An Orc will see a Dunmer tear down their stronghold with destruction magic and still say “he is too frail to wield a blade.”

Nords: Make fun of mages Mages: Casually defeat armies, create cities, and piss off gods all by themselves.

Azudal was the first person to do the alchemy enchanting glitch

Mannimarco casted Soaltrap on a dead mud crab so many times that he became wise and powerful enough to alter the space-time continuum and ascend into Atherius.

The worm king saw me. I was invisible but he looked right at me.

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You know, Divayth Fyr is in another dymension... he's technically not in tamriel, making Neloth the greatest mage alive in tamriel

As the only person alive who has played Arena I am disappointed to not see Jagar Tharn on here.

something your forgot to put into account is that shalindor literally made his own plane of oblivion.

You know how in the destruction master quest you have to place a book on some pedestals and blast it with magic? The text that shows up is from Shalidor, shit-talking the master spells. The strongest spells in Skyrim are trash in Shalidor’s eyes, that’s how insane he is.

One cool thing I want to add about Divayth Fyr is that his Daedric Artifacts are just sitting in his house. There is no quest or hoops you have to jump through to get them. He just says if you can open a master lock and not die to explosive traps in them you can keep them. Meaning he cares so little about them that he will let the first person who can unlock the chests keep them.

I will say though in Morrowind the fact there are like 5 quests to kill Neloth (Some are cut and optional) But still the fact he survived so many means he is clearly talented in defending himself and fighting with magic as well as his research and understanding later in Skyrim.

i loved how they represented the power difference in eso, for as powerfull as fyr is he was struggeling to keep the darkness back and sotha sil casually swept it away

I disagree about Ahzidal not creating anything new. The Ring of Arcana gives its wearer two entirely unique spells: Ignite and Freeze. While they are both apprentice level spells, this, to me, indicates he may have more spells, including the entirely unique and unlearnable enchantments he has on his relics. A chance to paralyze attackers, waterwalking without being a vampire or needing a potion, rigging your raised undead to explode, and adapting how runes/wards work all show that he didn’t just learn magic that existed, he knew how to change it to his needs, showing levels of creativity beyond what the Dragonborn is capable of.

i was expecting the video to end on a "Well of course I know him, he's me" gag but this was way more interesting and really cool great video man!

I guessed Divath Fyr immediately as someone who has played Morrowind

Fun fact: in TESO Fyr refers himself as "mage possessing NEARLY god powers", and in Morrowind his character has all the stats of 99-98/100 :D

Just found ur channel and I instantly went “wait MASTER NELOTH??” As the usual Master Neloth appreciator

It is a crime that Zurin Arctis was not on this list. Even if we discount him being one-third of the god Talos and the feats of the Underking, the fact that he created the Mantella and reactivated THE NUMIDIUM should absolutely put him in the running. But I do agree that Divath Fiyr is probably a better Mage overall.

Gotta admit, Neloth irritated me on my first playthrough. The second time I "accidentally" tried to get rid of him. Repeatedly. Now I enjoy him and his sarcasm 😁.

While I've not finished the video yet; My vote is for Mannimarco. Dude set out to become a God, and it worked. It worked so well he got split in two.

If we take Elder Scrolls Legends in consideration, then yes, Divaith Fyr is still alive. There's a quest in which he appears. Btw, shame you didn't mention Vanus Galerion...

Let's not kid ourselves, the greatest mage is the warrior build DB. Just cast a few healing spells during the CoW quests and you become Arch Mage. All the while crushing all those backpedaling mages' skulls with Spellbreaker and the Mace of Molag Bal. 👍

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Barely into this video and I've got popcorn lol! You're too underrated!

Aye good job dude, this is stuff to be proud of!

I imagine Zurin Arctus is up there since he 1v1 the numidium and won. Also probably became a god after the warp in the west

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This guy's channel has some of the best elders scrolls content that I've seen in a while, you earn a sub my friend love your editing style and sence of humor, keep it up my guy!

Would love to see more of this content.

Incredible channel, incredible channel.

I mean it's not really debatable that Lord Fyr is the greatest and strongest mage of all elder scrolls history

I would like to nominate the Augur of Dunlain. His power became so great that he transcended physical form!

Good job!

