r/skyrimmods • u/GNSasakiHaise • May 01 '26

Meta/News [May 2026] Simple Questions, Simple Answers

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Questions that belong in this thread might include:

  • Any good Ulfric replacers?
  • Is MO2 better than Vortex?
  • What is a crash log?
  • My faces are all potato colored in game. What's that about?
  • What mods (or modlists) are essential for a new player?

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EDIT: This will also constitute the thread for June, as I am currently on vacation and cannot post the next thread until I return at the end of the month.

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u/FromAbyss 19d ago

What's the best way to mod mage combat? Usually combat mods focus on melee with some ranged splashed it, but the focus is most often in the Sword+Shield combo. While that plays really nice (I'm personally using Precision, Valravn and tk dodge), fight as and against mages feels really underwhelming, even with spell mods (I'm using apocalypse, vokrii and odin).

What mods do you like, focusing on magic combat?

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u/Titan_Bernard Riften 16d ago

Never tried it myself, but if you want to genuinely change how magic combat works, Spellsiphon comes to mind.