so change the textures ? <| sep |> RIGGED . Minty Maniacs clearly deserved the win . <| sep |> Shouts are weak when you have high cooldown . They become quite powerful when you get closer and closer to 0 cooldown . Slow time is really powerful , but I bet a 2 H with volendrung , ebony blade , or rueful axe slow time , elemental fury and marked for death can kill a dragon faster and safer than an expert destro mage . Shouts might not be enough on their own , since the direct attack shouts fire , force , frost are weak , but they offer quite good support for your mundane skills . Kyne ' s peace can give you better restoration than restoration skill couple hundred hp , stamina , magicka for each shoutPredator ' s might gives you 300 HP and stamina buff . The HP part is on par with Transmute Muscles , but that does not give stamina buff . Elemental Fury is superior to shadow shield when only comparing attack speed bonus . Slow time is obivously insanely powerful . Only master alteration or expert LA can keep up with that . Storm Call does not give a lot of DPS , but it affects a whole area , one shout and everything dies . Marked for Death is mostly useful because of the Armor reduction , which you can ' t compare with magic , but it is quite powerful when you play a warrior . Aura whisper blows detect life out of the water , only detect aura comes close to its functionality , which is a master spell . Become Ethereal Again another spell which can only be replicated by a master level spell . Unrelenting Force Replicated by an Expert spell sort of , shout can be unlocked much sooner . Sadly , magic and shouts dont really mix well . Which is why I never really finished the main quest , right until I made my first warrior . However the defensive boni from shouts is even more impressive Drain vitality is a nasty shout , can kill most midlevel characters alone , but you meditate on fus , and unlock the perk and it becomes four times weaker . Fireball or frostball shouts the enemy dragons make can also either instantly kill you , or seriously maim you if you don ' t have high resistances . Again , take that perk and BOOM , you take half as much dmg . Whirlwind sprint Best traveling spell , after teleport II , which is a master level spell . Then there is tounge ' s trace You can shout twice in succession once a day , which is nice if your CD is still high . Can give you a slow time marked for death combo , which turns dragon priest killing into a cakewalk . UpdateMy previous character was expert at alteration , expert at illusion , adept at restoration , yet still relied more on shouts because they were more powerful . Reason for that is that I worked towards that low CD . Think shouts as new skill to be leveled up .