Skyrim Battles - Arch Cryomancer vs. Wispmother, Forgemaster, Dukaan, and more
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2023
- Arch Cryomancers are some of the best frost mages in the game, so it's time to dedicate an episode to them!
The Bone Colossus in round 6 is a modded creature by MihailMods. You can find it here:
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I’ve heard the phrase fighting fire with fire, but he just killed a frosty ice ghost with FROST MAGIC! 🤣
I know, right? 😂 Wispmothers don't even have frost resistance. I really don't know why 😆
They are essentially falmer souls. No reason to have frost res.
@@cutterfly7181 Snow Elves themselves probably should have frost res. though. Nords do.
@@Supcharged i assume that's because they aren't snow elves anymore.
Most ghosts actually have frost immunity, but the wispmothers have no resistances at all, which I find weird 🤷
Mirabelle and the fireballs tho !
She did really well!
Man i did not expect to laugh so much at that first blooper
Everything is possible in the game full of "features"! 😆
Did not expect the hulking draugr to win that tbh, also gotta give props to mirabelle for actually winning, doing what the college should be and putting these rogue mages in their place, anyway love the channel the videos keep improving in quality keep it up
Same, his frost resistance really made the difference! Mirabelle also did better than I thought, her magic resistance was the key here. Thanks, I'm glad to hear that! 😁
If the mages were the pyromancers against the ebony warrior maybe it’ll be a challenge then
Oh yeah, 5 of them would absolutely melt him!
5:44 he was chilling till one of them used the ice spear on his balls
Truuue! 😂
The bone colossus was so random, it's completely out of his league
Yes, you suggested putting the cryomancer against a modded creature, so here you go! 😝😆
@@lSlendermaster would two have won?
@@Supcharged Definitely!
A very refreshing battle for a battle during the summer XD
Arch Cryomancer is horrible when they freeze you and you have trouble getting to him, but since some don't bother them, he hasn't won on several fights.
And Dukaan who cooled them down XD 🥶❄
And awesome the bloopers between forgemaster and arch Cryo 😂👍
Yes, a very chill episode! 😎
Oh yeah, nothing worse than running in place from the slow effect! 😂
Dukaan gave them a taste of their own medicine!
Thanks, those were pretty funny! 😂
Even if the odds of surviving are slim, my boy the ebony warrior will find a way
Life will find a way. Wait, wrong movie 😂
@@lSlendermaster hahaha
Yea, Mirabelle. I always liked her. Practical and a good leader. She would've made an excellent archmage.
I agree!
I thought wispmother is immune to frost. I was wrong. Now I can gladly use my frost spells against her!
One would think so, but she has no resistance at all! Yes, beat her at her own game! 😎
I laughed so hard with this fight, the bloopers were hilarious.
Thank you for the laughs. :)
They really were! 😂 Always funny for me too when they happen during my recording sessions. You're very welcome! 😁
Amazing !!! Another masterpiece ! The mages really bug out and give up during melee fights take the draugr for example he could killed him with the ice spike or icy spear spells instead of ice storms I get it’s a great spell but icy spear and ice spike are just the go to spells for me
Thank you! 🥳 Most mages follow a relatively simple concept: They use stronger spells until they run out of magicka, then switch to weaker ones. Ice storm is actually a really good choice for him 😄
@@lSlendermaster yeah kinda reminds me of one mage who almost won all
His battle until miraak killed him wink wink
@@user-fq4qf3qz1c A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!
@@lSlendermaster Didn’t he win against one
@@user-fq4qf3qz1c Miraak beat Malkoran and 4 corrupted shades, if that's what you mean 😂
I love your videos! Have you thought that the arena is too small for magicians? They can't keep their distance. NPCs using physical damage get an advantage
Thanks! 😁 I hate it when melee NPCs cannot get down a single hit. It looks totally ridiculous, so I avoid large arenas for the most part. They would give mages more of an advantage than small arenas do with melee NPCs.
