Ebony Warrior

Ebony Warrior: Champion of Oblivion

Threat Level: 🔴 LETHAL

The ultimate warrior—not a mage, not a stealth assassin, but pure martial excellence. 66% damage reduction stacks multiplicatively on ALL damage sources, making him effectively 3x as tanky as armor alone suggests. Combine this with stagger immunity, block absorption, and 5/s health regeneration, and you face an opponent who simply cannot be burst-damaged. Attrition is mandatory.

The Defining Threat

66% Damage Reduction (Multiplicative): This is the core mechanic that defines the Ebony Warrior fight. Every attack you land deals only 34% of its listed damage. This stacks WITH your armor penetration:

• 50% armor penetration → 50% × 34% = 17% effective damage
• 75% armor penetration → 75% × 34% = 25.5% effective damage
• Even with armor pen, you deal 1/4 to 1/3 normal damage

Stagger Immunity: You cannot interrupt him. Power attacks, bashes, stun effects—none of them break his animations. Waiting for an opening is pointless; they don’t exist.

Fortify Block (35%): His shield blocks 35% more damage than normal, effectively making his armor rating 35% higher for blocking purposes. Combined with 66% reduction, blocking is extremely effective.

5/s Health Regeneration: In a non-mage focused build, you might output 20-30 DPS. His regeneration means you barely outpace his healing. Fights routinely exceed 5+ minutes even with solid damage builds.

Slashing Tier 5 Resistance (45%): Weapon damage is limited. Shock/Fire damage are lower tiers, making elemental enchantments more effective than pure physical slashing.

Counter Strategies

1. Elemental Enchantment Focus (Recommended):
   • Frost/Shock on weapons deal only ~35% reduced damage (vs 45% for slashing)
   • Damage = Base × 0.34 (global reduction) × 0.65 (elemental resistance)
   • Build multi-hit weapons: dual daggers, dual swords with fast attack speed
   • Spread damage across many hits to exceed 5/s regen
   • 20-30 enchantment damage per hit × 3-4 hits/second = 60-120 total DPS, beating his regen
2. Attrition + Positioning Build:
   • Accept the fight will last 5+ minutes
   • Use bow + melee rotation to maintain resource efficiency
   • Heavy armor + shield to survive his 40/s damage output (when hitting)
   • Focus on consistent 15-20 DPS rather than spike damage
   • Use summons to split his attention (he’ll damage summon instead of you)
   • This is a war of attrition; whoever has more resources wins
3. Pure Ranged (Bow) Build:
   • Ranged Tier 4 resistance (30%) is slightly lower than melee
   • Requires 15+ damage per arrow to exceed regeneration
   • Shock arrows more effective than fire
   • Maintain 30+ feet distance to avoid his weapon damage (40/s)
   • Risk: If he closes distance, low armor rating becomes liability
   • Viable but requires high damage output and stamina management
4. Restoration Focus Build (Healing DPS):
   • If you heal 30/s, he heals 5/s, net damage dealt is 25/s to HP
   • Requires focusing restoration magic or high-healing items
   • Converts fight into a mana/stamina vs stamina race
   • Less effective than raw DPS builds but viable for pure caster characters

Critical Mechanics

• 66% Damage Reduction (Multiplicative with armor pen): This is NOT a mistake; it’s THE defining mechanic of this fight
• Stagger Immunity: No crowd control, no interrupts, no windows—he attacks continuously
• 5/s Health Regeneration: At Requiem’s ~20-30 typical DPS, he only loses 15-25 net HP/s
• Frost/Shock Resistance (95%): Elemental resistance is extreme; shock is marginally better than frost but both are heavily resisted
• Standard AR (1290): With armor cap system, this is near-maximum protection; penetration is essential
• Bull Rush (Knock Down): He can knock you down; you cannot knock him down
• Two-Handed Weapon + Two-Handed Skill 100: His damage is +100% from base; expect 40/s effective damage per hit
• Poison/Paralysis Immunity: DoT and crowd control strategies are completely useless

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Basic Stats

Weapon Protection

Resistances

Additional Perks

Shared

• Damage Received from the Player (all sources) is reduced by 66%
• Fortitude - He has a permanent bonus of 40 stamina and 20 carry weight.
• Battle Mage - Casting spells have no penalties, Magicka cost for all spells is reduced by 15%
• Combat Training - Heavy armor power attacks require less stamina to execute, and His heavy gauntlets improve unarmed damage based on material.
• Relentless Onslaught - He can sprint in heavy armor at no stamina penalty. Sprinting in a full set of heavy armor allows him to deflect 80% of all incoming melee damage
• Juggernaut - Armor rating is increased by 10%, weight is reduced by 15%, and incoming stagger effects are reduced by 90%,
• Power of the Combatant Once a day, he can use Power of the Combatant to restore 100 stamina instantly and 25 stamina per second for 30 seconds.

