true, and you can make your own Potions with 1-3 effects. Resist Magic/Fortify Marksman for example against dragons and Mages (i think it is possible to create that potion, don't know all possible potions XD)
‘It’s best to take a break here because you can roleplay that the thalmor party is scheduled months away’ THANK YOU this is always the hardest roadblock to cross when I’m roleplaying in this game.
I love the idea of a normal man becoming a skilled witchhunter! It really reminds me of my Dnd bloodhunter and my current Skyrim Playthrough! Although my character takes on an Arcane Knight role with more bound weaponry! Thank you for this amazing and unique build!
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I just want to tell you that I absolutely love your channel. It's unique from the other channels. And there's plenty of them that I've seen. I'm so glad that I've found it.
As always, I love the lore, backstory, roleplay, and aesthetics. Dawnguard (siding with the Dawnguard) is my favorite faction questline. I like that The Witchkiller’s backstory is a common man rather than a fighting man and that his skills come from knowledge and practice. Windstad Manor is my favorite vanilla player home - a stunning location and a fish hatchery. The Witchhunter’s fighting style of crossbow, magic, and potions/poisons is one of my preferred combat styles since I tend to not use melee. Your use of The Witchkiller’s Bestiary to present the potions/poisons and combat strategies was very creative. As with some of your previous characters, I like how you tie in other characters from the Skypothesis universe. As an aside, I particularly love the backstory of this character being based at Renoit’s Books in Chorral. My main character, Estelle Dubois who is an ex-librarian of Daggerfall in High Rock and now book collector in Skyrim, is a descendent of Estelle Renoit of Renoit’s Books. I enjoyed the nostalgic trip around Chorrol during the backstory segment.
The build is awesome, but the effort put into editing these videos deserve much more appreciation than the build itself. Also, the backstories are always such amazing stories which could be actual Lore. I bow to you, skypothesis!
This is basically my Demonhunter build I posted to the Tamriel Vault site (before it was even called that) back when Skyrim 1st came out, only updated to absolute pinnacle form for AE, and I love it. You guys are seriously gods at this stuff!
Having watched pretty much every other Skyrim character build channel out there, Fudgemuppet, BadCompanySarge, Major Slack and Fevvy being a few, you guys are my absolute favorite, I'm glad I found your channel when I did, you guys give no end to the inspiration when it comes to character builds, I like to create my own and usually turn to TH-cam for good ideas, I'll watch a build but rather than copy it like for like I'll take it and tweak it to my own so it feels less like plagiarism and more like intuitive guidance on the original concept creator's part, you guys have very tight gameplay, backstory and gameplay techniques that are hard to change up but that isn't a bad thing as it shows just how original your content is, I applaud you for that, I love the old content and the new equally, carry on bringing us the quality content I have come to rely on so greatly!!
Honestly these videos are so well done you don't even have to play Skyrim or make the characters to enjoy the content. That said I do often make these characters, and I often have to jump back into the videos and jump around to find a stat or item the character needs and while the time stamps help with this I think having a description list stuff like race, standing stone and gear at the very least would be helpful
@@Skypothesis Those "technical" details written in the video description would be great, especially for fans of your content who aren't fluent in English. I'm from Brazil and I think the whole concept and care you have in building the characters and, especially, the videos, is amazing. The desire is to create a new character every time. Very cool.
I loved the build skypothesis , I have a character with a similar aestethic, he's a Breton named Edgard Ottus , he comes to Skyrim searching for Fame, Fortune and Knowledge , The Ottus family have a code of only using weapons and armor made from Silver , he's a Chaotic Neutral , he lives Life like It's a Song, even his weapons is named by Songs , on The build he uses heavy armor, 2h , Alteration, archery and enchanting , on battle he uses silver armor and weapons (Greatsword and Crossbow) alongside with flesh spells
"We hope you'll stay until the end of the video." I don't think that's something you need to worry about, Guys and Girl. 😉 Absolutely loved the character's little black book of monster slaying!
Dwemer Warlord or Tonal architect- Dwarven plate armor, wraith guard gauntlets, dwarven crown from the forgotten seasons dlc (all about the Dwemer), sunder+keening, dwarven staves, and tonal magic (mod), and plenty of dwarven ruins to explore. Maybe you can use that as inspiration for a future build? I’ve got a lot more I’d like to share but it’s be too much for a comment😅 love your videos btw!❤️
I like this build I am going to mix this build with the skill and two handed block abilities of the redoran swordmaster to give even more Witcher aesthetic it’ll give this character so much ways to survive
As always, everything that comes out of this channel is perfect Edit: for those who don't have access to the anniversary edition, the armour could probably be equated somewhat by using the dawnguard heavy armour with the temple priest hood. (Only issue is the death of a temple priest somehow being justified.)
Love this build the Beastiary. Great touch! One little note, The Drunken Huntsman in Whiterun sells crossbows - usually Imperial and Silver at lvl 1, so the signature crossbow can be bought straight away.
Amazing Work. Im still playing your Redoran Swordmaster build because it is so much fun but now i know what build i wanna try next. Thank you guys so much
Great build. A few equipment suggestions: 1) After buying a silver crossbow from the fletcher, you can take it to a forge to enhance it (requires Steel Smithing perk). Ignores 50% of enemy armour. 2) Swap out the Gauldur Amulet for Kyne's Token. More fitting for this character in terms of RP, 5% more bow damage & animals do 10% less damage (because of a bug this effect also applies to every enemy in your bestiary except vampires).
