I tend not to play "evil" characters so typically wouldn't play an assassin but I like the way you presented him as being a professional assassin instead of just dark and shadowy. I like the Letho aesthetic from the Witcher and your choice of armor suits perfectly - the utilitarian look of the red leather is less conspicuous than a red and black jumpsuit. As always, I loved the backstory.
what kind of characters do you play? personally, i try to go for morally grey witch hunters usually. using conjuration magic to kill conjurers is just fun, and adding archery is all the better.
@@bigboyemotheescamo78 Regarding an assassin type character, basically I tend not to play characters who would kill innocents, which unless a mod is being used to provide justification for the assassination, is most of the targets during the Dark Brotherhood questline.
@@GailOlm i usually do that too if im playing an assassin. moreso because i just dont like the dark brotherhood though. theyre a bit too egy for me. and they like argonians. literal farm tools.
Thank you! We are all for complex 30 minute long builds, and we certainly might head back in that direction, but we’ve been enjoying the change of pace!
I read the nightangel trilogy 7 years ago. It was one of my favorite series ever. About 2 weeks ago, I decided to reread the series, which inspired me to create an assassin type character in Skyrim. So funny that we pulled inspiration from the same place at the same time! Great video as always!
Letho of Gulet, is the assassin in the Witcher 2. He’s a Witcher from the Viper School, dude is a unit. Definitely recommend playing the game, it’s really, really good. Great build guys! Been such a long time since I’ve played an assassin, I’ll need to give this one a try!!
I feel like this build is exactly what I’ve been looking for. An assassin that’s more of a rogue and not too invested in the whole cult thing the dark brotherhood is doing, or at least doesn’t look like he is.
Honestly one of your best builds, especially for bringing such a unique yet simple take on a common concept, like those special moves, aesthetics and story are just perfect 👌👌 Even though I don't do most of the builds, or change some a bit, this chanel has been a blast to accompany all this time.
Wicked brilliant build, really dig the mixture of the different armors with the steel daggers, it gives the build both a vicious killer and elegant an assassin vibe.
I‘ve got a build idea for you. I recently discovered that you can use unenchanted staves as shields and made a martial arts character centred around the mechanic. It was a fun experience, pummelling your foes with a stick, sending their arms out of their hands and them flying across the room. Really mixed up the otherwise stale unarmed combat. The play style paired up nicely with frenzy and ash runes. Just place a rune at your feet and wait for the enemy to charge, then use your block to gather your foes in one place and fall back slowly. This way you can reliantly hit an entire cave of bandits or what not with one rune. Then depending on the type of rune you can either cast another ash rune to keep the company knocked out until your done with your mission or drink a potion of invisibility and watch how the angry hive you were fencing off a second ago starts fighting amongst them self.
@@Skypothesis It does. Though Bashing with the staff does next to no damage, even with deadly bash. So, besides shield charge and disarming bash, the staff really is more of a defensive resource. Edit: I should add that shield charge and block runner are a bit buggy. You have to run into an enemy and time your block to trigger the effect.
Love the way you drew inspiration from a less obvious choice of an existing character like that. My first ever playthrough was an enchanting-heavy fire sorcerer based on Shang Tsung (need a reason to steal those souls!) and my latest was an artificer based on Urza from MTG (dwarven drone fly and the new Redguard Elite Armaments minus the helm being perfect new AE additions to the ol’ Aetherial staff and Dwemer pets). Your build vids are a highlight of every week and are definitely going to keep people playing Skyrim until ES6 finally arrives.
I came to see what types of builds were here and now I’m already building your bulwark of the bog and also might work on another. I love these builds so much.
Would love to see a build based on Shay Cormac from AC Rogue, with him being an Ex Assassin from the Dark Brotherhood on a mission to destroy the Dark Brotherhood and to atone for past mistakes
My name is Yoshikage Kira. I’m 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don’t smoke, but I occasionally drink. I’m in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I’m trying to explain that I’m a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn’t lose to anyone.
From the same book series, The king who goes into the prison pit and emerges as a hardened leader would make a great character....if only there were a way to gamify that. You could definitely create the final God King with foresight....by just abusing quicksave and considering saves/reloads in-game exploration of timelines! Anyway, great video, I also love Letho and this has me wanting to play Slyrim again if only just to wear that outfit. Maybe a vampire version?
