I am attempting to do the quest stealing plans in Orotheim, but every time near the start (4th enemy in) I get killed by this enemy wielding an enchanted 2 handed weapon and getting destroyed every time. From what i can see its a magika damage weapon. At the moment I am at level 21 and I am in full Dwarven armor with sheild (improved to exquisite(armor rating of 242)) and using the Mace of Molag Bal.

The guy is a beast, I even used a frost spell against him got him pretty low before he got to me but still managed to kill me in a few swings, due to the fact I was low in magika (using a paladin type build atm) and the weapon he uses.

Any tips or strat to use would be appreciated.

Thanks

well i guess i went the cheap way, i took down the dificulty and killed him, the weapon he had was the Dwarven Warhammer of Depleting which does 40pt magika damage.

With dangerous characters like these, i use a war axe enchanted with fire or ice (depending on the enemy) in my right hand and a sword in the other enchanted with (shock/lightening or whatever depending on the enemy) and sneak until i can rush at him and chop and slash as fast as possible, before he can even get a blow in with his two-handed heavy weapon. Since u are using a shield in your left hand it limits u to one hand for the weapon and so if u also put protected enchantments on your armor instead of just a shield, u will be able to use both hands to dice him up without losing that protection. Tho a one handed weapon may have less hit points by itself than a warhammer for example, by using two weapons of one handed variety makes up for it, especially since u can put different damage elemental or otherwise on them, to double sock it to your enemy. Since u say frost worked on him almost, i would put resist fire on the armor and put a high frost damage enchantment on the war-axe and shock/lightening on the blade. Zap and dice him up before he knows what hit him and u will get to take that tuff weapon he has for yourself! Anyway, that is what works for me to be faster than them, whilst maintaining enuff hitpoints and enchantments against them all at one! Good Luck! Be sure to tell us what weapon u get off him, when he is defeated.

Oh o.k. Joel, i see u have gotten the "Dwarven Warhammer of Depleting which does 40pt magika damage" off of him now, that explains why he was able to kill u the last time, when u were using a strong shield and another hand for magic frost. Congrats on your new weapon by the way!