I was once travelling with Meeko when we encountered a large bandit encampment and were quickly swarmed by bandits. I was having a hard time fighting 3 of them at once and lost sight of Meeko when he ran off to take out one of the others. I eventually defeated my adversaries and wandered around some more, discovering a bandit archer who was quickly dealt with. Still no sign of Meeko, although there was no sign of any more enemies nearby. I began to stray further away, searching for him, until I eventually spotted a grey, furry corpse in the distance. I approached slowly, mentally preparing myself to say goodbye to my loyal companion. But when I got there, it was just a dead wolf. I continued to look around for Meeko, still fearing that he may have been killed, or the game just bugged out and I lost him, when suddenly I heard a bark, turned around and there he was, running toward me. One of the most joyful moments in my hundreds of hours playing Skyrim.
J'zaargo - "Dragonborn, what do you use to comb a cat?" Dragonborn stops sneaking through a Draugr infested dungeon, looks back and gives J'zaargo the look of death. J'zaargo - "A catacomb!"
_the dragonborn shouts a dragon word , the world changes , they're spawned in a different world , dragonborn is on a hill with dragonbone greatsword in one hand , flames are burning behind him as he roars :_ *Anata wa shinu !* _he raises his sword , to the lowly commoner , J'zargo , who on the ground , and says , in his tough voice :_ *You shall pay for thy sins.*
No she’s a brat have you ever listened to the way she says it? Completely sarcastic. All the other Housecarls compliment and praise you for being their thane
Take Barbas. If you don't finish his quest, he can't be killed , and you can keep him permanently. Looks the same as meeko, and you can still add an additional follower.
But they are furry and what's wrong with considering them a freind? Getting mad over small things like that is some sjw stuff. "It's okay to be white." *TRIGGERED*
Currently my steward, sometimes I take him along, but wouldn't want the inexperienced adventurer to be out of his depths. Besides he does get some action protecting my homestead in The Pale.
@@stephenburkholder8894 I have a mod called 'Amazing Follower Tweaks' that includes within your follower interactions the ability to see their statistics. In the case of Erandur, it says his mana is 10. It's possible that his low mana level is disregarded when he is a Follower but he's so colorless that I didn't delve farther with him.
"His name is derived from Erik West, whose internet alias was "Immok the Slayer," a visitor to Bethesda's HQ during Skyrim's development. Bethesda was so impressed with his knowledge of Oblivion that they gave him an in-depth tour of Bethesda studios and decided to create a character named Erik in his honor. Erik died of cancer six months before the release of Skyrim, hence Bethesda immortalized him in the form of Erik the Slayer" rest in peace erik the slayer, you lived a human, but you died a legend....
I legit started crying when I first heard the line Erik has about his "new life as an adventurer". Knowing the backstory just makes that line hit me in the feels.
+Monawar Rajayki You can with the dev console by typing ` and then selecting Erik(just click on him). In the console you type setlevel 1000,0,1,81 where 81 is the top level he will max out at. You can make it a higher number, though I never do. I have yet to get a character to 50. The mod Amazing Follower Tweaks(AFT) also allows you to manually set a follower's level, and even tweak his stats and perks.
I use the Amazing Follower Tweaks mod & usually force the first NPC that insults me after getting the quest to follow me to their death at the hands of Boethia. Skyrim is pretty empty when you're a murder hobo.
I do like the reaction J'zargo gives the Dragonborn when you hand in that quest and pick the one that has "Was the spell supposed to explode around me?" and his response is pretty much "Um...no?"
"Were they supposed to explode? Because they exploded." Which is also what you can tell Moira Brown in Fallout 3 when you test the molerat repellent. This makes J'zargo obligated to write the Skyrim Survival Guide.
You forgot the best follower. His name is M’aiq. M’aiq is cool. M’aiq loves fighting. M’aiq once had fire in his hand, and accidentally burned himself. M’aiq is a pro.
The Erik quest was surprisingly wholesome. His dad was only against him being an adventurer because they couldn't afford to get him good armor and he didn't want his son to get hurt
*Courier:* This is for Jizz.... Last name "Argo" *J'Zargo:* It's J'ZARGO! *Courier:* Its not writte- *J'Zargo:* GIVE IT TO ME! .... "Your test results are shown Positive." .... *Dragonborn:* [painful "oofff"] *J'Zargo:* W-What does this mean? *Dragonborn:* S-sorry.... *J'Zargo:* You're SORRY?! ** And what are you still doing here?! *Courier:* I still have four left. *J'Zargo:* *HISS!*
DRAGONBORN: don't put that anywhere near your mouth. ALCHAMIST: num, num, num... its actually quite good once you get past the nail. DRAGONBORN: I think I'm going to be sick. ALCHEMIST: what's sick is how much were learning.
I took Meeko as a companion for like a minute, then sent him home, where a loving wife, two children, a housecarl and a bard awaited him. Also, I really hope they will immortalize Shirley Curry in TES VI like they did with Erik.
I always loved Marcurio as a companion. He is like the older brother who really wants to see you fuck up, but also wont hesistate to risk his life for you as soon as you get into serious trouble.
Otto von Bismarck he only says the same few lines, but I still find them enjoyable, also, he randomly dances. So yeah I keep him around when I’m doing assassin work.
Miguel tvid you have to finish the main storyline of the dark brother hood and keep him alive when given the option to kill him, a few days later got to dawnstar sanctuary and he'll be your follower
Miguel tvid you have to travel to windhelm (maybe winterhold can't remember which one) find the elf woman talking to a man (possibly a boy I can't remember right off) she'll be talking about a boy named avintus arintino. go into the house right next to them and you'll find a boy preforming a ritual. he'll tell you to kill a the woman that works at the orphanage in riften named Grelid the kind. kill her and your on your way to the brotherhood finding you
I like Erandur. He’s got TONS of cool dialogue. Every where you go it seems he’s got some remark about the history or his history. He’s really very good with those flame spells as well and follows well.
You can also get the shezzarine mod and get a whole new quest line and a follower that can be annoyed pleased and dead even though he is important in the quest
@@serotonin.scavenger Comparing Erandur to Joshua Graham as "watered-down" is like saying the Grand Canyon is "a little crack in the ground". Erandur is the homeopathic dilution of Joshua Graham.
Oh god jzargo . I made the mistake in taking Lydia to the college of winterhold and he accidentally hit me with a lightning bolt and Lydia murdered him to death
i had a simular experience in the first companions mission, when i started the brawl with vilkas, lydia got out a greatsword and started killing everyone
That's why Lydia is the best. That girl will fuck everything up by killing everyone, stand in every trap with zero fucks given and my personal favorite, tell you sarcastically that she is "I'm sworn to carry your burdens".
One thing that makes J'Zargo super powerful that most people don't realize is that he is the ONLY follower in the game with a Heavy Armor skill level of 100 so if you outfit him in battlemage gear he will get the absolute most out of it, also in the unmodded game you can make any follower your level by double tapping them with the Wabbajack.