The Beastiary is really cool. I love immersive habits like this that connect me to my character. I love to pretend i only know as much as my character would, to imagine i'm discovering the mysteries of Skyrim for the first time along with my character on their journey. Can i also just quickly say that its really silly that Trolls are weak to poison even though their fat gives resistance to poison? It just feels like a contradiction between one game mechanic and another. Anyway, great video! I'm not sold on the backstory, it seems kinda bare-bones, but the roleplay itself is quite cool! Also cyclone plus destruction rune is probably the coolest trickshot I've ever seen. Dope as hell.
This video especially the bestiary part, has honestly revitalised my love for skyrim, this feels awesome and it wouldn't be out of place in a book you can find and pick up. It's better than the witch hunter build video that fusguppet did, much as I love their channel.
Also I feel like you guys should do journal entries for some of these characters. I imagine given the character depth you guys are probably apt writers and while it would be pretty niche content I think some of us more diehards would appreciate some reading to really help us flesh out your Character creations in our minds.
@@Skypothesis it's exactly what made me think of it. I imagined journal entries describing the encounters and how he overcame them and I was like damn I would read the hell out of that. And it would be easier to copy paste the bestiary combos for my playthrough. Guys I watch tons of videogame content and no other creators breath life into the franchise like you do. If I knew someone at Bethesda I would plead with them to give you guys early access to TES6 so you could make builds pre release so new players to the franchise could get a taste of what level you take these games too with some creativity. I'd also love to see you guys do more gameplay restrictions that fit role play of characters to make some of the playthroughs more challenging without being ridiculous. I'd fail to give examples as creative as you guys could come up with but certain stuff I do is like thieve characters that I can't save scum hiests or pickpockets on so I go to jail alot. Or when playing non magic/ non alchemy characters I can only buy potions to heal with. The art thief is a great example of restrictions. That play through was so fun because it was challenging if I didn't plan ahead and leverage my barter skills to have the proper gear to tackle a mission or dungeon. That type of preplanning is so rewarding.
My favorite build so far. I going to make this character tomorrow. Going to download a app to make a journal and bestiary for roleplay purposes. For those that don't have the silver armor, use the dawnguard heavy armor ( white or brown) with the apprentice hood, or dawnguard light armor ( grey ) with Lynew hood.
Very well done! Kinda similar to a build I made when Anniversary Edition came out, But there's so many differences between the two. Also the witchkiller's backstory was well written. Looking forward to the next build.
Yesssss I f-ing called it too! I know a crossbow hunter when I see one haah I havent gotten 3 mins in yet and it might be my favorite build, as I have seen literally every variation of this archtype from TH-cam, reddit, and deep google searches including making my own. Thanks so much and can't wait to see whats coming next, I'm working on a artificer of sorts using dwemer tech, pets, the new cc staves basically he can't perk combat skills until enchantmenting is maxed, the RP being he boosts himself how ever possible and is an ravid seeker of technology and knowledge for his own machinations
I've been playing this a few days now. The first time I'm ever roleplaying Skyrim. All the time thinking, what would my character do, what is his motivation. This is so much more fun, that Achievment grinding. Thanks! Both of you!
I love this build so much, the only things I changed were the gear, I went with Leather Scout Armor and hood, Leather Boots (the original) and Hide brawling gauntlets. It makes for a very Witcher Gear look.
I have spent months looking for a Witcher themed build, I didn’t want to download mods cause I’m lazy. But thank you so much for creating this beautiful build I can’t wait to use it when I finish using the Ghost of Atmora
One of my favorite builds is a super tanky argonian that once learns they are dragon born dives straight into the dragon part and mainly uses shouts and elemental spells and a giant great sword. Maybe y’all can think of a good back story for them?
Oh my there is so much to say. Absolutely wonderful build! Definitely starting this tonight. More Skypothesis universe = awesome. Beastiary was an amazing addition to this build. And I love the call before the storm special move. Keep up the great work!
Cool that you used the less popular spells In the game to make them effective! I wouldn’t have thought to use the rune spells with a shout like that, great video - I’ll try to learn tricks like that In my build videos I also liked how you showed guides to kill the enemies of Skyrim In a first person way. And the way you edited the skill perks and showed the skill tree with gameplay behind It was really Impressive! 👍
I've been trying to make a build like this with runes but i never thought of using it with shouts, just found my new unmodded playthrough. If you want to make a beastiary there is a mod called skyrim beastiary that lets you use items taken from creatures to make journals on them and eventually gives you a damage buff to those creatures
YES! I've been waiting for a build like this for so long! I actually just recently made a Vigilant build I'm super proud of based off all the new silver weapons!
