Best Weapons for melee sneak?

[slickricknasty]

Wanted to play a character that is kind of a Fighter/Assassin. As in he can kill from the shadows but still hold his own in a fight.

I'm debating on using either dual wielding enchanted swords or a dagger/two-handed combo.

What weapons do you guys prefer for sneak characters?

[MaximumEffort]

Echanted Dragonbone Greataxe/Sword

[slickricknasty]

Originally posted by sjrekis:

Echanted Dragonbone Greataxe/Sword

For sneak attacks?

[MaximumEffort]

Originally posted by RICKYCARDEZNUTZ:

Originally posted by sjrekis:

Echanted Dragonbone Greataxe/Sword

For sneak attacks?

Why not?

[Belanos]

Some sort of Dagger for sure. You can do insane amounts of damage if you have one of the Sneak perks, plus it's high rate of attack.

[slickricknasty]

Originally posted by sjrekis:

Originally posted by RICKYCARDEZNUTZ:

For sneak attacks?

Why not?

2H weapons only get x2 sneak attack damage, so you might as well not sneak and just attack twice.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by RICKYCARDEZNUTZ:

Wanted to play a character that is kind of a Fighter/Assassin. As in he can kill from the shadows but still hold his own in a fight.

I'm debating on using either dual wielding enchanted swords or a dagger/two-handed combo.

What weapons do you guys prefer for sneak characters?

Bow.
Sneak attack, plus you are far enough away for them not to detect you.

For close sneak attack, either dagger or sword, dagger allows more quick sneak attacks before they detect you, but sword does more damage.

[Belanos]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Bow.
Sneak attack, plus you are far enough away for them not to detect you.

He did specify melee. But you're right, bow is about the best to use if you want to sneak. It also has a perk that increases your sneak attack damage, 3x instead of 2.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Belanos:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Bow.
Sneak attack, plus you are far enough away for them not to detect you.

He did specify melee.

Ooops, missed that, sorry. Thanks for the correction.

[Grathagis]

dagger. they allow stealthy attacks. you can backstab one character in a full
room without anybody noticing it. any other melee weapons do not have this bonus

[Solomon Hawk]

Jeeez,
Dagger combined with sneak. Shadowstone and Backstab, assasin perks.
Pretty much a guaranteed instant kill every time.
Enchanted Legendary Dragonbone dagger with drain life spell.

[Gundalf the Grey]

Originally posted by Tempest Stormcaller:

Jeeez,
Dagger combined with sneak. Shadowstone and Backstab, assasin perks.
Pretty much a guaranteed instant kill every time.
Enchanted Legendary Dragonbone dagger with drain life spell.

also either kill Astrid or join the Dark Brotherhood and get the Shrouded Gloves/Handwraps. Both double your sneak attack dmg.

[DrSuperEvil]

Daggers are by far the most powerful melee weapon if you max the sneak tree. Just roll in sneak attack for up to 60x damage and then crouch again to lose any other foes.