At Level 4, I dual-casted that Fire Destruction magic on it with a few perks, including the one that makes dual-casting do extra damage. Went backwards while doing it so that it could not hit me. The Troll can catch up to me, but always stops to swing its arm while I continue backwards, so it misses.

Took close to (but not quite) half its health when I ran out of magika. I avoided the Troll but stayed close. Soon enough it focused on Lydia, my housecarl. She falls quickly but buys me a few seconds. I equipped the Axe of Whiterun and some vanilla poison, then went melee on the creature`s exposed back. A couple solid hits paired with Lydia's blows took it down.

At Level 5 I just killed a second one with the same strategy, minus the poison, plus a Shout.

Took a handful of failed tries on each one, though.

At Level 4, I dual-casted that Fire Destruction magic on it with a few perks, including the one that makes dual-casting do extra damage. Went backwards while doing it so that it could not hit me. The Troll can catch up to me, but always stops to swing its arm while I continue backwards, so it misses.

Took close to (but not quite) half its health when I ran out of magika. I avoided the Troll but stayed close. Soon enough it focused on Lydia, my housecarl. She falls quickly but buys me a few seconds. I equipped the Axe of Whiterun and some vanilla poison, then went melee on the creature's exposed back. A couple solid hits paired with Lydia's blows took it down.

At Level 5 I just killed a second one with the same strategy, minus the poison, plus a Shout.

Took a handful of failed tries on each one, though.

At Level 4, I dual-casted that Fire Destruction magic on it with a few perks, including the one that makes dual-casting do extra damage. Went backwards while doing it so that it could not hit me. The Troll can catch up to me, but always stops to swing its arm while I continue backwards, so it misses.

Took close to (but not quite) half its health when I ran out of magika. I avoided the Troll but stayed close. Soon enough it focused on Lydia, my housecarl. She falls quickly but buys me a few seconds. I equipped the Axe of Whiterun and went melee on the creature`s exposed back.

At Level 5 I just killed a second one with the same strategy, plus a Shout.

Took a handful of failed tries on each one, though.

At Level 4, I dual-casted that Fire Destruction magic on it with a few perks, including the one that makes dual-casting do extra damage. Went backwards while doing it so that it could not hit me. The Troll can catch up to me, but always stops to swing its arm while I continue backwards, so it misses.

Took close to (but not quite) half its health when I ran out of magika. I avoided the Troll but stayed close. Soon enough it focused on Lydia, my housecarl. She falls quickly but buys me a few seconds. I equipped the Axe of Whiterun and some vanilla poison, then went melee on the creature`s exposed back. A couple solid hits paired with Lydia's blows took it down.

At Level 5 I just killed a second one with the same strategy, minus the poison, plus a Shout.

Took a handful of failed tries on each one, though.