You should do more on Divayth Fyr, its funny how badass he is lol.

Shalidor and Ahizidal is my favorite from a bye gone era stand point

Damn I love your content

Neloth's greatest achievement is being the target of 2 different murder quests in Morrowind, yet canonically survives at least into the events of Skyrim. If you joined great house Telvanni and do the chore he asks, he "rewards" you 10gp. That, coupled with the Telvanni's lax stance on murder "whoever survives clearly had a better argument" I (and likely many others) killed Neloth out of principle. Divayth Fyr also regularly travels to and within Oblivion, authors many lore books, has in his possession the cuirass of saviors hide, volendrung, an amulet that teleports you to a Dremora that wields potentially the only Daedeic Crescent blade not destroyed after the fall of the battlespire, a full suit of Daedric armor (including the only pauldrons in the pre-dlcMorrowind) and as you mentioned scourge. Divayth is requested to take an active role in the Telvanni council but rejects the proposal, indicating ambitions that supercede politics. Also, in favor of Neloth, he seems to be studying Azra Nightcaller, a shadow mage (noticably absent from your list) who discovered shadows are chaotic reflections of potential outcomes. He, through shadow magic, fuses himself with every other possible version of himself (in a pseudo-multiversal way) Nice video though.

Where's my Vanus Galerion mention? You brought up Mannimarco but not my boii Vanus?! The disrespect 😂

Cool channel Master Neloth 😎

Omgggg, I haven’t even heard of most of these yet!! I am so hooked on this game, it’s not even healthy. Like, I went to a doctor’s appt, ran some errands, and did some cleaning today, but then I sat my ass down and played FOR NINE HOURS STRAIGHT, all bc I wanted to buy a nice house so I could adopt that little flower girl from that city with “The butcher” (that I murdered). I just really felt like I could not go to bed until I’d murdered enough random strangers to afford the best of everything for her 🤣 This is particularly hilarious as IRL, I am soooo not the maternal type. Never had kids, hate it when I get stuck watching my friends kids. But a Dickensian orphan girl on the cold streets with a serial killer and misogynistic guards running around? Nah, fuck that. I can stay up until dawn for her. LOL

Omg I recognize that song at the end! That's from Arena isn't it? The tavern music?

Surprised there was no Zurin Arctus

Ahzidal is the oldest of the people listed, being born in the late Merethic Era, Divayth Fyr being born in the early 1st Era.

Staves, bruv, loved the video

Obviously my orc character, who only cast heals and soultraps but is still archmage!

It only seems in the recent centuries that Nords started to actively shun and fear magic. At least two of some of the arguably greatest mages in history were Nords. The Clever Men, who had roots in Atmora and worshipped Jhunal (Nordic version of Julianos), as well as the Dragon Priests were notoriously powerful magic-users. To this day no decent Jarl of high standing would go without a Court Wizard at his disposal or turn their nose up at enchanted armor and weapons provided by the mages of Winterhold. The College of Winterhold is said to be one of the greatest institutions of magical learning for millennia. It is unfortunate that Bethesda really did not do it justice with its implementation and quest lines. It would have been nice to see Winterhold in its prime. From the description in _The Waking World,_ Winterhold was quite magestic and wondrous to behold before the Great Collapse. I'm having some good fun playing as a Nord war wizard currently; it's the best of Conan the Barbarian and Gandalf mixed together.

The warp of the west is such a "we couldn't agree on a cannon playthrough, and you dont care" solution to a cannon playthrough problem.

I think you could upload another video on this topic. Couple names missing from the running.

divayth fyr no doubt, auger of dunlain if they don't have to maintain their physical form

Mannimarco just had that modded Imperious Altmer+Wintersun Auriel +30% combo on his Conjuration- Shalidor was a master caster that got slapped with that idiot stick. Azidal was just that guy that can score well on tests without much or any studying. Neloth is actually pretty interesting, despite lacking the raw power of some of the others. Then there's the dude who was so badass that he decided the only woman that could handle him was himself to the power of four

The annoyance in your voice at 15:08 killed me.😂

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I haven't seen the video yet but Hermaeus Mora aka Herma Mora aka the anime tentacle demon of knowledge and secrets probably is up there considering even Master Neloth explains they know vastly more than him in Solstheim DLC in Skyrim.

