I am getting a Playstation Three for christmas.

Also I am getting Oblivion with it.

From what I've seen this game looks legendary!


I am willing to play this game alot and I want a character that will be very good and powerful overall. This means I dont want one whcih is good for 'beginners' I want a class that is good when u have mastered it.

What would you say the best / most powerful overall melee race is. I dont want to pick a race which is poor for melee. lol.

Any suggestions guys?!

depends what you want, I started off as a Nord of knight class and was very skilled with the sword. Now I'm a High Elf, great with magic although weak to it as well, choosing the Mage as a birthsign and chose archer class. Archers pwne especially when you can zoom and sneak attack. Just depends though.

If you want to use a variety of weapons, redguard is the way to go. Orcs for axes. Nords for sword. Imperial can work for sword as well, but a Nord is a bit better. If you want a bit of a challenge, use light armor, as heavy makes damage taking easier in the earlier parts of the game (also slows your movement a bit). I use only a sword, and no shield. I use the sword to block attacks.

Lucky you on the PS3 for christmas I might get one in the late spring if i save up the money.

Best melee race? probably dark elf, breton (if you don't focus on magick) and argonian (if you are more of the defenseless-and-therefore-uses-fists kind of thief)

Dark elves are decent for a mix of melee and archery too. Get that bit of fire res also.

The best melee race is most certainly the Orc. But being a Nord is a alot better son.

Nord - Melee

Breton - Magic

That's basically all I ever do on this game. I had a good time as a Woof Elf once though.

Yeah, I like the woodelf as a swordsmen assassin for some reason. I wish they were taller though. I dont know the Argonian or Kajhit races very well, as I prefer human type races.

Anyways the best melee race is either dark elf or Nord, since multiple ppl say Nord the best melee race should be Nord

best melee race?


Altmer of course

every race can get 100 to all stats and skills but Altmer have the highest Magicka in the game so they're better overall and even if you go for pure combat you'll probably end up using a few spells every now and then even if it's just a low cost healing spell after every fight, so the Atronach Birthsign should help as well by almost nullifying the weakness and pwning half of all magic using enemies while refilling your own Magicka

yeah but we are talking about melee only!

I just looked it up, there are a few races that give you +5 bonus with hand to hand
but only khajiit gives you +10

but for Melee you arent jsut looking at Hand-to-Hand skill surely. you have to factor in defensive skills and strength etc...

and ultimately what you are left with is Nords and Orcs. they are the strongest and most hardy of all the races.

i think you are thinking to narrow mindedly on what Melee is. Melee is close combat, and that includes wielding weapons...and also shields.

yeah true, forgot that >.<

Orcs have better skill bonuses, but Reguards have better attribute bonuses. I'd go with a Redguard if I was to make a warrior.

I have an Altmer who is capable of fighting better than most Nords and Orcs with shields, bladed weapons, blunt weapons and his bare hands

quote TheSleepingDrummer

I am willing to play this game alot and I want a character that will be very good and powerful overall. This means I dont want one whcih is good for 'beginners' I want a class that is good when u have mastered it.

Why specifically me? besides its spelled PARALYZE (just helping no sarcasme)

Besides any warrior can use certain types of magick, for instance I usually play as a brave warrior type with heavy armor, restoration, alteration and sometimes destruction magick aside. The questioneer, asked for a race that was strong to begin with, not overpowered after a while!

so to have a great start, i'd say Redguard if you want to be skilled with all weapons and have a small begin boost in skills. Orc if you want to be OUTLASTING your enemy, making heavy armor and armorer as skills to focus on. If you choose Nord then you should be a bit in the middle and using some frost destruction magick aside.

that is from the very beginning, after a while all skills and races don't matter anyways since you will be overpowered etc. Altmer are pretty good, but since you listed all those magick things maybe you should be focusing on magick as a mage cause that is what all those skills combined would mean to me. sure it's more powerfull when you combine it, but everyone thinks of a different role when playing as such character.

For a real battle mage you should pick Breton, since they are like imperials but with more use of magicka!
If you want more to be the fighter instead of the alterer, then you should be dark elf.

All above is just general, in the end it doesn't matter, but in the very beginning / at the end of the turtorial, it does matter which race and skills etc, so if you are only gonna play the beginning and want a little melee skill boost THEN you should pick redguard