Use Atronach stone and whirlwind sprint.

Everytime I see Skyrim battle stories it almost always involves someone getting owned by a mage.

Those two things I suggested will benefit you greatly if you suffer from mages.

I guess the atronach stone does give you 50% spell absorption, which is nice if you are a warrior. I cannot see using it over the Lord Stone, which I think is 25% spell resistance plus 50 points of armor (which also assists against spells).

I just think the Lord Stone is better for a warrior, plus its benefits are not limited to magic - the armor protects against everything.

And I agree totally on the whirlwind sprint - getting into hand to hand range quickly really helps with wizards

Atronach stone + spellbreaker and elemental block perk, and you'll regen HPs with shield up and fill your manapool should you need it.

Don't need whirlwind sprint if you don't lose HPs. ,)

Winsauce?

Eh, My normal playstyle is light armor, one handed sword nord warrior with conjuration bliviongate: in the other hand (on expert) seems to do fine.

Become Ethereal shout is all I need. See mage -> Fade -> Go for close combat while he mindlessly shoot spells at me -> 1 or 2 Powerattacks = Win.

For magic resistance chose Breton as your race.

I prefer to use the Elemental Fury shout. it slices and dices mages in half the time.

TES games is just about finding the correct combination for unbeatable uberness... when this puzzle is solved, it becomes a matter of exploring the rich world.

The perk system is really cool, as it gives a whole new venue for us old minmaxxers to abuse in our quest for absolute power.


Besides OP; warriors are gimped. Join the dark side and kill elder dwagons with one stab.

I NEVER get pwned by Mages. I'm a Nord Warrior with a sword, shield and heavy armour. Those damned mages can tickle me with their magic spells all they want, they're still gonna' get my sword through their gut :chaos:

Lmfao, never! I shall ever give into smithing either :whistling:....again -cough- Lol. Na more than anything i get alittle bored with pure warrior, atleast with conjuration i can enjoy the beauty of the remodels of the deadra, seeing I never really see them anywhere else... :cryvaultboy:

Correct me if I'm wrong but biggest problem tends to ice spells. The slowdown factor. It is what annoys my battlemage, but I have an easy enough time countering it.

Conjuration counters this well as you can summon a frost atronach who hits the poor little mage with his own ice spike, his whole arm.

Resistance to magic, absorb magic, resist frost all do nicely. Playing as a nord you automatically get the resist frost.



I would fight the Imperials, but I took a sword to the chest.

What's wrong using the basic shout Unrelenting Force? It's the first/easiest to get all 3 words for. Personally I just bounce mages off the walls and put the smackdown on them before they get on their feet again.

I think the Block skill has two skills which are useful - Elemental Protection gets you 50% protection and Block Runner allows you to run with shield raised. Though, admittedly, you need a shield, and 70 in blocking for the latter.

Thanks for the info OP......

A little off topic question for everyone on 360. How do you do a mage type character? Switching back and forth from offensive spells to defensive spells. When we only have 2 quick slots that I know of and I use those for healing potions.