Erik the Slayer has always been my favorite follower second to Serana. Has a more interesting personality than others, and I like the fact that we're ushering him into adventuring. I like to think years down the road he'll have made a real name for himself, earned the name "Slayer", and tells tales of the mighty Dragonborn, his close friend whom he owes everything to
Cole Jenkins I usually sacrifice him to that Boethia daedra lord , seems fitting to spend the time to get him all geared up and excited and take him to his death on his first adventure
Teldryn Sero(who summons a flame atronach often), two flame thrills, and a riekling Warrior. I barely even have to fight anymore I just stroll about grabbing loot
@@binarekoharijanto4586 You know, I've been searching for the best way to have my own personal army... *pulls out spare sets of dual enchanted ebony armor and weapons*
I thought the story behind Erik was really cool, so I went and got him as a follower. Then I found out about the one giant's club that followers can have. With Erik's potential 100 two-handed, it seemed obvious. Erik is an amazing follower, and his positive spirit keeps things light-hearted. I love having him as a follower. I started a quest for the Companions, finished it, and went back to Erik's hometown to pick him up. He wasn't there. Where could he be? He should have come right home, right? Definitely. So I went back to Whiterun to search for him a bit. Nothing. Erik was gone. Over the next few days, I'd go back to see if Erik was home. I did a lot of stuff without him and it didn't feel right. I had to find Erik. I went back to Whiterun, and set a waypoint to Rorikstead. Using Clairvoyance should give me route an NPC might take, was my thought. I was right! He got stuck on some rocks not far from Whiterun! Silly Erik. Can smash a dragon, but walking over or around some rocks is too hard. Whatever, I'm glad he's okay and back questing with me!
Do NOT get Teldryn Sero as a companion... He will kill everything, and steal *all* your glory. Your game effectively becomes _The Teldryn Sero Show._ :(
My favorite saying of his, "I'm glad I'm finally traveling with someone who seems competent, my last patron was was killed trying to tackle an entire fort of bandits alone."
I like wandering around skyrim with her. The only thing I dislike is when she says skyrim is for the nords. I still think she's adapting to her thane khajiit.
Erik the Slayer was hands down my favorite follower when i played on one of my favorite characters. His personality was nice and polite enough, quite a happy follower. The fact that all his gear has nothing to do with his tag skills was step 1 on my love of him. Followed by him several times looting chests and enemies before i could so he had a new weapon didnt hurt either. What solidified my love was him fighting a giant, and their... well known and varied bugs... After getting launched to the moon and landing, he constantly was stuck for several ingame months in the knocked down pose, but STILL fighting and acting like normal, just lying down clipped through the ground. walking sideways, and swinging his weapon, the only time he would upright was when he was spoken to and depending no the terrain around us, the only thing visible was his shadow cast where his body should be. Erik the Layer never left my side since
Gummy Bread im like that right now. Because of him, i completed the Red Eagle quest i slowly have made him OP with stronger weapons, shields, and armors. Currently i have him with an enchanted dwarven blade of scorching. All i really need to do is charge it up with gems after a while. But other than that, he’s been kicking ass alongside me for a while. And i put it upon myself to be sure he’s got good health in battle
Personally, I love Cicero. He can't die which is handy, he also has the WEIRDEST dialogue ever and I love it... Also he moves when you need him to... Unlike a certain Housecarl
Sero is one of my favorite followers! Whenever I find myself at the Wretching Netch, I just HAVE to hire him! Aww... I always liked Erik, so learning more about his character just makes me like him a whole lot more!
Amanda S when i had her, she somehow survived getting smashed by a troll when hunting doing the mammoth tusk quest. Like that bastard launched her into orbit to the point where i coulda brought back the “Shooting Stars” meme. I thought she was dead. Completed the quest and went back to where she was only to see her standing in the same spot. ....And then she gets killed by a goddamn arrow when rescuing a missing grey-mane held hostage.
You should mention Illya. You only have one chance to get her as a follower, and if you ever let her leave you, you can never get her back. She's the mage in Darklight Tower that you help defeat all of the other mages, and finally help her kill her "mother" If you have a companion when you do the quest, you can't take her as a follower, but if you don't have a follower, it gives you an option to invite her to travel with you. She is the most powerful mage in destruction magic that you can get, and kills many things you fight with, before you can even get to them. If you ever part ways with her, she's unobtainable a second time. To keep her, I kept her as a follower until I built my own manor. When you build a house, she offers to be a steward, and will always be a guard of your property. Other than that, you still can't take her as a follower again, but you can keep her around your house.
No, you can still get her back. Source: did her quest while I was running a sneak mage who solos and exploits silent casting invisibility, so a follower usually wrecked my stealth kill plans. I refused her offer and she stays at Darklight Tower (where her quest is) until you're ready. She can get lost on the way back there, though, in which case good luck finding where she went
Yeah ilia is easily the strongest mage. I would use her for long but I like to switch up my followers ever so often and she does spam my kills sometimes. Having her as a steward would be the best option. She can easily gaurd you house against bandits and even do well against giants
My personal favorite follower is Jenassa. She has a lot of personality, a lot of interesting dialogue about a variety of places you might visit, and she dual-wields. Plus, I think she is one of the hottest Dark Elves, pre-mod. Also, I am a huge fan of Farkas and Vilkas, depending on whether you want a two-hander or one-hander. Vilkas is a bit better because he's tougher, but Farkas has a cool beard, and he's hilarious.
I always get Jenassa first thing when I get to Whiterun. Then have her help me keep the guards alive at the Western Watchtower when fighting the first dragon. Then I make her a nanny and leave her at home, because she's too hot to have distracting my male companions... that's My job.
I love Teldryn, because he is the ideal companion to my sneeky archer. He never gets in the way of my shooting or stirrs the suspicion of foes like all the dumb huscarls.
Thank you so much for including Erik! He is always my go-to companion. I'm writing a Skyrim based fantasy novel and Erik is the basis for my main character.
YES SAME! The constant barking (and the shoving when I'm trying to sneak and aim my damn bow!) bothered me so much I eventually left him at home with the kids, but now he's always underfoot and messing up my unique decorating style. I should have just dropped a bunch of food at the cabin and walked out ...
Lydia is famous for that. You can try to run and bump her out of the way but she just stumbles back a little and walks forward and stands there blocking your path once again. 🤣
If you run the Dragonborn DLC one of the Black Books will give you the Active Magic Effect that prevents you from harming a follower, once you complete the book and select that effect from the list of choices that you will be presented.
Try Cicero, on top of being a hilarious sweet boy he is also freakin immortal (I suppose because he is a main character for the dark brotherhood) I think Serana is immortal too for the same reasons.
I always travel with Jenassa. She's always been my favorite. She says all the time. "We're one and the same, you and I." And makes me feel like she just gets me.
Using her right now myself. It has been tricky giving her better weapons and armor over time, because it's not clear what she will or will not equip. She went a long time seemingly refusing to wear any armor. Now she has on [I think] horned scale armor that I smithed to Exquisite. I thought her rule was only using Light Armor, but she does us an Ebony axe and an Orcish Shield. That aside, my biggest gripe with her is that she tends to rush into battle when I've scoped out a good spot for me to take pot shots from afar, so she draws out all the enemies quickly when what I want to do is pick off at least a few of them before moving in. So for a bunch of situations, I've had to go back to a save before the battle spot and figure out a different approach so that I can continue to blast the enemies while she's in there taking hits 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, etc. Oh, and she often gets in the way of my firing lines, so I do sometimes need to give up my secure position so that I can move to another place for a clear shot.
@@Trephining I know it’s two years later but, if you take her shield & give her 2 swords, sword , axe, scimitar, she will dual wield she’s one of three that I know who default do that
Defne Aydin | Heye :) I’m about to fight versus Aldun but I don’t have many crystal pieces so I have to use elfic armour most of the time :( Ah and I prefiere the light armour than the heavy one ;)
Finally, some Marcurio love. No matter what I play as, I marry Marcurio so I can get him for free when I want him. I see people kill him just to get his robes and it always seems like such a waste of a great follower.
