Skyrim Player Gets Sent Flying to Their Death During Battle With Ancient Dragon

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Dragons in Skryim are a formidable adversary in the game, with the strongest being the Ancient Dragons. One unlucky Skyrim player was tossed to their death while fighting an epic battle with an Ancient Dragon.

Ancient Dragons are the most resilient and oldest dragons found in Skyrim that the Dragonborn can encounter on their journey. They are typically first seen when a Dragonborn is level 35, but can be encountered as early as level 28. They become increasingly more frequent by level 50. The types of dragons begin at low-level dragons, slightly more powerful Blood Dragons, increasingly difficult Elder Dragons, and finally the highest in difficulty, the Ancient Dragons.

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Reddit user Sibernetiq shared a video of their epic fight with an Ancient Dragon in the College of Winterhold. In the clip, Sibernetiq gets very close to the dragon's face in order to continue attacking it bring its health very close to death. They somehow trigger the dragon's kill-cam animation where the creature takes the Dragonborn into its mouth. The dragon then shakes Sibernetiq's Dragonborn and then ends up tossing them to the side, conveniently in the direction of a window through which the Dragonborn falls to their death. The clip ends when the game loads the player back to their last checkpoint.

The animation where a dragon in Skyrim takes the player's Dragonborn into its mouth is usually a killing move, leaning towards the end of the battle and the dragon's victory. It was clearly a funny accident that the dragon ended up throwing the player out the window to seal their fate. The most disappointing thing about this battle is that Sibernetiq got the Ancient Dragon's health down to its