Orc Warchief

Orc - Battleaxe - Heavy - Barbarian - Support

Background

An Orc Warchief is a mighty warrior able to both endure damage and deal it in equal measure. The Warchief is also a mighty leader and it able to inspire others in combat with their battlecrys.

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Weapons

The Headsman's Cleaver is the weapon of choice as it's a unique weapon that has the longest reach of any melee weapon in the game. It has a reach of 1.35 rather than the standard 1.3 of a two-handed weapon. It has a base damage of 25 and weighs 24 but it swings slower than a regular battleaxe and has the same swing speed as a warhammer. When comparing the damage to that of warhammers it does the same damage as an Ebony warhammer but it weighs 6 less so it uses 88 stamina for a power attack instead of 100 or 66 instead of 75 with the Champion's Stance perk.

Enchanted with both Absorb Health and Stamina this will keep you alive and continually doing power attacks, unless you keep missing your target.

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Armor

Orcish Plate should be used as it has higher armour rating than regular Orcish. It's also relatively easy to get a set early as the quest for it is from a journal in Whiterun Barracks.

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Spells

Illusion magic to buff allies. Restoration for heals.

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Standing Stones

Use the Warrior Stone to help level Two-handed, Heavy Armor, Smithing and Block. Then take The Atronach Stone for 50% spell absorption, 50 Magicka but -50% Magicka regeneration once you have reached 100 Alteration and have the Atronach perk, which is a total of 80% spell absorption.

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Shrines

Use a Shrine of Talos for the 20% reduction to shout cooldowns.

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Shouts

Battle Fury (Loyal - Valor - Inspire)

Location: Vahlok’s Tomb (all words) (Tharstan in the Skaal Village on Solstheim gives the quest).

Increases the attack speed of your followers. It's bascially the equivalent of Elemental Fury but for your followers.

Unrelenting Force (Force - Balance - Push)

Location: Just follow the main story quests

Staggers enemies.

Whirlwind Sprint (Whirlwind - Fury - Tempest)

Location: Dead Men’s Respite, Volskygge, High Hrothgar (The Way of the Voice)

Use to reach otherwise inaccessible places and to quickly evade attacks or catch up with fleeing enemies.

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Character Creation

Male Orc

Pick an Orc and have an Orc follower. Orcs have the racial power Berserker Rage which doubles damage and halves damage taken for 60 seconds once a day. Useful for numerous or tough enemies. Males can only become Orc Warchief's as they have a similar social structure to Lion prides.

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Attribute Distribution

Place attribute points at 0 / 4 / 1. At level 57 which is required for all the perks the attributes are:

Magicka	Health	Stamina
100 (265)	550	210 (325)

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Perk Point Distribution

The skill boosts for Orcs are marked in bold.

Mage		Warrior		Rogue
Alteration	8	Archery	0	Alchemy	7
Conjuration	0	Block +5	2	Light Armor	0
Destruction	0	Heavy Armor +10	6	Lockpicking	0
Enchanting +5	8	One-handed +5	0	Pickpocket	0
Illusion	5	Smithing +5	3	Sneak	0
Restoration	8	Two-handed +5	9	Speech	0
Total	29	Total	20	Total	7

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Skills and Perks

Mage Skills

Warrior Skills

Rogue Skills

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Spells

Alteration

Spell	Level	Description
Candlelight	Novice	Creates a hovering light that lasts for 60 seconds
Detect Life	Adept	Nearby living creatures, but not undead, machines or daedra, can be seen through walls
Telekinesis	Adept	Can pull an object to you from distance. Add it to your inventory or throw it
Waterbreathing	Adept	Can breathe under water for 60 seconds

The Detect Life spellbook can be obtained in Whiterun by taking to the Steward in Dragonsreach and following the quest to the Stables. Cast this spell in the market to level Alteration.

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Conjuration

Spell	Level	Description
Soul Trap	Apprentice	If a target dies within 60 seconds, fills a soul gem

Soul Trap is used to level Conjuration and also fill soul gems.

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Destruction

Spell	Level	Description
Flames	Novice	A gout of fire inflicting a base damage of 8 points of fire damage per second.

Destruction is not needed in this build.

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Illusion

Spell	Level	Description
Courage	Novice	Target won't flee for 60 seconds, and gets some extra health and stamina.
Rally	Adept	Targets won’t flee for 60 seconds and get extra health and stamina.
Call to Arms	Master	Targets have improved combat skills, health and stamina for 10 minutes.

Courage can be used to level illusion and then later Rally. Illusion perks will need to be acquired to make these cost less magicka, which will speed levelling.

