I have started this topic to show new whelps how to best utilize the beast form.Myself and perhaps other experienced Lycan's will share their hunting tactics and any information that benefits the best form. As of late ( for RP reasons ) I will change only during the night and will stay off the road but remain with in feet of it so as to ambush my prey, or stalk it for as long as I can, once I deem it fit to attack I will rush in and power swipe my prey so as to put them on their back and then it's game over. When facing 3-5 potential prey I run circles around them "herding" them into a circle(or closely bunched together) and will periodically make a 90
degree
turn into the group taking swipes at whomever and will continue this until one or more break away screaming " I submit" or " We are routed" and finish them off away from the main group. I will continue this tactic until either the group or myself have perished, I like to call this my " herding " method.

That is an example of the " hit and run " tactics that werewolves do best, for the most part you want to try your best to ambush your prey and surprise them with a power attack. By spamming the power swipe/attack you ensure that your target is on his/her back once they are on their back you are in turn able to control the fight and thus will walk away with little to no damage to yourself. As a werewolf it is important that you take control of the situation as soon as possible, the best way to do so is to use my " herding " method or to spam the power attack.

Mastering the sprinting power attack is another must for werewolves, once you have gotten use to how your beast form reacts when sprinting you can make very sharp turns while sprinting. But it doesn't come over night, you will have to practice this in order to be able to combine the sprinting sharp turns with the sprinting power attack. But once you have mastered it it becomes your most powerful tactic, a sprinting power attack has the ability to down just about any NPC in one pass. A fully perked werewolf can and will kill a giant in one pass, a mammoth in two to three. So it is pretty important that you learn how to attack while on the run, not only will it dispatch your prey in a hurry but it will as well create openings for you to escape if and when you land yourself in trouble.

On the subject of a fully perked werewolf....
It's best to focus on the first perk, the " Bestial strength " perk. Once it's filled out your werewolf will have a damage output of 160, which is more then enough to survive on master difficulty. So you should focus on that perk the most so that you can put your prey down in a hurry. At the same time ( or after ) you want to focus on the right side of the Lycan perk tree, the side that has the Animal vigor, Gorging and Savage feeding perks. The goal is to reach the Savage feeding perk as soon as you can. Once you have gotten the Savage feeding perk the rest of the tree will follow with little effort. It won't take long and everything gained is pure gravy!

There's much,much more that aids your werewolf. There's quite a few normal perks that carry over into your beast form aiding him/her to become a very powerful werewolf. There's also spells, and potions that carry over along with certain standing stones. I will out line those as the questions come in, it's quite the list so I felt that it would end up being too much to read thus killing the topic, so I will answer those questions as they come up.

( Once again I apologize for the read, which is why I left out a good bit of information to save you the reader from a wall of text. I will answer any questions that are brought up. )



This is a topic for werewolves to share knowledge and stories of the hunt, to show that the beast form is truly a force to be reckoned with.


****WARNING****
To any werewolf hunter/flamer who dares to nose around this topic......
You are entering the den of a very old and very wise werewolf who doesn't have the patients to
deal
with you. You will be dismembered and devoured in the most painful way. So consider this your friendly warning, to not poke your nose in where it doesn't belong. If you choose to not heed my warning then....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L28CnhmeAD4


http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1448996-the-wolves-den/page__fromsearch__1

**the last couple posts that I responded to**


No getting the ring before Aela gives you the gift should not cause the ring to glitch. The only glitch I'm aware of is when you have 2 Rings of Hircine, if you manage to duplicate it with a mannequin or other means both rings will bug out never to work again. So I don't think your ring is the problem, when you checked in the " Powers " menue did you see a power called Ring of Hircine? There should be an extra power listed when you wear the ring which is called Ring of Hircine, equipping the Ring of Hircine will cause a power of the same name to appear in the Powers section of the Magic tab. It is activated in the same way as all other powers. Once you have reverted back from beast form you need to re-equip the ring, re-select the power and away you go.

Double check your " Powers " menu for the Ring of Hircine power



I mean travel around the map, start at Whiterun and just travel around the entire map in a circle until you return to Whiterun. You can hit every hold if you wish or you can go off road hitting bandit camps, hunters camps etc...etc... Your basically doing one complete circuit around the map, just like a Nascar race.

ok then, just need to reinstall Dawnguard, gonna have to be a Vampire Lord for certain quests though but at least I can regain Lycanthropy and then slaughter Falmer by the dozens, Thanks Serana, now wait at Fort Dawnguard while I slaughter Blackreach and then regain my beast form.

Thanks for the extra info Carrots. I'll check it when I go back to that character. Much appreciate yours and Griffx's help.

I must admit to having fallen into dark company and am currently rolling a Breton mage vampire lord character, but my Nord warrior werewolf is saved away safely for me to return to.

No prob LydiasBurden, it took me about a week RT to figure out how Hircines ring actually worked Let us know if it's still not working right when you get to it

@Blade92
I've never tried the VL, I just don't have a need to try it out. That and I HATE the fangers!!!

Serana is one Vampire that we wolves can trust, besides she apparently hates other vampires just as much as you have vampires, talk about irony.