The Skyrim Stealth Archer Build You Actually PLAN To Play

We all love to play a stealth archer in Skyrim, but let's plan it instead of just letting it happen! The Deathweaver build is fragile but deadly so stealth is 100% the priority. You'll have invisibility due to the Bow of Shadows BUT as you get better you can use some more of a charge-in Legolas style trick-shot playstyle! The Deathweaver is not to be seen, she is the cold hands you don’t see coming, and if she is glimpsed, she stings with unparalleled speed, only to vanish once more and strike again from the shadows while you sleep!

[iyreshot]

Stealth archer is how I first played back in 2011, but there's nothing more fun than charging into an unknown battle and obliterating everyone with Destruction mage.

[sugacanebeats]

somehow even when i go full melee or magic i still end up with a crossbow pickpocketing and sniping everyone

[dylantorres-brown]

"This build is fragile but stealthy"

*Me pumping 90% of my levels into Health*

[Zminator]

"We all love to play a stealth archer in Skyrim"

I scream charging into a Raider camp donning heavy armor and duel wielding a daedric swords.

[theredvelvetyfox]

I wanna play stealth but I refuse to be an archer.... My character cuts many throats

[npgx]

I can hear Dagoth Ur now. "You disappoint me, Neravar"

[Tagiau]

Severe lack of poisons here. Every stealth archer needs poisons.

[keulron]

Just can’t do it. It lacks the protective metal exoskeleton that has become apart of my play style.

[Alex_Munoz]

Im a Heavy armor steal archer with a greatsword for the times when "sneaky sneaky" isnt available. I also use restoration Magic and two axes with a dagger. I play every class lol

[FlaggermusMann_]

I played this specific build and had a blast with it! Only dumping points into endurance made everything so tense all the time and was great!

[notsae]

The amount of times I've found myself suddenly transitioning to a stealth archer build from mage or warrior... quite a few. It's just so dominant a strategy, even when you start out as something else that temptation will always be there.

[Foogi]

"You became a stealth archer when your build failed but I became one intentionally"

🤝 *We are not the same*

[valn]

I have to admit, only one of my characters is a stealth archer. It just is not fun for me.

I do enjoy the heavily armoured knight with a two-handed weapon (or dual wielding) far more. Or even a mage. Come to think of it, I'm currently thinking about a new character who uses Illusion magic and the Bound Bow spell.

But currently I am far too deep in Fallout 4 to start a new Skyrim character.

[EdgarB.Wilson]

I hope angi‘s hut is part of this character. It’s such a nice place. Wish they would’ve done more in the direction.

[nuyabuisness]

One of my favorite moments in skyrim was my first playthrough after getting it on PC and doing a stealth archer build with some mods. One of them gave Kajiit a pounce ability so I could straight up jump up on to the walls of a stormcloak fort and start wrecking house.

[stealthsnakes-]

Theres something i call the 3 steps of destruction First aproach : stealthy with a bow take out the guards
Second contact : push close and personal with your shield and sword brake the line and push tru them
Tird finish the job :u can do it slow and ez just the way i like it kicking back with the shield wile rosting them with fire or electric shock deal damage wile keep the guard up slow is smoth smoth is fast or just charge up with all the power of oblivion and turn them into ashes with your mighty magic strike them with your smite and lethem get a honorable death gives them that gift sovengard at last ⚔

[adsuabeakufea]

making youtube shorts that tie back to your full-length build videos is actually genius, great idea guys! could totally see a similar thing working with your daedric prince series

[guy]

I’ve always been a stealth tank, but this playthrough I’m improving my archery also 😅

[NobodyM.D]

"Her arrows whistle through the black, finding their target by finger-plucked instructions"
Whoa. First sentence has me in shock.

[jochen]

Nothing like an endgame Battlemage build with insane defenses and free casting Destruction spells