Did you forget zurin arctus or does he not belong on the list due to the restrictions you placed? Cuz I think he is a contender for the greatest mage in elder scrolls.

The greatest mage in elder scrolls history? Manninarco. The lich, the god of necromancy, the black moon, the King of Worms! All hail to the Necromancer's Moon! All hail the lich God of all necromancers!

Watching the B roll I would have thought this was a ‘which mage is the best at non magical combat’ video.

Erm, awesome video as always but at 02:02 you repeat a whole chunk….?

I love how in vanilla Skyrim you can cast spells without spending magicka and be passively immune to magic cast against you if you're a vampire mage.

So, how does the phygic order's magic differs from normal magic?

that intro got me thinking that i'm losing my marbles

I'm surprised no one mentioned Zurin Arctus, who is responsible for powering the numidium which conquered tamriel, and subsequently 1v1ing the numidium, which conquered tamriel.

Maybe there's something I missed but why no mention of the Augur of Dunlain? edit: reading through some of the other comments I also wonder why Vanus Galerion and Jagar Tharn weren't on here either

The Nerevarine is the most powerful image in Tamriel history if you let them be.

Arch mage Shalidor literally slicing slashing and stabbing his way throughout his section in this video without using magik.

I went to shalidor maze thinking that's the way to something i can't remember when i can just walk around it

Also can I just say that I found it extremely hilarious that while you were talking about master neloth, all the gameplay footage in the background was just him stabbing people? Lol he's such a powerful mage that he stabs people with swords and knives instead of casting spells!

i can't wait for " who is the greatest rogue "

There is a cabin called drelas' cottage. The alchemist inside beat the **** out of me. I was like level 30. He uses master destruction spells. I found he randomly and thought he was some named NPC with a quest back when I was like 10.

Good choice

you repeat yourself from 1:32 to 2:14 but keep up the good work 🤍🤍

I thought I was having a stroke when you said the same thing twice in the intro

Bro how tf did you pronounce saviors hide??

Can you do the greatest assassin in Elder scrolls

Mannimarco himself hasn’t been done much justice outside Daggerfall, at least visually. His look in ESO is even more ridiculous to me than his look in Oblivion. His ESO appearance looks like a design from one of his thirsty fangirls.

before watching im just flat out gonna say Mannimarco, bro became a literal god of necromancers

What about vanus Galirion and mankar camoran ?

J'zargo is the greatest mage and no one can disagree

any thoughts about Archmage Giermund?

You forgot j'zargo

Yeah, I would agree with the pick. That dude is insanely powerful.

Who is the greatest archer in the Elder Scrolls?

Estormo is clearly the best mage.

Never thought I’d see John Mulaney talk about Elders Scrolls

Master Neloth over Vanus Galerion is a crime. Neloth is a researcher, an enchanter, a doctor, but his actual mastery of the schools of magic...is it really that far above what you'd expect from a Telvanni master? But I get it^^ Also honorable mention the jumping dude in a colovian cap near Seyda Neen, he was gonna become the greatest for sure!

Idk. My character in Morrowind made a spell that would soul trap, burn, paralyze, and master lock an entire town simultaneously.

It's either Divayth Fir or a Psijic we've never met

Wait, did we forget about the augur of dunlein who through the path of magick became a literal god?

Maybe the great collapse happened because the spell Arch Mage Shalidor used to build winterhold gave out finally. If this is true in a way it kinda is the college’s fault but not the present day college of winterhold.

I, James Michael Dulap of Hartford, Connecticut, am the greatest mage in all of Elder Scrolls.

Character in elder scrolls with the most endurance would be cool 2

"I'm not going to include gods or psyjic mages" 2 seconds later: "Here's a guy who was a psyjic mage and ascended to godhood" lol

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Who is the most powerful vampire in the Elder Scrolls?

What about Sotha Sil and Mankar Camoran?

I guess the strongest mage is going to be little timmy who just found about about the restoration loop. No one can mess with timmy.

"This is not a ranked video." "Coming in at #1: Neloth."

Azhidals lore was really interesting, joined ysgramor and enchanted items for them man was legendary

Neloth is a wizard though. In TES, mages and wizards are different.

I think it’s probably mannimarco or divayth fyr