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Okay bro, I'm genuinely impressed at 115 agility level 1 without using that awesome artifact helmet that requires you to travel all the way across the world twice. I'm surprised you didn't consider taking the serpent since argonians are immune to poison! Remember that spell. That's the only time it actually works to your benefit!
. I don't know about you guys but every elder scrolls game after Morrowind I've told my friends, I'm so mad that there isn't a spear. Maybe that's silly because everybody wants to be a swordsman or hold a Roman gladius or do two-handed attacks with a mace. But honestly dude, I just want to be a spear guy! My favorite role is taking astronaut and swiping the greed spear from vivec.
Fun fact: spears were used all the way to the musket era, and were across history just as if not more common than swords. Spears were actually used as a main weapon in most infantry formations, while swords used to be relegated as self-defense and backup weapons (sort of the way handguns are used nowadays). Swords are much more romanticised in pop culture, thus why many people neglect the humble (yet in many situations superior) spear.
And don’t forget the skill requirements! Medieval armies in Europe had lots of peasants and common people who did not have hundreds of hours to train with a sword. Now, give them a spear to poke with and they can learn the basics in a day. Also spears were better for holding a formation! Same thing with bows and crossbows. It would take months for someone to just understand the basics of archery and many years to master it. Give peasant a crossbow, show him how to shoot it and how to reload. Train him 1-2 months and you got a basic crossbowman.
@@savagex466-qt1io yea. I don't get it. Not even any spears in Skyrim, which was supposed to be inspired by historic Viking culture. But Todd left the spears out, go figure.
One thing that Morrowind did really well was the weapon types. They had meaningful differences between them and all were viable to play, especially since I always liked daggers and anything two-handed.
Spears and short blade are objectively worse than blunt, axe and long blade tho, it's a huge difference the damage of 1 handed axe, blunt, longblade is the same as a spear of the same material like steel or dwarven, the distance thing doesn't really work because of the fatigue system too
@@Billy_MacBillyyes but the jinx short sword is easy to find and get early, giving the player the power of a scrib. Making it a baller weapon skill when using multiple enchanted s.swords
@@IYPITWL aye but it gets annoying at high levels when u fighting tougher enemies, especially in blood moon, it just takes longer than the alternatives
@@Billy_MacBillyYeah but you miss a major point here. Azuras ring grants constant fatigue regain and also you could fortify intelligence loop until you make a restore fatigue potion that lasts days or weeks. Not to mention spear and short blade put out attacks at ridiculous speeds by comparison to bigger weapons. At the end of the day you could use both short blades and spear or long blade and get you a 2 handed sword.
@@seanrosenau2088 if you take the first fighter’s guild quest from the Sadrith Mora branch, it’ll lead you right to the dungeon where it is and give you a pretty solid companion NPC to help you clear the dungeon. I’d recommend playing as an Argonian if you’re going for it early because the boss is a daedroth and Argonians are immune to its powerful poison damage attack. It’s my favorite quest in the entire base game. I’ll not spoil why.
Spear of Bitter Mercy is also great to get asap (Sheogorath quest), it has 15-60 thrust for only 20 weight and comes with a summon storm attronach/reflect 30 sec enchant.
And you only have to deal the finishing blow to the netch with the fork, meaning you can deal 95% of its hp with spears and then stab wildly for like 2 minutes until it dies
I did this recently and it's so great, but a little disappointing that I won't be able to get anything better until the end of bloodmoon with hircines spear. still, felt great to get the best spear in the base game with my level 1 swamp newt 😂
@@alexannear628 I'm pretty sure I just got the demon spear in balmora and maybe turned down the difficulty a bit... maybe that's kind of a shameful thing to do but oh well haha
@@ThePermanentMoose no it's not. I would too if I had goty copy. I'm playing vanilla base game on original Xbox and its my very first morrowind playthrough haha. No sliders in sight and this game has been punishing me for exploring too much hahaha. But I am starting to delve in alchemy now and I've already discovered certain merchants have replenishing stock... if I can, I will make some fortify intellogence and enchanting potions and put some powerful elemental enchant on my spears I suppose. Do you know if there is a way to improve weapons through Smithing like in skyrim?
I agree, and with lower damage you can hit more times and level up those skills faster. I'm going to remember this build when I do my multiplayer run. I want to do it unarmed and unarmored so that I can leave my sister with the best tank and warrior gear loot
I was replaying this game after a decade and decided to go with Spear wielding conjurer. Holy moly I felt OP by level 5. I mean I know that anything in this game is basiucally OP by default, but man, imaginary pointy stick deals some REAL damage.
I used to run an unarmored Khajiit specialized in hand-to-hand, alchemy, enchanting and acrobatics. It was fun as fuck zooming around the map beating the fuck out of everything.
There is mod for doing damage with hand to hand that doesn't require you to damage stamina. I recommend it. But the old fashioned way of slowly killing someone might also be your style. I can appreciate that.
