YouOnlyGetOneChance Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 My first/main playthrough is battle mage who uses restoration/destruction and a sword in one hand. I used elven armor through most the game and have now used crafted dragon scale armor with one of the dragon priest hoods. I like armor more just because I don't have to have another buff to cast. I did find that as I get up in levels (I'm at 46 now) I switched over to almost entirely resto magic and wards instead of destruction magic since the damage isn't that high and I'm not dual casting for the perk that stuns with destro magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghogiel Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 The running speed and robes are important during lower levels - so that you can simply run away out of danger, and that extra magica, regen and spell cost reduction are always useful.You run away? from what? Nothing can get a melee hit off on you once you get impact and just dual wield thunderbolt or something. It even staggers dragons lol. I'm unconvinced regen is worth it after say level 15 or 20. because.. well I have 100% destruction spell cost reduction< on heavy armor. Everything just dies and can't attack at that point. Elder dragons get minced in 5 seconds and I don't even have to get close to them. Before that I was relying on conjuration to help deal extra damage and to absorb hits.. now it's faster to zap things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spets21 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 My mage play through is an assasin mage conjuration/illusion/sneak i also use enchanting and restoration spellbound sword / or dagger for 15x times 2 depends on armor you wear,so i wear light armors dragon set and DB glove for crit, defense and stamina regen build up as it needs for xx crit even with a bound sword, i rely heavily on my spell calm and muffle when backstabbing enemies and when fighting dragons use a little bit of spell firebolt i have 3 perks invested in destruction just for the flying lizards. in some situation when you get ganked by 4 or 5 enemies or when you get an epic fail sneak conjuration helps especially frost/fire atronachs they also create a great distraction to enemies chasing you when fleeing. it doesent matter really how you play a mage toon as long as your having fun,and never forget to favorite and number your spells just incase things goes horribly wrong much easier than pressing tab all the time.btw im level 56 and enjoying DB quest :D on my next mage playthrough im thinking of going destro/resto/conjuration and just wear robes all naturale for RPG purpose only lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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