@@callmemaggie8024 I know right? And he is really reliable in all aspects, And like i play as Board/Sword build THe Best Rear support i had and have until now.
wait, Meeko is essential!? I've always avoided taking him along because I didnt want him to die to a dragon or something! also i think my favorite thing about teldryn is that he always picks the least flattering times to say his 'its good to work with someone competent for once' line. i nearly spat out my drink once when he said it while i was jumping up and down like an idiot trying to catch butterflies. and its super good to see Erandur on this list. He's always been my favorite.
Non of the dogs are essential with out mods or console commands unfortunately. I've seen Meeko dead many times before I could save him from random encounters that happen near that cabin.
Forgot his name, but one of my favorites is the Argonian somewhere near a cave on the way to Riften. Dual wields with a sword and pickaxe...he's a beast. Believe he unkillable also.
The same here. I roleplay as argonian warrior migrating from black marsh as received a vision from Hist tree - I pretend Derkeethus was my egg brother.
Serena is annoying. She have that noise glitch when casting spells, she revives dead bodies all the time( as conjurer with the dead thrall, that is dangerous), she spams that weak draining spell... I really like her too, but she gets on my nerves very often.
I think she is listed as essential thats why I pick her. The others allways die due to arrows in their back when they jump in my arrows splitseconds after i released them of my bow...
One time she ressurrected a giant frostbite spider, and i really don't like spiders, but i didn't want to fight it because that would freak me out, so i had to deal with it, stupid serena
Erik the Slayer has another benefit that I like to exploit. He is one of the only followers who uses a two handed weapon but also wears light armor. If you want to make him a little more useful, load him with high end light armor and a killer two handed weapon. Then you can take him well past level 40, he can hold his own by your side, and has plenty of room for loot along the way!
Favorite follower? Teldryn Sero. After finally removing his helmet, I found a very handsome fellow staring at me. He is an amazing follower. Him and his conjured flame atronach have helped many times!
@@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708 It has been awhile since I removed his helmet. I used the Perfect Touch perk in the Pickpocketing tree. I also believe I had to release him as a follower and then removed it from his inventory, then rehired him.
😳 ...This explains the amount of fan fiction I've seen regarding him. ...Don't mind me, I'll just be over here working on my pickpocket skills... (Also I agree with every other point of this comment. 😆)
The line "If anyone sneaks up on us, I'll smell them coming, or I might not. We will see." Is also said by Kharjo, the only other khajiit follower in the game, so it is just a line unique to khajiit followers, rather than having anything to do with J'zargo's personality.
YES! She’s been my follower with my hammer wielding Orc! She’s great because she’s ranged while I charge in to smash heads! I feel like she’s severely overlooked as a follower.
Omg I'm so glad Erandur is on this list. I feel like most players don't tend to have him as a follower (and some may not even know he CAN become a follower) because they kill him to take the Skull of Corruption. I love Erandur because he has a surprising amount of dialogue for a vanilla, non-DLC follower. (I do use mods to make him a better fighter, though).
After you get the artifact achievement, you can just save him in all other plays. Or if you don't care about achievements. (or play on the Switch which has no achievements anyway)
Taldyrn met Jiiub and must be hundreds of years old? AND he's a Dunmer? Taldyrn is the Nerevarine. #plottwist #classicsneverdie Edit: okay I put this as a joke but now I'm thinking about it. He's found on solstheim, which is one of a few possible stopping points on the way back from Akavir, the last place we know the Nerevarine went. Elsewhere in the game, Sheogorath drops a hint he's the Champion of Cyrodiil in a similar fashion, saying he was there for Martin's sacrifice. Taldyrn being a Spellsword means he's well rounded, and as such takes into account players that played mages, warriors, thieves, etc. Teldryn can do it all. We know the Nerevarine is still alive, provided he hasn't been slain, because he's immortal biologically because of his Corpus. It could actually be him, I mean I'm sure there's almost no real evidence but the head Canon could work
I like Mjoll the Lioness, but it’s kinda immersion-breaking when you’re receiving the blessing from the Greybeards, that has not been spoken to anyone else but Talos himself when he climbed the steps to High Hrothgar... and she’s just sitting there in the background talkin’ about the cutpurse who soiled his armor when she drew Grimsever FOR THE MILLIONTH DAMN TIME.
Ignacio Sanchez so did I lol. Fairly certain she caps at lvl 40 just like the other mercenary followers. The only ones with a higher cap are the housecarls, at lvl 50, Serana as well. I know that J’zargo at the College of Winterhold has a way bigger level cap though.
Erik was my first follower that I ended up hiring seemingly by accident lol but after adventuring with him for a while it seemed there was a natural affinity. I was a Dunmer who would often sneak around and pick off enemies with my bound bow. If things started to get a little out of control Erik would always be there to stand in the way of any threat. He was truly a stalwart hero. I never needed another follower after that day.
As an Australian I can clarify this is correct. We do have 3 out of 5 of the deadliest spiders in the world, and I think we have 7 out of 12 of the deadliest snakes in the world. So, yeah, practically the same place because Skyrim has Sabre Cats, Wolves, *FALMER* , Horkers, bandits, every NPC in the game, etc... Why did you do this to us, Divines? Tamriel could have been a nice place with no bad people but you do this!
I was once travelling with Meeko when we encountered a large bandit encampment and were quickly swarmed by bandits. I was having a hard time fighting 3 of them at once and lost sight of Meeko when he ran off to take out one of the others. I eventually defeated my adversaries and wandered around some more, discovering a bandit archer who was quickly dealt with. Still no sign of Meeko, although there was no sign of any more enemies nearby. I began to stray further away, searching for him, until I eventually spotted a grey, furry corpse in the distance. I approached slowly, mentally preparing myself to say goodbye to my loyal companion. But when I got there, it was just a dead wolf. I continued to look around for Meeko, still fearing that he may have been killed, or the game just bugged out and I lost him, when suddenly I heard a bark, turned around and there he was, running toward me. One of the most joyful moments in my hundreds of hours playing Skyrim.
What a lovely story
that went from 1 to 100 thwn back to 1
Alison Watkinson Omg! That's so beautiful
Fuckin' wholesome.
Im not crying! You are!
J’zargo thanks you for your kind words.
J’zargo The Khajiit oh my gOSH 😂😂😂
@@supernaturalstarlight4329 same 😂
Kitty 😻 I wanted to marry you but I couldn't.. 😔 then I wanted to make you my steward, so I would live with you ..but I couldn't 😔 goddamn Skyrim
Shut up
I hate cats
J'zaargo - "Dragonborn, what do you use to comb a cat?"
Dragonborn stops sneaking through a Draugr infested dungeon, looks back and gives J'zaargo the look of death.
J'zaargo - "A catacomb!"
*Insert necessary Rii Vaaz Zol here*
Dragonborn: *Pulls out Daedric Sword*
ye well that's just so J'Zargous :D
_the dragonborn shouts a dragon word , the world changes , they're spawned in a different world , dragonborn is on a hill with dragonbone greatsword in one hand , flames are burning behind him as he roars :_ *Anata wa shinu !*
_he raises his sword , to the lowly commoner , J'zargo , who on the ground , and says , in his tough voice :_ *You shall pay for thy sins.*
That should be inigo lines
One of my favorites is Lydia, she is a great early game companion who is sworn to carry your burdens
futurelink8 I honestly rly like Lydia if only because she’s one of the og homies
I love her, but that sigh she gives when I ask her to carry stuff always makes me so mad at her
No she’s a brat have you ever listened to the way she says it? Completely sarcastic. All the other Housecarls compliment and praise you for being their thane
Yeah I can't get rid of her although she dies on me all the time
Key words, "early game"
"sadly we can't bring meeko's old master back". Me looking at my conjuration spell list: "hold my skooma"
Get the cheat room mod and look at the small chest to the right and there is a resurecting spell that makes them back to normal
Sorry this one will just drink it.
