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The Ultimate Thief/Assassin Guide
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Suggested Health/Stamina/Magicka Layout:
10%/90%/0%
Introduction
Hello! This is my first guide, so it may not be so good, so your suggestions would be greatly valued! This is a guide that is meant to help out players of the game Skyrim in becoming a perfect thief/assassin. I am righting this as I play my thief, a level 55 Khajiit, Assassino. Hopefully this will help, and you will enjoy playing a thief as much as I do!
Race Selection
As a race, I suggest either using Dark Elf, Khajiit or Argonian. Personally, I prefer the Khajiit, because of the amazing Black Panther looks you can achieve, and because of the massive +10 to sneak and +5 to other good thief skills. Also, it's racial ability, Unarmed Claws, helps tremendously in the beginning, where hitting 15 is huge.
Perk Trees
Alchemy:
I highly suggest using Alchemy and using the perks I chose in the tree above. This will help to maximize your poison damage, which can be very helpful when combined with the pickpocket perk, Poisoned. Reverse pickpocketing a poison onto a target then watching them slowly suffer never gets old.
Archery:
I highly suggest Archery, for obvious reasons. For one, it is pretty much necessary for long range kills, or places where sneaking up for a backstab is virtually impossible. Also, poisoning an arrow and long-range-killing a target is very satisfying.
Enchanting:
This is a very useful perk tree, later on. My dual Daedric daggers, HeartDrain (absorb 10 stamina) and SoulSap (absorb 10 health), are absolutely amazing, and I would highly recommend it. Sharpened, they are unstoppable when combined with the Shrouded Gloves and the perk Assassin's Blade. Also, enchanting your gear can be very useful, whether it be resistances or extra damage.
Lockpicking:
Lockpicking can be a very tough skill to master. As you can see in my perk tree, you do not need Master Locks once you get the amazing perk, Unbreakable. This causes your lockpicks never to break, and unlimited tries, so Master Locks is unnecessary. Lockpicking can be difficult. Quick Hands is a must, and is very useful. Golden Touch and Treasure Hunter can be used to improve your loot, therefore improving your profit.
One Handed:
One Handed is only used for Armsman. Doubling your damage is great, but the rest is useless as you will be getting mostly one-shot backstabs.
Pickpocket:
Pickpocket, ah, pickpocket, one of my very favorite skills. This skill is amazingly easy to level, as long as you have the Thief Stone (which you obviously should.) Once you max out pickpocketing and get the perks I listed, you have pretty much 90% chance at everything, including clothes and weapons. Very convenient for stripping your quarry of clothes and weapons then scoring a nice assassination kill.
Smithing:
You are going to want to follow my suggest path of perks for smithing. Smithing is mostly useful for sharpening/upgrading your weapons and creating new ones, and the coveted DragonScale Armor, the best Light armor in the game, defense-rating-wise. Also, Daedric Daggers are the dagger of choice for enchanting.
Sneak:
The master thief skill, Sneak. You will want to max this skill out as quickly as possible, as it helps an amazing amount. All of the perks are worthwhile; get them as soon as possible! You can choose to replace any perks with the Stealth perks; I find that a 5% increase per level isn't very efficient. Special mention goes to Assassin's Blade, one of the best perks in the game.
Speech:
You are going to want to invest in the speech skill for two perks, Fence and Investor. Fence is an amazing perk for thieves to sell there ill-gotten goods to anyone. This is amazingly helpful! Investor is best used in conjunction with Fence.
Guilds
I would HIGHLY suggest joining the Dark Brotherhood, and joining the Thieves guild is almost mandatory. The Dark Brotherhood will put your assassination skills to the test, and has a really fun questline, netting you an amazing house and a nice 20,000 septims at the end! The Thieves Guild should be at the top of your list, for obvious reasons, including good work, and access to many fences and trainers.
Assassin Tips
Being an assassin is great fun. Rolling around slitting throats is a great way to spend your days. Here are some tips:
Thief Tips
Equipment
Armor:
I recommend the Shrouded gear, obtained through entering the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. It has great bonuses. The shrouded gloves, give double backstab damage, is a must.
Weapon:
Bow- I would suggest the best bow you can find, damage-wise. As an enchantment, I would suggest frost damage to lower how quickly they can charge you, while still doing damage.
Daggers- I suggest dual daggers. The Blade of Woe, of which you can obtain 2 of through the pickpocket perk Misdirection, is a great starting, or ending point for your daggers, as it has higher base damage then a Daedric dagger. I would suggest Drain Stamina or Drain Health enchantments.
Dragons
Dragons will be extremely difficult for you to slay in the beginnings. I suggest just whipping out a bow and shooting it until it is dead. Melee isn't a viable option in the beginning, with your sparse armor rating. Remember, cover is your best friend, be it a tree or a boulder!
The End! If you want more content added, post and I will edit with it. Thanks for reading, and have fun as a thief/assassin!
Always remember the difference between Then and Than; I'd rather be pissed off than pissed on OR pissed off then pissed on
Recommended Perk Build (click)http://skyrimcalculator.com/#67745http://skyrimcalculator.com/#67745
Suggested Health/Stamina/Magicka Layout:
10%/90%/0%
Introduction
Hello! This is my first guide, so it may not be so good, so your suggestions would be greatly valued! This is a guide that is meant to help out players of the game Skyrim in becoming a perfect thief/assassin. I am righting this as I play my thief, a level 55 Khajiit, Assassino. Hopefully this will help, and you will enjoy playing a thief as much as I do!
