Since two-handed weapons have longer reach than one-handed, you can hit the enemy when they can't even reach you, and that's what you want to concentrate on doing. It ruins the advantage of a two-handed weapon, which is reach.

If you're using a two-handed weapon though, do NOT block. Most enemies fight in fairly predictable patterns, and when you learn the timing, you can keep them off-balance by blocking their attacks, then attacking once or twice while they recoil. If you're using a one-handed weapon, learn how and when to block. When you get into a stand-up fight, don't just swing. That does an enormous amount of damage, and it's a good way to draw enemies off so you can fight them one at a time instead of getting mobbed. First, unless you're playing a character who refuses to do it, sneak and try to get in sneak attacks on enemies. At high skill levels, you can make poisons that will kill anything in the entire game in a single dose.įor the second - the most common mistake I see people make is just standing there trading blows with enemies. And use alchemy - it's arguably the most powerful skill in the entire game.

There's lots of information out there on things you can make - the best place to start is the UESP wiki pages for magic and enchanting. The things you can make are better than anything you can buy. There are two things that seem to trip people up the most - they don't use good enchantments, potions, poisons, spells and the like, and they don't use good combat strategies.įor the first - whether you intend to pursue the Mages Guild or not, join and do all the recommendation quests so you can get into the AU and make custom enchantments and spells, then get into the AU and make custom enchantments and spells. Most often (and with no offense meant to anyone) people who struggle at higher levels in this game just aren't playing well. The problem, such as it is, is that you have to make use of the tools the game offers along the way in order to deal with higher level enemies. But as far as gameplay goes, the problem is not and never had been level scaling. (Well - not entirely, but the only real issues with level scaling, for those who care, are things like high level bandits in glass armor).

Oblivion level scaling mod