This is exactly what I was thinking lol
@@mutantmooncat2568 Me too!
When you have better base damage with your bare hands than most iron weapons.
I could never take meeko on as a follower, I would be stressed the entire time if he got touched.
I took Vigilance ,then I saw that it was dangerous and told them to go home,they died in the process:(
COOKIE WOKE I wish they made meeko essential... :(
I killed him and had to restart because of how far back a save I had.
@@Somerandomperson-hl1kt open console and type in: "setessential 000D95E9 1". 000D95E9 = meeko's base is
Take Barbas. If you don't finish his quest, he can't be killed , and you can keep him permanently. Looks the same as meeko, and you can still add an additional follower.
I’m pretty sure calling a khajit a “furry friend” would get you shanked in Elsweyr.
Eh, the Khajit seem pretty laid back about this stuff. They'd probably just give you shitty prices at worst.
But around dark Elves, watch yourselves.
But they are furry and what's wrong with considering them a freind?
Getting mad over small things like that is some sjw stuff.
"It's okay to be white."
*TRIGGERED*
Yeah and he would stop selling you skooma
you'd get buried in the sand
Lloyd Turquoise or clawed
Major respect to Bethesda for immortalizing the young warrior. Long live Emok the Slayer
Erik* 😂
Cookie Cat Oh my bad, I thought it was Erik the slayer 🙂
Agreed long live the slayer
I have found you nigga
Currently my steward, sometimes I take him along, but wouldn't want the inexperienced adventurer to be out of his depths. Besides he does get some action protecting my homestead in The Pale.
Meeko: But master... before you go... I have to know, was I a good boy?
Meeko's master: No... you were the best...
STOP IT STOOOOOOOP
The tears!!!
great, now i have another reason to be depressed ToT
Peachy T-T
Here’s my heart, I don’t need any more
Take my eyes too, I don’t need my tears
Me: LYDIA MOVE OUT OF THE WAY
Lydia: *huh?*
I aM sWOrN to CaRry YoUR bUrdEns
Chris Shehan
Sworn to be your burden
DeskApple
🤣👏🏾
Huh?? Me: Fussss ro daaahhh! Problem solved
ValorJ Omega
I do admire and respect her resolve tho. Under appreciated companion.
One thing about Erandur... on that initial quest you're actually *his* follower. His level is 50% higher than yours and he's telling you what to do.
I well explaines why I was wandering around in circles while he was walking up to the tower
Holy shit
I never used him after the quest because his mana stat is REALLY low.
@@thomashazlewood4658 How do you see what your followers stats are?
@@stephenburkholder8894 I have a mod called 'Amazing Follower Tweaks' that includes within your follower interactions the ability to see their statistics. In the case of Erandur, it says his mana is 10. It's possible that his low mana level is disregarded when he is a Follower but he's so colorless that I didn't delve farther with him.
"His name is derived from Erik West, whose internet alias was "Immok the Slayer," a visitor to Bethesda's HQ during Skyrim's development. Bethesda was so impressed with his knowledge of Oblivion that they gave him an in-depth tour of Bethesda studios and decided to create a character named Erik in his honor. Erik died of cancer six months before the release of Skyrim, hence Bethesda immortalized him in the form of Erik the Slayer" rest in peace erik the slayer, you lived a human, but you died a legend....
I legit started crying when I first heard the line Erik has about his "new life as an adventurer". Knowing the backstory just makes that line hit me in the feels.
Screw Serana, Erik's the best follower
I do hope erik the slayer will be in the next iteration of elder scrolls, perhaps as a grizzled mercenary
@@alexgahan7348 Or at the very least gets an ingame book/book series about his accomplishments.
@@insaincaldo maybe a choose your own adventure book and maybe even a song about him and his travels
"Dragonborn huh? Was it your Ma or Pa that was the dragon?"--Erik the Slayer
Mark Culbreath lmao
Haha, Sofia asks the same thing.
It was my dad that was the dragon
Erik the Slayers dad will ask if he can have any armor you drop at his store. He wants it for his son...
I actually remember doing his quest...pretty good follower for the start of game.
The story behind Erik is beautiful, already makes a great character even better
Erik is one of my favourite companions too. I Like to Imagine WE Return to His fathers inn Just to Show him Erik is OK.
Kinda wish Bethesda had made him level up with you infinitely like J'zargo
Is there a mod that does that?
He's my favorite follower. I remember I forged him the best two-handed blade I could and called it Immok the Slayer.
I always liked Erik's optimism, now I like his character even more.
+Monawar Rajayki You can with the dev console by typing ` and then selecting Erik(just click on him). In the console you type setlevel 1000,0,1,81 where 81 is the top level he will max out at. You can make it a higher number, though I never do. I have yet to get a character to 50.
The mod Amazing Follower Tweaks(AFT) also allows you to manually set a follower's level, and even tweak his stats and perks.
Another title: 5 followers you shouldnt offer to botheia
I Just use a mercenary Like that mage from riften
I use the Amazing Follower Tweaks mod & usually force the first NPC that insults me after getting the quest to follow me to their death at the hands of Boethia. Skyrim is pretty empty when you're a murder hobo.
@@BraddahSpliff nazeem?
Hahahaha, the one I sacrificed was that arrogant mercenary in the Bannered Mare in Whiterun
I sacrificed J’zargo, because I don’t like cats.
I do like the reaction J'zargo gives the Dragonborn when you hand in that quest and pick the one that has "Was the spell supposed to explode around me?" and his response is pretty much "Um...no?"
"Were they supposed to explode? Because they exploded."
Which is also what you can tell Moira Brown in Fallout 3 when you test the molerat repellent.
This makes J'zargo obligated to write the Skyrim Survival Guide.
I swear tomorrow I'll start skyrim again and play another 1000 hours
Ciri
Didn't know the Butcher of Blaviken had traveled Skyrim's frigged tundras
@@imrankzs found her
She's chilling with yen and the rest at my vineyard
Geralt of Rivia same😂
I made the same "mistake" when I got the special edition 🤣
You forgot the best follower. His name is M’aiq. M’aiq is cool. M’aiq loves fighting. M’aiq once had fire in his hand, and accidentally burned himself. M’aiq is a pro.
This Dovahkiin, thinks M'aiq is a funny creature
M'aiq is tired now. Go bother somebody else.
M’aiq is done talking now.
M'aiq's father was named M'aiq, and his father. At least that's what he told me. (I think I botched that quote)
M'aiq is a liar
J'zargo stresses me out. Whats the point in no level cap if you're only gonna use SPARKS? Like, all the time. Only Sparks. Forever.
increasing hp
WarMike_1 pointless. If you want a tank there are better options.
@@Mr_Cheekbones_ lmfaoo facts
zap
Marcurio used chain lightening.
The Erik quest was surprisingly wholesome. His dad was only against him being an adventurer because they couldn't afford to get him good armor and he didn't want his son to get hurt
"J'zaargo is Not your test kitty!"
Wow does he really say that :o
@Keelan Steele no, he got it from another video
It's sad how often I re-watch the senile scribbles videos (ToT) I have to get my fix somewhere when I'm too busy to actually play skyrim!
*Courier:* This is for Jizz.... Last name "Argo"
*J'Zargo:* It's J'ZARGO!
