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Battle Mage or pure Mage?
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Titanburner
Premium Member
Depends on how you want to play and what system you're on, if you're looking for a turn based fight then a pure mage is the way to go. Between destruction spells, conjuration, resto, wards etc. etc. your going to be pausing into your favorites...alot..Battle mage is going to be basically the same but a little more fluid. If you're looking for more fluidity i'd go for a Spellsword. Just my 25 cents.
Tacocat
Member
Truth be told, at very high levels, pure Mages that max out Conjuration/Destruction with high levels of Illusion and Sneak can fit literally all niches of physical damage, magical damage, crowd control, and subterfuge.
-Dremora Summons replace your companions. They can act as a tank/distraction while dishing out high physical damage. Not to mention they're easier to place.
-Destruction spells with high friendly fire possibilities work well with this set up; you wont risk killing off your companions as Dremoras can be re-summoned easily. And you won't find them smacking back at you if they live (i.e. Aela shooting arrows at you if you deal enough Fire Storm damage at her)
-Illusion/Sneak to make sure you can just consistently spam Conjurations/Fireballs without even being noticed. Muffle is just amazing.
And Enchanting is your 'it'. With maxed out enchanting you can literally make two schools of magic require no mana to cast.
It comes down to what YOU as a player want to play as though =/. Skyrim is such an enormous game; find a play style you personally would enjoy.
-Dremora Summons replace your companions. They can act as a tank/distraction while dishing out high physical damage. Not to mention they're easier to place.
-Destruction spells with high friendly fire possibilities work well with this set up; you wont risk killing off your companions as Dremoras can be re-summoned easily. And you won't find them smacking back at you if they live (i.e. Aela shooting arrows at you if you deal enough Fire Storm damage at her)
-Illusion/Sneak to make sure you can just consistently spam Conjurations/Fireballs without even being noticed. Muffle is just amazing.
And Enchanting is your 'it'. With maxed out enchanting you can literally make two schools of magic require no mana to cast.
It comes down to what YOU as a player want to play as though =/. Skyrim is such an enormous game; find a play style you personally would enjoy.
Jersey Dagmar
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I'm a Battle Mage (or Spellsword) with my character right now and loving it.