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What is the best damage type in Skyrim?

Fire magic is the strongest type of destruction magic in Skyrim since it deals extra burning damage after you hit an enemy with a fire attack. Since Augmented Flames focuses on the strongest type of destruction magic in Skyrim, it's the most powerful of the 3 Augmented perks.
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What is the best kind of damage in Skyrim?

Thus, it's no surprise that Auriel's Bow is the most powerful weapon a player can find in Skyrim. Once wielded by the Elven god Auri-El himself, this bow deals 13 base damage with 20 points of sun damage stacked on top for 33 points of damage and has a faster rate of fire than the average bow.
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What elemental damage is most useful in Skyrim?

Lightning does the most DPS, mostly because of the Disintegrate perk killing enemies early. It also drains magicka (great vs mages) and almost nothing is resistant to it (great general purpose vs dragons).
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Is fire or frost damage better in Skyrim?

Fire - Does the most damage, has dots, resisted by Dunmer, Flame Atronachs. Frost - Does stamina damage, slows, resisted by Nords, Frost Atronachs, Ice Wraiths (others?). Shock - Does magicka damage, resisted by Storm Atronachs.
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Is fire or shock damage better?

Shock is best for consistent damage.
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Is flames or sparks better in Skyrim?

The spell Flames deals more damage to your opponent, but the spell Sparks (and other Lightning spells) decrease your opponents' Health and Magicka.
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What is the strongest spell in Skyrim?

Skyrim: The 20 Best Spells In The Game, Ranked
  1. 1 Fire Storm. If the Dragonborn needs something dead, Fire Storm will do the trick.
  2. 2 Lightning Storm. ...
  3. 3 Blizzard. ...
  4. 4 Conjure Thralls - Flame, Frost, Storm. ...
  5. 5 Conjure Dremora Lord. ...
  6. 6 Invisibility. ...
  7. 7 Ash Rune. ...
  8. 8 Dragonhide. ...
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What is the highest damage weapon in Skyrim?

The heaviest of heavy weapons, warhammers are the slowest to swing but deal the greatest amount of damage per hit. Volendrung is one of the Daedric artifacts, obtained for completing the Daedric quest "The Cursed Tribe".
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Is fire or lightning better in Skyrim?

Fire will burn, causing extra damage. Basically apart from a few specific enemies (including the magical Anomalies and Wisps) lightning isn't worth using, apart for a change of look. You should mostly be using Fire and Frost spells for damage.
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What are the most overpowered Skyrim builds?

Skyrim: 8 Absurdly Strong Character Builds
  • 8 Magic Based Vampire.
  • 7 Illusion Magic.
  • 6 Two-Handed Tank.
  • 5 Mage-Blade.
  • 4 Destruction Mage.
  • 3 Stealth Archer.
  • 2 Backstab Assassin.
  • 1 Conjuration Mage.
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What are the most overpowered skills in Skyrim?

I would say:
  • Alchemy - Close between the first two, picked this one for its ability to combo with other skills, and versatility. ...
  • Enchanting - Obviously with the extra effect perk active you can make the best gear in the game enchantment wise with ease. ...
  • Block - I love how the game made Sword/Board a powerful option.
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Is elemental damage better than ATK%?

The short "tl;dr" answer is Physical/Elemental DMG is often better, but attack% can be better if you have good substats. Attack is used as the source of all damage, so increasing attack will increase all damage dealt from a character.
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What is the overpowered class in Skyrim?

Skyrim: 15 Powerful Builds Everyone Should Try
  • 15 Elemental Fury.
  • 14 Paladin.
  • 13 Dual Dagger Assassin.
  • 12 Spellsword.
  • 11 Pure Mage.
  • 10 Necromancer.
  • 9 Bound Warrior.
  • 8 Unarmed Khajiit.
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What is the hardest ruin in Skyrim?

1 Skuldafn (Past Level 45)

Considering scaling, however, the Skuldafn dungeon is arguably the toughest encounter in all of Skyrim. This is due to Skuldafn being the only dungeon in Skyrim that replaces all draugr with a level-scaled variant.
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What is the strongest armor type in Skyrim?

Deathbrand Armor is arguably the best armor in the game - certainly if you don't have max-level Smithing and Enchanting skills. It can be found one piece at a time as part of the "Deathbrand" Dragonborn quest.
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How do you make overpowered weapons in Skyrim?

In order to make a weapon that does a million damage, players will need to make three kinds of potions for the exploit. They will need approximately 30 Potions of Fortify Restoration, 6 or 7 Potions of Fortify Enchanting, and an equal number of Potions of Fortify Alchemy.
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What is the best sword in Skyrim?

The Strongest Unique Swords In Skyrim, Ranked
  • 8 Lunar Iron Sword.
  • 7 Miraak's Sword.
  • 6 Nightingale Blade.
  • 5 The Pale Blade.
  • 4 Red Eagle's Bane.
  • 3 Windshear.
  • 2 Harkon's Sword.
  • 1 Dragonbane.
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What level should I be to fight Miraak?

His minimum level is 15 and he maxes out at 150. For combat, Miraak prefers to use Shouts. His Shouts have little cooldown and he has a decent variety to choose from. For general combat, he uses Fire Breath, Frost Breath, Cyclone and Unrelenting Force.
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Who is the strongest god Skyrim?

Skyrim: Every Daedric Prince, Ranked Weakest To Strongest
  • 8 Hircine.
  • 7 Malacath.
  • 6 Boethiah.
  • 5 Hermaeus Mora.
  • 4 Molag Bal.
  • 3 Azura.
  • 2 Mehrunes Dagon.
  • 1 Sheogorath.
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Who is the strongest clan in Skyrim?

With that in mind, this updated ranking of Skyrim's guilds includes all the reasons players might consider joining up.
  1. 1 The Dark Brotherhood.
  2. 2 The Thieves' Guild. ...
  3. 3 The Dawnguard. ...
  4. 4 The College of Winterhold. ...
  5. 5 The Volkihar Clan. ...
  6. 6 The Companions. ...
  7. 7 The Imperial Legion. ...
  8. 8 The Stormcloaks. ...
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Which destruction magic is best?

Skyrim: 15 Best Destruction Spells, Ranked
  • 8 Ice Storm.
  • 7 Wall of Storms.
  • 6 Fireball.
  • 5 Blizzard.
  • 4 Chain Lightning.
  • 3 Flames.
  • 2 Lightning Storm.
  • 1 Fire Storm.
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Can you max out all stats in Skyrim?

That's because, unlike the Elder Scrolls games before it, Skyrim's levelling system is goverened almost entirely by your usage of the skills themselves. All characters level up their skills at the same speed with use, and as such you're able to, eventually, reach the maximum level of 100 in every skill tree.
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How to level up fast in Skyrim?

Skyrim: 15 Tricks For Fast Leveling You Should Know
  1. 1 Take Hits & Keep Healing.
  2. 2 Know The Highest-Value Potion Recipes. ...
  3. 3 Use The Most Valuable Enchantments. ...
  4. 4 Summon & Banish Creatures. ...
  5. 5 Spam Muffle & Clairvoyance. ...
  6. 6 Break Lockpicks. ...
  7. 7 The Equilibrium + Healing Trick. ...
  8. 8 Sneak Around In Every Encounter. ...
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Where is the best destruction spell in Skyrim?

Description. The 'Wall of...' Expert Destruction spells can be purchased from Faralda in the College of Winterhold and it seems that higher spells are purchasable once you have the corresponding perk.
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