*Courier:* Its not writte-
*J'Zargo:* GIVE IT TO ME! .... "Your test results are shown Positive." ....
*Dragonborn:* [painful "oofff"]
*J'Zargo:* W-What does this mean?
*Dragonborn:* S-sorry....
*J'Zargo:* You're SORRY?! ** And what are you still doing here?!
*Courier:* I still have four left.
*J'Zargo:* *HISS!*
DRAGONBORN: don't put that anywhere near your mouth.
ALCHAMIST: num, num, num... its actually quite good once you get past the nail.
DRAGONBORN: I think I'm going to be sick.
ALCHEMIST: what's sick is how much were learning.
“Eric wants to be hardcore but his dad won’t let him.”
that is funny
hah, i got that one
I took Meeko as a companion for like a minute, then sent him home, where a loving wife, two children, a housecarl and a bard awaited him.
Also, I really hope they will immortalize Shirley Curry in TES VI like they did with Erik.
They are currently developing her character, but yes, she will be TES VI
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I always loved Marcurio as a companion. He is like the older brother who really wants to see you fuck up, but also wont hesistate to risk his life for you as soon as you get into serious trouble.
One of my favorites is Cicero because of his insanity. I just love the quotes he makes randomly
“Carrot or sweetroll?”
Lets kill someone!
Otto von Bismarck he only says the same few lines, but I still find them enjoyable, also, he randomly dances. So yeah I keep him around when I’m doing assassin work.
Miguel tvid you have to finish the main storyline of the dark brother hood and keep him alive when given the option to kill him, a few days later got to dawnstar sanctuary and he'll be your follower
Miguel tvid you have to travel to windhelm (maybe winterhold can't remember which one) find the elf woman talking to a man (possibly a boy I can't remember right off) she'll be talking about a boy named avintus arintino. go into the house right next to them and you'll find a boy preforming a ritual. he'll tell you to kill a the woman that works at the orphanage in riften named Grelid the kind. kill her and your on your way to the brotherhood finding you
“While we can’t bring back Meeko’s old master...”
Dead Thrall: Allow me to introduce myself.
dead thrall : you will STAY
I'm a man of wealth and taste...
Me: let's take care of that rock joint....
I really don't get why anyone dies of any disease when all they have to do is eat some canis root or go touch one of the bazillion shrines everywhere.
@@dracofirex Thats not really canon I think. I think it only affects our characters out of plot armor or just how badass we are.
Serana: *Am I a joke to you?*
Yu Katsuragi She uses the ones I give her, but when it comes to armor she only seems to wear helms.
She uses dragonbone no problem for me
I’ll give her my ebony bone
For me she will use only one handed and light chest piece. The rest of the armor pieces can be heavy or light
for me she uses any light amor and only daggers
I like Erandur. He’s got TONS of cool dialogue. Every where you go it seems he’s got some remark about the history or his history. He’s really very good with those flame spells as well and follows well.
Erandur is just Skyrim's watered-down version of Joshua Graham
You can also get the shezzarine mod and get a whole new quest line and a follower that can be annoyed pleased and dead even though he is important in the quest
@@serotonin.scavenger Comparing Erandur to Joshua Graham as "watered-down" is like saying the Grand Canyon is "a little crack in the ground".
Erandur is the homeopathic dilution of Joshua Graham.
Shame I always murder him for the daedric relic
Oh god jzargo . I made the mistake in taking Lydia to the college of winterhold and he accidentally hit me with a lightning bolt and Lydia murdered him to death
Omg me too. My stupid housecarl killed him 😭
Thats my girl
i had a simular experience in the first companions mission, when i started the brawl with vilkas, lydia got out a greatsword and started killing everyone
Arsenal 15 murdered him to death? 😂😂😂😂😂
That's why Lydia is the best. That girl will fuck everything up by killing everyone, stand in every trap with zero fucks given and my personal favorite, tell you sarcastically that she is "I'm sworn to carry your burdens".
"H u h?"
~Lydia
Lydias memorable quites:
Huh?
What?
Ouch!
I am sworn to carry your burdens.
Knightmare 126 Hey look, a cave. I wonder what’s inside.
Lydia, while in a Nordic tomb- iS tHaT oNe Of ThE oLd RuInS?
Me: *enters a cave*
Lydia: i got a bad feeling about this
Me: 🤦♂️ it’s just a bandit camp. Chill
I am *sworn* to carry your burdens 🙄
I'll never stop using Cicero as my follower
He thinks he's dedicated to me, when really, I'm dedicated to him
Oh shit I killed him
"I'm looking for a Jizz... last name... Argo."
"IT'S J'ZARGO!!!"
Caleb Rands ayyyyy senile scribbled
Senile scribbles!!!!
Hahahahahahhahahahahahahaha jizz argo damn that scribbles 😆😆
@@Kusanagi672 Oh my gawd it's our lord and savior Jim Pickens :0
"That's not what I have here."
All hail Erik the Slayer.
May he rest in peace, and adventure in Tamriel eternally.
v13kobold indeed. He's slaying dragons up in the clouds now. ;')
Tipped but not forgotten
Sure Lock it's such a nice but sad story. May he rest in peace ;')
v13kobold He rests in Sovrnguard now
he rests in the cloud district
R.i.p Erik. May we TeS fans never forget. ;'(
You all forget the best and most obvious. Kharjo all the entire way.
YEA GO KHARJO
Hell yea, best khajiit
Kharjo is one of THE BEST followers. INCREDIBLE tank / damage sponge
Kharjo's awesome
Kharjo fans say hoooo
One thing that makes J'Zargo super powerful that most people don't realize is that he is the ONLY follower in the game with a Heavy Armor skill level of 100 so if you outfit him in battlemage gear he will get the absolute most out of it, also in the unmodded game you can make any follower your level by double tapping them with the Wabbajack.
I gave J'zargo a dragon priest mask, arch-mage clothing, and every staff I get from dragon priests as well as the wabbajack.
He's the best
He wears and uses none of those things 🤣 for me at least.
Erik the Slayer has always been my favorite follower second to Serana. Has a more interesting personality than others, and I like the fact that we're ushering him into adventuring. I like to think years down the road he'll have made a real name for himself, earned the name "Slayer", and tells tales of the mighty Dragonborn, his close friend whom he owes everything to
Cole Jenkins I usually sacrifice him to that Boethia daedra lord , seems fitting to spend the time to get him all geared up and excited and take him to his death on his first adventure
@@Choemeye That's bleak!
Hey, you gotta play the role when your a villainous cretin
@@Choemeye dude
Choemeye the fuck did you just say? >:o
You SACRIFICED that sweet angel to BOETHIA??
Teldryn Sero(who summons a flame atronach often), two flame thrills, and a riekling Warrior. I barely even have to fight anymore I just stroll about grabbing loot
@ *Telephone cereal*
*_Telephone cereal_*
Bruh
Omg same
@@binarekoharijanto4586 You know, I've been searching for the best way to have my own personal army...
*pulls out spare sets of dual enchanted ebony armor and weapons*
@@binarekoharijanto4586 that’s my all star team right there
Gotta save a lot in case they start fighting tho 😂
I thought the story behind Erik was really cool, so I went and got him as a follower. Then I found out about the one giant's club that followers can have. With Erik's potential 100 two-handed, it seemed obvious. Erik is an amazing follower, and his positive spirit keeps things light-hearted. I love having him as a follower.
