Morokei (Skyrim)

"Did he warn you that your own power would be your undoing? That it would only serve to strengthen me?"

- Morokei Morokei is one of the eight Dragon Priests found in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. His name means "Glorious" in dragon language.

History
The Staff of Magnus quest reveals that Savos Aren had encountered Morokei many years ago during his failed expedition to Labyrinthian with five of his fellow apprentices.

In a desperate attempt to seal away Morokei permanently, Savos sacrificed two of the surviving apprentices to remain behind, magically enthralled and forced to maintain a barrier around the Dragon Priest.

Interactions
Morokei can be encountered within the Nordic ruin of Labyrinthian during the quest Eye of Magnus. He must be defeated in order to obtain the Staff of Magnus as part of the The College of Winterhold questline.

Notable items
Upon his defeat, Morokei drops the Morokei Mask - one of the eight Dragon Masks located throughout Skyrim. Collecting all eight masks is a requirement for the unmarked quest to restore the Dragon Priest Shrine. He will also drop the Staff of Magnus, which is needed for the College of Winterhold questline to be completed.

Trivia

 * He is one of two Dragon Priests that does not rise from a sarcophagus, the other being Nahkriin.


 * He is one of two Dragon Priests that speak to the player, the other being Nahkriin. Unlike Nahkriin, he will eventually stop speaking in Dragon language and start speaking in Tamrielic.


 * Despite Dragon Priests being human and thus originally speaking Tamrielic, he seems to prefer speaking in Dragon language as he describes Tamrielic to the Dragonborn as "this guttural language of yours."
 * Being caught within the blue aura of his voice while exploring the Labyrinthian during The Staff of Magnus will drain the Dragonborn's magicka. It could be possible that other Dragon Priests have similar vocal powers, however as none besides Nahkriin talk to the player this is unknown.
 * There is a spell called Morokei Channel which can be learned through console commands. It does no damage, but looks similar to when the Staff of Magnus is used. To learn it, open the console, type "help morokei" and type ​player.addspell F82B4. Currently unknown if code works on all players.

Bugs

 * Rare instances where Morokei is invincible due to Zero Hit Box detection (every shot counts as a miss).
 * Morokei will not attack the player in some instances.
 * Morokei may not drop the Staff of Magnus at all, rendering the quest incompletable.
 * Morokei may on occasion drop two Staffs of Magnus.
 * Morokei may teleport to the hallway where the top Enthralled Wizard will come down. He is still invisible, so kill the Enthralled Wizards, and then attack Morokei.

Strategies
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During battle, Morokei casts Lightning Rune and Thunderbolt to strike down players attacking it from afar. When in melee range, Morokei uses Ironflesh in conjunction with Lightning Cloak to deal large amounts of damage to players. He is able to turn summoned Atronachs and undead.

Magic
Since this is The College of Winterhold quest the tactics mages can use is to try to lure Morokei in the hallway with pillars which is leading to the main hall. This task requires some time and playing hide and seek though. After that it is possible to use Unrelenting Force on Morokei, to stun him in the corner and deal some damage, return back behind pillar, wait for the next shout and magicka to refill. Alternatively, if you have a follower who is able to distract him for a few seconds and the Impact perk, you can effectively keep Morokei "stun locked" as long as you keep hitting him with Firebolts.

Archery
When you open the door, sneak (make sure you're not detected to do sneak attacks) with your bow and kill the two mages. Then shoot Morokei with arrows until he dies. If he gets to you, keep backing up or close the door; get away until you're undetected and resume shooting him. Be warned that this will take a very long time if you have a low archery skill, but is one of the safest methods of killing him. You can also easily (and even at a low level) make a Poison of Damage Magicka Regen, Which "reduces the target's magicka regeneration by 100%" (aka completely stops it). After shooting him with an arrow tipped with this poison, he will be unable to regenerate his magicka, rendering him helpless once he runs out.

