No glitches, no exploits, one crafting skill. I have yet to fully complete an illusion/sneak build but my level 50 War Mage (Two handed, Conj, resto, heavy armor, block, smithing, alteration) is quite ridiculous. Anyone think Restoration is overpowered?

I'd say a war axe dual wielder. They are weak in the beginning, but end up very strong in the once the One-Handed skill reaches level 70 I guess? And also take destruction or archery to fight from a distance. (Archery is the most OP choice). And use restoration for healing. Most OP thing you can have. With this, you can kill Elder Dragons in 10 secs on Expert.

EDIT: This is the build:
Major skills: One-Handed, Conjuration, Archery/Destruction
Minor Skills: Restoration, Smithing, Heavy Armor

First, spend a perk in novice restoration.
Then put all your perks in the One-Handed skill, except the weapon specialisations.
Whenever you need a higher restoratiom spell, buy the spell reduction perk, and any other good perk.
Then put perks some perks in Archery/Destructiom
At later levels, start using conjuration and put perks in it.

Really? I was thinking of doing this with a Nord. Dual War Axes, Light Armor, smithing, and Archery. Fur Armor until I get Dragon Scale. Kind of like a Travelling Nord

Sounds good, why not?

Except I wouldn't be taking restoration.

Maybe use alchemy? It's going to be a bit hard if you have never tried it before but It's easy once you get used to it. Or try food only.

One-handed is extremely powerful in relation to the two other options. Why? Because magic damage only goes so far without Alchemy, and Bows are much slower than One-handed weapons. Thus, duel-wielding is probably the most powerful build in the game.

Not that I really care about balance, which is good seems as I'm a TES fan.

is there such a thing an an overpowered build? i haven't gotten that far into the game yet.

Yes. Smithing, Alchemy, and Enchanting can make obscenely powerful characters.

Two contenders come to mind.

1. Illusionist/summoner - Dremora lords are very powerful, and assisting them with illusion spells like frenzy and calm makes things even easier. The alteration spell paralyze amps it up even more, where you can simply paralyze the enemy and the dremora lords just hack away unopposed. Dragons are little trouble because you can simply cast the dremora lords near them when they land, or use storm atronachs. Can be either very satisfying or very boring depending on your point of view.

2. 1h+Shield warrior - Probably thinking this is a joke, but i dont think i ever felt quite as invincible as one of these characters. Max armor rating + max block means you will take almost no damage from most enemies. Tougher enemies are made easy by shield bashing and shield charge (Allows you to ragdoll literally hordes of enemies without a problem). Most prefer swords, but i use the mace because of increased staggering which is also another stun-effect at your disposal. Throw in a souce of healing (potions or restoration) and alteration (just for the magic resist/absorb perks) and you will pretty much never die. Throwing in enchanting tips it even further into "god-mode".

And a shield allows you to use Spellbreaker, which is tremendously valuable for fighting dragons and mages.

There's an artifact I've never used. What an excellent weapon for a paladin.

Smithing/enchanting. You can make a daedric sword and armour, upgrade them then put powerful enchantments on them and nearly one shot everything and take very little damage.

Using all crafting skills is not OP. it is only OP when you do the restoration loop.

Well I found that if I focused on sneak and archery I could pretty much one-hit anything.

Who needs a shield when you can KO an elder dragon in 3 or 4 power attacks? And when you have all perks in heavy armor, agent of Mara, and the Lord birthsign?

Agreed. Seems as the OP is asking for the most OP build, (lol) you really can't beat a one-handed build.

IMO the most OP build would be an assassin. Beefing a dagger up to triple digits in damage and getting the x30 sneak attack damage perk. It would make it worse if your gear was enchanted to raise 1-handed damage.

Edit: If you plan on duel-wielding, use a dagger in your right hand since duel-wield swing speed is determined by the weapon in the right hand.

If you're going the with the Sneak route. Play as an Orc, take the perk that allows you to do extra sneak damage, and wear the DB gloves.

That's 60x damage for you. You're welcome.

Don't forget about the Orsimer racial ability. That'll make it even worse even though it's a once a day thing.

That's what gives you the 60x damage.

Can you just imagine how devestating that would be with Illusion? You'd be able to one-shot dragons on Legendary.

Most likely. Haha