up the sword to stab better and what I talked about, this again may be wrong, but who am I to question our tech overlords
I think you might have forgotten Chillrend.
It’s the glass sword model. Sorry that I didn’t clarify :)
@@longbrowgaming2772 Chillrend is a unique shade of blue instead of the default green - but yeah it's pretty much the same.
Yeah that sword looks like it's made of razor think ice
@@longbrowgaming2772 No you’re fine, don’t worry about it.
Chillrend is actually one of the strongest swords in the game if you get the highest leveled version of it.
Sword: *has somewhat realistic features*
Longbrow Gaming: "And I took that personally."
The ebony greatsword is actually my preferred greatsword. It just feels like something a huge samurai villain would use. But I am the the guy that has an enchanted ancient Nordic pickaxe named Chaoporphyrous, so....................I'm a nerd.
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Other than it being an Aesthetic Design, the Pommel on some of those Swords and Great Swords actually have Multiple Purposes, such as a Counter Weight to Balance the Weight of the Sword. To look Flashy. And can actually be used as a WEAPON itself dealing Blunt Force Trauma or Blunt Damage. So Before you decide you don't like a Huge Ball or a Pointy Bottom Part on a Sword or Great Sword, try thinking about how they Functioned and how they were Used as an Extension of the Lethality of the Weapon, making it slightly more Multipurpose in Combat.
Did you know that Historically Soldiers would Hold a Sword by the Blade and Swing it like a War Hammer? Yes, it's True.
Also you should look into HEMA, Historical European Martial Arts. It can teach you a lot.
What's with the hate towards the ring pommel on dragon bone swords? Greatly resembles irish ring hilt.
Also, I find it interesting how you draw comparisons to the bloodskal blade and the macuahuitl, when personally the forsworn swords appear to clearly draw inspiration from crudely crafted aztec macuahuitls.
Be a little more open minded to the designs!
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9:52 Actually, those ring pommels are likely based on Irish swords, since ring pommels were really common on them back then.
Honestly, I think the Ancient Nord Sword being black like tar makes it better imo
But that may just be me being biased cause it's the sword I used for like my entire first playthrough until I got the 2 swords from the imperial questline, and even then I would exchange them from time to time when their enchantments ran out
do some of your favoutire modded swords or armours. Maybe a kettle of fish you don't want to open tbf
i loved the nightingale blade when i first saw it but over time it just look like a plastic toy of a real blade that was enlarged
The katanas/akiviri are meant to look like that. They are supposed to have small blades to be lighter
I like your buttpaddle rankings, and hey, it was a nice touch throwing one or two swords in the mix as well! :P
Today I learned that staves is the plural form of staff smh
I always wondered what staves were because I thought staff was just staffs in plural. I thought I was missing a whole class of weapons but no...I've been hoarding them just like I do with potions all this time.
"wHaT aBoUt ThE bOuNd SwOrD!"
I was always a fan of the scimitar visually.
I'd like to see the guild questlines ranked
The only vanilla sword (non Katana) that isn't a complete eyesore is the single hand iron sword right at the beginning of the game. It could "almost" pass for a Type L Anglo Saxon/Viking sword that is missing a bit of pommel.
The orcish greatsword should be at the bottom, it looks like it would shatter as soon as it hit anything harder than oak wood
I remember I made an extremely stealth focused character once, I really wanted shadow warrior so I basically had 100 sneak before reaching 40 in any combat skill. I got so pissed with random encounters becoming boss battles that I did the fortify alchemy loop and made an iron dagger called Longinus that did something like a million damage. Kinda took the fun out of that playthrough but it was initially pretty funny oneshotting anything with that little butter knife
Personally, I’d of just linked stealth with alchemy. Alchemy can do everything. Even boost dagger damage if you use fortify archery potions. (Ah, gotta love bad coding)
Poisons ignore armour, weakness to poison on a bow, followed by two hits of lingering damage health daggers. Everything dies!
Or paralysis lasting a few minutes. And just go ham levelling that one-handed skill.
