Who is the best wizard in Skyrim in Skyrim in your opinions?

the one on Solstheim who can fly

colette marence

Obviously it's Tolfdir. He's basically the Elder Scrolls equivalent of Dumbledore! How could he be worse than any of these wizards?

can he fly..?
the guy on Solstheim can fly...

Neloth is King. Anyone who says otherwise is a Super N'wah.

Most likely.

And why am I thinking of Tarhiel (that is the Bosmer that fell to his death using his Scrolls of Icarian Flight, right?) when you say "guy on Solstheim that can fly"?

because he was meant as a reference to him

http://uesp.net/wiki/Dragonborn:Wizard

+1

That fact that he doesn't appreciate me, make me love him that much more.

No J'zargo? Disgraceful.

But he dies every time. Tolfdir doesn't die when he casts spells of flight.

Yep

thats because Tolfdir doesn't cast spells of flight...

I'm not on this list, while the 4 blasphemous traitors are?! What shenanigans is this?

Well, I did conduct an NPC battle with Neloth and Miraak. Miraak won...

And it makes sense. If Neloth could kill Miraak, he would've just gone to Apocrytha and done it! No Solstheim crisis...

BUT according to the stories, Vahlok beat Miraak when he rebelled against the dragons

Azhidal he was very likely the last one "alive" who knew at least some forms of Dwemer magic.

As well as

"The seven natures of metal from the Dwemer and ancient runes and dawn magic from the Ayleids. He learned all that the Snow Elves, Chimer and Altmer knew, waiting for the chance to get revenge on those who destroyed his home."

I don't know exactly how old Neloth is but I doubt he knows dawn magic nor Snow Elven magic.

Although Miraak has been sitting in Apocrypha for Millennia and if there's one place your likely able to still learn Falmeri and Dwemeri magic it's there. Hermaeus probably has a ton of tomes on Dawn magic hidden away somewhere as well

I don't think Miraak really qualifies for best wizard. He's a Dragonborn Battle-mageish. He combines his magic with shouts and melee.

He's the strongest out of everyone on this poll without doubt easily. (game-play and lore-wise) The only thing that can beat him one-on-one is Karstaag and the Ebony Warrior.

But was he the most powerful wizard?

Well, most of those aren't in Skyrim, since Solstheim is a part of Morrowind of that list, I'd say Neloth. With age comes wisdom, right?

I probably wouldn't call the dragon priests wizards, since they primarily seem to use staves. Tolfdir's a nice guy, but he doesn't seem to know much beyond his mastery of Alteration. Aren clearly isn't that great of a mage ...

So yeah, Neloth.

Clearly the Telvanni wizard and personal friend of Otheral, Neloth.

The Psijic monks. They could fry Neloth to a crisp just by thinking about it.

Wait, Colonel picked a Dunmer over the other Nords in the poll?

Are you alright?

Anyway, my vote goes to the Dragon Priests. Ahzidal was a master enchanter (among other things). Hevnoraak was a master necromancer. Morokei somehow obtained the Staff of Magnus. Nahkriin built a portal to Sovngarde. Et cetera, et cetera . . .

True. Plus, Azhidal is one of the few who have a unique spell. After fighting him I wondered how he was using a fire breath like spell, but apparently it's a spell specific to him. I'm tempted to enable it through console commands but it's quite OP (175 damage with his mask and augmented flames)

But if we aren't counting DPriests then I guess Neloth it is.

Side note: Miraak uses fire bolt, an apprentice spell. How underwhelming.

Well, it is a poll on wizards

edit: Although reading the points from others has me wondering on the priests. But I'll stick with Neloth because he's Neloth, lol.

I never saw him cast that much magic.. I mean, does using Hermaeus Mora's power to control people count as magic? He shouts, sure, and he is powerful. But he's not really a mage anymore than anyone else who can use the Thu'um is.

Well, Thu'um is a form of magic, just not your Mages Guild traditional magic.