
Even if you don't plan to mod Skyrim much, this mod should be in your load order. This mod fixes thousands of bugs that range from small inconsistencies to game-breaking issues. The Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch is downright mandatory for any modded playthrough. This can cause some bugs that range from hysterical to game-breaking. Skyrim is a large game filled with hundreds of unique NPCs, quests, and scripts working in unison. As ever, mod at your own risk! You can also see what happens when a player downloaded over 100 mods to turn Skyrim into Sekiro if you’re curious to find out.We're going to cheat with this entry and list multiple must-have stability mods. With the mod in play, an enemy’s posture being broken triggers a “rec circle” in the centre of their body, flagging their vulnerability – at which point you can strike, dealing the Shinobi finisher.įor full information on how the mod works, and to grab it for yourself, head to Nexus Mods here.

Check out the clip above to get an idea of this in action.īest of all, the modder’s incorporated Sekiro’s distinctive ‘Shinobi execution’ feature, so you can finish off draugr, daedra, and dragons alike Wolf-style. Along with other updates, such as ‘perilous attacks’, a bash system, rapid parrying, resurrection, assassinations, and more, the open-world game’s combat really does seem transformed into a system very evocative of Sekiro’s. Like Sekiro, it seems the mod’s vitality regeneration and posture systems are intertwined – that is, the recovery rate of posture will correlate to how jammy your health bar is. However, nail some sweet blocks and you’ll save your health. There’s parrying, both against arrows and melee attacks, which depletes your posture (and you’ll be knocked out if it hits zero).

To avoid this, in comes Sekiro’s defence system.

These cause your Dovahkiin to become vulnerable if their posture maxes out, and “unconditionally stagger” if a foe’s attack lands. The mod changes a whole bunch of mechanics to achieve this – for example, swapping Skyrim’s stamina for Sekiro’s posture, and adding a ‘poise’ system. Some Skyrim mods, however, take this tinkering another, impressive step further, such as a new combat overhaul that essentially turns it into Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.Ĭreator InpaSkyrim describes their new ‘Inpa Sekiro Combat’ mod as “hardcore”, with it offering a complete rework of TESV’s combat system to make it far more like FromSoftware’s 2019 action-adventure game. Despite being one of the best and most beloved RPG games of all time, Skyrim has seen a lot of mods aimed at overhauling its combat in its near-decade out on PC, with players looking to add extra depth or new spins to the base game’s battling.