If you’re open to build ideas, I would love to submit one of my own! I love this sort of character crafting! The Phoenix She is a Redguard woman garbed in robes and was part of a cult in Hammerfell dedicated to the bird itself. They were relatively peaceful, and believed in a cycle of life and Rebirth through flames. However, they lived relatively close to a Crown City that greatly disavowed magic, and eventually they send a squad of warriors to wipe them out. She and a few others escaped, deciding to take to a life of wandering. She’s a Neutral Good character, who will often forego rewards if she can. She is charitable, seeking to do the most good possible. Her skils are Enchanting Alteration, Destruction, Restoration and Heavy Armor. Her Gear is a set of Telvani Robes, muffled shoes and a hood of the players choice. She wears a set of Brawlers Gauntlets in case magic isn’t enough. She wears a Bonehawk Amulet and Azadal’s Ring of Inferno, and her enchantments are based around Cost reduction and Fire/magic resistance. Her destruction spells should only be fire or sun spells Her restoration spells should be turning undead or protection spells as well as healing self and others Her Alteration spells should be flesh spells and the Ash spells from Dragonborn. To symbolize rising from the ashes. She should only get the heavy armor rating and the fists of steel perk, and the gauntlets should be enchanted with unarmed damage.
Great build! A cool idea would be a Breton who is well versed in the ancient magics (I chose Breton, because there are Bretons in the Forsworn). He has alteration, alchemy, enchanting and uses staves and scrolls. He also would have a lot of shouts with the whole ancient magic idea. You could use a little bit of destruction, and restoration, and you could have a conjure familiar and flaming familiar. Lycanthropy is optional, but it's a good vibe. Vlindrel Hall would be the likeliest place, and black mage robes would be used.
So, I just found you guys recently, with this video as it happens. As I've gotten back into Skyrim after a sizeable break (following a nearly 63 level, RP-intensive build that left me burnt out), your videos are giving me some serious inspiration. While I'm normally someone who mods the hell of of his games, I keep a second copy on my Switch just for vanilla/AE builds, and have started giving the Witchkiller a go. Normally, I struggle with roleplaying in the game, but this one gives me some interesting points to try and focus on, so it might help me get better at it. Anyway, to close out this rambling comment, I just want to say thank you. I have quite a few more build videos to watch, but you guys are giving me a whole new appreciation for the vanilla game.
I really love this build. I have a similar build the only difference is I chose the spell knight armor(CC). With the 2 variants of the ebony armor it adds a bit more immersion for me. I went with the restoration variant. I really appreciate all the hard work put into your builds and videos.
The couch arrived in two boxes four days early, which was great because we'd just moved into a new house and needed places to sit. My son and I put it together pretty quickly th-cam.com/users/postUgkxitRzxya-XugamYgLwa_2G1gxPg4MCJHa . Another reviewer suggested inserting the seat into the side and I'm glad they did as the instructions weren't clear on that matter. It's incredibly light and slides easily across the wood floor, making it easy to move. It's firm, but comfortable. It will even be great to nap on. I got the gray, which definitely has strong blue undertones, but I'm okay with that.
Love your builds man and how you come up with special moves is amazing especially from a role play perspective but the one thing I cannot let slide is the fact you said "when gandolf vs the balrog of morgoth" it's MORIA 😂 sorry my brain does this thing when I hear wrong info, other than that banging job! Will definitely be using this build!
I’m digging the Witcher bestiary vibe. Very *creative and immersive* I appreciate you’re not using mods, but rather…. sticking to Skyrim anniversary edition content. I play on switch -> subscribed.
Love it! Although I may dial back the Magic and take a Scimitar myself (I Hunt Witches, after all!) Back the crossbow up with something capable of getting in close and collecting a few Witch heads! And maybe some purging fire, too.
Guys, amazing job seriously you guys truly care building well crafted stories and gameplay loops in your characters and I just want you to know how much I love what you guys do.
Hope to see more content someday. Id like to see you do builds for each race that only use the raised starting skills for each race. The ways you make the backstory for each build makes me want to see more and more.
So he's basically a vilgilant of Stendarr but he isn't a complete idiot and he is a competent mage ? That's great ! Joke aside, i loved the first volume of The Witcher series and this build make me want to immerse myself in the six others volume of this magical series ! He combine a lot of my favorite playstyles and roleplays feature because he's a mage, an alchemist, a scholar and book collector. Plus the bestiary section of this video is so unique and unexpected I feel like Serena would be a perfect follower for him after asked her to cure herself of vampirism when the Dawnguard questline is completed, like she's the best follower in the game, she have a lot of magical knowledge, she use destruction spells and she wears a hood when outside. She could be like Ciri for this build ! I have a roleplay idea that came to my mind when i was watching the video and i think it could push the roleplay of this character ... Outside the game ... Let me explain and give me your thoughts about this. Imagine writting a journal in real life while you play the game with this character in which you would wrote like if you were the Witchkiller. In this journal you will wrote your adventures, some enconters you made on your travels, all the cool alchemical recipes you discover, the various thoughts of your character and notes for your future adventures. I think this could be a very cool roleplay experience and this your perfect character to do this.
I'm loving these builds, started binging them, I'm from Wales and I'm really proud and interested about my celtic heritage, could you do a druid build? Not like the way dnd does, although I do love that, but more akin to the celtic Welsh druids of old? Famous for longbow use, being able to stop wars with their mere presence and able to tell tales so engrossing, they often hushed entire tribes regaling them.
I've watched quite a few of your skyrim builds at this point, but this one is a whole new level. I absolutely love it, and will probably do something similar for my next playthrough
Hello, I've only been subscribed for a short while however I've fallen in love with your take on unmodded builds. I would love to see your take on a Dwemer esc build
"Skyrim Civil War" for both Stormcloaks and Imperials. Turns them into Werewolves (Stormcloaks) and Vampires (Imperials). There's also a mod for Companions that turns the Silverhand into vampires as well. I use these three to further my roleplay as a vampire hunter!
