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Feb 01, 2017 Enchantments for followers (self.skyrim) submitted 2 years ago by Griezz As I'm looking over the list of enchantments that the UESP Wiki says Skyrim followers will actually use, I'm struck at how, for the most part, the 'best' enchantments are really the.
Just use the trade option with them, and give them the better equipment. Example, Lydia is equipped with steel armor with no helmet as a default, so if you give her any helmet, she'll automatically equip it, and if you give her any armor better than plate (dwarven, orcish, steel plate, etc) she'll automatically equip and use that instead of her basic steel armor (you can't improve her basic steel armor, but anything you give her and any starting equipment she allows you to take, can be improved). She'll also automatically equip the best weapon she's holding, so giving her better weapons is good, too. This will work with any follower, including mages (unfortunately, while mages will use the best staff you give them, they don't seem to equip any better robes than they start with, although some will wear armor if you give them some). Try to pay attention to the gear they currently have on them.and upgrade to better gear of the same type. All housecarls use heavy armor, sheild, one-handed and bow. All caster types use cloth (all though you cant give them cloth chest piece), enchanted weapons, staffs, rings and necklace.
J'Zargo, of the college of winterhold, will use heavy armor while casting spells.If you have the game manual, there is a section on followers and their respective gear they use.To Rusolehti, She is a caster by trade that uses light armor and one-handed.including staffs. Don't bother with a sheild for her as she will unequip it once she gets in casting range.She tends to go for chain lightning/ice spike in one hand and raise dead in the other.once in melee range, she will sometimes switch to a staff or one-handed weapon.But, as you said, she will not use bows/crossbows. I stopped using followers after realizing I wasn't perking fast enough with their aide. But now that I'm a free agent I'm arming some of my followers with hand-me-down equipment.
My Windhelm follower, Calder, now wears a steel helmut and good long blade. Erik the Slayer needed a major improvement after I hired him. I actually traded my first heavy steel armor - sans gauntlets and helmut. Giving him the unique Nord weapons might good, but those are my personal souvenirs. The Winterhold mages are too risky for me, because if they die on my missions I'll be expelled.
Sure, the fine is small now, but I like those characters. I've already lost Ormund because I just ran away during a dragon attack. Wish I could bring him back.:-(.