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Restoration

Spell	Level	Description
Healing	Novice	Heals the caster 10 points per second
Healing Hands	Apprentice	Heals the target 10 points per second, but not undead, atronachs, or machines
Fast Healing	Apprentice	Heals caster by 50 points
Close Wounds	Adept	Heals caster by 100 points
Grand Healing	Expert	Heals everyone close to the caster 200 points. Does not affect atronachs, machines or undead

Without enchanted gear Close Wounds is the best heal that can be cast and only with a Restoration skill level of 68 or more.

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Enchantments

The effects listed below are based upon 100 Enchanting skill, all the enchanting perks in the build and with a set of enchanted crafting gear. Read my guide on making crafting gear if you are not familiar with it.

Summary of combined effects

Two-handed weapons do 225% more damage
Weapon uses no charges.
Destruction spells cost no magicka
Restoration and Illusion spells costs 46% less magicka
Magicka and Stamina are increased by 115 points.
Block 75% more damage with your shield.
Resist 37% of all magic.

Item	Enchantment	Effect
Head	Fortify Destruction	Destruction spells and enchantments cost 46% less
	Fortify Illusion	Illusion spells and enchantments cost 46% less
Body	Fortify Destruction	Destruction spells and enchantments cost 46% less
	Fortify Restoration	Restoration spells and enchantments cost 46% less
Feet	Fortify Two-handed	Two-handed attacks do 75% more damage
	Fortify Stamina	Increases stamina by 115.
Hands	Fortify Block	Block 75% more damage with your shield.
	Fortify Magicka	Magicka is increased by 115 points.
Amulet	Fortify Two-handed	Two-handed attacks do 75% more damage
	Resist Magic	Grants 37% resistance to all magic
Ring	Fortify Two-handed	Two-handed attacks do 75% more damage
	Fortify Destruction	Destruction spells and enchantments cost 46% less
Battleaxe Headsman's Cleaver	Absorb Health	Absorb 37 points of Health
	Absorb Stamina	Absorb 46 points of Stamina.

With the Sallowed Regent Black Book the magnitude of all enchantments can be increased.

Please note that Black Books can only be used on Solstheim.

The magnitude of the enchantments can be further increased by equipping 4 pieces of Azhidal's gear.

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Alchemy

All the details for the potions and poisons are based on having all the listed alchemy perks, Alchemy at 100 and a set of crafting gear.

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Potion of Fortify Health

Ingredients	Blue Mountain Flower & Wheat
Effects	Fortify Health	140 points for 60 seconds
	Restore Health	266 points restored

All of the ingredients can be found in or around Whiterun.

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Potion of Regenerate Stamina

Ingredients	Fly Amanita, Dragon's Tongue & Mora Tepinella
Effects	Fortify Two-handed	170% more damage for 60 seconds
	Resist Fire	128% for 60 seconds
	Fortify Illusion	170% stronger for 60 seconds
	Regenerate Stamina	213% faster for 300 seconds

Fly Amanita and Dragon's Tongue can be found at Kynesgrove, which is just to the south of Windhelm. Fly Amanita are numerous in the mine. Mora Tapinella are on the dead trunks of trees on the way from Helgen to Whiterun.

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Potion of Fortify Enchanting

Ingredients	Dreugh Wax/Stoneflower Petals & Snowberries
Effects	Fortify Enchanting	85% stronger for 30 seconds

Dreugh Wax and Stoneflower Petals are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Snowberries are abundant near Windhelm.

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Potion of Fortify Smithing

Ingredients	Dreugh Wax/Gold Kanet & Glowing Mushrooms
Effects	Fortify Smithing	213% stronger for 30 seconds

Dreugh Wax and Gold Kanet are only available from Khajiit caravans. Some travel between Whiterun and Markarth. Glowing Mushrooms are in Falmer caves.

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Farming

For more information on getting to and setting up your farm read my guide.

Ingredients Needed

6 x Blue Mountain Flower
10 x Dragon's Tongue
10 x Fly Amanita
13 x Mora Tapinella
5 x Wheat

Potions and Poisons Produced

24 x Potions of Forify Health
50 x Potions of Regenerate Stamina

Main Area (27)

Ingredient	Qty	Harvest	Green Thumbs
Fly Amanita (4)	10	40 + 10 = 50	80 + 10 = 90
Dragon's Tongue (4)	4	16 + 4 = 20	32 + 4 = 36
Mora Tapinella (3)	13	39 + 13 = 52	78 + 13 = 91

Side Area (11)

Ingredient	Qty	Harvest	Green Thumbs
Blue Mountain Flowers (3)	6	18 + 6 = 24	36 + 6 = 44
Wheat (4)	5	20 + 5 = 25	40 + 5 = 45

Planters (6)

Ingredient	Qty	Harvest	Green Thumbs
Dragon's Tongue (4)	6	24 + 6 = 30	48 + 6 = 54

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