
You can only recruit 3 followers into the Blades which make them a fairly rare commodity you should pick these inductees carefully and pay attention to their individual strengths and level caps. The build concept is pretty simple so let’s get straight into some of the things you actually need to know. Crafting skills will be used to improve the statistics of weapons and armor for yourself and your army.īattles are transformed into a visual feast of epic carnage! Once you bear witness to your minions swarming into a heavily populated dungeon there is simply no turning back. Our characters combat skills have been chosen to mirror the classic Blade fighter while magical abilities are dedicated to both raising and supporting your horde in battle.

There is simply no joy in leaving them up at Sky Haven Temple rotting with Delphine, so they’re going to have an unfortunate accident and we’re going to be taking them with us for some fun!įor this build we’ll be assuming the role of a Blade general and forming an undead wrecking crew of deadly Akaviri warriors. When you select a follower to be inducted into the Blades their default equipment gets changed forever into duplicating sets of Blades gear, a full set of rare heavy armor with a chest piece that’s even stronger than ebony in terms of protection!įor me, these specifically chosen followers become absolutely irresistible targets for high powered necromancy. It’s right here where the Blades absolutely shine. The problem with thralls comes when you start trying to get trendy with their equipment using the crafting skills, they will only ever use the default equipment they were originally born in and this can create problems when you’re trying to generate an ‘ultimate thrall’. Shouts: Unrelenting Force, Become Ethereal.Īrguably the most creative spell you can use in Skyrim is the master conjuration tome Dead Thrall few spells can compare to the feeling you get when you successfully vanquish and raise a powerful corpse to fight by your side indefinitely. Recommended Quests: Silenced Tongues, Main Quest, College of Winterhold, Dawnguard, The Whispering Door, The Wolf Queen Awakens, Frostflow Abyss, Ironbind Barrow. Minor Skills: Smithing, Enchanting, Restoration. Major Skills: Heavy Armor, Conjuration, One Handed, Archery. Although the Blades themselves are key players in the Skyrim main quest they have a fairly poor shelf life for role-play and quests but they still have one or two unique features that can be capitalised on if you care to look hard enough.

Aesthetically, Blades gear is amazing but its rarity and lack of synergy with crafting perks often makes it an underused set.
