How to beat the Draugr Wight Lord at the end of Soljund’s Sinkhole

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I'm running a totally vanilla character in Skyrim: Nord, half-casting (destruction), half-bashing (one-handed sword specialty), heavy armor. I was on my way to Karstholm on the Blades quest and ran into Soljund's Sinkhole. I ran through it pretty easily solo, but got my butt handed to me by the Draugr Wight Lord at the end. After several more solo attempts, drinking all sorts potions and whatnot, I gave up and ran past him, only to get my butt handed to me by the blood dragon waiting outside. So, after reading this question, I headed back to town and picked up a companion (Lydia, from the Dragonsreach quests). I thought I'd give another shot at the draugr before going after the blood dragon. She didn't help much at all, or maybe I just don't know how to let her tank.

Any tips on how to beat this guy? Are there switches that turn off the automagic fireball shooting thingy? Are there especially effective attacks/spells/shouts that work?

Best Answer

Here is what you need to know about Draugr Wight Overlord:

  • He uses the disarm shout. Its really annoying when he does so, especially against Lydia as NPCs typically don't go and pick up their weapons and will end up standing there. Try giving her a nice staff and/or bow to use so she's out of the shout range instead.
  • He's immune to poison and resists frost, so stick with fire or lightning.
  • They hurt a lot up close with their enchanted weapons, and they have high armor.

Here are some typical strategies to use:

  • Take advantage of the traps in the dungeon. If there are any traps nearby, lead the draugr to it and have it hit them repeatedly. You mentioned the fireball traps, position yourself so the lord is between you and the crystal.
  • Take advantage of your own shouts, you can buy yourself some time by using just the FUS part of unrelenting force to stagger quite often (even better if you have the amulet of Talos and Talos' blessing). Throwing in the bash from your shield to stagger them even more.
  • Find some open spacing. Other than the shout, the wight lords have no ranged attack, prick them to death with arrows. (This is harder to do if you intend on saving Lydia as she'll most likely die).
  • Give Lydia ranged attacks and just kite the lord around while keeping his attention.

If all else fails... turn him into a sweet roll

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