how do i kill the snow ape goin up to the greybeards? : V - Skyrim

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:35 pm

but if you have trouble with trolls or bears, grab a bow or magic and just jump onto a rock that they can't get onto and you can burn them down in the cheese fashion.

Why is good strategy called "cheese?"

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:06 pm

he was easy for me O.o around L5-7 i think? just used sword+fire+potions and lydia as a tank

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:52 pm

i was all alone at that time. archer, low level. snow ape would have been the same name i'd called it. tried to arrow it. but didn;t have the sneak bonus to arrows and didn;t know anything about smithing. it was a perfect inocent char of the skyrim. kileed me a few times, so i found a way to sneam myself around the bastard.
only around level 20+ i came back from fast travel to the mountain top and hammered his white ass. by then i had the labyrintian cleared and knew what and how the snow trolls

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:04 pm

Why is good strategy called "cheese?"

This. I used the same strategy to get my Mammoth Tusk. I worked hard jumping from rock to rock. Had 4 angry Mammoths and two giants after me. After much perseverance I got what I needed. And he calls it cheese tactics? :down:

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:20 am

Its "cheese" because there are certain rocks you can sit on top of and never get it.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:56 am

Its "cheese" because there are certain rocks you can sit on top of and never get it.

Well its not very good against a Snow Ape at low levels anyway if you are not using the right stuff. Since they regenerate faster than you can pick at them from the rock.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:29 pm

Stick him with the pointy end

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:16 pm

With great difficulty. You can simply run past him at low level. I always wait till I'm around Level 20, before I go up there.

Level 20? Wow, I think I was level 7 or 8 when I made the trek up the mountain, I just ran around it.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:28 pm

I also had the random cat spawn behind the snow ape. I shot the cat with my bow and trained him into the ape. Epic battle.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:52 pm

its cheesy because you can potentially kill giants who would generally be a challenge to even level 30 chars at level 1.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:26 pm

Some say the troll will end by fire,
Some say by sword.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
If another troll you came towards,
I think I know enough of Nords
To say that for destruction swords
Is also great
And would accord.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:47 pm

Flames Spell + Running in a circle.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:13 pm

its cheesy because you can potentially kill giants who would generally be a challenge to even level 30 chars at level 1.

I fail to see what's cheesy about outsmarting your opponent. Is it our fault that Bethesda made giants unable to climb rocks and scared of water?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:00 pm

Haha Snow Ape,..... Fire is your best friend against a troll, there is even a book you can find around that teaches you how to hunt trolls haha, But yeah fire! or RUN LIKE HELL!!! haha good luck

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:07 pm

Heh... "Snow ape". It's a frost troll. Kill it with fire if you want... or rush like a mad thing into the Graybeards' fort and let them kill it. They're packing fire shouts. See the Thu'um in action. :biggrin:

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:27 pm

Run past it? Cowards! Fist-fighting snow apes is the only way to kill them.

Too easy. Only proper way to kill it is to climb to the peak of the mountain and fall on top of it.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:50 pm

Too easy. Only proper way to kill it is to climb to the peak of the mountain and fall on top of it.

Tickle it under the arms when it beats its chest!

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:24 pm

I fail to see what's cheesy about outsmarting your opponent. Is it our fault that Bethesda made giants unable to climb rocks and scared of water?

Exactly. In human history, people atop castles would rain boiling oil on those sieging the fortress. Is that cheese? Or is that making the most of your strategic advantage? Tactical masters would call that the latter, 10 times out of 10.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:34 pm

I kited him back to the NPC chick who was on the pilgrimmage and as she was dying fighting it I ran past. :\ It started as an accident, but worked out in the long run. :lol:

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:26 am

frost troll is a pretty powerfull melee enemy. especialy if he gives you the double claw attack, if the character is lightly armored and no shield, definitely he'll meet his demise very fast.
event with a heavy armor orc i was killed sever times before i understood that i really need to use his special skill (double damage-resistance). yes, he is 1hd double axe fighter (no shield), and thus made him vulnerable to the "ape's" claws. master dificulty and orchish epic armor (at that time) - lvl +18, most of which were made by smithing skill (orc=great smithing)

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:29 am

hahaha idk why but reading snow ape made me laugh hard

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:20 pm

I kited him back to the NPC chick who was on the pilgrimmage and as she was dying fighting it I ran past. :\ It started as an accident, but worked out in the long run. :lol:

This is what I did the third time around. I thought she would provide backup.. But she just died within 5 seconds. Which gave me a headstart to run my ass off

The first time I used my horse as a monster truck to reach the top. But I fell and died

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:32 am

I was only like a level 6 mage using lightning.
However, I had the option to level up so when I ran out of mana I leveled up for a refilled mana bar. I think I still had to quaff a mana potion or two. I forget.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:08 pm

<-- i see more than you

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:15 am

The first time I used my horse as a monster truck to reach the top. But I fell and died

OMG, the horses are like f-ing Jeeps.

I always save when my horse is tippy-hoofing around narrow rock ledges because we've fallen and died many times.