IS there an easy way to kill Umbra?? (spoilers)

[Indianasmith]

First time I played thru the game, I went after Umbra when I was at level 10 and got lucky. I couldn't HOPE to stand up to her in a straight up fight, but when I ran away after doing a sneak attack she turned back for her lair and I caught her at the end of a long passageway with an arrow right at the edge of my range. She couldn't seem me, but started pacing back and forth at the end of the passage,and I just kept peppering her with arrows until, 75 arrows later, I was able to finish her off with a Lesser Staff of Lightning.
So here I am, a level 10 Khajit, and I REALLY want the Umbra sword because I use lots of enchanted weapons and am about 45 points away from being skilled enough in Conujuration (? I think) to Soultrap. I have the Claymore of Pain and an enchanted Dwemer longsword, plus a Staff of Fire (40 points damage per Hit) and all I have done so far is make her mad. I have got her walking away down the same passage I caught her in before, but she won't start pacing at the end for me to use her for a pincushion again. IS THERE an easier way to take this gal down, or should I abandon my fantasies of owning Umbra for now?

[Mr. Arrow]

if your a khajit you have good acrobatics right?
if you can't roll and dive yet then just find something high to jump up on. shoot down at her untill she's dead.

[Indianasmith]

Originally Posted by Mr. Arrow

if your a khajit you have good acrobatics right?
if you can't roll and dive yet then just find something high to jump up on. shoot down at her untill she's dead.

Tried that. There is one broken off column that might do, but it's pretty tall and she was already chasing me. If I could land on it and stay put, I MIGHT have a chance. That gal is one tough cookie, though!!!!

[Anarchy Nooblet]

well i went in there and choped her pretty head off with ease but i did it at a higher lvl so if i were you i would try to sneak past her onto the broken pilliar and use that claymore to do long distince but effective attack while she just try to attack you but cant reach you

[Indianasmith]

Kind of. I got up to level 13, with enough agility, jumped onto the column, and put a bunch of arrows into her . . . 11 glass, 1 Dwarven and 8 Elven to be precise (that I was able to recover, there may have been more!). And that's with a +15 damage Frost Bow! She is one tough kill at the lower levels. But now I've got Umbra, AND her cool Ebony armor!

[Fratila Iulian]

I did it at level 29, with journeyman skill in sneak and marksman. I used a daedridc bow, which i enchanted to do 20 pints of shock damage, and glass arrows. i entered the room in sneak mode and moved across that balcony above until i spotted her. fired the first arrow in sneak mode, 3x damage. she didn't see me and she ran to a corner of the room, behind her, hiding behind a column. i moved another few steps across the balcony, in sneak mode of course, until she was in my sight. i fired another arrow in sneak mode and again she didn't saw me. 7 arrows later she was dead and not even knew what hit her. from what i understood, in the quest there should have been some talking to her, but who needs it? as soon as i took everything from her body the quest updated telling me to bring the sword back to clavicus. yeah, right!

[Skiboarder]

two words: Apostheosis Staff. A couple shots of that killed Umbra with extreme ease. I ALWAYS turn to that weapon when i am in a real tight situation and it always pulls through.

[reaperthegrim]

well, you have the right strategy, but try to conjure up a scamp or a skeleton or SOMETHING to distract or attack here while she chases you, but yeah, run backwards while pelting here with arrows, go for the head, I think they give more damage for that

[cyrodillsruler2]

the most absolutely easiest way to do it is to go to rendiers staffs(spelling) and buy the staff apethiosis(spelling) it has fire, shock, and frost damage kills her in like 2 hits, high or loww level

[Dredd Pirate]

Hmm....I killed umbra at level 12....First attack was 3x damage, but the rest I just jumped around and shot her lots of times. Not too hard, really. Maybe you should try drawing your bow back all the way.

[zan11dar]

I prefer to kill Umbra with magic. The last time I played I was 8th lvl and
I ran over to Skingrad and bought the 3 fire spells that are targeted. Umbra
dies pretty fast when you hit her with 80 pts of fire damage.

[XArchAngelX]

right...so she got the best sword right? but i thought deadric armor is better then ebony? so is she just worth killing for the sword? and where is she?(detailed)

[Siberys]

@XArchAngelX, please SEARCH for these answers, as each question you ask is within the search function of this forum or within the walkthrough for oblivion on nearly any walkthrough website.

[Danih]

OMG! You think you are something, huh, I killed her at lvl 4(nord warrior).
Want to know how? Well in the main quest "Path of Dawn" when the guy teleport to some place, you have to kill every1 to get to book that you have to give to Martin, 1 of th Dawnguys (a female in this case) got a staff that has 42 uses or something like that with a damage health spell, i used all the charges on Umbra, and 1 Petty Soulgem to recharge it, only 1 use left after all the shots have hitted and she's dead, so it's pretty easy to kill her.

(I was behind the brazier(spelling?) when i shot at her)

[fable]

Originally Posted by Danih

OMG! You think you are something, huh, I killed her at lvl 4(nord warrior).

In case you missed it, no one here is interested in bragging except you. The poster who started the thread wanted to find an easier way. The replies have focused on suggestions that have worked for others. Please watch the attitude.