Wow! This video is very in-spear-ational! Its amazing how you can always get a new, different ex-spear-ience when playing morrowind! Alright, I'll see myself out.
Spears get right to the point too! ...(I'll follow him out.) Oh - BTW - Another 'permanent body' available for storage is Processus Vitelius (spelling?), the tax collector murdered just near to Seyda Neen your starting village. A great Spear Build guide, Coffee! Thands so much!
For anyone planning to raid Nammu, be sure to bring along some scrolls of Divine Intervention. Not only will it make getting back to Sadrith Mora (and from there a guild guide) much easier, but it will also allow you to rescue a very special prisoner found in the same cavern as the smuggler boss
It's worth noting the Lady towersign is broken with OpenMW, and simply does not increase your health on level up in the slightest. It counts as a fortify endurance, which only boosts your fatigue. Which 4 attributes boost.
Yesterday I started Morrowind again after years. Your build is really great. This makes the game really fun from the first second! Thank you and best regards from Germany
stumbled on your channel a few weeks ago been watching your vod's renewed my love for morrowind, i had it on the first xbox and beat it front and backwards.
For my Spear user, I went with an Argonian with a specialisation in magic. Primary attributes endurance and agility. Major skills; spear, medium armour, destruction, alchemy and unarmoured (you can't wear boots as a beast race). Minor skills: alteration, mysticism, enchant, speechcraft and mercantile. Star Sign: The Mage for extra magicka. I'm playing him as a tanky spell caster, that uses a spear when his magicka runs out, or to fight the various aggressive animals in Vvardfell. Alchemy is going to net me a load of fortify potions, turning me from a Morrowind character into a Fallout character. And I'll be able create magic spears and armour to give myself an even greater edge. If I need to murder somebody, I'll be able to provoke them into attacking me, and I'll be able to get good prices from merchants. Well, that's the theory, and it's working out ok so far. I have issues with the damage from other mages, but I'll be dumping points into endurance at a healthy rate, so that won't last for long.
This guide was great for when I inevitably restarted. For anyone wanting an endgame spear, you can get one by going under St. Delyn Canton into the sewers, and talking to a statue, then completing its quest of defeating a bull netch with a fork found in an Argonian's shack.
For leveling up, use some poor weapons like chitin and iron spears and such, even and especially in later levels so you don't need to waste money on repairing valuable items. Also it is preferable to do as little damage as possible so do a swing with a chitin spear for example. More damage you do, more your weapon degrades and damage value doesn't raise your xp gain, only the fact that the hit connected counts. This way you can just beat up some kwamas with it to level up, and if you are really spice, train your restoration by healing your enemy kwama when it starts to get low so you can go on leveling up your melee.
Helpful video. I'm currently running a female Nord spear fighter with shortswords as backup. Nordic ringmail cuirass for medium armor and the Nordic fur plus leather bracers for light armor. That's the best combination to get her looking like a proper barbarian.
Ah yes my beloved spear is finally getting some love. Also my fave race is actually viable for once lol. Argonians im this game get overlooked so much just because they dont get the boots of blinding speed its sad glad to see em get love for once
honorable mention to the illuruk spear. the fortify spear 10 points makes it comparable to the bound spear. defiantly not the best but you wont have to cast it or worry about it running out mid fight. also with the night eye effect you could turn down your brightness and see morrowind grittier and just pull out the spear like a torch.
Thats definitely a an honorable mention. I was using that as a torch on a non-spear character for a while just for the novelty of it lol. It now sits in my loot museum in the Imperial Chapel in Ebonheart :)
Im doing an 85 agility start off spear build with a wood elf, so thanks for some of these tips here. I didnt know about the strength and endurance. Devil Spear is good. On the Xbox you have to hold one of the buttons to get the spear into the magic slot and then you can cast it.
it's more of a fun early-game focused guide. it's pretty far from a min-max, since Nords are vastly inferior to Orcs and Redguards in combat builds, Medium Armor is the worst at endgame, Acrobatics/Athletics as major skills will mess with attribute levelling, Mercantile is pretty pointless, Atronach is the better birthsign for tanking over Lady, and for the "nimble" playstyle Warrior or Thief would be more optimal than Lover. but when you min-max to that degree you can quickly kill your own fun.
One of my favorite builds was a Bosmer thief/acrobat using a spear. Late game it's unrivaled in how fun it is. Jumping across entire rivers, spearing people like it's no one's business. Only wearing exquisite clothes ofc. Then you become a werewolf and you will straight up jump across the map in minutes.
I've had a lot of fun with an orc spear archer using the steed birthsign, male orcs are the fastest race due to having the highest weight so you take spear, marksman, light armour, acrobatics and athletics. Drink loads alcohol and go berzerk, never caring about the agility debuff from berzerk because nobody can hit you. xD (Berzerk also works with marksman, wood elves are the worst race for an archer and that is a hill I will die on, their only bonus is an easier early game)
Have you ever grabbed the warehouse key on the shelf behind Sellus Gravius? Can steal it the same way as the Lime Platter. Just gotta be fast. The warehouse can roll some nice early loot, or more fodder for gold.
