Two handed sneak build?

[President Donald Trump]

Has anyone tried a build like this before, and was it viable? I am looking for an interesting playthrough and the idea of this alone sounds interesting. Probably extremely outclassed by any dagger due to potential 30x backstab damage...

Also some questions about stealth, does lighting actually affect stealth in this game? Would it be harder to sneak with a two handed weapon equipped (and I plan on using light armor not heavy). Actually possibly no armor, might just do somewhat of a magic build but use conjure battleaxe as my primary weapon...

someone should shoot me some ideas here, thanks for the input fellas

[Fairy]

Lighting does affect stealth especially if you have sneaking mods installed. If you're sneaking in brightly lit areas you're more likely going to be seen than if it were dark. Hard to tell with vanilla Skyrim cuz well... vanilla sneaking doesn't make any sense when you have a high sneak level.

[President Donald Trump]

What are your thoughts on the build though?

[Fairy]

Originally posted by Deucey D:

What are your thoughts on the build though?

It's not a bad build. I mean if it's what you want to go with you can make it work for you. The amazing thing about this game is how many builds you can come up with and make your own. Conjure battleaxe is cool.

[Hyen《A》 ♧]

The only good two handed sneak build is the bow..

[ut]

My current characer is a Khajiit, 2-handed, sneak, archery and heavy armor.
It just feels strange. I mean, as a Khajiit he has higher unarmed damage so I try to get the iron fist perk, but I found it not as efficient as two-handed weapon.
And heavy armor is useless when I try to sneak around, sometimes I have to remove the armor (for example, when I tried to steal the gold satue).

[Docsprock]

I use 2-hand/bow/sneak for most of my playthroughs.

[Fairy]

Originally posted by Hyen《A》♧:

The only good two handed sneak build is the bow..

That isn't true actually. You can turn almost anything into a good sneak build including magic.

[Hyen《A》 ♧]

Relax I was just joking :P

[Grumpy]

Originally posted by EmCross:

Originally posted by Hyen《A》♧:

The only good two handed sneak build is the bow..

That isn't true actually. You can turn almost anything into a good sneak build including magic.

besides a magic staff or a conjured 2h weapon there is not much 2h magic there

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by Grumpy:

Originally posted by EmCross:

That isn't true actually. You can turn almost anything into a good sneak build including magic.

besides a magic staff or a conjured 2h weapon there is not much 2h magic there

Sneak + Illusion for some juicy Fury action is great. That and a line of Runes to blow up the last man standing.

[Finn ™]

I tried it before, didn't work out.

[Grumpy]

Originally posted by Zsrai:

Originally posted by Grumpy:

besides a magic staff or a conjured 2h weapon there is not much 2h magic there

Sneak + Illusion for some juicy Fury action is great. That and a line of Runes to blow up the last man standing.

yeah but that was not my point. 2 handed refers to stuff you use with booth hands, like a bow or a greatsword. having 2 spells or spell + weapon combination is more dual wield than 2 handed.

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by Grumpy:

Originally posted by Zsrai:

Sneak + Illusion for some juicy Fury action is great. That and a line of Runes to blow up the last man standing.

yeah but that was not my point. 2 handed refers to stuff you use with booth hands, like a bow or a greatsword. having 2 spells or spell + weapon combination is more dual wield than 2 handed.

Well you have to dual cast Illusion at higher level to make it worth a damn, at least in Vanilla.

I was taking EmCross's post as just sneak builds in general though.

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by Deucey D:

What are your thoughts on the build though?

it works great.

something sinister about sneaking around with a battleaxe though not gonna lie. the shadows you cast on the wall while you're winding up are very axe-murder-y lol.

[Fairy]

Originally posted by Hammer of Evil:

Originally posted by Deucey D:

What are your thoughts on the build though?

it works great.

something sinister about sneaking around with a battleaxe though not gonna lie. the shadows you cast on the wall while you're winding up are very axe-murder-y lol.

His enemies will run in fear!