So it was right after the new age began after the great server fire. I had the same idea about stats and possibly legacy choices that on paper might have been okay but overall were terrible compared to high elves/dark elves. Perma sneak is huge for certain legacies, having a metal vuln with none of the benefit is terrible(i.e. swiftstrike/sneak/faerie fire/intelligence), and to a certain degree - gear.
Can't use any of the dark-elf/high-elf only gear. The amount of effort you have to put in to make it work you're better off going human, duergar, giant, or elf race.
So even with imperial offense/defense, swords, flourintine, I would get completely dominated by Knacnar or other sword specs because I either wasn't smart enough, dexy enough to evade, or geared enough to compete.
If I can remember what the name was through pk wins by Knacnar (since it happened often) i'll try to see if there is a pbf so I can remember which legacies I took.