Are scimitars especially good weapons?
I'm level 11, and recently defeated a mob of assassin/posse Redguards who all had scimitars. I took one for my weapon collection. The game said it was worth half what a knife's worth.
But I see it also says it does 18 damage, which is what a steel two-handed greatsword does. The table of weapon damages here shows daedric and dragonbone swords as the best, which I've not even seen, doing 14 and 15. I have a steel war axe which does 15 +15 fire if I keep feeding it souls, but as base damage, 18 seems extremely good, no?
Apparently I'm missing something. It can't be that the super-fancy buildable weapons are basically worse than using one of these $5 scimitars, can it? Is it a fine-crafted scimitar, but just not showing that it's especially good except by the damage? So if I had a good crafting skill I could also get a steel sword to 18, and I wouldn't be able to improve the scimitar? The wiki says a steel bar can be used to improve a scimitar, but I don't see that it lists scimitar base damage anywhere.
Do all non-magic swords (including scimitars) in Skyrim vary in performance only by damage?
Where does the scimitar fall on the list of good one-handed swords?
Best Answer
Acutally, a scimitar is only for aesthetic purposes. If you get it on initial levels like 10-30, you have the strongest weapon for that time period. Note I capped at 30. It is cause after that, glass weapons become available as random loot. You can get a glass as early as lv 20 as random loot. Obviously they are better than scimitars. But for a character like a battlemage, they are very good weapons to proceed with.
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The Scimitar scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity is a good Weapon for Melee-Based Strength and Dexterity characters. Scimitars are a fantastic weapon for damage output when status is applied to them due to their swift slashing moveset.What are scimitars good at?
They were used in horse warfare because of their relatively light weight when compared to larger swords and their curved design, good for slashing opponents while riding on a horse.Are scimitars better than swords?
In short, scimitars have better DPS against most monsters than longswords and are better suited for PvM and training melee stats. Longswords have slightly higher strength bonuses which gives them higher possible maximum hits. Overall, it is recommended to get a scimitar over a longsword whenever possible.Is the scimitar a good weapon Elden ring?
1) ScimitarThe weapon has excellent dexterity scaling and infusing it with bleed is the best way to proceed. The Scimitar also comes with the Spinning Slash skill, which further helps to dish out heavy damage while also helping to proc bleed (once infused) much quicker. Location: Starting weapon for Warrior Class.The Problem with \
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