What's the best way you've killed something?

Majir-Dar said:

Killing the giant frostbite spider at the beginning of the game. The one for the golden claw that has the guy bound in its web (names are escaping me). I cast a frenzy spell on either the spider or the man, and the man gets out of his web and kills the spider for me after two or three casts of frenzy. Then he goes back into his web, and proceeds to ask me to cut him down. Hilarious and just... amazing.

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LOL!

Shooting a Forsworn in the head from a fair distance, one shot = instant kill, with my bow and finding out later it was a briar heart. Second, sneaking up behind a briar heart and pick pocketing his beating heart then watching him expire with a sigh.

Does killing Alduin with a fork count?

In a dungeon with too many Draugr Deathlords no health potions, down to one Deathlord with little health, it shouted disarm so I panicked, forgot about spells and punched it to it's second death.

I just recently on my new character playthrough had a funny kill. I was in Bleak Falls Barrow right after the the first puzzle where four skeevers run up the staircase to get you. I killed three of them quite easily with my bow, but the last one took me by surprise. It jump attacked me and in mid air I shot it. It flew backwards and landed on its head next to the top of the staircase, then proceeded to fall backwards step by step down it! I felt like Ace Ventura with the slinky...

Everyone loves a slinky! Who doesn't love a slink?! GO, SLINKY! GO!

1: I once froze a Frost troll on the side of a steep mountain trail, it slowly falls over and then picks up speed as it cartwheels down the mountain.

2: I fus ro dah a hand cart, which spins around whipping a bandit with its handles and killing him.

3: I close a door in which a bowl is on the floor in the way. When the door closes on it it pops into the air, bounces off a wall and and explodes a skeleton.

4: Having the poisoner perk when doing the Dark Brotherhood Quest, "Bound Until Death". While the bride and groom are on the balcony giving a speech I drop down from the wall behind them and slip a Fury Poison into the grooms pocket, I then sneak out the door behind them and retreat. Asgeir Snow-Shod then beats Vittoria Vici to death in a fit of rage and I accomplish my mission while halfway across town.

Hilarious one today (yet again involving Unrelenting Force):

On the Beyond Death quest in the Soul Cairn, I was making my way up the floating tower to fight the first Keeper. When I ascended the last set of stairs and saw this terrifying monstrosity lurching towards me, I braced myself for what I assumed would be an epic and protracted battle. I went to move forward towards him but missed the move key and held the shout key next to it by mistake. I burst out laughing as I saw the monster flying off the buttress of the floating tower and hurtling towards the ground (which was so far away I couldn't see it) for what seemed like an eternity. Eventually he disappeared from view. I stood for a while not quite sure what had become of him, until eventually the message popped up on screen "Kill the Boneyard Keepers - 1/3"

Epic

My best kill EVER was a Blood Dragon near a Giant Camp up on a mountainside (can't recall exactly where).

He was flying around and I kept conjuring a flame atronach to harass him so i could pelt him with arrows when he wasn't shooting flames at me. All of a sudden, he stoops low to the ground and unleashes blast after blast after blast of flames into the rocks.

All right, I thought, as I dwindled his health away to nothing from a safe distance away. All this time he's just bellowing into the rocks. Finally i kill him.

Well, i ran down to him, rounded a rock and what do I see in a "cave-like" hole through the rocks?

A mountain goat. Standing there pretty as you please. He looked up at me, turned and jogged away.

Funniest damn thing i've seen.

Voorth said:

My best kill EVER was a Blood Dragon near a Giant Camp up on a mountainside (can't recall exactly where).

He was flying around and I kept conjuring a flame atronach to harass him so i could pelt him with arrows when he wasn't shooting flames at me. All of a sudden, he stoops low to the ground and unleashes blast after blast after blast of flames into the rocks.

All right, I thought, as I dwindled his health away to nothing from a safe distance away. All this time he's just bellowing into the rocks. Finally i kill him.

Well, i ran down to him, rounded a rock and what do I see in a "cave-like" hole through the rocks?

A mountain goat. Standing there pretty as you please. He looked up at me, turned and jogged away.

Funniest damn thing i've seen.

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"And we never saw Gleda again...."

conchvegas said:

Shooting a Forsworn in the head from a fair distance, one shot = instant kill, with my bow and finding out later it was a briar heart. Second, sneaking up behind a briar heart and pick pocketing his beating heart then watching him expire with a sigh.

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That is amazing. I had no idea that happened. God I love this game!

I was playing a pacifist, and thus couldn't kill anything myself.

I was trekking through the Reach when a dragon spotted me. While I madly tried to find a place to hide, the dragon got distracted by a bear. I had the Voice of the Sky bonus at the time, so the bear wasn't hostile towards me at all, and kept fighting the dragon when I got close. I used healing and courage spells on the bear to keep him alive while he fought the dragon. It took awhile, but the bear finally killed the dragon.

The bear killed the dragon.

