Soul Tear (Dawnguard)

Soul Tear is a Dragon Shout in. This shout can cause heavy damage by ripping the soul out of an opponent. If the shout kills the opponent, it fills a soul gem, and the opponent is raised from the dead as an ally. The shout cannot be used too close to the Dragonborn, so be sure to aim the crosshair away from the body. The soul trapping effect of Soul Tear only works when an empty Soul Gem is in the player's possession. Furthermore, the shout only works when all three Words of Power are used.

Word locations
Soul Tear is obtainable from the undead Dragon, Durnehviir. During the Dragonborn's adventure in Soul Cairn, they defeat the dragon, Durnehviir. Later, he is encountered again and teaches the shout called Summon Durnehviir to the player. The first three times Durnehviir is summoned, he teaches the Dragonborn the words of Soul Tear, one at a time.

Usefulness
Soul tear has the ability to place opponents under your control who would otherwise be too powerful to raise by normal means such as Giants, Falmer Warmongers, and any enemy in general that would be too powerful to summon making this an incredibly potent tide turning spell if used correctly. Note that some warrior type enemies will have there weapon knocked out of there hands when soul torn and will render them way less effective than if they had their weapon.

Bugs

 * Sometimes after learning a word you can't unlock it with a dragon soul, even though you have a sufficient amount of them.

Appearances


Soul Tear