Just made a character inspired by this build. If you go to Riverwood, get Faendal as a follower, and train Archery up to 50, it handles pretty well on Legendary at early levels. Since this is a Creation Club build, grab Turn Lesser Undead get to Goldenhills Plantation, and you are all set up for alchemy right away. You have to pass the plantation, anyway, if you take the road from Whiterun to Rorikstead.
What a wild coincidence! I just began a similar build the other day. He uses Alteration instead of armor, though. Mara's Wrath is my favorite way of keeping the undead at bay while I line up my shots.
If you’re playing this build on master or legendary difficulty, I HIGHLY recommend picking Breton over Imperial, as well as a 3health 2magicka 1stamina as health plays such a bigger role on harder difficulties as well as just a little extra stamina helps if you need to run from enemies
I also just started to play the anniversary edition. Even with a similar crossbow focused build (less magic more dawnbreaker) it‘s nice to see that my Anvil-born Nord is not hunting alone.
The demonhunter build is here! With the AE and new crossbow options I was wondering if you would try something like this. I'm glad you did, its another remarkable build, and I watched the entire thing with a smile on my face - a worthy successor to NoSnakesAlive's original on the Vault posted many years ago. Nice to see the scout hood get an outing, too. I really am liking these 20+minute builds, though no doubt its a lot more work to produce them. This is not just because they are a joy to watch in a general sense, but the extra detail such as the Bestiary, or the Shepherd's quite moving (at least to me) backstory really make the difference. This one and the Bone Shepherd really do stand out as some of your best work. Great stuff, as always.
![The Shroud of Coldharbour [Skyrim Anniversary Edition Blood Magic Build]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vSdN1DLCAMY/mqdefault.jpg)
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The Bestiary section is the single best piece of Skyrim RP work I have ever seen.
The Take Notes mod would be awesome for this in game.
Yup, I'm taking screenshots
Agreed. I especially loved the explanation of lit torches in deep crypts that have seen no life in centuries.
I love bestiaries in general, they are always so cool.
true, and you can make your own Potions with 1-3 effects. Resist Magic/Fortify Marksman for example against dragons and Mages (i think it is possible to create that potion, don't know all possible potions XD)
‘It’s best to take a break here because you can roleplay that the thalmor party is scheduled months away’
THANK YOU this is always the hardest roadblock to cross when I’m roleplaying in this game.
I’ve always wanted a Geralt of Riverwood build 😀
Edit: taking screenshots of that bestiary to immerse myself further
Sven in the background: "Toss a septim to your Dovahkiin!"
@@InquisitorSorynn I’m totally grabbing Sven now.
the immersive armors mod by hothtrooper44 on nexusmods has Geralt's Armor as a craftable. You could give that a spin.
@@tusharjamwalanother good one I find is the vigilant enforcer armor, it has a pseudo geralt armor look
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I love the idea of a normal man becoming a skilled witchhunter! It really reminds me of my Dnd bloodhunter and my current Skyrim Playthrough! Although my character takes on an Arcane Knight role with more bound weaponry! Thank you for this amazing and unique build!
Thanks so much!!
Love the aesthetic of the build looks like the mages guild guard’s from Oblivion. That bestiary is next level role playing its really awesome.
You surprised me a lot with the bestiary,i cant imagine how much time took to put it together.
Amazing build as always
Thanks!! It definitely took some extra time but it was super fun :)
@@Skypothesis definitely a highlight of this episode! You guys keep getting better with each season!
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I really like the beastairy
Wouldn't Ahzidal's ring of Arcana also be an interesting alternate for the Ring of Destruction?
Can we get a redguard build that makes use of the remenants armour from the creation club? Pretty pleaseeee
I just want to tell you that I absolutely love your channel. It's unique from the other channels. And there's plenty of them that I've seen. I'm so glad that I've found it.
As always, I love the lore, backstory, roleplay, and aesthetics. Dawnguard (siding with the Dawnguard) is my favorite faction questline. I like that The Witchkiller’s backstory is a common man rather than a fighting man and that his skills come from knowledge and practice. Windstad Manor is my favorite vanilla player home - a stunning location and a fish hatchery. The Witchhunter’s fighting style of crossbow, magic, and potions/poisons is one of my preferred combat styles since I tend to not use melee. Your use of The Witchkiller’s Bestiary to present the potions/poisons and combat strategies was very creative. As with some of your previous characters, I like how you tie in other characters from the Skypothesis universe.
As an aside, I particularly love the backstory of this character being based at Renoit’s Books in Chorral. My main character, Estelle Dubois who is an ex-librarian of Daggerfall in High Rock and now book collector in Skyrim, is a descendent of Estelle Renoit of Renoit’s Books. I enjoyed the nostalgic trip around Chorrol during the backstory segment.
Thank you, so glad you liked it!! The Reoit’s Books connection is so cool, thanks for sharing!
The build is awesome, but the effort put into editing these videos deserve much more appreciation than the build itself. Also, the backstories are always such amazing stories which could be actual Lore.
I bow to you, skypothesis!
Appreciate it, thanks so much!!
