Ultimate Combat SE
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #16 of 30 Combat mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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I ported with aers. Thanks to aers.
I'm looking for people to help with AE support for below SKSE Plugins.
https://github.com/tktk11/InsertAttackData64
https://github.com/tktk11/UltimateCombat64Plugins
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Requirements
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Skyrim 1. 5. 97
SKSE 2. 0. 17
SkyUI 5. 2SE
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- Add Special Attacks
Add a lot of new attack animation. It is a unique feature of this mod.
Continuous attacks, dash attacks, a wide range of rotation attacks and more various attacks.
Some special attack cannot stagger during attacking.
Number of new attacks added:
Draugr and skeleton 6
Dragon Priest 5
Dwarf Centurion 5
-Extension of vanilla AI
-Extension of vanilla AI
Diverse behaviors is compatible with light load by extending havok and scripted AI.
Enemy NPC is fatal wound, surrounding friends run up to protect an ally. If it is a sorcerer try to recover health.
Applied race:human, draugr, dragon priest, skeleton, ash spawn, dwarven centurion, falmer, giant, frost giant.
-Great Spell
High level wizards use long chanting spell than normal one.
It is a wide range recovery magic, a penetrating spell or a wide range paralyzed spell.
-Improvement of playability
Improve boring and troublesome parts.
+ Significantly reduce speed and frequency of NPC's super reaction to long range attack (so-called Ninja Dodge).
+ Reduce turning speed and tracking performance of all NPCs.
+ Invalidation of killmove received by players.
+ Delete disarm shout from draugr
+ Change force shout specification. Player staggers instead of blowing away.
It can be toggled in MCM
- Poise (Stagger Resistance)
This mod adopts a new stagger system from 3. 0.
The poise is accumulated by poise damage value, and it gets stagger when it exceeds a certain value. Poise value recover to its maximum value when get a stagger. Every time an enemy staggers, poise value of max gradually increases.
It is aimed at preventing too many staggers between players and en
Ultimate Combat SE is a combat overhaul for Skyrim Special Edition that aims to make combat more action-oriented and enjoyable rather than punishingly difficult. It introduces varied enemy behaviors, including dash attacks and continuous attacks, to create a more dynamic and engaging combat experience. With over 34,000 endorsements and 2.1 million downloads, it's a highly popular choice for players seeking a more fluid and exciting combat system.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community trust with 34,728 endorsements and 2.1 million downloads — this is a proven mod.
- Designed for fun over frustration, so you can enjoy flashy combat without getting wrecked by every bandit.
- Enemy AI variety (dash attacks, combos) keeps fights from feeling samey.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in January 2020 — might have compatibility issues with the latest Skyrim SE patches or other combat mods.
- No mention of patches for popular mods like Ordinator or Wildcat — you may need to sort out compatibility yourself.
For Skyrim players who want a more action-packed, arcade-like combat experience without the brutal difficulty of realism overhauls. If you're tired of enemies just standing there and want them to actually move and attack with flair, this is for you. Skip if you're looking for a hardcore, realistic combat simulation — this mod prioritizes fun over challenge.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to load this mod after other combat mods to avoid conflicts, and check the mod page for any compatibility patches if you use popular overhauls.
- If you're using a mod manager like Vortex or MO2, let it handle the file placement — it's a simple drop-in mod.
- Start a new game or load a save before combat to ensure the mod's scripts initialize properly.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- tktk
- Version
- 3.5
- Downloads
- 2,106,253
- Endorsements
- 34,728
- Category
- Combat
- Created
- 5/12/2018
- Updated
- 1/26/2020
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