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Do you guys switch to certain weapons to deliver the final blow to downed enemies? I often switch to a dagger or even my bare hands sometimes to finish enemies off.. The unarmed kill cams are really cool.

I have never tried the unarmed kill cam. I will have to try that tonight when i play.
I do like star wars so i kinda have this thing with dual casting sparks to look like im casting sith lightning to dispatch with my foes

I show no mercy and just use my sword. I will have to try the unarmed approach

I sometimes carry two enchanted weapons, one with an elemental enchantment for getting an enemy's health down, and a soul trap weapon for the killing blow. And then I usually end up forgetting about the soul trap weapon until it's too late

Dark Heart wrote:I sometimes carry two enchanted weapons, one with an elemental enchantment for getting an enemy's health down, and a soul trap weapon for the killing blow. And then I usually end up forgetting about the soul trap weapon until it's too late

I used to have the same problem.
Then I enchanted a dragonbone warhammer with Soultrap (1 sec).
One-hit souls guaranteed, especially black souls from lower level Forsworn and bandits.

I use the poacher's axe too sometimes since it's so gnarly.

sometimes to get the soul trap i'll switch, but usually i'll get the kill whatever the weapon

the current mage usually gets thunderbolt out and goes for the the disintegration

Dark Heart wrote:I sometimes carry two enchanted weapons, one with an elemental enchantment for getting an enemy's health down, and a soul trap weapon for the killing blow. And then I usually end up forgetting about the soul trap weapon until it's too late

Fiery soultrap

been a long time since I had a good Dragon Kill cam. Dual wielding is a good way to finish off the bandits.

ElderSkillz wrote:Do you guys switch to certain weapons to deliver the final blow to downed enemies? I often switch to a dagger or even my bare hands sometimes to finish enemies off.. The unarmed kill cams are really cool.

Yes. My Altmer conjurer/sword woman pulls out her fire damage elven sword when she's about to deliver the final blows. She combines that with ice spells if she's especially annoyed.

ElGreg wrote:

Dark Heart wrote:I sometimes carry two enchanted weapons, one with an elemental enchantment for getting an enemy's health down, and a soul trap weapon for the killing blow. And then I usually end up forgetting about the soul trap weapon until it's too late

I used to have the same problem.
Then I enchanted a dragonbone warhammer with Soultrap (1 sec).
One-hit souls guaranteed, especially black souls from lower level Forsworn and bandits.

Thanks for mentioning that. I'll remember your suggestion if I ever get my hands on a dragonbone weapon. Then again, my current characters aren't likely to ever get the dragon smithing perk. Might be time to revive my Stormcloak pure warrior; she was the smithing type.

Regin wrote:

Dark Heart wrote:I sometimes carry two enchanted weapons, one with an elemental enchantment for getting an enemy's health down, and a soul trap weapon for the killing blow. And then I usually end up forgetting about the soul trap weapon until it's too late

Fiery soultrap

Thank you! It's weird, I had no idea that such an enchantment existed. I looked it up on the wiki, and it seems that I have for some reason never been to Ironbind Barrow. I'll definitely have to remember taking my Dunmer there once she's done with her business on Solstheim. Until then I'll rely on my trusted method of having my follower carry the empty soul gems and the soul trap weapon.

Dark Heart wrote: Thanks for mentioning that. I'll remember your suggestion if I ever get my hands on a dragonbone weapon. Then again, my current characters aren't likely to ever get the dragon smithing perk. Might be time to revive my Stormcloak pure warrior; she was the smithing type.

Can be another high quality 2-hander, or one-hander (sword, axe or mace) for that matter.
As long as you can one-hit a bandit you're good

ElderSkillz wrote:Do you guys switch to certain weapons to deliver the final blow to downed enemies? I often switch to a dagger or even my bare hands sometimes to finish enemies off.. The unarmed kill cams are really cool.

Yeah,I used to do that when the kill cam was new.The first time I saw the unarmed one it caught me by surprise because I wasn't the one doing the killing.I was running from a bunch of angry dragur over at Archwind Point and my path crossed with a pretty buff bandit that smashed my head into a rock with one move.It was impresive,so impresive in fact I just quit on my former playthrough and made a new character "specialized" in unarmed combat.