It also gets very difficult to get good recordings there because keeping up with the camera becomes almost impossible, let alone that sound issues would be guaranteed to happen. Things are complicated 😂
Also, I was trying to find something that fits the mage theme, and there are hardly any large mage arenas in the game that I could use
It would be awesome to see a selection of followers hold a tower or fort against waves of draugr/bandits/factions. See whos best at tower defense, since we usually are the ones infiltrating a fort/base
I'm not really a fan of followers since most of them are either boring or weak (often both), at least in my opinion. I have actually done a couple survival episodes so far, but only with very strong NPCs like the Ebony Warrior 😅
@@lSlendermaster Freya, Teldryn Sero, Serena, Brelyna maryon, Ralis Sedralis, jzargo marcurio (albeit unrelated) are just examples of the most prominently strong and interesting backstory/personality followers, alot of them dont talk about their lives but they clearly have their own roles and goals :3 Like they have their own purpose within the world and personalities to collide with that. Sure there wasnt enough time to put into fully deveolping every characters backstory and the ai is a mess but given the right positioning they are op, I often have to drop my follower off at an inn or my house so I can get the proper experience of the dungeon and max out my skills because they just mow through enemies at max level. Even when you arent killing enemies they are interactive in your adventure following you carrying your burdens and majority have unique dialogue for interacting and idle babbling when exploring. They all seem to love switching into two handed, destruction and conjuration staves (paralysis staff op)(same with duel wielders they are always the underdogs because of their low defenses and immobile heavy attacks but once they start swinging, they can have an unstoppable and bursty combo chain). Thats just my somewhat wavering understanding though. I litterally play with sven most of the time when I do have a follower(followers so op, like a summon that has its own pace but can be regeared to become epic) because hes like a nord adoring fan with his own life and backstory, has such a goofy personality and you get to see him grow out of his weakness overtime as you level up and give him op gear even if hes civilian and dosent scale high, give him a bowkit shield, staves and a pickaxe/woodcuttersaxe (appearently he will occasionally duel wield with them but Ive only seen him do it when I attack him and make him fight me) and hes the raw basics of what a follower is without sweeping and hogging all the enemies for you to not level enough. Most followers even though they could be developed more have dynamic and staple personalities and settings that have room for growth alongside the dragonborn in their journeys.
Not to mention the underrated Eola, Illia, and the seed of a really good character with op perks for a well geared shield warden~ Golldir.
@@hizumi8983 Ahh, I think we're talking about different things. Sorry for the misunderstanding. 😅
I usually look for NPCs that make for interesting fights, and I don't care too much about the stories behind them. Of course, I do match quite a few depending on the lore, but it's not my priority. I try to use NPCs that are good fighters and easy to use. This doesn't apply to most followers.
For example: Serana is incredibly buggy. J'zargo is extremely unbalanced because he has no level cap, which is generally bad news for my episodes. What makes it worse is that he almost only uses the sparks spell, so he does very little damage. At really high levels, he can take down almost any mage because they'll run out of magicka eventually, and his continuous sparks will keep them from regenerating, while the mages' terrible AI will prevent them from switching to melee.
Fights like those usually take several minutes and are really boring to watch, and even more boring to make, so I'd rather focus on something enjoyable for public episodes.
The majority of followers is pretty bad in their default gear, and I avoid equipping them with custom gear except for very specific episodes.
I am planning on making an episode about Frea sometime. I can't stand stagger spam though, and I'm afraid that this will be exactly what's going to happen with her.
I might also dedicate an episode on Ralis, and another one on Marcurio. Those will probably be normal episodes though, like most on my channel. 😅
Sometimes i wish i could play Skyrim again for the first time. It is my absolut favourite game of all time
I feel that! The first playthrough will never be matched
@@lSlendermaster true words
Hello, love the way you do it?
Since you've made a lot of npc fights on skyrim, did you think to make the same concept with Oblivion?
It would renew the pool of fighters lol
Thanks for what you do anyway
Hi! Thank you! 🥳
I don't play Oblivion and am not planning on doing that, sorry 😅
You're very welcome, thanks for watching!