Magic

• Pyromancy 2 - All Fire spells deal 30% more damage.
• Cryomancy 2 - All frost spells deal 30% more damage.
• Recovery - Magicka regenerates 50% faster.
• Stability - All Alteration spells last 50% longer.
• Electromancy 2 - All shock spells deal 30% more damage.
• Extended Binding - He can summon Daedra and Spirits up to five times farther away for 25% less magicka.
• Elemental Binding - His Atronachs are much stronger, and his high-level Thralls are immune to Banishment and Control spells.
• Electrostatic Discharge - - His shock spells damage damage his opponent’s Magicka alongside their Health.
• Deep Freeze Many of - His ice spells can freeze enemies who are susceptible to frost.
• Stabilized Binding - He can bend the barriers between realms, extending the duration of summoned Spirits and Daedra by 50%
• Skill 100 Destruction - Destruction spells do 100% more damage
• Spells with durations last 5 times longer.

Archer

• Eagle Eye He can steady his breathing to aim more precisely with a nocked arrow.
• Power Shot - His shots land with tremendous impact, occasionally staggering foes.[70% chance to stagger targets]
• Ranger - You’ve improved His footwork with light ranged weaponry.
  [Allows running while attacking with light bows and crossbows]
• Stunning Precision - Any successful staggering shot will almost always stun the target.[Staggering hits will also stun the target]
• Marksman AP - 50 points of AP when using a Bow.
• Precise Aim - precise aim reveals weak spots in the enemy’s defenses.[Damage x 1.2 with bow and crossbow attacks]
• OverDraw - Bows do 140% damage.
• Ranged Combat Training Basic ranged training enhances damage with bows and crossbows.
  [Damage x 1.2, -50% weapon weight penalties, ammunition grants armor penetration]
• Marksman’s Focus - Ranged weapons are easier to handle, and aiming precisely seems to slow time. [time slows by 75% while zooming, -25% weapon weight penalties]
• Quick Shot draw and release in a single fluid motion, quickening your rate of fire with all bows.
  [+10 armor penetration, +50% draw speed with bows]
• Piercing Shot - He’s learned to hit the weakest parts of armor, rendering armored foes more vulnerable to ranged weapons.[+10 armor penetration, +50% armor penetration from ammunition]
• Penetrating Shot He can keenly spot the gaps in armor, further increasing armor penetration with ranged weapons.
  [+15 Armor penetration, +100% armor penetration from ammunition]

Sword and Board

• Powerful Strike - His one-handed and unarmed power attacks shatter bone and sinew.[Power attack damage x 1.2]
• Stunning Charge - he expertly utilize His weight and momentum during forward power attacks.[Forward power attacks can knock down]
• Penetrating Strikes - One-handed power attacks are easier to execute, and further penetrate enemy armor.
  [-50% power attack stamina cost, +5 armor penetration]
• Powerful Charge - His sprinting power attack propels him through the air and deals terrifying damage. [Unlocks sprinting power attack, -25% weapon weight penalties]
• Disarming Bash - His precise bashes have a chance to disarm opponents.
  [25% chance with a shield, 6% chance with a weapon.]
• Overpowering Bashes Power bashing with His shield will sometimes knock His opponent over. Wearing heavier gear improves the chance of success.
• Powerful Bashes - Unlocks Power Bashing with a weapon or shield.
  Successful Power Bashes stagger most foes, and cost additional stamina.
• Strong Grip - Blocking with shield or weapon is 40% more effective. His equipped shield can deflect arrows, grants 10% more armor rating, and weighs 75% less
• Elemental Protection - Your raised shield negates 50% of all incoming elemental damage.
• Sword Focus I - Your basic skill with one-handed blades enhances your attacks.
  [+8% attack speed, +7 armor penetration]
• Sword Focus II - Your improving skill with one-handed blades further enhances your attacks.
  [+16% attack speed, +14 armor penetration]
• Sword Focus III - Your masterful skill with one-handed blades further enhances your attacks.
  [+24% attack speed, +21 armor penetration]
• Armsman - One-Handed weapons do 40% more damage.
• Skill level 100 - One-Handed weapons do 50% more damage.
• Experienced Blocking - He can block 50% more damage with weapon or shield. Each successful block restores 12 points of stamina.
• Weapon Mastery - Diligent practice bolsters the damage and ease of His one-handed and unarmed attacks.[Damage x 1.2, -50% weapon weight penalties]
• Improved Blocking - His honed blocking technique mitigates 25% more damage.
• Defensive Stance - Blocking no longer slows him down.
• Flurry II - One-handed and unarmed attacks are 25% faster.
• Storm of Steel - Power attacks deal 25% more damage when dual-wielding one-handed weapons.
• Martial Arts Unarmed power attacks deal 30 more damage and cost 66% less stamina.

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