I decided to the quests in order of companions until I got the dagger, then joined the thieves guild to role-playing creating connections with the underworld to find the dark brotherhood. After finishing the thieves guild I’m going to do the dark brotherhood
Great build ! I wasn't convinced by the aesthetic when i first saw him on the thumbnail but i think this guy is my favorite build of the season yet with The Dawn Knight. It's simple yet creative and super cool ! So, pure warrior build for next week or The Dawn Knight was this build ? Great video and i'm looking forward to see the two remaining episodes of the season !
mehrunes razor is awesome quest for this build and looks like a Sai dagger, like azoth uses in the front page of the book. I used something like that build since the imperial spectre I found that the combination of Nightgale hood and boots with blades armor and gauntlets feels AMAZING as an assassin durzo blint style. and the Shadow warrior perkk makes you look like a shadow cloud through battlefield and its AMAZING You guys never fails to delivery assassins build for roleplay 👍
Nice build, cool moves, and awesome look. I like doing vampire assassinations. A true test of prey becoming the predator. Love it, guys! Keep em coming!
My suggestion for anyone who want to expand on his roleplay. Letho in the Witcher had associates who helped him kill the kings of the Northen Kingdoms. In Skyrim you can have the DB Initiates follow you around when you do missions dealing with powerful targets it shows that even if he is a master of his craft even skilled assassin’s need a hand and you can roleplay that he is also teaching the initiates his skills.
Cool as hell, Letho is one of my favorite characters from the Witcher 2, you guys always make the best build videos on the platform. Edit: also I think mehrunes razor would be perfect for this character seeing as one of its names is 'Kingslayer'
Really cool to see a build that takes some inspiration from Durzo Blint, the night angel trilogy was one of my favourites as a teenager! I always remember the quote "assassins have targets because sometimes assassins miss. wetboys have deaders."
The Nightweavers Band might make a great accessory, as it boosts sneak and destruction magic 10% It's obtained during the Dark Brotherhood quest line, so it's also thematically fitting.
This is a fantastic build, I love the backstory and the lore surrounding him and the armor combination looks really cool, I'll attempt this one but will grab Mehrune's Razor as my main weapon and have the Blade of Woe in my off-hand, I'll also spec more into illusion magic and use an adept hood for some extra magica!
OMFG the night Angel trilogy is by far my favourite and I myself made a Kylar Stern build and it’s so fun to roleplay. Seeing the way of shadows mentioned made me so fucking ecstatic you have no idea
Please make a Kratos Build, I feel like skyrim reminds me of the new two GoW Games and I and many people want to see a well made GoW Build. Great Work btw keeping the Game interesting...
I’ve never been very interested in an assassin playthrough. They always seemed bland. But this was fantastic and might be the most interesting one yet from the new season. Thanks for this!
I really like this build actually, especially the Letho inspiration. Importantly I think people can have a lot of fun going down a slightly different path, less of a 'calculated' efficiency route with meticulous planning but rather a sort of 'brutal' efficiency. Instead of spending long periods of time planning and preparing the perfect, flawless kill, a more brutal assassin might slap on a rudimentary disguise and run someone through in broad daylight, shoving their way through the gathering crowds, bashing guards aside and quickly making their escape after.
I was immediately reminded about Letho as soon as I saw the thumbnail and read the title, but I thought it was just a weird coincidence. You should play The Witcher 2 if you haven't already. You can probably buy it for a few bucks during Steam sales and it would be totally worth it.
Fortify Marksman potions do buff up your dagger damage, oddly enough, which makes them a good substitute for the fortify one-handed potions that don't work. Another great build and well-produced vid. Thanks!
A note for those playing without unofficial patches (like switch users), you can't upgrade the Skyforge Steel dagger, this is a bug. So use it while it's better than a steel one, and then discard it in favor of a smithed up vanilla steel one :)
Another option for a spell is a flame rune. You can roleplay it being an alchemically potent solution that causes an explosion upon something triggering it.
I'd love to see a "Heavy Shadow" build. They're focused on the weight of fear and despair that shadows can cause. They're a heavy armored sneak mage build. You feature the Ebony Mail from Boethia, and focus on Fear, Conjuration spells like Conjure Bone man and Wraith, as well as paralysis and poison runes.