I started a quest for the Companions, finished it, and went back to Erik's hometown to pick him up. He wasn't there. Where could he be? He should have come right home, right? Definitely. So I went back to Whiterun to search for him a bit. Nothing. Erik was gone. Over the next few days, I'd go back to see if Erik was home. I did a lot of stuff without him and it didn't feel right. I had to find Erik.
I went back to Whiterun, and set a waypoint to Rorikstead. Using Clairvoyance should give me route an NPC might take, was my thought. I was right! He got stuck on some rocks not far from Whiterun! Silly Erik. Can smash a dragon, but walking over or around some rocks is too hard. Whatever, I'm glad he's okay and back questing with me!
Do NOT get Teldryn Sero as a companion...
He will kill everything, and steal *all* your glory. Your game effectively becomes _The Teldryn Sero Show._ :(
I agree. I've gotten him a couple of times and it worked out that way. Hardly can get a shot off.
Not to mention his endless bitching and bragging.
Get gud
I'm always losing that guy, he just dissapears of nowwhere
@Daniel Russo have you ever heard of marcurio?
i've gotten rockjoint a hundred times, i always thought it was like a *cold*
Lawrence Montgomery he is good follower
nathan I’m not sure if this a joke but Rockjoint is a DISEASE.
I don't understand the big deal when potions and shrines cure it with ease
It's a lesser std like the clap
@@estevanalameda5852 You get rockjoint from animal bites tho -._-.
Are you implying that-
*No*
*_Please no_*
Teldryn Sero is my favorite follower. He is hilarious
If it will help us get moving quicker sure!
Our journey has been quite rewarding so far, hopefully you won't mind sharing the spoils
I got him killed super early in the game at the excavation quest in solesthiem :,(
My favorite saying of his, "I'm glad I'm finally traveling with someone who seems competent, my last patron was was killed trying to tackle an entire fort of bandits alone."
"Whiterun... The pride of Skyrim. Doesn't look like much to me. Now Blacklight on the other hand, that's a proper city."
I’ve taken Erik round all the sights in Skyrim, feel like the guy deserved to see it all. Kinda makes me feel he is at peace
You're a real one 🤘
Despite the giant meme she is, Lydia will always have a special spot in my heart alongside Erik and Mjoll
I like wandering around skyrim with her. The only thing I dislike is when she says skyrim is for the nords. I still think she's adapting to her thane khajiit.
MJOLL HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MAH HEART
My Lydia just disappeared and took off with all my stuff one day :/
Sarah Jarry check your house, or if you dont have one, dragonsreach. or she could have died.
My favorite is Erik. He's the Luke Skywalker of Skyrim. The backstory of the real Erik made me like and respect him even more
Erik the Slayer was hands down my favorite follower when i played on one of my favorite characters. His personality was nice and polite enough, quite a happy follower. The fact that all his gear has nothing to do with his tag skills was step 1 on my love of him. Followed by him several times looting chests and enemies before i could so he had a new weapon didnt hurt either. What solidified my love was him fighting a giant, and their... well known and varied bugs... After getting launched to the moon and landing, he constantly was stuck for several ingame months in the knocked down pose, but STILL fighting and acting like normal, just lying down clipped through the ground. walking sideways, and swinging his weapon, the only time he would upright was when he was spoken to and depending no the terrain around us, the only thing visible was his shadow cast where his body should be.
Erik the Layer never left my side since
Gummy Bread im like that right now. Because of him, i completed the Red Eagle quest i slowly have made him OP with stronger weapons, shields, and armors. Currently i have him with an enchanted dwarven blade of scorching. All i really need to do is charge it up with gems after a while. But other than that, he’s been kicking ass alongside me for a while. And i put it upon myself to be sure he’s got good health in battle
Personally, I love Cicero. He can't die which is handy, he also has the WEIRDEST dialogue ever and I love it... Also he moves when you need him to... Unlike a certain Housecarl
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Cicero’s dialogue about the Butcher is hilarious!
Teldryn is by far my favorite follower. Ever since I discovered him for the first time he's been a follower in every one of my playthroughs
same here, just remember:
"If it'll *help* us get moving *quicker,* sure."
Am I the only one who gets followers which magically pull bows out of nowhere
Its like fallout 4. You basically pull a minigun out of your asshole
And where do you pull your bow from ingame? Yeah, tought so
Tyler Olinger lmaoo facts
Sero is one of my favorite followers! Whenever I find myself at the Wretching Netch, I just HAVE to hire him!
Aww... I always liked Erik, so learning more about his character just makes me like him a whole lot more!
Dude Erandur is my absolute favorite companion in all of Skyrim. I love his ambient dialogue and his spell sword style of fighting. He's awesome.
RIP Erik. May your character and your person live on in our hearts throughout Skyrim, Heaven, and Earth.
"5 special followers you should not let go in Skyrim"
Me: "oh.. okay. Nice. _Come on Lydia let's go!"_
My... Lydia got lost and can't find her anywhere even in the hall of the dead
My Lydia died and I'm still not over it
Carolina Motta my Lydia keeps getting in my way so I keep killing her. I make sure to save before every fight in case I kill her so I can get her back
Amanda S when i had her, she somehow survived getting smashed by a troll when hunting doing the mammoth tusk quest. Like that bastard launched her into orbit to the point where i coulda brought back the “Shooting Stars” meme. I thought she was dead. Completed the quest and went back to where she was only to see her standing in the same spot.
....And then she gets killed by a goddamn arrow when rescuing a missing grey-mane held hostage.
When i left whiterun with lydia straight after getting her as a follower some bounyy hunters/mercenarys attacked us ... she died
Lydia is my wife. I can impersonate her perfectly and it freaks my boyfriend out 😂😂
Aiyana Jordynne 😂
Wifey 4eva!!
Do you say 'I am sworn to carry your burden' to your bf?
@@biffin1123 imagine if she gets pregnant and she keeps saying to her boyfriend "i am sworn to carry your burdens"
Haha I should marry her too lol
You should mention Illya. You only have one chance to get her as a follower, and if you ever let her leave you, you can never get her back. She's the mage in Darklight Tower that you help defeat all of the other mages, and finally help her kill her "mother" If you have a companion when you do the quest, you can't take her as a follower, but if you don't have a follower, it gives you an option to invite her to travel with you. She is the most powerful mage in destruction magic that you can get, and kills many things you fight with, before you can even get to them. If you ever part ways with her, she's unobtainable a second time. To keep her, I kept her as a follower until I built my own manor. When you build a house, she offers to be a steward, and will always be a guard of your property. Other than that, you still can't take her as a follower again, but you can keep her around your house.
No, you can still get her back. Source: did her quest while I was running a sneak mage who solos and exploits silent casting invisibility, so a follower usually wrecked my stealth kill plans.
I refused her offer and she stays at Darklight Tower (where her quest is) until you're ready. She can get lost on the way back there, though, in which case good luck finding where she went
Yeah ilia is easily the strongest mage. I would use her for long but I like to switch up my followers ever so often and she does spam my kills sometimes. Having her as a steward would be the best option. She can easily gaurd you house against bandits and even do well against giants
Correction: You can bring Meeko's Master back to life. You just need level 100 Conjuration and The Dead Thrall spell. Problem solved.
Tarlo The Boar hmm, playing though with a conjugation tank build and I think I’ll just use your idea.
You do realize that after every conjuration spell wears off the entity brought back to life will turn to ash right......?
@@ZandieBird That's the joke
Sarah Jensen not dead thrall, not only does it never run out but as long as your thrall doesn’t get decapitated you can re revive.