Much like the Demonhunter build from the old Skyrim Blog & Tamriel Vault days. A favorite to be sure.
That was one of our first builds we ever played on the Tamriel Vault and was absolutely an inspiration for this guy!
I've played a lot of alchemists, and something that's etched into my memory is impstool canis root and mora tapanella
This is basically my Demonhunter build I posted to the Tamriel Vault site (before it was even called that) back when Skyrim 1st came out, only updated to absolute pinnacle form for AE, and I love it. You guys are seriously gods at this stuff!
Having watched pretty much every other Skyrim character build channel out there, Fudgemuppet, BadCompanySarge, Major Slack and Fevvy being a few, you guys are my absolute favorite, I'm glad I found your channel when I did, you guys give no end to the inspiration when it comes to character builds, I like to create my own and usually turn to TH-cam for good ideas, I'll watch a build but rather than copy it like for like I'll take it and tweak it to my own so it feels less like plagiarism and more like intuitive guidance on the original concept creator's part, you guys have very tight gameplay, backstory and gameplay techniques that are hard to change up but that isn't a bad thing as it shows just how original your content is, I applaud you for that, I love the old content and the new equally, carry on bringing us the quality content I have come to rely on so greatly!!
Agreed! I've watched all those channels as well but there's just something special with these guys here!
Honestly these videos are so well done you don't even have to play Skyrim or make the characters to enjoy the content.
That said I do often make these characters, and I often have to jump back into the videos and jump around to find a stat or item the character needs and while the time stamps help with this I think having a description list stuff like race, standing stone and gear at the very least would be helpful
That's a good idea, would definitely be worth adding in the description in the future
@@Skypothesis Those "technical" details written in the video description would be great, especially for fans of your content who aren't fluent in English.
I'm from Brazil and I think the whole concept and care you have in building the characters and, especially, the videos, is amazing.
The desire is to create a new character every time. Very cool.
The beastiary section reminded me of fudgemuppets newest build's backstory in the sense that it was told in first person. Very cool
We had fun trying 1st person out a bit:)
I loved the build skypothesis , I have a character with a similar aestethic, he's a Breton named Edgard Ottus , he comes to Skyrim searching for Fame, Fortune and Knowledge , The Ottus family have a code of only using weapons and armor made from Silver , he's a Chaotic Neutral , he lives Life like It's a Song, even his weapons is named by Songs , on The build he uses heavy armor, 2h , Alteration, archery and enchanting , on battle he uses silver armor and weapons (Greatsword and Crossbow) alongside with flesh spells
"We hope you'll stay until the end of the video."
I don't think that's something you need to worry about, Guys and Girl. 😉
Absolutely loved the character's little black book of monster slaying!
Yes, yes, yes! Waited for so long!
My new favorite thing to do after coming home from a long day of school and wrestling practice is to unwind with a video from Skypothesis
Dwemer Warlord or Tonal architect- Dwarven plate armor, wraith guard gauntlets, dwarven crown from the forgotten seasons dlc (all about the Dwemer), sunder+keening, dwarven staves, and tonal magic (mod), and plenty of dwarven ruins to explore. Maybe you can use that as inspiration for a future build? I’ve got a lot more I’d like to share but it’s be too much for a comment😅 love your videos btw!❤️
I like this build I am going to mix this build with the skill and two handed block abilities of the redoran swordmaster to give even more Witcher aesthetic it’ll give this character so much ways to survive
I never clicked on a video faster in my LIFE
Same my guyyyy 😂😂
@@CloudedVissage literally makes my day when I see a new vid 😂😂
As always, everything that comes out of this channel is perfect
Edit: for those who don't have access to the anniversary edition, the armour could probably be equated somewhat by using the dawnguard heavy armour with the temple priest hood. (Only issue is the death of a temple priest somehow being justified.)
Apprentice hood also looks good, I use that time to time
Love this build the Beastiary. Great touch!
One little note, The Drunken Huntsman in Whiterun sells crossbows - usually Imperial and Silver at lvl 1, so the signature crossbow can be bought straight away.
Oh way good to know! Thanks!
Amazing Work. Im still playing your Redoran Swordmaster build because it is so much fun but now i know what build i wanna try next. Thank you guys so much
Great build. A few equipment suggestions:
1) After buying a silver crossbow from the fletcher, you can take it to a forge to enhance it (requires Steel Smithing perk). Ignores 50% of enemy armour.
2) Swap out the Gauldur Amulet for Kyne's Token. More fitting for this character in terms of RP, 5% more bow damage & animals do 10% less damage (because of a bug this effect also applies to every enemy in your bestiary except vampires).
27 minutes ?! Wow, you've outdone yourself with this one !
We may have gone a bit overboard hahaha
The role play for this build is amazing, and I can’t wait to play this character. Great job once again lads 😁
That bestiary section was super cool... and obviously the rest of the video was fantastic as always. Keep it up!!!
Ok this is cool, I love these builds that basically have no prior combat experience, it let's you get creative
The Beastiary is really cool. I love immersive habits like this that connect me to my character. I love to pretend i only know as much as my character would, to imagine i'm discovering the mysteries of Skyrim for the first time along with my character on their journey. Can i also just quickly say that its really silly that Trolls are weak to poison even though their fat gives resistance to poison? It just feels like a contradiction between one game mechanic and another. Anyway, great video! I'm not sold on the backstory, it seems kinda bare-bones, but the roleplay itself is quite cool! Also cyclone plus destruction rune is probably the coolest trickshot I've ever seen. Dope as hell.
