How do you kill an ice wraith? : V

» Wed May 30, 2012 7:54 pm

I watched a youtube video where the dude said the only way he killed it was repeatedly swinging a 2H weapon. I tried a staff of shock and casting fire, but it didn't seem to have any effect. I'm a lvl 17 battle/mage.

» Wed May 30, 2012 1:25 pm

sneak attack with a poisoned weapon...

» Wed May 30, 2012 12:51 pm

Hit it a lot. I haven't found them as very difficult opponents. Maybe try some frost resistance?

» Wed May 30, 2012 11:53 am

As a mage i would cast Fire cloak the Kit flames until it died. pretty easy doing it that way. 4 secondsish.

» Wed May 30, 2012 11:15 am

My first character was a fire mage, they were little more than fancy speed bumps.

My current character is a fighter . . . suddenly ice wraiths were much scarier.

I ran away from the first few that showed up, but now I just bash them with my sheild and then bludgeon them into the dirt.

» Wed May 30, 2012 8:40 pm

I watched a youtube video where the dude said the only way he killed it was repeatedly swinging a 2H weapon. I tried a staff of shock and casting fire, but it didn't seem to have any effect. I'm a lvl 17 battle/mage.

Sword: lots of swinging.

» Wed May 30, 2012 6:34 pm

Any weapon with fire enchant , or fire spells if you can use magic

» Wed May 30, 2012 4:06 pm

Try lateral movement to avoid their ice attack

» Wed May 30, 2012 12:41 pm

Hit it! War axe

Cheers

» Thu May 31, 2012 1:19 am

Stab until dead.

» Wed May 30, 2012 5:42 pm

My last character was an archer, found it pretty much impossible untill i got the slowtime perk.

» Wed May 30, 2012 10:29 pm

On my sword and board warrior, I shield bash them and hack them to death. On my mage I just backpedal spamming fireball until it dies.

» Wed May 30, 2012 9:38 pm

Aim for the head.

Also - I don't know, it might be me, but I find I can only injure/kill them with enchanted/bound weapons. Am I wrong?

» Wed May 30, 2012 9:39 pm

I think the problem with taking them down with weapons is that you have to hit them on the head- and when the head's in front of you, you're being bitten/frosted.
Fire works great, but I have killed them with normal arrows (which seem to go through the "tail" without striking).

» Wed May 30, 2012 12:32 pm

My first character was a fire mage, they were little more than fancy speed bumps.

My current character is a fighter . . . suddenly ice wraiths were much scarier.

I ran away from the first few that showed up, but now I just bash them with my sheild and then bludgeon them into the dirt.

Heh, same for me.

Fight a wisp mother with your warrior yet? They are extremely annoying as melee.

» Thu May 31, 2012 12:15 am

Heh, same for me.

Fight a wisp mother with your warrior yet? They are extremely annoying as melee.

They are extremely annoying period.

» Wed May 30, 2012 2:39 pm

Stay out of the ice.

» Wed May 30, 2012 10:51 am

The problem for me is that they seemed to move around a lot and it was hard to hit them. Precision spells like firebolt always missed because they always move and are small and hard to see sometimes. So flames spell or fireball worked pretty well.

» Wed May 30, 2012 1:42 pm

I found them tough until about lvl 19-20 then they drop like flies. They`re easier if you have a flame enchanted weapon though.

» Wed May 30, 2012 3:41 pm

Thanks, all, for your suggestions. I enchanted a steel battle axe with fire, downed a resist frost potion, did the trick. :foodndrink:

» Wed May 30, 2012 1:54 pm

Fos Ro Dah it off a cliff. That's pretty much my goal for everything now.

» Wed May 30, 2012 11:03 am

I use my companion or a summon as a distraction so that I can aim carefully. Little buggers move fast.

» Wed May 30, 2012 2:06 pm

Lightning. If you run into an enemy this will not work for, use more lightning.

» Wed May 30, 2012 4:48 pm

Hit it a lot. I haven't found them as very difficult opponents. Maybe try some frost resistance?

Almost level 30 here and still using my iron sword (only upgraded to Flawless with NO enchantments) i found in Helgen during my escape at the start and...it still works great against any foe! :nod:

» Wed May 30, 2012 1:30 pm

The same way like everything else ,they're no variations about killing things in skyrim.