Never understood the attack values of halberds. They should really be slash-based, based on their appearance. The glass halberd doesn't even have a pointy bit!
You can start as a Redguard with 85 of Endurance. The first 3 levels you max it to 100 with spear, that way every level you gain after is +10 health, the max you can have in this game.
I keep telling people, maybe you have thought of this as well, if people are concerned about loot when you are say using Heavy Armor or weapons there are ways around this. You are typically going to have Teleport scrolls or something of that nature so have a loot spot at the start of a dungeon. You can make your light character even faster by doing this as well. When you are done, pick it all up (which will over encumber you) and simply teleport out. People often loot the vaults this way. Apply it everywhere.
I was just considering a spear build and this was in my recommended. My pc listening to my thoughts again. I hope they bring back spears for ES6 and let us use em with shields. I wanna live out my hoplite dreams
Also I dual-specced armor since I'm going multiple weapon classes. I've got medium and heavy armor specced, heavy for when he's fighting with the claymore, the battleaxe, the staff, medium armor for fighting with the spear, the saber, the shortsword, and something like a war axe or a club I'll mix and match, usually Native Bonemold pauldrons, greaves and boots and a Trollbone helm with no chest piece.
Before any new character even really leaves Seyda Neen, they should head north to the Samarys Ancestral Tomb to grab the Mentor's Ring. It's an artifact that fortifies both Intelligence and Willpower by 10, which is useful for any character (since more magicka is always useful and willpower helps increase the chances you will successfully cast and resist spells that hit you) and is pretty easy to get for a level 1 character. It's usually guarded by just a ghost and a bonewalker. It's in the urn at the end of the tomb.
I’ve been enjoying all the Morrowind content with your fantastic commentary. Noticed you wear a lot of Dream Theater shirts, who do you prefer, Portnoy or Mangini?
Tough question... I think Portnoy had better feel on the drums and wrote the more memorable parts, so i would take Portnoy over Mangini overall. However, the feel of DT's music has changed so much over the years that I think Mangini is the best drummer for the sound they have today, despite not being my favorite.
@@CoffeeNutGaming Couldn’t have said it better myself. I definitely prefer Portnoy, but Mangini was perfect for Distance Over Time. Also I need to give spears a try in Morrowind, thanks for the build!
Please do a blunt staff monk type build, im new to morrowind and want to try unique builds like that you cant really do in newer games but dont really know where to start
Hey Coffee, spear was always my weapon of choice due to it being completely busted when having high speed as you can simply kite anything and it cannot strike back. FYI you can get a daedric spear at Berandas at level 1 without having to kill any mobs, just running through the dungeon to the cellar and picking it up from a corpse on a wall.
honestly bound weapons just seem like really strong weapons in this game, at least early game. i loosely followed your mage build guide. i’m a high elf with long blade as a minor skill for backup but sometimes it’s just better than my destruction spells against enemies with high resistances.
Made a character with this build in TES3MPVR and it's ludicrous. The ability to ravage enemies with your spear even at level 1 is hard to pass up. Can't recommend this build enough.
13:06 This is just wrong. Not only can you not play a female Nord if you want 50 Endurance, but an Orc of either sex will get 50 Endurance. Plus you can choose between very different stats for the male and female Orc : higher intelligence female or higher willpower and personality male. Or, more correctly, you can choose between the three. An Orc of either sex or a Male Nord.
I just got this game and made a Breton mage, loved it but found a lot of difficulty, it's genuinely a hard world to get around in at level 1. Then I made a second character to run alongside the first and compare experiences. Went for a Nord, majors in Long Blade, Blunt Weapon and Spear, and minors in Axe and Short Blade. At level 1 with my little halberd I was just destroying everything in my path. I'm actively having to remind myself to switch to my claymore or my club because I'll just spear thrust everything in my path in one to two hits. I killed a whole Orc and two Kwama with this thing. The big Kwama, not the little worms, the crazy things that cast spells at you. Now I've actually got the title of Spearman and I got a whole outfit to match, chain cuirass and greaves with the matching helm and a big puffy-sleeved shirt. With my halberd I look like a proper Legion Spearman, like I should be guarding a gate, or going to rescue a kidnapped woman. Meanwhile my mage is hardlining for Telvanni. Slavery is cool, Empire sucks, whatever, just give me the magic. Edit: I should clarify that the Nord owns a slave too, he's not like staunchly pro-slavery, he'll free her if they make him but otherwise he's going back and buying two or three more, these guys are great for combat.
its lame because speed is easiest to level up in this game. you need to run everywhere and you will be fast as **** in mid game most efficient sign you could take is the lady because it gives flat out endurance boost. and amount of endurance increases your maximum health you get at each level up.
I'm going to try this after the Spell Sword hybrid, is there a custom build you could create and post about "Enchanters" roles are mesmerizing, charming, debuffing, weaker Direct Damage, and even weaker Damage over Time spell class would be really interesting to see your take and if viable