This video especially the bestiary part, has honestly revitalised my love for skyrim, this feels awesome and it wouldn't be out of place in a book you can find and pick up.
It's better than the witch hunter build video that fusguppet did, much as I love their channel.
Been buzzed for this, can’t wait for watch it after work!
This is still by far my favourite build, this character is so cool!
This build is so sick, and so medieval!
This is THE BEST BUILD EVER..Seriously it really is. The BEASTEARY can be implemented into every build. Thank you for your work guys.
the bestiary add on is very Grimm like I reckon the Grimm was also an inspiration ^_^
This is VERY much my play style. Crossbow and magic, all the way. Great build. Very Witcher-esque in the Skyrim universe. Great job, guys. 👍🏻👍🏻
This is an amazingly well-done build, and all the recipes and art only adds to the professional quality of the video in total. Nice job guys!
Thank you!!
Also I feel like you guys should do journal entries for some of these characters. I imagine given the character depth you guys are probably apt writers and while it would be pretty niche content I think some of us more diehards would appreciate some reading to really help us flesh out your Character creations in our minds.
That's a fantastic idea! This bestiary was the first time we've ever used first person in a build video and it was honestly really fun
@@Skypothesis it's exactly what made me think of it. I imagined journal entries describing the encounters and how he overcame them and I was like damn I would read the hell out of that. And it would be easier to copy paste the bestiary combos for my playthrough.
Guys I watch tons of videogame content and no other creators breath life into the franchise like you do. If I knew someone at Bethesda I would plead with them to give you guys early access to TES6 so you could make builds pre release so new players to the franchise could get a taste of what level you take these games too with some creativity.
I'd also love to see you guys do more gameplay restrictions that fit role play of characters to make some of the playthroughs more challenging without being ridiculous. I'd fail to give examples as creative as you guys could come up with but certain stuff I do is like thieve characters that I can't save scum hiests or pickpockets on so I go to jail alot. Or when playing non magic/ non alchemy characters I can only buy potions to heal with. The art thief is a great example of restrictions. That play through was so fun because it was challenging if I didn't plan ahead and leverage my barter skills to have the proper gear to tackle a mission or dungeon. That type of preplanning is so rewarding.
My favorite build so far. I going to make this character tomorrow.
Going to download a app to make a journal and bestiary for roleplay purposes.
For those that don't have the silver armor, use the dawnguard heavy armor ( white or brown) with the apprentice hood, or dawnguard light armor ( grey ) with Lynew hood.
Thank you
Love the Bestiary notes
Thanks so much, we had a blast making them!
Very well done!
Kinda similar to a build I made when Anniversary Edition came out,
But there's so many differences between the two. Also the witchkiller's backstory was well written.
Looking forward to the next build.
Thank you!!
Yesssss I f-ing called it too! I know a crossbow hunter when I see one haah
I havent gotten 3 mins in yet and it might be my favorite build, as I have seen literally every variation of this archtype from TH-cam, reddit, and deep google searches including making my own.
Thanks so much and can't wait to see whats coming next, I'm working on a artificer of sorts using dwemer tech, pets, the new cc staves basically he can't perk combat skills until enchantmenting is maxed, the RP being he boosts himself how ever possible and is an ravid seeker of technology and knowledge for his own machinations
I've been playing this a few days now. The first time I'm ever roleplaying Skyrim. All the time thinking, what would my character do, what is his motivation.
This is so much more fun, that Achievment grinding.
Thanks! Both of you!
I love this build so much, the only things I changed were the gear, I went with Leather Scout Armor and hood, Leather Boots (the original) and Hide brawling gauntlets. It makes for a very Witcher Gear look.
I have spent months looking for a Witcher themed build, I didn’t want to download mods cause I’m lazy.
But thank you so much for creating this beautiful build I can’t wait to use it when I finish using the Ghost of Atmora
One of my favorite builds is a super tanky argonian that once learns they are dragon born dives straight into the dragon part and mainly uses shouts and elemental spells and a giant great sword. Maybe y’all can think of a good back story for them?
I'm a big fan of your builds, you've inspired me to make content. Much love ❤ 💙
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Oh my there is so much to say. Absolutely wonderful build! Definitely starting this tonight. More Skypothesis universe = awesome. Beastiary was an amazing addition to this build. And I love the call before the storm special move. Keep up the great work!
Cool that you used the less popular spells In the game to make them effective! I wouldn’t have thought to use the rune spells with a shout like that, great video - I’ll try to learn tricks like that In my build videos
I also liked how you showed guides to kill the enemies of Skyrim In a first person way. And the way you edited the skill perks and showed the skill tree with gameplay behind It was really Impressive! 👍
This is my favorite build I’ve seen in 10 years. I absolutely love the Bestiary.
How about amber armor wearing Argonian? Haven’t seen anyone ever do it, yet amber plasm and hist trees have lots of intertwined lore.
Hey that could be cool!!
I've been trying to make a build like this with runes but i never thought of using it with shouts, just found my new unmodded playthrough. If you want to make a beastiary there is a mod called skyrim beastiary that lets you use items taken from creatures to make journals on them and eventually gives you a damage buff to those creatures
Didn't know about that mod, sounds sweet!
