Skyrim Dragon shouts

[Medivh the Prophet]

When you upgrade one does its cooldown get longer too? seems counter-intuitive to me work to upgrade something to be able to use it less

[Veluren]

The cooldown does get longer, but the spell gets better.

Fus Ro Dah is probably the best example, at level one it has a quick cooldown and a stagger effect, at level three it has a long cooldown but works like a physics gun, allowing you send enemies flying off of cliffsides and the like.

Usage for usefullness is how it works, a lot of the shouts are crazy strong enough to be worth the cooldown (those that aren't usually have short ones), if you want to use the level one, you can just tap them and still belt it out.

[Medivh the Prophet]

i suppose I just use elemental fury a lot cause I dual wield so I need it often but since I double enchanted my sword I can't use it. Have you used slow time? Is it good for combat? I'm lvl 64 with 5 shouts, I just seem to avoid all the ruins with shouts lol.

[Veluren]

Slow time's good, but not at level one

It slows time but affects you too, so just becuase you see an attack coming won't mean you'll be able to dodge it, the higher levels of it do let you move faster than time is slowed. Haven't tried level three yet, I need to hunt down a dragon and remedy that.

[Medivh the Prophet]

Damn I have too many souls I think 30 or so

[Deleted]

You can pick which shout you use even if you have all 3.
If you tap it you use the first, weaker with less CD version.
If you hold it slightly you get the second, slightly strong with a longer CD.
If you hold it until it casts you get the 3rd and final strongest version.

This way you can mix and match depending on your situation. Sometimes using a really powerful version is a waste when you might need it soon (and you don't need the strongest version to start with)

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i suppose I just use elemental fury a lot cause I dual wield so I need it often but since I double enchanted my sword I can't use it. Have you used slow time? Is it good for combat? I'm lvl 64 with 5 shouts, I just seem to avoid all the ruins with shouts lol.

Just a tip:

Use a shout in a city. Sometime when you are in a city you will get a mail from a courier with a message telling you where to find walls. This will work in multiple cities and sometimes multiple times.

[inux94]

You can also get shouts by talking to the main guy up in high htrothgar, he will point you to a place where you can learn a new shout

[Medivh the Prophet]

Always with whirlwind sprint lol I just need to actually go where he tells me...

[Deleted]

You can also get shouts by talking to the main guy up in high htrothgar, he will point you to a place where you can learn a new shout

he doesnt for me, they're just mad i kill parthunax

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