Nightingale subterfuge is the one you meant. Nightingale strife isn't a fury effect. Love all of your builds. I've got a renewed excitement to play Skyrim bc of this channel.
After watching Grim Dark's Forsworn playthrough, where the Forsworn = the Cimmerian tribal kin of Conan the Barbarian, I would enjoy the Skypothesis take on a Forsworn character based around the Armor of the Old Gods and Forsworn lore and weapons. Of course, without mods, one can't be treated as friendly to the Forsworn, but surely the "Renegade Briarheart" who was transformed against their will, or the "Shaman Pariah" whom eats people could explain that away. I don't know what skill types the gear lends itself to but would be interested to see Skypothesis take a crack at it! Maybe it would be too redundant, but then again maybe it would be genius. Love the Letho assassin :)
Great character. I just started watching your content a couple of weeks ago. I’m really loving some of the tie-ins between the various builds. This one, with its tie to another game is also wonderful. That opening scene with Letho is one of the best ever made. In fact, it was so good it almost ruined Witcher 2 for me 😂.
Oh man just when I thought you guys nailed a witcher type build and all of my favorite achetypes But then you had to bring up the bad ass sleevesless Letho Backstory might have been my favorite! The poison section is great too, the supplements you make like the bestiary are indispensable. Ascetics blend together so well +1 for non edgyness the special moves which are easily the best part of every video were pretty great thematically. The CC spells for thieves like Fendrels retreat (?) Would be great on every other kind of Assassin build which there was more applications I will say no special move has beaten The witch killers Rune combo
Y’all’s builds are excellent! The depth of the role playing that y’all go to is amazing. Will y’all be making more Fallout builds soon? I would love to see more of those soon.
Yes we will! I've written two more builds for fallout 4 and one more for new vegas that we will for sure do before Starfield, possibly more than that if there's time.
Awesome build guys. I was also thinking about creating a character inspired by the night angel trilogy. Not sure which sword would be best to represent "retribution".
So I'm normally not one to comment very often but I had a thought on something while going back and literally binge watching all your build videos, great work by the way on all of them to this point, but who would you say is the de facto Dragonborn of all your builds so far? I always thought the Burning Barbarian or even the Ghost of Atmora would be in my eyes. Builds like the Blue Sapphire Smuggler and the Kingkiller not so much for their personalities, especially Kingkiller with his "F**K IT, if no one else will kill these dragons, then I will" mentality. Keep up the Builds i enjoy them all!
Thanks for watching! For sure it's the Ghost of Atmora for us. We made him first since he's just a fave of ours, and kinda our "cannon" dragonborn in our heads.
Loved the video, fantastic! May I ask for a conjuration and illusion archer? I'm currently enjoying playing a bard inspired by my dnd valour bard character. He enjoys risks and rewards and thus joins the thieves guild but his talent comes from illusion and alchemy and enchanting. He loves to learn of history and how it can benefit him and others, which is why he relies on a underground network to learn more of the dwemer. And he joins the companions to be included in their songs of valour. But he doesn't like crossbows due to them being too easy to kill with. The heroes who became great through cunning and by training from sword, axe or bow, are what should be sung about in the halls, not someone who cheats their way to it. I like the idea of him using shouts like call of valour, dismay, and kyne's piece, and being nature orientated with his summons using flaming familiar, familiar and the new bear summon to reak havok along with frenzy, fear and calm spells and effects and using bardic knowledge to help his stamina. The issue I have is apart from history and my own culture as a descendant of Welsh Celts, there isn't much about bards and I'm struggling to find more inspiration for this character I love. I would love to see a take or spin on it from you guys!
You could use Salmon Roe for the Fortify Magicka potion instead of Jazbay Grapes, Salmon Roe has a high magnitude Fortify Magicka effect for 5 seconds, easily increasing Magicka with over 200 points. Also, the highest magnitude direct Damage Health ingredient is Jarrin Root followed by Crimson Nirnroot. Again sad that there are no Crimson Nirnroot poisons used.
Love this build exactly because it’s not that classic dark brotherhood build 👍🏻 Though I think you guys should dwell into hunter/were wolf build in fur armor with stormcloak bear helmet. Weapons dual axes and hunting bow maybe forsworn bow. Skills archery, one weapon, alchemy. Light armor, sneak. Just a thought 😂
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