The Alinor Archer’s are a small group of elite warriors hailing from the capital of the Summerset Isles. Forced underground by the Aldmeri Dominion the Archer’s have chosen to scatter throughout Tamriel with the intent to secure powerful artefacts and undermine the Dominion’s plans wherever possible.

Race: Altmer Female

Stat Spread: 0 Magicka / 1 Health / 1 Stamina until stamina reaches 200, after that all health.

Stone: Mage > Lord

Blessing: All Divines (see mod section below)

Perked Skills: Archery, Conjuration, Enchanting, Light Armor

Weapons: Bound Bow (dual one-handed weapons during the early levels as back up)

Armor (modded): Silver and Moonstone Circlet, Mystic Elven Armor, Gauntlets and Boots.

Armor (vanilla): Elven Armor full set

Horse: Frost

Shout: Slow-Time

The Alinor Archer is all about getting the most out of one of the most potent weapons in the game. The Archery skill tree is one of the best and by combining the enhancements from Enchanting, the DPS from the Bound Bow is mind-blowing.

The Archer herself is unafraid of battle, dealing damage at high speed equally well from long and short-range, always moving and strafing like an elegant dance of death. Even seemingly slowing down time itself due to her rapid, fluid movement. The Alinor Archer would never resort to sneaking or poison, she prefers her enemies to see her coming and feel her righteous rage as she sends them to meet the gods.

The Lord stone and the effect of Ancient Knowledge help to offset the relatively weak Elven armor set and the fact that there is no smithing. Light Armor will level very slowly so I recommend training it with Grelka in Riften.

 

 

Extras

While the Alinor Archer doesn’t have any special moves or powers (her skill with the bow is her power), there are a couple of things you can do to further enhance her abilities, although not required by any means, you may find them useful if you want to take your playthrough to a higher level.

• Fortify Alteration Potions increase both the duration and the slowdown effect of the Slow-Time shout.
• Becoming a vampire and taking the Necromage perk will increase the power of the Fortify Archery enchantments on your gear, increasing damage output even further.
• Making Enchanting Legendary after you enchant your final set of armor frees up 8 perk points which, in my own playthrough, I spent as follows: 2 more in Agile Defender, Apprentice and Adept Conjuration, Summoner 1/2, Atromancy, Elemental Potency and Twin Souls.