The Best Race To Role-Play A Battlemage? : V

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:37 am

If you guys could help me real quick, I'm trying to figure out what the best race for battlemage would be. I'm thinkin' Altmer but I'd like some other opinions too. Any help is appreciated.

» Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:22 pm

Any race you want. "Best" race from a statistical standpoint is unknown, because we don't know what the racial bonuses will be.

My choice would be Breton. Orc would be interesting too.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:27 am

I like the Altmer as Battlemages and Spellswords, but Bretons were more optimized for the role in previous games IMO. Still, can't be sure about how they might change racial bonuses in Skyrim.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:57 am

I definitely think a Breton would be the best choice at this point, especially since we don't know the race bonuses yet.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:14 pm

In Oblivion?

Female Orc. Seriously.

In Skyrim?

:shrug:

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:23 am

Well Redguards, Bosmers, Argonian, and Khajiit aren't your typical Battlemages.

Battlemages are typically warrior races given magic skills or magic races given combat skills.

Dunmer and Imperials are very even and can make perfect Battlemages.

But I find Orsimer and Bretons to be better suited to the loadout.

Ofcourse Altmer and Nords work just as well.

It's your choice, I personally go with Bretons because of their magical resistances.

» Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:27 pm

Well Redguards, Bosmers, Argonian, and Khajiit aren't your typical Battlemages.

Battlemages are typically warrior races given magic skills or magic races given combat skills.

Dunmer and Imperials are very even and can make perfect Battlemages.

But I find Orsimer and Bretons to be better suited to the loadout.

Ofcourse Altmer and Nords work just as well.

It's your choice, I personally go with Bretons because of their magical resistances.

This. ^

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:10 am

Altmer.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:55 am

Probably a Dunmer. In OB they're good with swords and magic, which makes them more of a spellsword, but in SK, they will probably be good with 1-handed, which will include maces and axes, so they will be like the battlemage class.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:47 am

Well Redguards, Bosmers, Argonian, and Khajiit aren't your typical Battlemages.

Battlemages are typically warrior races given magic skills or magic races given combat skills.

Dunmer and Imperials are very even and can make perfect Battlemages.

But I find Orsimer and Bretons to be better suited to the loadout.

Ofcourse Altmer and Nords work just as well.

It's your choice, I personally go with Bretons because of their magical resistances.

I agree with this, except for the Nord part. I could never get my Nord characters to have any decent amount of Magicka.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:10 am

In previous games, whenever I wanted to role play as any class of fighter-mage hybrid, I would normally select Nord or Dunmer, as they both could make good hybrid classes, Nord more toward the fighter part and Dunmer more toward the mage class.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:26 am

Breton, Dunmer or Altmer imo.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:20 am

Hands down Dark Elves. Actualy, since they are balanced you can make a Dunmer just about anything.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:36 am

Any race can be battlemages, but some might be slightly better suited. We don't know much about the races yet, but I would guess that the Breton and Altmer would have the best startingpoint.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:37 am

My favorite is Breton.
Male, bald.
Heavy armor, no helmet, and a very big mace.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:06 am

Screw batlemage spellsword better

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:29 pm

I don't know about Skyrim, but in previous games I would have used a Breton for that. Magic skills seemed to be more difficult to raise in the previous games, and weapon skills shot up like a rocket. Also if you're in trouble in a fight, you could fireball your way out of danger.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:48 am

Breton

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:07 am

In Oblivion?

Female Orc. Seriously.

In Skyrim?

:shrug:

This. Hands down.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:10 pm

No altmer, they're frail and weak. Better go with a breton or dunmer.
But ofcourse, the races will be changed in skyrim, so who knows? Maybe argonians will be the perfect battlemages this time.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:41 am

There is no best race for battlemages if you're just interested in role-playing and not actual in-game stats.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:24 am

To be honest, if you knew what to do in Oblivion you could make any character a good Battlemage. Some might have had starting bonuses but eventually they would all be even.
With the removal of attributes, it will be easier to make any race a battlemage, unless of course they revamp racial bonuses and such, which I think they will do, as Todd said he wanted every race to play differently.

For now I'd say, go for Bretons or Dunmer.

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:21 am

Breton
High Elf > Oblivion
Argonian

» Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:38 am

I use Breton. But instead of Melee weapons with magic I use a Bow.

So I guess that classes as something else