:o Can I paralyze a dragon ? : V - Skyrim

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:21 am

Dragon shouts are your best bet..when it comes to magic against Dragons.....thats for sure ...i think they are immune to paralysis (alchemy / ilusion) related

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:54 am

I have had slow and paralysis poison work on dragons. I've also had a paralysis weapon work. They work about 20% of the time. However, they work for about a second irregardless of how long the effect is supposed to last. The best description is the dragon stalls/stops then goes again. The weapon is the best as you can whack away at the beast and get it to stop for a second every now and then.

That's been my experience too. A sword with paralysis will only affect them briefly but if you keep swinging at them it holds them in place. It's why I don't use the effect anymore. You win every single fight with every single enemy every time. I remember the first time I got Chillrend I thought it was the greatest thing in the world until I realized it essentially broke the game.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:33 am

I do not know how to take video of game play so I can not get "proof" of what I will tell.

Near Angi the Archer's Cabin, there is a Dragon Lair. You can climb to an overlook in sneak mode so you look down onto the Dragon, hidden from view.

using a sneak archery shot, poison included both paralysis and lingering damage, i sneak shot the dragon. It took about half health from it. it tried to start flying and then crashed landed only 2 seconds later. I was able to then stick two more arrows (sneak mode) and finish it off. I do not know if it succumbed to the paralysis effect, but it gave this impression.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:32 am

using a sneak archery shot, poison included both paralysis and lingering damage, i sneak shot the dragon. It took about half health from it. it tried to start flying and then crashed landed only 2 seconds later. I was able to then stick two more arrows (sneak mode) and finish it off. I do not know if it succumbed to the paralysis effect, but it gave this impression.

It probably crashed due to being heavily damaged, not paralysis.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:52 am

I know that Augmented element + impact makes tasty dragon snacks in rather short order... so some effects work

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:10 pm

You can turn dragons to ash with fully upgraded lightning spells (not sure if mentioned here, got halfway through reading thread when I got bored and decided to post). They'll just vaporize and the ash will stay in midair from time to time. You can still get a dragon soul from the ashes, which is rather weird in my mind. But yeah.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:24 pm

Dragonrend = problem solved

Marked for Death level 3 = problem solved as well.

Paralysis doesn't work, spell or potion. master "mass" or expert level both fail.
It would be way easy/(ier) if you could just paralyze a dragon.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:37 am

I do not know how to take video of game play so I can not get "proof" of what I will tell.

Near Angi the Archer's Cabin, there is a Dragon Lair. You can climb to an overlook in sneak mode so you look down onto the Dragon, hidden from view.

using a sneak archery shot, poison included both paralysis and lingering damage, i sneak shot the dragon. It took about half health from it. it tried to start flying and then crashed landed only 2 seconds later. I was able to then stick two more arrows (sneak mode) and finish it off. I do not know if it succumbed to the paralysis effect, but it gave this impression.

After a dragon takes a certain big damage shot or takes too much damage they crash land. So It's an intended scripted event not the paralysis doing It's thing. Example, I snuck up on a dragon sleeping on a tower. Hit him with a dagger x 30 sneak attack for a single shot kill, he popped up in the air, flew a bit, crash landed and died. They just do that stuff sometimes.