Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-72.77.73.35-20140401211532/@comment-26612337-20150714161934

71.235.186.55 wrote:

Khaul Moon-Sword wrote: The hoc is invincible, so, uh, yeah....On a more serious note, The db can use shouts at whim, but it weakens his soul. The cooldown was for gameplay. Whichmeans rhe DB is right up there with the HOC. The Neravine is not to be toyed with, but he woukd fall to the DB and HOC. The agent killed a deadra lord, which is a hop away from a deadric prince. The EC... well, I dont know enough about him. The HOC and Dbare in stalemate. The dragonborn can simply FUS RO DAH him off a mountain, but he would get up. The Hero of Kvatch can spam the staff od Sheogorath on the db and draw on his face.

Remember, the shouts can be absorbed by wards, probably suggesting they are classified as magic. The HoC, having access to equipment with the enchantments absorb magicka, reflect magic, and reflect damage (this one was apparently lost to the ages as its not present anymore) could easily absorb that stuff the LDB throws at him. Well, assuming that you don't already know this, but Dragon Shouts are magic, even the wiki says so, and as far as I can remember, it's said pretty early on in the game.