@@Skypothesis sadly i think it got taken off for consoles
Coming back over a year later, I still think this is one of the most interesting, engaging, and immersive builds out there. Absolutely amazing work!
I swear it’s like you guys read my mind and now exactly what kind of builds I’m looking for… great build as usual!
another amazing build,the beastiary is a master piece! great work guys!!!!
Glad you liked it, thank you!
YES! I've been waiting for a build like this for so long! I actually just recently made a Vigilant build I'm super proud of based off all the new silver weapons!
Ayy perfect timing!
thanks for you're work, you have changed the way I play
If you’re open to build ideas, I would love to submit one of my own! I love this sort of character crafting!
The Phoenix
She is a Redguard woman garbed in robes and was part of a cult in Hammerfell dedicated to the bird itself. They were relatively peaceful, and believed in a cycle of life and Rebirth through flames. However, they lived relatively close to a Crown City that greatly disavowed magic, and eventually they send a squad of warriors to wipe them out. She and a few others escaped, deciding to take to a life of wandering.
She’s a Neutral Good character, who will often forego rewards if she can. She is charitable, seeking to do the most good possible. Her skils are Enchanting Alteration, Destruction, Restoration and Heavy Armor. Her Gear is a set of Telvani Robes, muffled shoes and a hood of the players choice. She wears a set of Brawlers Gauntlets in case magic isn’t enough. She wears a Bonehawk Amulet and Azadal’s Ring of Inferno, and her enchantments are based around Cost reduction and Fire/magic resistance.
Her destruction spells should only be fire or sun spells
Her restoration spells should be turning undead or protection spells as well as healing self and others
Her Alteration spells should be flesh spells and the Ash spells from Dragonborn. To symbolize rising from the ashes.
She should only get the heavy armor rating and the fists of steel perk, and the gauntlets should be enchanted with unarmed damage.
Hey that's an awesome idea! You should share it on the character building channel of our discord if you haven't already!
Fiiinnneeee, I'll start ANOTHER playthrough!
Seriously, keep the amazing builds up!
Great build! A cool idea would be a Breton who is well versed in the ancient magics (I chose Breton, because there are Bretons in the Forsworn). He has alteration, alchemy, enchanting and uses staves and scrolls. He also would have a lot of shouts with the whole ancient magic idea. You could use a little bit of destruction, and restoration, and you could have a conjure familiar and flaming familiar. Lycanthropy is optional, but it's a good vibe. Vlindrel Hall would be the likeliest place, and black mage robes would be used.
Bro your mystic knight build is so overpowered! I’ve been playing it for the past three days, and he can block like all magic!
So, I just found you guys recently, with this video as it happens. As I've gotten back into Skyrim after a sizeable break (following a nearly 63 level, RP-intensive build that left me burnt out), your videos are giving me some serious inspiration.
While I'm normally someone who mods the hell of of his games, I keep a second copy on my Switch just for vanilla/AE builds, and have started giving the Witchkiller a go. Normally, I struggle with roleplaying in the game, but this one gives me some interesting points to try and focus on, so it might help me get better at it.
Anyway, to close out this rambling comment, I just want to say thank you. I have quite a few more build videos to watch, but you guys are giving me a whole new appreciation for the vanilla game.
Excellent timing, i just started to rewatch your builds!
Ok magelight actually triggers runes is something I have never ever seen mentioned before.
We were so stoked when we figured it out hahaha
@@Skypothesis this is gonna be the next big skyrim "did you know" ahha
I really love this build. I have a similar build the only difference is I chose the spell knight armor(CC). With the 2 variants of the ebony armor it adds a bit more immersion for me. I went with the restoration variant. I really appreciate all the hard work put into your builds and videos.
Idk if it’s new to this video only, but I like how you put up drawings/artwork of the enemies as you explained them.
Thanks!! It will be unique to the Witchkiller :)
@@Skypothesis makes sense, as he will need to keep track of the beasts he sees. You may have even said that. 😜
Can you make more hybrid builds? Like a wood orc or green knight?
Imagine an orc using berserker rage with a bow or a heavily armored sneaky bosmer???
My favorite range weapons are crossbows and this build is awesome
yes ive been waiting!!!
Thank you guys for putting so much effort in these builds 🙏🏾. This is probably my favorite channel rn
22:29I tought for a moment im watching fudge muppet
The couch arrived in two boxes four days early, which was great because we'd just moved into a new house and needed places to sit. My son and I put it together pretty quickly th-cam.com/users/postUgkxitRzxya-XugamYgLwa_2G1gxPg4MCJHa . Another reviewer suggested inserting the seat into the side and I'm glad they did as the instructions weren't clear on that matter. It's incredibly light and slides easily across the wood floor, making it easy to move. It's firm, but comfortable. It will even be great to nap on. I got the gray, which definitely has strong blue undertones, but I'm okay with that.
Love your builds man and how you come up with special moves is amazing especially from a role play perspective but the one thing I cannot let slide is the fact you said "when gandolf vs the balrog of morgoth" it's MORIA 😂 sorry my brain does this thing when I hear wrong info, other than that banging job! Will definitely be using this build!
