Recently finished the Master Destruction spell quest and have been trying to use Blizzard. At this point though it kills me way faster than it does anything else, and I'm wondering if this is working as intended or it's a bug? I'm not talking about the long casting time and getting killed in the process of casting it. Once I cast the Blizzard it damages me like crazy, so much to the point that it's useless for me to cast. I've seen YouTube videos of people casting it and it NOT damaging them but I want to make sure that is correct.



I'm not looking to start a whole thread about why Blizzard isn't Magika cost effective vs other spells, etc. - Just want to see if others out there have their Blizzard spell destroy them or if I'm experiencing a bug. Thanks in advance!

Sounds like a bug, no destruction spell is suppose to hurt the caster. The only spell that is suppose to hurt the caster is firmly in the alteration school (equilibrium).

yea i had that happen to me early in the game with blizzard( was a scroll). once i cast it starts killing me quick and i cannot out run it. only thing i could think was to cast it further away , but it was early in game so i don't know.

Yes, Blizzard kills you. Bethesda isn't a fan of WoW.

All the blizzards I've casted via scroll didn't damage me, just the enemies.

Killed me.
Scroll.

Never touched one again.

I did it with a scroll and it killed me

Blizzard is just mad you're not playing WoW.

I'm guessing it may be tied to the Resistance bug.

Blizzard scroll killed me as well. Not used it since.

this is strange from what ive seen on my version (xbox 360) blizzard is the only aoe spell i have that doesnt kill allys and myself it very possible however that its not the blizzard that is kill you but rather items that are trap inside it while it going items can do damage if thown with enough force. ive once kill a man with a sweetroll by using telekinesis