Can anyone give me some tips on how to play the witchunter class. I'm trying to play it as strictly to the lore as possible.

I've chosen Breton for my race because I feel their magic bonuses help.... but I'm not really sure what spells to take.

From Uesp on Morrowind Witchhunter class:

May help some.

Oddly, the class seems to have changed quite a bit between Morrowind and Oblivion. The Oblivion version has Athletics and Destruction, but not Light Armor or any melee weapon skill. Obviously, the Oblivion version is expected to use the bow for ranged combat, and touch spells or summons for close encounters.

OK so it is quite easy. You use bow with posions while you sneak a lot. Use life detect to help you find your foe. Your destruction magic is mostly used to give your bow "weakness poison" enchantment. When enemy survive you summon your pet to fight him while use high end mysticism spells for deffense.

But you will face problem - fast leveling. Mysticims if used like that (life detect especially) will level very VERY fast and Alchemy do as well. So i would suggest to enchant some apparel with detect life. And use Alchemy only for poison making.

That Athletics will come in handy as these puny mages tend to run when low health. (try poison that damage speed - quite effective)

I have played this class before.... it is very powerfull. Stick to it and you will find a very good way of playing it yourself and your experience grow.

Thanks for the replies. So should i summon a bow? And what creature would you guys recommend for a summon?