Race Selection
As a race, I suggest either using Dark Elf, Khajiit or Argonian. Personally, I prefer the Khajiit, because of the amazing Black Panther looks you can achieve, and because of the massive +10 to sneak and +5 to other good thief skills. Also, it's racial ability, Unarmed Claws, helps tremendously in the beginning, where hitting 15 is huge.
Perk Trees
Alchemy:
I highly suggest using Alchemy and using the perks I chose in the tree above. This will help to maximize your poison damage, which can be very helpful when combined with the pickpocket perk, Poisoned. Reverse pickpocketing a poison onto a target then watching them slowly suffer never gets old.
Archery:
I highly suggest Archery, for obvious reasons. For one, it is pretty much necessary for long range kills, or places where sneaking up for a backstab is virtually impossible. Also, poisoning an arrow and long-range-killing a target is very satisfying.
Enchanting:
This is a very useful perk tree, later on. My dual Daedric daggers, HeartDrain (absorb 10 stamina) and SoulSap (absorb 10 health), are absolutely amazing, and I would highly recommend it. Sharpened, they are unstoppable when combined with the Shrouded Gloves and the perk Assassin's Blade. Also, enchanting your gear can be very useful, whether it be resistances or extra damage.
Lockpicking:
Lockpicking can be a very tough skill to master. As you can see in my perk tree, you do not need Master Locks once you get the amazing perk, Unbreakable. This causes your lockpicks never to break, and unlimited tries, so Master Locks is unnecessary. Lockpicking can be difficult. Quick Hands is a must, and is very useful. Golden Touch and Treasure Hunter can be used to improve your loot, therefore improving your profit.
One Handed:
One Handed is only used for Armsman. Doubling your damage is great, but the rest is useless as you will be getting mostly one-shot backstabs.
Pickpocket:
Pickpocket, ah, pickpocket, one of my very favorite skills. This skill is amazingly easy to level, as long as you have the Thief Stone (which you obviously should.) Once you max out pickpocketing and get the perks I listed, you have pretty much 90% chance at everything, including clothes and weapons. Very convenient for stripping your quarry of clothes and weapons then scoring a nice assassination kill.
Smithing:
You are going to want to follow my suggest path of perks for smithing. Smithing is mostly useful for sharpening/upgrading your weapons and creating new ones, and the coveted DragonScale Armor, the best Light armor in the game, defense-rating-wise. Also, Daedric Daggers are the dagger of choice for enchanting.
Sneak:
The master thief skill, Sneak. You will want to max this skill out as quickly as possible, as it helps an amazing amount. All of the perks are worthwhile; get them as soon as possible! You can choose to replace any perks with the Stealth perks; I find that a 5% increase per level isn't very efficient. Special mention goes to Assassin's Blade, one of the best perks in the game.
Speech:
You are going to want to invest in the speech skill for two perks, Fence and Investor. Fence is an amazing perk for thieves to sell there ill-gotten goods to anyone. This is amazingly helpful! Investor is best used in conjunction with Fence.
Guilds
I would HIGHLY suggest joining the Dark Brotherhood, and joining the Thieves guild is almost mandatory. The Dark Brotherhood will put your assassination skills to the test, and has a really fun questline, netting you an amazing house and a nice 20,000 septims at the end! The Thieves Guild should be at the top of your list, for obvious reasons, including good work, and access to many fences and trainers.
Assassin Tips
Being an assassin is great fun. Rolling around slitting throats is a great way to spend your days. Here are some tips:
- Try to practice your stealth as much as possible.
- Always, Always, ALWAYS go for the 30x Back stab. It will save your life, and solve world hunger.
- DO NOT, UDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, KILL SHOPKEEPERS. THEY DO NOT RESPAWN!
- Try to get an Absorb Health and/or Absorb Stamina dagger. The Blade of Woe is a great dagger that you can get as soon as you enter the DB Sanctuary, through the level 100 pickpocket perk and pickpocketing Astrid.
- Always wear the Shrouded Gloves. This doubles your backstab damage from 15x to 30x. This is a substantial raise in power, and should not be questioned/neglected.
Thief Tips
- When looking for shops to case, go for Apothecary shops first! Take anything worth anything, including all ingredients and potions.
- Whenever you can, pickpocket as much jewelry as possible. Silver Garnet Rings, at a value of 160 and not at all rare, are a great find. Literally all jewelry is a good steal.
- Big cities such as Solitude, Markarth and Windhelm are your best friend. Work through each city, casing every joint you see on the way (focus on stores and manors). Sell for big profit.
- Buy a house!! At 5,000, BreezeHome is an amazing investment. Free storage everywhere! This will eventually pay off big time.
- These tips will be updated frequently. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.
Equipment
Armor:
I recommend the Shrouded gear, obtained through entering the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary. It has great bonuses. The shrouded gloves, give double backstab damage, is a must.
Weapon:
Bow- I would suggest the best bow you can find, damage-wise. As an enchantment, I would suggest frost damage to lower how quickly they can charge you, while still doing damage.
Daggers- I suggest dual daggers. The Blade of Woe, of which you can obtain 2 of through the pickpocket perk Misdirection, is a great starting, or ending point for your daggers, as it has higher base damage then a Daedric dagger. I would suggest Drain Stamina or Drain Health enchantments.
Dragons
Dragons will be extremely difficult for you to slay in the beginnings. I suggest just whipping out a bow and shooting it until it is dead. Melee isn't a viable option in the beginning, with your sparse armor rating. Remember, cover is your best friend, be it a tree or a boulder!
The End! If you want more content added, post and I will edit with it. Thanks for reading, and have fun as a thief/assassin!
Always remember the difference between Then and Than; I'd rather be pissed off than pissed on OR pissed off then pissed on