Follower Shield's

[jchaosmaster]

I'm playing a unmodded play thought and currently my current follower is Lydia and was wondering what is the best Shield for her. Before we start i have to state I got no skill points into smithing or enchanting. So making my own shield isn't going to be as good. So right now Lydia is running around with a Shield of Ysgramor. It's base stat are 30 armor 12 weight and Plus 20% Magic Resistance and Plus 20 HP. Mind you she is also rolling around with the Dragon Priest Mask Otar so she gets plus 30% resistence from fire/ice/shock/ so with here few other magic resist gear she is pretty tanky.

I was wondering if Spellbreaker would be a good replacement. I ask because I am a light armor character so i cant/wont use it. Would Lydia make honest use out of spell breaker as im already about 30 and i know her Cap is coming. Serana will be my perment follower as she is the only follower i know is essential

[John]

Only you as the player has a limitation on max resistances, everything else in the game does not, they can have immunities, including followers. So for instance if you have Lydia, who has 50% cold resist, then give her Otar (best follower helm), daedric boots with 70% fire resist and a daedric shield with 70% lightning resist, you will have Lydia with 80% cold resist, 100% fire resist and 100% lightning resist. So my best bet, is to get boots and a shield with as high fire and lightning resist as possible, 70% is max btw, i believe they have Firewalker and Grounding as a name.

[jchaosmaster]

Oh right! I forgot Lydia was raced under Nord. So yea that makes sense. Honestly i forgot about follower rep. Honestly I'm just building the tankest follower I can as I know unless patched Followers can still die.

As build black smiting and enchanting I will take that into advisement. Thanks!
Plus you forget with Oter or any dragon priest mask you can also equip a falmer mask on top for more enchanting and Def

[sergiomorozov]

Whaaat, followers do not have limits on resistances? So I can make my beautiful Lydia 100% magic resistant?

[jchaosmaster]

First I'm hearing this two honestly.

[John]

sergiomorozov lähetti viestin:

Whaaat, followers do not have limits on resistances? So I can make my beautiful Lydia 100% magic resistant?

Yep, that way shouts don't even work against them, poison still damages them, but nothing some poison resist can't fix.

From https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Resist_Magic
Resist Magic is capped at 85%, meaning you cannot gain magic immunity through Resist Magic alone. The cap only applies to you; followers and enemies with 100% resistance are truly immune.

You as the player:
-80% physical at 667 armor (you have to calculate an invisible 25 armor for every piece of light and heavy armor including a shield)
-85% fire resist
-85% cold resist
-85% shock resist
-85% poison resist
-100% disease resist (only one we can be immune to)
Technically we can also have 100% magic absorb, but anyone who does that should uninstall the game :P

Followers (and technically everything else)
80% physical
and every resistance at 100%, except disease as it is useless.

If you make your own equipment, you might as well go for 100% magic resist, if you don't it's better to try to go for 100% individual resistances.