Talk:Conjure Flame Atronach/Archive 1

Uses
I've found that the Flame Atronoch excels mainly at distracting a fire breathing Dragon from me. While it is a valuable ally to lower level mages, the thing becomes obsolete fast.

Their primary deficiency is in their hit points. They simply cannot hold their own against enemies who can hit them. Even enemies that are weak can overcome a Flame Atronach if they can get in range.

As far as damage goes, they do well enough. They do have horrible aim though.

The best use a higher level mage can have for them is to use their fire immunity to tank fire exclusive enemies. for instance, a fire focused Dragon priest, a Pyromancer, or a Dragon. The role of ranged damage is filled much more effectivly by the Storm Atronach.Sneak+stab (talk) 20:50, January 17, 2012 (UTC)Sneak+stab

Atronach sometimes doesn't explode
was fighting a dragon outside dawnstar near the caravan traders. i had to reload because the stupid npc following me killed the caravan trader. so i went back there from a recent save dragon came, summoned atronarch, killed dragon. runaway from the stupid kitty cats cause apparently i magic blasted them. when i go back to the point of the dragons body, my flame atronarchs body is there.. it didnt explode also i got a fire salt so, that added to the smiths quest. thought it had to do with my double frost spell so tested it out, and nope it exploded the second time.

Ashen Flame Atronach
When a flame atronach is summoned at the same time that your previous flame atronach explodes, it will explode upon conjuring and will be alive without any flames on its body. It looks more ashen and withered, just like when an unbound atronach dies. When it does die, it will not explode since it already has.

If the second is summoned after the first dies, but before it explodes, the new flame atronach will explode instead and will be ashen.

These take good timing and may not work every time. This can be done with a flame thrall as well, making it possible to have an ashen flame atronach as a follower until it dies. ~On the wings of fire and devastation, I return. (talk) 04:36, September 6, 2013 (UTC)