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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

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How to: Dynamic responsive Archer Combat with a permanent animal companion, inspired by the Hunter Class in World of Warcraft.

Quickguide (!) on how to shoot the Bow like Hawkeye "Ranger" the Beastmaster:

- Archery Gameplay Overhaul - for a lot of improvements and better animations:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/24296

- Bow Charge Plus - gives your bow charges to encourage dynamic gameplay (this might be one of the most fun mods for this guide)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/59124

- Vokrii - Minimalistic Perks of Skyrim - alot of the cool combat features like imprinting a fire spell in an arrow and the slow mo zoom in cam comes from the perks of this mod. Nr. 1 Perk overhaul as far as i´m concerned..
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/26176

- TDM - absolute necessity for modern action combat
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/51614

- Simple animal Followers - What is a Hunter without pet! (note that i did set the Companions health value to 9000HP via console command .setav (sounds a lot but late game Bandits deal a lot of damage and you want the pet to be mortal but not tame a new one too often. If you are early game 1200HP is plenty..)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/31170

- Smooth cam - For Camera. This is very important for your archery experience, get a preset that suits you. There are a lot to choose from on nexus.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/41252

- Floating Damage (Better floating Damage preset) - For your own crit competitions, makes your OP-Ness measurable. It really enhances hit feedback. I´m using a slightly adjusted version of:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/47523

- Zxlice Hitstop - For amazing combat feedback, i´m not sure how it really impacts the archery but you should get it anyway it´s mandatory for satisfying hits. Also i recommend all of this mod authors mods its only 3 but they make a lot of difference, believe me.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/42811

- Dodge Mod - I´m using TUDM, that isnt available on Nexus, TK-dodge does the trick too (although its not perfect in my opinion), also this list should be compatible with Combat Gameplay Overhaul (and they got a very good dodge built in!) I am using SkySA though.

- Rudy ENB - For sweet looks (Enb makes all the difference.. if you want 1 modification for your graphics it should be this imo.)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/39113

-With Photorealistic Tamriel - Works like cinematic instagram filters for your game, its great! (i know its not built for Rudy ENB but honestly i didn´t have any problems so far.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/4743

Note: these are just the VERY BASIC mods that go on top of an existing setup! This CANNOT replace a solid foundation with bug fixes etc. Make sure you follow a good modding guide if you start from scratch! Also there are a lot more mods involved that tie together the impression you have in the video. Enemy behavior, Flinching, etc. its too much to write into this guide. The stamina management alone in my combat system consists of about 6 mods i think.. with specific Settings in loadorder and MCM.

Get my Full updated Modlist: https://modwat.ch/u/Nickxon

Note that you always have to read mod descriptions before you download anything especially the requirements and compatabilities! Also just the Modlist isn´t enough, for setting it up you need to make adjustments with patience and a lot of troubleshooting.

The Music for the Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn64b-mrogI&t=0s
The vocals are from (FREE Ethnic Vocals by Soulpacifica - tihana.net/soulpacifica | YT: tihanamusic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GqpL8wTerA

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