Conjuring
For conjurers, attacking from the chamber's entryway with a Drainspell Bow (found on the spectral draugr in the dungeon) while sneaking will get him into the lower ground area. From here you can mix Sparks and the bow to drain all his magicka, then be able to use your atronachs without risk of them being turned. You can also lure him further (as described above).

Morokei takes turning summoned atronachs as his highest priority, so you can waste a lot of his magic constantly turning his own storm atronach against him, for he will turn it against you before he attacks again.

Also a good tactic for ranged characters is to stand on the highest ledge in the room before releasing him, and use a channeled spell (Flames, Sparks, and so on). Stand at the edge to attack, step back and heal when needed, repeat until finished. This works primarily because he is a ranged, magic NPC. He is very unlikely to come up the stairs to get you, and if he does, you can break line-of-sight while he is on the stairs by simply jumping to the next platform down, and using the pillars and walls to fight defensively.

Another tactic is to use Dremora Lords since he cannot convert them and they deal a lot of damage while the PC uses whatever tactic that they wish to use (spells, archery, or swords).

Enchanting
Another simple yet effective tactic is to have at least 85% resistance to shock by enchanting your armor with the enchantment or finding armor to do so. This should mean that his attacks cause little to no damage whatsoever. This coupled with the fact that he won't move if he can see you will allow you to spam ranged magic or arrows at him with little change in your health pool. Be advised, this will take a fairly long time to kill him if you only have a small magicka pool and/or weak arrows.

If the player is unable to adequately enchant their armor to resist shock, weapon enchantments that drain magicka may be used to prevent Morokei from using his spells. The player may start by stealthfully dispatching the enthralled mages using a bow with a shock enchantment. While remaining unnoticed, the player may begin a ranged sneak attack against Morokei, drainging some magica. Morokei will begin to advance towards the player. Once within range, the player should dual-cast sparks to finish depleting Morokei's magicka, at which point he will not be able to attack. If the player cannot sustain the sparks spell long enough to kill Morokei, then switching to enchanted weapons is necessary to keep him from regenerating magica. Dual wielding weapons with magica draining enchantments or shock enchantments is recomended (One such weapon is Dragonbane, acquired in the main story-line).

Ranged attacks
Another useful tactic for a ranged character is to stand in the tunnel leading to the room where you fight him. If you need to heal or recharge your magicka, simply close the door. He may come up the stairs to try to get to you, but closing the door when you see him may prevent him from hurting you, and he will eventually wander back to further range (however he is able to open the door to fight you if you are standing too close to it). While it is unlikely he will open the door, it is possible.

Sneak
Another useful tactic for a sneaky character is to start off by killing both mages with sneak attacks. This makes it so that when Morokei is released, he does not notice you. Then proceed to sneak until you are quite near Morokei, dual-wield daggers (I used Mehrunes Razor and a Daedric Dagger), and do a sneak duel-wield power attack. This is especially effective if you have the perk from the sneak skill tree which gives 15x damage to sneak attacks with daggers. Having the Shrouded Gloves is quite useful as well, as they double backstab damage. A similar tactic is to sneak onto the platform where Morokei stands and position yourself just behind him to one side, then take out the two mages with arrows and immediately switch to a dagger to get the sneaky backstab on Morokei.

Morokei does not look for a stealthed person who stands far enough away. Some have managed to kill him by sneaking and shooting him with a bow from a long distance, without him ever retaliating. Even those with only a moderate sneak level with no perks were able to get this effect. Some have mentioned that they can even approach Morokei near the end of the fight and use melee on him without him fighting back, however the cause of this seems to be him running out of Magicka.

Shouts
Most shouts do little to no damage to Morokei, though Slow Time seems to be the most useful in this fight, for dodging the incredibly fast lightning attacks, or Elemental Fury in order to get a lot of hits on him quickly. You can stun Morokei with Unrelenting Force.
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