Gear: Gloves of the Pugilist (to disenchant), Ebony Mail

Minor Skills: One-handed, Destruction, Enchanting Stone: The Warrior at first, to keep Heavy Armor well advanced then switch to the Atronach or the Lord Race: Orc (for Berserker Rage and nice initial boost to Heavy Armor and other relevant skills), Khajiit (for the Claws boost to unarmed damage), or Argonian (for Histskin and minor unarmed damage boost) are probably the best choices, but a case could also be made for Imperial (Voice of the Emperor allows you to focus on who you want, when you want) or pretty much any race.

The result is the pit fighter вЂ“ an unarmed, heavy armor specialist who can set his own armor ablaze to burn his foes, call upon the power of Boethiah's Ebony Mail for even more passive damage, and still swing an axe into someone's face when he gets tired of punching throats all day. It occurred to me that there was potential for some nice synergy with an unarmed heavy fighter, and so I started thinking about other ways to deal close-quarters damage without weapons. But looking at it more closely, Reflect Blows seems pretty cool (even if you are taking the damage yourself as well as bouncing it back to your enemy), and then I looked back down at Fists of Steel. There are a lot of what appear to be 'wasted' perks in that tree, especially to a character who plans on using weapons. The idea for this build came from my initial disappointment with the Heavy Armor perk tree. For him, weapons are secondary to a good defense вЂ“ and in most cases, they are not needed at all. He has been trained in some basic close-quarters fire spells for the entertainment of the crowd as well as some extra damage. Whereas other warriors seek to do as much damage as possible as quickly as possible, the pit fighter is a creature bred to take punishment. Armor for them is simply protection.ДЄ pit fighter has spent years in the arenas and fighting pits that dot Tamriel.

Most warriors spend years training with their weapons, aspiring to become masters of the sword, axe, or bow.

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