Know Your Enemy - Trait-Based Resistances and Weaknesses 8.1.0

A trait system that affects an enemy creature's resistance and vulnerability to magic (fire/frost/impact), physical damage (sword/blunt/axe/arrow), poison, and disease.

tl; dr

Change creatures and armor's resistance and vulnerability to magic and physical damage, increasing combat effectiveness and variety.

There are 21 books found in Skyrim that can unlock additional effects.

Covers all vanilla armor, mage armor spells and enemies except dragons and playable races.

Modularity: Choose only creature modules, armor modules, or both.

Compatible: Install via zEdit patch for maximum compatibility.

Lightweight: Only a few scripts, none of which can be run multiple times.

summary

Know Your Enemy fixes Skyrim's repetitive combat by changing the resistances and sensitivities of different creatures and armor to different types of damage. You'll no longer be able to slaughter your way through Skyrim with just one weapon or spell, but will need to be flexible and adapt your strategy to suit your current enemies.

Here's how it works: Knowing an enemy adds 33 different characteristics that affect how much damage the enemy takes from different types of attacks. Physical attacks are divided into blades, axes, blunt weapons, and bows. Magic attacks can be divided into fire, frost, electric shock, poison and disease. Each creature or piece of armor has a number of traits that stack up to determine its overall resistances and weaknesses.