@@surelock3221 ......oh......I didn't register that at first...... 😆
My personal favorite follower is Jenassa. She has a lot of personality, a lot of interesting dialogue about a variety of places you might visit, and she dual-wields. Plus, I think she is one of the hottest Dark Elves, pre-mod. Also, I am a huge fan of Farkas and Vilkas, depending on whether you want a two-hander or one-hander. Vilkas is a bit better because he's tougher, but Farkas has a cool beard, and he's hilarious.
Farkas ratted me out for stealing the firebrand wine for that Khajit in solitude. Cost me 6000 bounty. Needless to say he was assasinated after that
I also love Jenassa the most. I always go back to her
I always get Jenassa first thing when I get to Whiterun. Then have her help me keep the guards alive at the Western Watchtower when fighting the first dragon.
Then I make her a nanny and leave her at home, because she's too hot to have distracting my male companions...
that's My job.
Janessa is my favorite. She is quiet uses ranged weapons and doesn't bat an eye when an item is stollen or a person is murdered.
Yes 72 likes and Jenassa is my absolute favorite but I'm contemplating Serana because Laura Bailey has my favorite voice
I love Teldryn, because he is the ideal companion to my sneeky archer. He never gets in the way of my shooting or stirrs the suspicion of foes like all the dumb huscarls.
Thank you so much for including Erik! He is always my go-to companion. I'm writing a Skyrim based fantasy novel and Erik is the basis for my main character.
The constant barking while I'm sneaking drives me nuts!
Leave Lydia home next time.
Tay100 his barking doesn’t affect your or his sneak ability though.
YES SAME! The constant barking (and the shoving when I'm trying to sneak and aim my damn bow!) bothered me so much I eventually left him at home with the kids, but now he's always underfoot and messing up my unique decorating style. I should have just dropped a bunch of food at the cabin and walked out ...
Ya thats why I can't stand having a dog at my side
I tend to go alone, since i almost always accidentally kill any followers or they just stand in my way in the first place.
Lydia is famous for that. You can try to run and bump her out of the way but she just stumbles back a little and walks forward and stands there blocking your path once again. 🤣
Serana is essential. Try her out.
If you run the Dragonborn DLC one of the Black Books will give you the Active Magic Effect that prevents you from harming a follower, once you complete the book and select that effect from the list of choices that you will be presented.
Try Cicero, on top of being a hilarious sweet boy he is also freakin immortal (I suppose because he is a main character for the dark brotherhood)
I think Serana is immortal too for the same reasons.
@@thornwalker8970
Cicero is nowhere near hilarious. He's highly annoying & always should be killed.
"J'zargo will level with you, no matter what!"
*Downloads Skyrim Uncapper*
Rockjoint has been the cause of my characters death zero times.
Well about number one... He may or may not be dead do to a deadric artifact collector
Also my heart goes to Aela
Every time I watch your videos, I always end up wanting to play more Skyrim..
Nice
Well we all know that the best one is a mod *cough* Inigo *cough*
Lucien>Inigo
@@RogerCombo about the same
Kharjo > all.
@@RogerCombo No wtf
@@RogerCombo Lucien's voice is just obnoxious and over the top, neither is he as funny as inigo.
I always travel with Jenassa. She's always been my favorite. She says all the time. "We're one and the same, you and I." And makes me feel like she just gets me.
Shes my favorite too. Can't help but marry her as well.
Using her right now myself. It has been tricky giving her better weapons and armor over time, because it's not clear what she will or will not equip. She went a long time seemingly refusing to wear any armor. Now she has on [I think] horned scale armor that I smithed to Exquisite. I thought her rule was only using Light Armor, but she does us an Ebony axe and an Orcish Shield.
That aside, my biggest gripe with her is that she tends to rush into battle when I've scoped out a good spot for me to take pot shots from afar, so she draws out all the enemies quickly when what I want to do is pick off at least a few of them before moving in. So for a bunch of situations, I've had to go back to a save before the battle spot and figure out a different approach so that I can continue to blast the enemies while she's in there taking hits 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, etc. Oh, and she often gets in the way of my firing lines, so I do sometimes need to give up my secure position so that I can move to another place for a clear shot.
I do find her saying of "We're one and the same, you and I" very endearing too.
@@Trephining She prefers light armor for Hands, Feet, and Body, but will prefer Heavy armor for Shield and Headgear, at least that's what I've found.
@@Trephining
I know it’s two years later but, if you take her shield & give her 2 swords, sword , axe, scimitar, she will dual wield she’s one of three that I know who default do that
Who else plays Skyrim on a daily basis 🙋♀️.
Especially now during lockdown
I just recently got Skyrim right before quarantine and I'm obsessed
Defne Aydin | Hello sir who said something two days ago on a video which is really old :D
@@Gonz_Ap hey how are ya:)
Defne Aydin | Heye :) I’m about to fight versus Aldun but I don’t have many crystal pieces so I have to use elfic armour most of the time :( Ah and I prefiere the light armour than the heavy one ;)
What about the ultimate wifu Serana she is beauty she is grace she will shoot ice in your face and she is really powerful
I cured her of vampireness
@Bob Ross The Savior WTF DID YOU SAY BOI
Bob Ross The Savior She’s alright just not my favorite.
DoNe AnD dOnE
Shes kind of a bitch tbh
Mercurio, The Sellsword of Riften, I always get him on early game the best mercenary i've got so far.
Finally, some Marcurio love. No matter what I play as, I marry Marcurio so I can get him for free when I want him. I see people kill him just to get his robes and it always seems like such a waste of a great follower.
@@callmemaggie8024 I know right? And he is really reliable in all aspects, And like i play as Board/Sword build THe Best Rear support i had and have until now.
Another Marcurio fan here. He's an amazing follower. (Not a packmule!)
@@NikkiWorrell Very well, then, but make it quick!
Mercurio is the BEST. He is fearless and deadly accurate. So good I made him my steward..
wait, Meeko is essential!? I've always avoided taking him along because I didnt want him to die to a dragon or something!
also i think my favorite thing about teldryn is that he always picks the least flattering times to say his 'its good to work with someone competent for once' line. i nearly spat out my drink once when he said it while i was jumping up and down like an idiot trying to catch butterflies.
and its super good to see Erandur on this list. He's always been my favorite.
Non of the dogs are essential with out mods or console commands unfortunately. I've seen Meeko dead many times before I could save him from random encounters that happen near that cabin.
Forgot his name, but one of my favorites is the Argonian somewhere near a cave on the way to Riften. Dual wields with a sword and pickaxe...he's a beast. Believe he unkillable also.
Derkeethus
ooh i just got him yeah, he is the only argonian follower isnt he?
Derkeethus is the best, also Mjoll too.
The same here. I roleplay as argonian warrior migrating from black marsh as received a vision from Hist tree - I pretend Derkeethus was my egg brother.
Oh shit yeah. He was my one of my favorites in my 1st playthrough.
I would like to have one of these followers but i always end up with serana
Don't we all?
Serena is annoying. She have that noise glitch when casting spells, she revives dead bodies all the time( as conjurer with the dead thrall, that is dangerous), she spams that weak draining spell... I really like her too, but she gets on my nerves very often.
I think she is listed as essential thats why I pick her. The others allways die due to arrows in their back when they jump in my arrows splitseconds after i released them of my bow...
@@lordmiraak5083 you can cure her vampirism...
One time she ressurrected a giant frostbite spider, and i really don't like spiders, but i didn't want to fight it because that would freak me out, so i had to deal with it, stupid serena
Erik the Slayer has another benefit that I like to exploit. He is one of the only followers who uses a two handed weapon but also wears light armor. If you want to make him a little more useful, load him with high end light armor and a killer two handed weapon. Then you can take him well past level 40, he can hold his own by your side, and has plenty of room for loot along the way!