So, technically, I didn't kill it. But it's still the coolest way I've ever killed anything.

Wildroses said:

I'm playing a character who may only use the Wabbajack for combat and daggers in emergencies. I've got to say, there was something terribly satisfying about turning both Malkoran and then Malkornan's Shade into a sweetroll.

This character also has the Ritual Stone power which made Dead Man's Respite a lot of fun. I'd killed about 12 dragr in the boss fight chamber and ran out of charges and soul gems for the Wabbajack so I had an army of 12 dragr dealing with the last 3 then King Olaf One-Eye. He was a tough boss or else all the dragr were really weak because my army had shrunk to 4 by the time he fell. But it was really great having an army of dragr. I don't think I'll ever have another Standing Stone Power. I am totally doing the quest with Golldir's Family tomb and the Wolf Queen quests to recreate this.

Actually come to think it, a lot of my most memorable fights were ones other NPCs fought. I remember with great fondness hearing: "We're here to teach you a lesson" after coming out of Goldenglow Estates. That was the day I learnt that the Goldenglow Estate Mercenaries don't notice you burning down beehives when they are busy killing Hired Thugs.

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So THAT's what a Wabbajack does....

I personally like killing giants, plobably like everyone else!

I once sniped Heimskr in front of everyone and didn't get a bounty. the first arrow didnt kill him but lydia finished him off while he ran around screaming like a headless chicken.

I also once sniped Mogrul while he was in the Market. I had to fluff w/ his body guard and I got a bounty but It was so satisfying because he kept sending assassins after me.

During the quest "The Silver Hand", I took out Krev The Skinner fairly easy with a bow using paralyzing poison that I created and I killed him without having that lame Aela with me. I've done that quest many times with different characters and Aela with her non-stealth a$$ always blows my cover and gets me killed. For my current play through, I cheated just a little bit by using the wooden plate glitch in the first room with the two silverhands sitting by a chest. There's a door that's blocked from the inside that leads to the main chamber where Krev is waiting, I glitched through that door leaving her a$$ behind and took out Krev The Skinner and used the Slow Time shout to take out his archers before she could make her way through the fort.

I will always remember my first battle with Miraak, although not for the reasons Bethesda intended.

I was playing on Master, had run out of potions getting to Miraak (stupid health regenerating Lurkers and self-cloning Seekers) and had several nerfs due to my realistic needs mods. The character only knew the starter restoration spell and had focused on alchemy and archery, leaving no points invested in magic.

I hurled myself at Miraak. I lost health steadily but so did Miraak so I kept attacking. When we were both down to a sliver of health Miraak ripped the first soul from the circling dragons. No lie, I actually screamed "WHAT?!" at my computer screen.

Miraak chased me back and forth as I attempted to keep healing myself and regenerating magic. Eventually we ended up playing hide and seek as I hid behind a large pile of books Miraak couldn't figure out how to get around because I kept moving. When my health was high I'd shoot one arrow at him while he knocked my health back to nothing, then went back to hiding and healing.

And what did Miraak keep saying as I was cowering behind this pile of books trying to heal my hideously wounded self with the weakest restoration spell in existence? "You are strong, stronger than I believed possible!" And what did he keep saying as tried to figure out how to run around a pile of books his enemy refused to come out from behind? "Hermaus Mora is laughing at us you know." I'm sure he was, Miraak, I'm sure he was.

But I killed him without getting killed once. It was awesome. Somehow the fights I win when I am in serious trouble and utterly pathetic are always better than the ones I win through skill and power.

I definitely Taunting my enemies it's fun and allows me to get more creative. And yes I have encountered this on several occasions. Best way to have fun ever!

Psh. I don't just taunt them. I cuss them out in Dovahzul.

I tested zephyr sometime ago. I sneak near necromancer.
- I shot first arrow
- he was paralyzed and knocked in the air
- I shot second arrow
- It hit necromancer while he was air, so he was pushed to backwards out of cliff
So I ran to watch how paralyzed necomaner hit ground below and died.

Got my newly created Nord...ran thru Helgen killing everything and looting everything for the gold for when I got to Whiterun....came across a war hammer. Get to Riverwood and head toward Whiterun...come across a lonely wolf, my wife is sitting next to me on her phone on Facebook and I just start laughing...she looks up at the time I start singing MC Hammer, the moment I say" can't touch this" kill cam on wolf....,..I was laughing so hard I had to go to bathroom...yes only a wolf but thought it was funny....more appropriate than the time I got a critical one shot with my archer wood elf, when I got up to loot the body the arrow....wasn't exactly in a very friendly spot.....


Also got an awesome bound bow kill shot. I was doing some hunting to get leather came across a couple goats. Summoned my bow and shot a few arrows as they ran over a small hill, I was crouched down and fired a shot just as they went over which proceeded to go to kill cam mode following the arrow it barely cleared the ground by mere inches passing thru a small patch of grass and gave the goat a colonoscopy.......