Love magic skills, fun combinations?

Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:45 am

Almost 900 hours into this game and never really used magic. Rocking a Breton with alteration, restoration, conjuration and enchanting. Few questions, how do wards work exactly? Do they only block magic? I'm using the mage stone, do you recommend a different stone? Are storm atronachs or dremora lords better?
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Emma Parkinson
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:44 am

As for atronachs:

Flame: Deals most raw damage. Exept against those fire resistant or fire immune.

Frost: Best tank, since it is immune to frost.

Storm: Only itself is immune to the shock-type.

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Robyn Howlett
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:31 am

I find it best to use a Storm Atronach and Dremora Lord.

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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:37 am

Wards block any damage, but are particularly useful for dragon breath. Stones, don't use Atronach with conjuration (unless on PC with unofficial fix), Lord is good, as though the armour bonus is small (equivalent to 6% shield spell), your Breton has 50% magic resistance without enchants (and we all need as much magicka cost reduction as possible with multiple schools) or Alteration perks.

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Elisha KIng
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:00 pm

I have a Breton mage/archer. Using the Lord birthsign... I haven't decided yet whether it's a game-breaker or not... but you are pretty powerful in terms of static defense. Will probably trek east someday when she has business at the college and swing by the Ritual Stone and re-acquire that... Nothing sez awesome more than instantly having up to 6 followers to start the beatdown or turn the tide.

A Frenzy Rune would be awesome for illusion/destructo types.

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Prue
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:53 am

Cloak spells + Become ethereal
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Kelly Tomlinson
 
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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:16 pm

I thought wards only block magic.

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Samantha Pattison
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:12 am

Oh I thought Bretons had 25% magic resistance only.
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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:07 pm

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Ward

25% racial and 25% for Lord stone.

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Rude Gurl
 
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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:43 pm

Learn something new everyday, thanks.

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Ella Loapaga
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:09 am

Would you recommend the mage stone, or the lord stone?
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Juliet
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:38 am

The Atronach stone is the best for a Breton because the racial power stacks with the stone power giving you 100% absorption for 60 sec. This makes you immune to Dragon Priests. Plus, you have 50% absorption and 25% resistance just walking around normally, not to mention an extra 50 magicka.

The downside of slower regeneration is very minor if you have regen fortify items or cost reduction.

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tannis
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:51 am

But with the atronach stone aren't my conjuration spells going to fail?
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:28 am


Unless you summon Atronach's or Dremora. Absorbing your own spell svcks.
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Aman Bhattal
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:39 pm

If you're on xbox, they will fail 50% but you don't lose magicka so it's just an inconvenience (at least that's how it works on vanilla PC). If you're on PC and run the unofficial patch, it's fixed.

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Post » Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:48 pm

Paralyze + Calm

Heh heh heh...

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Chase McAbee
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:09 am

Thanks for the help so far. How is illusion for a battlemage?
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His Bella
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:55 am

I usually take the Mage stone for my mages up untill level 20 - 25, then switch to Lord.

Illusion is a great powerful skill for any character type. Only thing is to get the most out of it, you're pretty much gonna have to max out all the perks.

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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:15 am

Some spells require a little patience. Fury can be especially annoying to use at first in a combat situation, while calm is excellent. Fear trumps them all in near-death situations as well.

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Bedford White
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:25 am

So it would be beneficial even if I'm not a sneak character?
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Sierra Ritsuka
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:30 am

Yes. I use it in combat often. I like distractions, and illusion provides just that.

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Tiffany Carter
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:01 am

Would frenzy be useless? Wouldn't they just come after me?
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Gwen
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:14 am

It takes a little practice, but if the AI are in frenzy and closer to each other than you, they'll start fighting, and you can laugh maniacally... or handle another task. I prefer the former, though. :cool:

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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:16 am

Thanks. Any other useful spells for a battle mage?
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Captian Caveman
 
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Post » Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:14 am

'None that come to mind. Just remember to be diverse with magic. That'll make it more powerful than any other weapon in the game.

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