Favorite follower? Teldryn Sero. After finally removing his helmet, I found a very handsome fellow staring at me. He is an amazing follower. Him and his conjured flame atronach have helped many times!
How does one remove his helmet?
@@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708 It has been awhile since I removed his helmet. I used the Perfect Touch perk in the Pickpocketing tree. I also believe I had to release him as a follower and then removed it from his inventory, then rehired him.
I had to give glitched armor that made Teldryn Sero immortal, I didn't want such a legend die so easy
😳 ...This explains the amount of fan fiction I've seen regarding him.
...Don't mind me, I'll just be over here working on my pickpocket skills...
(Also I agree with every other point of this comment. 😆)
honorable mention to illia, the follower you shouldn't let go bc she'll just wander away into the forest and get lost forever.
She was my Skyrim waifu.
beachhotdog I really liked her and was very sad to let her go to be able to hire her as a steward...
Illya is by far the best follower in the game in terms of adventuring.
I got pissed on her because she kept killing me with her magic. So I took all her items and dismissed her
Meeko is the dogmeat of skyrim
Loyal, dog, amazing, and unique
Goodest of bois
Now if only he didn’t look like a dirty mop.
If John Wick was in Skyrim, he DEFINITELY have Meeko as a follower!
The line "If anyone sneaks up on us, I'll smell them coming, or I might not. We will see." Is also said by Kharjo, the only other khajiit follower in the game, so it is just a line unique to khajiit followers, rather than having anything to do with J'zargo's personality.
Serana is my fave follower as she is an essential character and therefore cannot die.
Also, she's quite powerful.
J'Zargo is the most interesting Khajit in all of Skyrim.
M'aiq would like to have a word with you, or two.
@@jhosright_Motscoud M'aiq is a liar, go bother someone else.
Pffft. Best khajiit is my character.
Inigo
Sero confirms in idle conversation that his old boss died
Erik the Slayer:
"Rorikstead? More like Roriksdead am I right?"
Noa Green edgy
@@binarekoharijanto4586 the ring of fire
Heh, _am I right?_
The Oracle of Azura is pretty interesting too as a follower after the Star quest
YES! She’s been my follower with my hammer wielding Orc! She’s great because she’s ranged while I charge in to smash heads! I feel like she’s severely overlooked as a follower.
Jazargo and serana are my two favorite characters by far. I love his quotes and overall personality
J'Zargo is OK, but Serana is some vampire with ADHD. Only advance she is essential. (unkillable).
Teldryn: "I wonder what happened to JiUb?"
You: "Jib"
????
A lot of people pronounce it like that for some reason.
I mean, Jiub himself pronouces it like "Jib"
I’m so gland Erandur is on this list, he’s so cool and everyone just kills him
Omg I'm so glad Erandur is on this list. I feel like most players don't tend to have him as a follower (and some may not even know he CAN become a follower) because they kill him to take the Skull of Corruption. I love Erandur because he has a surprising amount of dialogue for a vanilla, non-DLC follower. (I do use mods to make him a better fighter, though).
i think another problem most players who don't want him are also because his stats in combat suck. kinda like farkas
After you get the artifact achievement, you can just save him in all other plays. Or if you don't care about achievements. (or play on the Switch which has no achievements anyway)
Taldyrn met Jiiub and must be hundreds of years old? AND he's a Dunmer?
Taldyrn is the Nerevarine.
#plottwist #classicsneverdie
Edit: okay I put this as a joke but now I'm thinking about it.
He's found on solstheim, which is one of a few possible stopping points on the way back from Akavir, the last place we know the Nerevarine went.
Elsewhere in the game, Sheogorath drops a hint he's the Champion of Cyrodiil in a similar fashion, saying he was there for Martin's sacrifice.
Taldyrn being a Spellsword means he's well rounded, and as such takes into account players that played mages, warriors, thieves, etc. Teldryn can do it all.
We know the Nerevarine is still alive, provided he hasn't been slain, because he's immortal biologically because of his Corpus.
It could actually be him, I mean I'm sure there's almost no real evidence but the head Canon could work
Matt Digioia I agree with your theory
Im so glad someone else agrees!
Dark Elves are the longest lived race, Divayth Fyr is thousands of years old, he appears in ESO and Morrowind lol
gives him a reason to never take off that helmet, too!
Top 5 followers for Nate? Cookie woke, or that guy who's on every TH-cam video
Kyle Steele I haven’t seen Justin in a while... I hope he’s okay
@@thelonewanderer5094 saw him yesterday
Cookie woke has more comments than Preston has settlement quests
@@thelonewanderer5094 he's active again, I started seeing him a lot more often lately
I like Mjoll the Lioness, but it’s kinda immersion-breaking when you’re receiving the blessing from the Greybeards, that has not been spoken to anyone else but Talos himself when he climbed the steps to High Hrothgar... and she’s just sitting there in the background talkin’ about the cutpurse who soiled his armor when she drew Grimsever FOR THE MILLIONTH DAMN TIME.
Lol i married her in game.
She's so strong idk when she caps at though
Ignacio Sanchez so did I lol. Fairly certain she caps at lvl 40 just like the other mercenary followers. The only ones with a higher cap are the housecarls, at lvl 50, Serana as well. I know that J’zargo at the College of Winterhold has a way bigger level cap though.
@@WhaleofDreams i think Frea has a huge lvl cap too. I may go with her
Erik was my first follower that I ended up hiring seemingly by accident lol but after adventuring with him for a while it seemed there was a natural affinity. I was a Dunmer who would often sneak around and pick off enemies with my bound bow. If things started to get a little out of control Erik would always be there to stand in the way of any threat. He was truly a stalwart hero. I never needed another follower after that day.
That intro " it has everything and wants to kill you. " Skyrim = Australia confirmed
As an Australian I can clarify this is correct. We do have 3 out of 5 of the deadliest spiders in the world, and I think we have 7 out of 12 of the deadliest snakes in the world. So, yeah, practically the same place because Skyrim has Sabre Cats, Wolves, *FALMER* , Horkers, bandits, every NPC in the game, etc...
Why did you do this to us, Divines? Tamriel could have been a nice place with no bad people but you do this!
I love Teldryn alot im glad there a amazing mod for him to make him a true follower
finally early enough to say that the cats in skyrim are as cute and witty as the ones in real life.
Welcome my brother
Skyrim belongs to the nords, cat people should leave.
@@Y-all-mofos-need-Talos no. welcome the khajiit
@@Y-all-mofos-need-Talos this Khajiit thinks you need to stick to Preaching loudly outside then give advice... unless you're in jail.....
We ought to dig a big hole and throw all them greyskins and scalebacks in it.
serana: stop!
me, fully armored, with cheats in game: "......... okay."
What about Derkeethus, the only argonian follower in the game and a hidden quest to find him
Love Derkeethus, great follower and he can't die! Get him with Barbas and you can't go wrong.
Your picture gave me serious flashbacks😂
Yup, essential invincibility is great.
I think you mean "J'zargo's" *purr*sonality!"
Come for the video, stay for the cat puns. I think you meant fur-sonality.
You need the mod for *purrs...*
www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/83063
Cat puns freak meow-t. I'm not kitten.
All that Teldryn Sero said to me was “if I had one place to live in Skyrim...this place would be it..... :) “
> I need to trade some things with you
J'zargo: i dont have space to carry your stuff
> Checks inventory
J'zargo is carrying a single falmer arrow