They also start with the highest skill level for illusion at 25.

They also start off with 50 extra magicka thanks to the their Fortify Magicka racial ability.

This will come in handy when levelling and also when sneaking through dungeons with Invisibility before we’ve unlocked the Expert Illusion perk.

The High Elf (aka Altmer) have the racial power Highborn which regenerates magicka faster for 60 seconds, once a day.

So I want access to more magicka early on in the game to help level our illusion skill.

Our character is going to use invisibility to get up close and personal to our enemies before stabbing them to death in one blow with a dagger.

Benefits of High Elf for an Assassin Build For example, we’re going to be levelling our sneak skill to at least 70 before we’re even out of the tutorial. This is because it’s easy to level almost any skill if you know how. The short answer here is, the race selection doesn’t make a huge impact on your ability to become a badass assassin.įor our purposes, I’m focussing more on the racial abilities and powers, instead of the bonuses to starting skill levels. Once you get to the character configuration screen the first thing you’re going to need to do is pick your race. The reason for this will become apparent near the end of the guide. Note: You can put a few points into stamina and health if you wish, but for the purpose of this build, choose to upgrade magicka at most character level-ups. This powerful Skyrim Assasin build is based around a hybrid of Illusion magic and the Sneak skill.

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