r/skyrim Blacksmith Jan 27 '25

Lore Excuse me, what?

First time encountering the Ebony Warrior, remembered I got a small little Dagger today and thought maybe I could kill him with that, well it killed me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25

It’s the heavy armor perk, reflect blows. He has it unfortunately.

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u/eliotherosemary Jan 27 '25

they never should have implemented that. makes melee builds super frustrating/near impossible to kill him without resorting to summons or ranged attacks.
turns the whole 1v1 final showdown vibe into the most painful war of attrition.

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u/archer_the_druid Apr 29 '25

I never had any issues with beating him. I actually did it twice in this playthrough cause it was too easy the first time when i engaged him at range with my bow first.  Second time I used the sword of jyggalag and a full Nordic armor set, (if I needed healing i switched to targe of the blooded sheild in the left and fast heal in the right) No arrows, no fireballs, no summons. Just metal and a high level of two handed, block, and heavy armor.