Which followers do you guys think make the best blades, whether it be their skills, the lore works, or just because they look badass in Blades armor?
Which followers do you guys think make the best blades, whether it be their skills, the lore works, or just because they look badass in Blades armor?
"Best Blades" is highly suggestive. Practically any of the +40 that can couple as archer or mage should suffice, even on higher difficulties. I created a save point at Alduin's Wall and tested out various followers. I wasn't floored by any overwhelming differences other than the level 30s going down or dying slightly more often than the higher capped followers. I copied someone's spreadsheet and did some of my own updates and tracking: [Scrolls V: Skyrim Companion Guide]
Give your Blades a decent arrow for the infinite bow and beef up their armor then you're pretty much done. There were several test runs where I didn't even bother to upgrade their equipment and they did just fine. I've played Elder Scrolls the same since Morrowind, do the faction, DLC, and important side quests first then the Main quests. I never speak to the Jarl of Whiterun until then. By that point I've cleared a quarter of the map and pretty stocked up. I left tips on the Blades, Stewards, and Housecarls tabs. However the short version is if you have Hearthfire then make your followers selected as Stewards your Blades. Using stewards gives you added benefit of them staying at the homesteads while also remaining followers (no Paarthurnax paradox unless you're hung up on dragon hunting). If vanilla, then J'zargo, Vorstag, and one of the others listed. Skyrim is more a of dumbed-down version of Morrowind and Oblivion so there's not much to thinking behind the stats; not that Elder Scrolls requires that much anyway for a hack-n-slash.
Spartan Jack 17 wrote: I've never done any blades quests because I will never want to kill Paarthurnax.
You don't have to kill Paarthurnax if you pick up the blades quest right as soon as you finish 'Alduin's Wall'
marcurio, for being a mage, erik the slayer, mjoll the lioness, or ugtherd the unbroken for the warrior slot, and faedal for the archer slot. i persoanlly used salas rayas( ibutchered his name) the dark elf from the dragon born dlc. the one that got mind controlled by ahzidal. he owed me so i made him a blade. then i used mjoll becuase shes essential. and then marcurio best i like his dialogue.
I used Aela, eurandur, and mijol
What about Belrand, Marcurio and Uthgerd the Unbroken?
Well Lydia,J'zargo and Farkas..