Eee new video coming out tomorrow
Yes, in about 6 hours, I think 😎
👍@@lSlendermaster
Cryomancer's main strength lies in his ability to slow his opponents to a near standstill, so he can only maximize his potential where there is space.
He lost to a lot of people for the sole reason that he was up against a wall and couldn't move away anymore. I think such characters should be given more space and they will show much more impressive results, up to and including beating Vendil and Fosworn Briarheart.
Defense stats have never been the strength of magical characters. Their strength lies in their dynamics.
Yeah, you've got a point. I'm not sure where else I would record that though. Like I'm looking for an arena that fits the theme and looks nice, but is also suitable for recordings. There are very few like that in the game 😅
@@lSlendermaster I like Skuldafn, which is where the protagonist is brought to by Odahviing.
These ruins with Nordic architecture look very majestic and and yet it's very spacious at the same time.
@@n1mm3r I actually do like Skuldafn too, but I don't associate that with mage fights. 😅 I would rather do it in an area that has the right background, such as using Shalidor's Maze for my Dremora mage episode
Bro the forgemaster is huge. 😮
Indeed! 44% bigger than a normal Centurion 😂
@@lSlendermaster I thought it was 25% bigger. Also does his melde attack do 44% more damage?
@@dingbat19 It's a combination of 2 things: Height and scale. The Forgemaster has a height multiplier of 1.15, and a scale multiplier of 1.25, for a total of 1.4375, or roughly 1.44. I'm sure most people don't know that so I get your confusion!
Only the scale affects the damage, so it is 25% higher than a normal Centurions! 😄
@@lSlendermaster what about his breath? IIRC it’s equal to an ancient fire dragon.
@@dingbat19 It's much stronger actually! 😄
Shortly explained, UESP only lists the base damage for most NPCs, which are not the same as the final damage output. I have thoroughly tested hundreds of NPCs, including dragons, and compared them.
The Forgemaster's breath is one of the strongest attacks in the game, doing up to 450 points of damage if it hits continuously (plus burn damage from the ground afterwards). This is equal to the frost breath damage of a legendary dragon, the strongest dragon breath in the game.
Unfortunately, all Dwarven Centurions have huge aim issues with their steam attack, and the Forgemaster is even worse because it's related to their size. He only matches his real damage output against large targets like dragons sometimes, and even then, he misses a lot 😂
hey i love your videos and your editing, i have a question, do you use simply balanced or any other mod to balance the npc damage ? for example, in master o legendary difficult the npc do very little damage to other npc, they can take a lot of damage and also do a lot less, but in this battles the npcs actually do their original damage, how you configure that ? thanks.
Hey, thank you! 😁 I actually have Simply Balanced, but I never use it for my videos. Most of the time, I just set the regular difficulty to Adept. This is the most balanced setup, and I prefer it for almost everything.
Sometimes, I increase the difficulty to make fights last a bit longer, or I reduce it if it would take too long otherwise. But no mods are needed for that 😄
@@lSlendermaster ok thank you !! Keep doing these awesome battles 👍👍👍
@@Ken-Oh. You're welcome! Thanks, I'll try my best! 😎
Electromancer next!!
I kinda avoid that because mages' AI will break when going against shock spells, and I'm not sure what to do about that 😂
@@lSlendermasteryou saw how badly the arch cultist got fucked over in his video because of that 😂😂 even ildari killed him
@@user-fq4qf3qz1c That video was pretty awful to record though, and no wonder Ildari smashed him! 😆 I had to reduce the difficulty setting for that round because it would take way too long otherwise
@@lSlendermaster if you did do a electromancer video and you added ildari in it she would obliterate him too I mean everyone would
Or the Ebony Warrior is awesome,other than Karstaag, he is deservedly the strongest.