As an assassin character you can completely ignore the left side of the sneak tree.
Wearing clothing (I like hooded monk robes) or the un-armoured dark brotherhood robes or ciceros clothes will make you
A) completely silent as no armour penalty
B) move lightning fast. Keep daggers sheathed and un-sheath them when you want to rush an enemy. (Doesn’t work with spells in hand)
1:30 fucking thank you, love seeing a well structured video about skyrim that goes deeper than "uhh top 10 weapons best ones are bound bow and mace of molag!"
Never have I ever seen a more controversial list
You made me realize the nightingale blade is the dawnbreaker just without light
Bloodskal is such a beatiful Blade!
Alright, I will venture to Skyrim again, I'll beware of arrows in the knee.
So basically the less practical the sword…the more you like it. Fine.
steel greatsword is based one a zweihander design if you didn't know
The zweihänder is less bulky though.
I enjoy quite a few of the pommels the swords have. Even if they're never used for weapon bashing like they should
What you often called the handle is called the Tsuba in blade anatomy
I love the designs of the nordic sword and gs but my HUGE complaint with them is that they, for some reason, decided not to give the blades any depth for the model and just slap a 1 pixel wide jpeg on each side of them so they look like you're swinging around a piece of paper taped to a hilt. Totally ruins them for me. The other nordic weapons look sick, though.
You might wanna look up Montante/Zweihander usage videos, since Skyrim's greatswords are, well, actually accurate to real greatswords.
9:56 I live in South Carolina and that’s still one of the most southern things I’ve every heard in my life
I just wish the swords looked like swords instead of paddles
I think the wooden sword is actually a dagger. Aside from the wooden sword the only weapons you can give your adopted children are daggers
Honestly the forsworn sword is one of my favorites design wise it looks so cool in my opinion
Iron sword, eh? What are you fighting, butterflies?
The ring on the dragon bone swords is called a pommel and is used to help balance the sword in your hand.
I know what a pommel is
Pommels typically aren't eyesores, though
@@filthysewerrat3490 I mean those types of ring pommels weren’t entirely uncommon
@@wrenkall3966 you can make them look good though
@@filthysewerrat3490 it does look good though, its entirely subjective
In all fairness the falmer sword's defense I'm pretty sure that the grossness is a feature, not a bug.... Axe is still the only falmer weapon I like though because it actually looks like repurposed chiten.
Love how all the practical, and somewhat functional swords scored the lowest
The steel Greatsword is really a hand and a half sword. That leather bit in front of the hilt is a ricasso...it's there so you can hold the hilt in your right hand and grip that part in your left and get a lot harder slash or more of a punch thrust with power. Haven't you ever watched Conan the Barbarian? Where do you think they got the idea?
I love katanas so akaviri style blades (Harkon's Sword and Ebony Blade included) are my dearest picks. Also, IMO Akaviri Blade complements Nightingale armor better than the Nightingale Blade since it has black sheath.
I once used a fishing pole as a sword and I smacked a guard across the face with it.. Totally worth it
Fun fact that H on harkons sword is actually mologbals face which makes it a great thing to weild in conjunction with mologbals mace
a bit of an explanation of the Ancient Nord swords, and why they are so dark, they have been lying in a tomb, filled with damp and mold for 1000s of years, and that causes problems for a metal object, the Nordic Hero swords, are basically you restoring the sword the way it was when it forged in ancient times, or at least close enough, I think the handle probably had a leather finish like the basic Steel Sword has, only one tomb has these blades in mint condition, Volunruud.. the rest have decayed along with their owners for 1000s of years till you, took them to the Skyforge and reforged them
Bruh “its too simple it sucks” and then “i love how simple it is, its a great blade” lmao
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At least my beautiful favorite, the Ebony Blade is high up on the list.
It’s so ugly and misshapen lol
@@mayonnaise2396 it's a Katana. there's no misshapen in a Katana.
Sorta funny he just dissed the ricasso on the steel sword which is actually practical.
the leather part on the steel greatsword is for leverage against armored opponents