
For example, Engarde adds a kind of ‘Samurai’ style to two-handed, along with bespoke attack and movement speeds, and special damage effects to reflect the melee style you have chosen. Plenty of other modders have had a go at freshening up Skyrim’s combat, such as with Mortal Enemies, Attack Commitment, and Ultimate Combat, but Engarde looks to go further by fundamentally transforming three key melee styles: two-handed, dual-wielding, and the ‘sword and board’ approach.

Others, involving stamina, movement speeds, and enemy attacking, create a transformed melee experience, and, best of all, in a compatibility-friendly way. Engarde, by tudoru, offers fresh and complex takes on combat, with completely reconstructed fighting styles depending on weapon choice and a staggering-when-struck effect being just two of the most interesting. Hacking and slashing through Skyrim’s many-shaped foes just got a bit juicier, with a mod that overhauls combat in pursuit of a more balanced, realistic representation of melee action.
