M'rissi's Combat Prowess (ESL)
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #4 of 117 Followers & Companions mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
TLDR: Improves M'rissi's competence as a follower, mostly through her book quest rewards, making her useful but not overpowered, since the original capabilities were underwhelming.
M'rissi originally only has the Light Foot perk to avoid traps. The rewards for the book quest are for the most part underwhelming, and this mod is a solution to this, so she becomes a very competent, yet not overpowered follower. The following was added:
Default Abilities
- []Her damage with bows scales with Archery more strongly: every skill point in Archery boosts her damage by an extra 0. 3%
- []She shoots with bows and crossbows +30% faster
- []She stagger targets with bows 30% of the time
- []Her power attacks with daggers only have a 30% chance of critically hitting
- []+50 Health bonus to match what all other followers in Skyrim have by default
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[]+10% faster movement
1º Batch of Books
- []Mixed Unit Tactics: Originally, it made all light armor weight nothing. Now, light shields also will weight nothing.
- []The Rear Guard: Originally increased armor rating of Light Armor by 10%. Now it increases by 30%, and she can resist 30% more damage when blocking, and when at half health or less, resist 20% of all incoming physical damage, as long as she is wearing no heavy armor.
- []Ahzirr Traajijazeri: Originally, it gives her a 5% chance of avoiding 99% of physical damage. Now, following the 'dirty fight' theme from the book, it also enables her to randomly do 30% more damage with any attack with and inflict 100% more stagger (10% chance per attack). Additionally, she has a 25% chance of resisting stagger from attacks.
2º Batch of Bo
oks
[]Cherim's Heart: Originally increases damage with one-hand
This ESL patch boosts M'rissi's combat effectiveness by improving book rewards, making her skills and gear match her boasts without becoming overpowered. It's compatible with visual replacers since it doesn't touch her directly. A lightweight tweak for players who want a stronger follower.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 5,568 endorsements and 144k downloads.
- Balanced power boost—makes her viable without breaking the game.
- ESL flag means it won't eat your plugin limit.
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects book rewards, so if you've already played through, you might not see the full effect.
- Tied to M'rissi's mod—if you don't use her, this is useless.
- Compatibility with other mods that alter M'rissi's stats could conflict.
For Skyrim players who love M'rissi as a follower but found her underpowered in combat. If you want a lore-friendly boost without making her a god, this is for you. Skip if you don't use M'rissi or prefer gameplay overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have M'rissi's mod installed first, as this patch relies on it.
- Since it's ESL, you can safely add it mid-playthrough without breaking saves.
- If you use other M'rissi overhauls, load this one after them to ensure the book rewards apply.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- szaumoor -- based on KreaQ wonderful mod
- Version
- 1.0.6
- Downloads
- 144,458
- Endorsements
- 5,568
- Category
- Followers & Companions
- Created
- 8/18/2022
- Updated
- 3/10/2024
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