Modder ‘Cult’ has released an amazing new mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. This mod will overhaul the combat animations of all dragons, making them more challenging and fun to battle.
As the modder noted, the aim of this mod was to make some unreadable attacks more telegraphed. Moreover, it makes some slow attacks a bit faster (like bites and tail attacks). What’s also cool here is that you can now evade the tail attack by jumping.
In short, this mod will make your fights with the dragons feel a lot better. In a way, these combat improvements reminded me of Monster Hunter. So, if you were disappointed by the dragon fights in Skyrim, you should get this mod as soon as possible.
You can download the DCA – Dragon Combat Animations Mod from this link. At the end of the article, you can also find a video for it. This video shows off the new combat animations, so make sure to watch it.
In theory, this mod should be compatible with the high-polygon dragons mod (which also features 16K textures) we shared a while ago. As Cult claimed, the mod is compatible with all the dragon mods that change their stats, skeletons, and abilities.
Speaking of Skyrim, here are some other big fan expansions for it. Wyrmstooth is one of them, adding new quests and dungeons to the game. This other mod brings elements from The Witcher games into Skyrim. Dragon Hall Tavern is a huge 2GB mod that adds quests, new places, an arena, and more. Then there’s Land of Vominhem, Apotheosis and Legacy of the Dragonborn. Don’t forget to also check out this Castlevania-inspired mod. Shumer and the Priest Kings is another DLC-sized expansion mod with over 200 locations, 180+ quests and 8,500 lines of voiced dialogue. Oh, and here is another one that adds the cool Nemesis system from Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor to it. Lastly, we have this mod that adds six new islands to explore.
And that’s not all. Skyrim has other mods that do lots of cool stuff. This Call of Duty Mod adds to the game 12 new fully functional weapons from it. Then we have this mod that adds to the base game over 7000 voiced lines via AI. There is also this mod that brings the voices of Geralt and Ciri from The Witcher 3 to it. Another cool mod is this one that adds destructible objects to the game. You can also download this mod that makes NPCs smarter, enabling dynamic AI and allowing them to seek cover. Oh, and let’s also not forget this mod that adds unlimited dynamic light sources, as well as this mod that introduces a dynamic sanity system. Not only that but this mod adds a dynamic decapitation system. Finally, these mods add Subsurface Scattering, Dynamic Cubemaps, Water Caustics and Parallax Mapping to the game.
Be also sure to check out our Best Skyrim Mods article.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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