A Guide on how to set up an OP Early Thief build on Legendary Difficulty. This build makes use of the Sneak, pickpocket and archery skills. Played on Skyrim the special edition, no mods were installed during the playthrough and was played entirely on Legendary Difficulty.
Perks in order of purchase: | 2 Stealth 1/5 | 3 Stealth 2/5 | 4 Stealth 3/5 | 5 Stealth 4/5 | 6 Stealth 5/5 | 7 Muffled movement | 8 Light Foot | 9 Silent Roll | 10 Backstab | 11 Deadly Aim | 12 Novice Conjuration | 13 Mystic Binding | 14 Light Fingers 1/5 | 15 Light Fingers 2/5 | 16 Light Fingers 3/5 | 17 Night Thief | 18 Cutpurse | 19 Light Fingers 4/5 | 20 Light Fingers 5/5 | 21 Misdirection | 22 Perfect Touch | 23 Overdraw 1/5 | 24 Overdraw 2/5 | 25 Overdraw 3/5 | 26 Overdraw 4/5|
Final Stats: Level 28
Magicka 190 | Health 100 | Stamina 280| All before buffs from Equipment.
Focus levels ups into magicka at the start of the game until 190 so you can cast bound bow and muffle.
25 One-Handed
78 Archery
20 Light Armor
85 Sneak
31 Lockpicking
100 Pickpocket
27 Speech
20 Alchemy
30 Illusion
23 Conjuration
15 Destruction
15 Restoration
15 Alteration
15 Enchanting
15 Smithing
16 Heavy Armor
15 Block
15 Two-Handed
Gear:
Ring of Archery: 30% more bow damage
Necklace of Sneaking 20% better sneaking
Nightingale Armor: Increases stamina by 30 points. Increases Frost Resistance by 30%.
Nightingale Boots: Wearer is muffled and moves silently. (0.25 points)
Nightingale Gloves: Lockpicking is 20% easier. One-handed attacks do 20% more damage.
Nightingale Hood : Illusion spells cost 15% less to cast.
Chrillrend: Target takes 20 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina. Chance to paralyze the target for 2 seconds.
Buffs
The Thief Stone
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