Not to be “that Tolkien nerd” but while the Balrog was IN Moria, it was still technically a Balrog of Morgoth even though Morgoth was long-dead 😂
@Skypothesis not to be "THAT even bigger Tolkien nerd" but Morgoth isn't dead. He is simply lost in the Timeless Void outside of Èa. 😂
Well I was about to finally get around to Cyberpunk 2077 but this build just looks too good to wait. “Hey you, you’re finally awake…”
I’m digging the Witcher bestiary vibe. Very *creative and immersive*
I appreciate you’re not using mods, but rather…. sticking to Skyrim anniversary edition content. I play on switch -> subscribed.
Sick build. Crossbow + Magic is so much fun in Skyrim
Another outstanding build!! Keep it up guys!
Thanks Lord Bradley!!! 💙✨
Love it!
Although I may dial back the Magic and take a Scimitar myself (I Hunt Witches, after all!)
Back the crossbow up with something capable of getting in close and collecting a few Witch heads!
And maybe some purging fire, too.
Guys, amazing job seriously you guys truly care building well crafted stories and gameplay loops in your characters and I just want you to know how much I love what you guys do.
i still havent watched the entire thing and i liked it :)
I love that shot at night of our hero running across the bridge in Morthal off to vanquish Movarth!
I like the way you added for Dwarven Automatons.
Hope to see more content someday. Id like to see you do builds for each race that only use the raised starting skills for each race. The ways you make the backstory for each build makes me want to see more and more.
27 min? WHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
So he's basically a vilgilant of Stendarr but he isn't a complete idiot and he is a competent mage ? That's great !
Joke aside, i loved the first volume of The Witcher series and this build make me want to immerse myself in the six others volume of this magical series ! He combine a lot of my favorite playstyles and roleplays feature because he's a mage, an alchemist, a scholar and book collector. Plus the bestiary section of this video is so unique and unexpected I feel like Serena would be a perfect follower for him after asked her to cure herself of vampirism when the Dawnguard questline is completed, like she's the best follower in the game, she have a lot of magical knowledge, she use destruction spells and she wears a hood when outside. She could be like Ciri for this build !
I have a roleplay idea that came to my mind when i was watching the video and i think it could push the roleplay of this character ... Outside the game ... Let me explain and give me your thoughts about this.
Imagine writting a journal in real life while you play the game with this character in which you would wrote like if you were the Witchkiller. In this journal you will wrote your adventures, some enconters you made on your travels, all the cool alchemical recipes you discover, the various thoughts of your character and notes for your future adventures.
I think this could be a very cool roleplay experience and this your perfect character to do this.
Ayy that’s a really cool idea!! Would honestly be super cool
You guys really do deserve more credit for you videos
I'm loving these builds, started binging them, I'm from Wales and I'm really proud and interested about my celtic heritage, could you do a druid build? Not like the way dnd does, although I do love that, but more akin to the celtic Welsh druids of old? Famous for longbow use, being able to stop wars with their mere presence and able to tell tales so engrossing, they often hushed entire tribes regaling them.
The closest culture skyrim has to how the celts were depicted lore wise is either the reachmen or the old nords with their animal totems and woad.
No way! I made a modded build inspired by the Witcher too. Although it took me some time. The beastiary part is my favourite one. I love it!
I've watched quite a few of your skyrim builds at this point, but this one is a whole new level. I absolutely love it, and will probably do something similar for my next playthrough
Ayo what a coincidence I just started a Witch hunter class build except I use bows and light armour
Hello, I've only been subscribed for a short while however I've fallen in love with your take on unmodded builds. I would love to see your take on a Dwemer esc build
"Skyrim Civil War" for both Stormcloaks and Imperials. Turns them into Werewolves (Stormcloaks) and Vampires (Imperials). There's also a mod for Companions that turns the Silverhand into vampires as well. I use these three to further my roleplay as a vampire hunter!
Just made a character inspired by this build. If you go to Riverwood, get Faendal as a follower, and train Archery up to 50, it handles pretty well on Legendary at early levels. Since this is a Creation Club build, grab Turn Lesser Undead get to Goldenhills Plantation, and you are all set up for alchemy right away. You have to pass the plantation, anyway, if you take the road from Whiterun to Rorikstead.
What a wild coincidence! I just began a similar build the other day. He uses Alteration instead of armor, though. Mara's Wrath is my favorite way of keeping the undead at bay while I line up my shots.
If you’re playing this build on master or legendary difficulty, I HIGHLY recommend picking Breton over Imperial, as well as a 3health 2magicka 1stamina as health plays such a bigger role on harder difficulties as well as just a little extra stamina helps if you need to run from enemies
I also just started to play the anniversary edition. Even with a similar crossbow focused build (less magic more dawnbreaker) it‘s nice to see that my Anvil-born Nord is not hunting alone.
The demonhunter build is here! With the AE and new crossbow options I was wondering if you would try something like this. I'm glad you did, its another remarkable build, and I watched the entire thing with a smile on my face - a worthy successor to NoSnakesAlive's original on the Vault posted many years ago. Nice to see the scout hood get an outing, too. I really am liking these 20+minute builds, though no doubt its a lot more work to produce them. This is not just because they are a joy to watch in a general sense, but the extra detail such as the Bestiary, or the Shepherd's quite moving (at least to me) backstory really make the difference. This one and the Bone Shepherd really do stand out as some of your best work. Great stuff, as always.