I agree! 😎
@@lSlendermaster Normally, I'd boost to level 80 right off the bat, and if the Ebony Warrior doesn't have quests to do, then I'd take him along on the quests, and wait until later in the game to duel him one-on-one, even though most of the time I'm the one who loses. 🤣
@@AsDis314 So he really has finished every quest and done everything that can be done! 😂
He's got nothing to do anyway, so let's give him something to do.@@lSlendermaster 🤣🤣🤣
@@AsDis314 Fair enough 😂
1. I was *not* expecting Dukaan to win that 3v1, but he lowkey *folded them* .
I guess ,though, that it has a lot to do with him being undead *on top* of the frost resistance from his mask. Also his AI actually dodged spells suprisingly effectively, very strange for a Dragon Priest lol
2. Ebony Warrior is a menace as usual
Dukeen just has a shit ton of hp plus frost resistance. Plus if the cyromancers were Bretons they would have done better.
Yeah, the HP and his mask were the big details here! Also his high damage, plus High Seekers to tank some damage
@@lSlendermasteralso love the *BONK* at 2:55
@@Supchargedbut at the same time, the Bretons would run out of Magicka fast.
@@thatskeletordude5271 the Breton arch mages have identical stats to the high elf ones. High elves only have a magicka buff when it’s the player character.
What about 3 or 4 vs Miraak?
Miraak would probably still win because his frost resistance is the same as the Ebony Warrior's. 🤔 He does less damage and lacks the healing, but it should be enough anyway
Good video
whay is Forge master so weak 😢
Thanks! 😎
He's anything but weak! 😂 But he's weak to frost
I’ve always found frost mages lacking in damage because of the apparent ubiquitousness of frost resistance. Electromancers, while also pretty weak imo, at least stand a chance against other mages.
By the by, did you scale up the Forgemaster? He looks three floors tall in this vid.
You're completely right! That's one reason why I haven't used Cryomancers much in my battles, and why I have avoided a dedicated episode to them. The same goes for Dukaan. Although, he will be the protagonist of my next episode!
Funny that you ask that, because the Forgemaster has two size multipliers. Long story short, they both make up for his final size, which I admittedly didn't even know until a few months ago. When you spawn him with a command, he will only have one of those multipliers, and you have to manually add the other to make him the same size as the original. Before my Woodland Spirit video, he was smaller in all of my videos, but now he's actually at the right size!
He was also standing at one of the candles at the beginning, and the room is pretty small in comparison to him too, which makes him look even taller! 😂
@@lSlendermaster That sounds cool! Looking forward to watching that!
Wait, so did the scaled-down Forgemaster in your previous vids do less damage as well? I heard that the size multiplier correlates positively with damage output.
In any case, I’m surprised at how tall the FM is. When playing in first person you sometimes don’t get to fully appreciate the size of npc’s or the environment in general.
@@theresaurus9820 Awesome! 😎
Yeah, unfortunately. And what you heard is correct! The scale multiplier is proportional to the physical damage done by an NPC. Warlord Gathrik is a good example: He has a scale of 1.25, making him taller and do 25% additional melee damage. If he spawns as a Dragon Priest, he will also be scaled up, but his spells' damage is not affected.
I can relate to that! Especially with the Forgemaster, it's a very rushed fight since he surprisingly emerges from the lava. I think most players also stay at a distance from him, so it's hard to realize how tall he is.
Here's a comparison I made: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/924728360209379368/1112455665760346162/02.jpg
@@lSlendermaster Omg that’s insane 😂😂😂
I’m guessing that other Skyrim npc battle channels don’t correct for the Forgemaster’s scale because the ones I’ve seen in their vids were of mid height.
That’s interesting too, that it’s only physical damage that’s affected by scale.
TIL that the Forgemaster is almost two giants tall.
@@theresaurus9820 Yeah, I'm pretty sure most people don't know about that detail. 😅
Yes, exactly! On a related note, arrows are affected too!
The giants in Skyrim feel too small anyway, don't they? 🤔
Man why did you pit one Cryo vs the bone colossus ?
Did 2 Cryos killed it quick ?
Yes, the Colossus could not keep up with two at once at all. You probably saw how much of a difference it made against the Forgemaster when there were 2 instead of 1 😄