I drank a 40% resist fire, 40% resist shock, cast berserker rage, and subsequently cast beast form, and I STILL can't tank 3 dremora fire wielding [censored] and Varen.

Some bosses in this game are impossible to beat without lowering the difficulty (I play on Expert).

The cover of the pillar on the left doesn't work. they can flank you from the left or right edge of the pilar. I took half my hp in dmg converting to beast form, even though I had fire resist AND berserker rage on. Without htose, I'd have been dead in those 3 seconds of converting to werewolf...


There is no counter to AoE Mages when you are a level 30 Warrior in heavy armor with 2h weapon skills. Getting 3 shot by any one of 4 enemies who have clear shots on my position always is not smart level design.

and, I just went 100% to 0% on a power attack wind up animation. WTF!!!!! I had 40% resist on fire, and half dmg from berserker rage, and no beast form this time.

Where the fail is the fact that melee characters have to commit to getting into multiple lanes of fire from enemies they probably can't resist with anything other than potions. Magic Characters or stealth characters do good damage from bows and spells, or conjure up target dummies for the enemies as distractions. Pure warriors like me with just weapons, armor, and in my case, enchants (I haven't discovered fire resist enchants yet), I'm screwed. I have to put myself in harm's way and likely die just so that I can 3 shot them with my 2h power attacks. However, What svcks is no cover, and the fact that every spell cast my way is an AoE, so even if it misses me, it hits me.

Resist magic equipment

Expel daedra spell/ staff

Back up and move off into a side alcove to fight the dremora first

The Lord Stone would add 25% resist magic. The Atronach stone would add 50% chance spell absorb. Either can signifcantly help your defenses against mages. Using the slow time shout would allow you to run up and decapitate him before a single spell is cast. Unrelenting Force would accomplish a similar goal by knocking him off his feat. Becoming a werewolf isn't helping you either as it gives him time to runaway.

Most importantly no one is forcing you to do the quest just come back later when you've gotten stronger.