New Creature Animation - Giant
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #131 of 201 Animation mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
2. 51 Added an interesting heavy attack that allows giants to knock away enemies who are constantly blocking. This heavy attack is slow and easy to dodge, but it can hit anyone in front, bringing that unique Skyrim-style randomness.
I found it absolutely hilarious during my own playthrough, because the giant would mess up and send random passersby flying like a baseball. That’s exactly the kind of feeling you get the first time you step into Skyrim and watch a giant launch your character into the air.
2. 5 New Mechanic: Giants now switch to throwing rocks when you're out of reach. On icy terrain, they'll chuck ice chunks instead! This adds immersion to ranged kiting, making the giants feel smarter and more aware.
2. 5 Preview:
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The ice throwing shown in the 2. 0 trailer has been adjusted: it now only occurs on snowy or icy terrain.
2. 0 supports Precision;
With precision, you can now use your height to dodge some of the giant's attacks.
adds new actions, enhances original actions, and includes more variants.
Nemesis Patch: Allows giants to aim and throw. Without installing the Nemesis patch, giants will not turn to aim.
Old Version：
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This mod replaces the vanilla giant's basic smash and slap attacks with new, more varied attack animations. It's a simple, focused animation overhaul for Skyrim giants, popular with over 3,500 endorsements and 1.5 million downloads. If you're tired of the same old giant moves, this adds some visual variety to combat.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust: 3,504 endorsements and 1.5 million downloads show this mod is widely used and appreciated.
- Directly improves giant combat feel—no more repetitive smash-slap, you get fresh moves that make fights more interesting.
- Lightweight and focused: it only touches giant animations, so it's less likely to conflict with other mods.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated August 2026, but no compatibility notes for the latest Skyrim version or other animation mods.
- Only affects giants, so if you wanted new animations for other creatures, this won't help.
For Skyrim players who want to spice up giant encounters without overhauling the whole game. If you're a modder or just someone who loves combat variety, this is a quick win. Skip if you're looking for broader animation changes or if you don't fight giants often.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's an animation mod, make sure you have a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install it properly and avoid overwriting other animation mods.
- Check if you have other giant animation mods installed—they might conflict, so load order matters.
- Test it on a giant encounter early to see if the animations work as expected; if not, check for compatibility patches.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- TongDing
- Version
- 2.535
- Downloads
- 1,482,005
- Endorsements
- 3,504
- Category
- Animation
- Created
- 1/23/2023
- Updated
- 8/1/2026
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