Best use for Grand Soul Gems?

[jovalleau]

So, I'm running around with two different characters (old breton wizard, orc bounty hunter) and I've collected a few grand soul gems thanks to a little bit of larceny at the Arcane University. I really don't use a weapon with the wizard, though I have a staff on hand just in case. Would a defensive enchantment be a better use? My orc bounty hunter has a huge glass battle axe he bought at Slash & Smash. Should I enchant that with, say, drain health 100 for 1 second? I haven't done any Oblivion gate jumping with either character, yet.

Just looking for some good/fun suggestions. Thanks!

[CrackeR]

Enchanting

[jovalleau]

}:-/

[Bomb Bloke]

My top priority when it comes to enchantments are Speed buffs. You'll not only save on travel time, but you'll be able to dance around any attack with ease.

[jovalleau]

I like that one.

[ManualMakron]

You could try enchanting your weapon with command creature or command humanoid. If you can push it up to lvl 20 and for a couple of seconds, you can probably continuosly beat someone without resistance.

[King Bump]

just dont be black lmao

[ConstantCanadian]

For your Breton Mage I would suggest fortify willpower/intelligence on your robes, or whatever armor you're using

For your orc, that's really up to you, if you want more damage go for a fire enchantment, if you find that mages are killing you to easily than try a reflect/resist spell enchantment

[ADEC Inc]

Shock damage x points
Weakness to Shock 100% for 1-2 seconds
Weakness to Magic 100% for 1-2 seconds

Every strike will hit harder than the last. Daedra are universally weak to shock, and even storm atronachs will get their resistance removed. Optionally you can include 1 second of Soul Trap for easy recharging.

Add magic resistance to your armor in case you fight someone with spell reflect on themselves. You don't want your weapon enchant coming back at you.

[CullinB]

You cannot create resist magic enchanted item via soul gem enchant system.
Only sigil stones give you such items.

[ConstantCanadian]

Originally posted by CullinB:

You cannot create resist magic enchanted item via soul gem enchant system.
Only sigil stones give you such items.

Can't you? I don't enchant my armor very often as a warrior




but fire/frost/shock shield could be good instead

[LordEndros02]

if you use spells more than anything else then use them to gain extra cash, which you can use to buy more spells. or you can use them on a Staff if you use a staff actually

[arottweiler]

Filled grand sould gems are needed for enchanting and for recharging enchanted weapons but when it comes to recharging weapons you should always carry a few Varla stones. Using one Varla stone fully recharges every enchanted weapon you are carrying which could otherwise take 10+ filled grand soul gems to recharge everything. This makes Varla stones incredibly powerful and a mages best friend.

If you use enchanted weapons then carrying 20 Varla stones will make you one hard mofo.

[Johnny Casey]

Why enchant your weapons when you can do it with spell crafting?
Seriously. You can litterally do anyhing with magic in this game.

[sim 35th]

For warrior - Shield enchantment. For mage... don't remember. Probably the ones that increase your Magicka... but that better do with the best Sigil Stones.

[SotiCoto]

First things first... are they empty or full Grands? Or rather are they the pre-filled kind that forms its own special stack, or are they normally empty ones that you may have personally filled?

If they're the pre-filled kind then skip the next step as it isn't needed.

If they're the empty kind then... go find that one necromantic altar (you know the one) and convert them into Black Soul Gems. Yeah the one where you cast soul trap or whatever when the glowy light shines on the altar. Black Soul Gems are inherently more versatile than regular Grand Soul Gems... since bandits and the like make a convenient source of Grand souls that prevent you having to go hunting for Liches or whatever.

ANYWAY...

With whichever you now have... make sure you have a stack of spell scrolls with you. Any scrolls will do as long as you have a stack of several of them. The more the merrier.
Click on the spell scroll stack once to select them, then move over to your Grand / Black Soul Gems and... drop.
Done right it should drop one, but multiply the number by the number of scrolls in the stack. The good old duplication glitch. I think that was how it was done right. It has been years since I used to do it on the 360.

ANYWAY though... duplicate up the Grand / Black Soul Gems this way and you won't ever have to worry about how many things you can enchant with them. O'course it does NOT change the fact that the highest level of Sigil Stones are far better than table enchanting in almost every case. But you can duplicate those too.

Oh... and there is more.

If you want... you can just enchant permanent effects onto rings... equip the rings... then use the same scroll duplication trick and drop the equipped items to... graft the enchantments permanently onto you. Hypothetically any number of them. No longer will you be constrained by limited enchantment slots! Don't try to do it with enchantments you don't want permanent though, since there is no getting rid of them once they're grafted on.



... So... that is that. Fun times with enchantments. And without having to use the command console or any of that PC-specific stuff...

And if, on the other hand, you absolutely hate the idea of using the features inherent to the game for personal gain (read: exploiting glitches)... well, power is power... and forbidden power is always more fun than given power. But hey, some people hate fun.