The Spellsword

[BrettM]

With enough enchanting, alchemy, and smithing, you can enhance just about any armor in the game to be above the armor level cap. Even leather armor is as strong as the best heavy armor at that point, since any rating above the cap doesn't have any practical benefit. Light armor is perfectly fine even without going to extremes, though, and it definitely makes it easier to be stealthy when running in with your spells blazing and sword swinging is not the best idea.