Skyrim Battles - The Ebony Warrior vs. Miraak - Boss Fight at the Summit of Apocrypha

What happens if the Ebony Warrior faces Miraak? Not much, because the Ebony Warrior is highly superior and crushes Miraak with no effort at all, as he has in a previous episode, and many other videos on YouTube.
However, what if we take the Ebony Warrior to Apocrypha, with Miraak's boss mechanics, and Kruziikrel and Relonikiv helping him? Normally, they just circle around the platform and don't join the battle, until Miraak absorbs their souls to regenerate. For this video, I made them ignore their passive state, and fight the Ebony Warrior instead. Sahrotaar also attacks both Miraak and the Ebony Warrior, making for a much more interesting battle.
Note that, as opposed to what the Wiki says, Kruziikrel and Relonikiv cannot spawn as high as level 50 because they have a level modifier that makes them spawn as weak dragons (unless you spawn copies via the console). Sahrotaar on the other hand is a true Serpentine Dragon.

I also fixed the bug that makes Miraak unable to regenerate his health after each phase so he would get stuck in the ethereal state forever, especially at higher levels.

I removed Miraak's Cyclone Shout for this fight, because his elemental breath shouts are way more effective, plus they have a much faster cooldown. The recording you see in this episode is one of the best attempts Miraak has managed, and he still didn't even get close to winning. I have seen the Ebony Warrior finish him with no problems many times, even without ever using his healing spell or potions, and often at almost full health.
Miraak can only put some pressure on him by spamming his shouts for some damage and guaranteed stagger, attacking rapidly (especially while the Ebony Warrior doesn't have his shield equipped), and getting enough help from his dragons. Even with this combination, the Ebony Warrior had not lost once during the many hours I have spent on this battle.

Overall, this episode was one of the most difficult and frustrating videos I have ever made. It truly followed Murphy's Law. Scripted fights are already complicated to deal with in custom battles, but this one was a nightmare, and I'm not planning on doing more formats like that in the near future.

Music:
'Goliath' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
Video link:    • 'Goliath' [Epic Orchestral CC-BY] - S...  

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