Personally, one of the most satisfying feelings in Skyrim is watching enemies take each other out due to Fury. Controllers typically travel with companions, as they do a lot of the dirty work and mop up the last enemy after the rest have run away or killed each other. If its best friend is closest, your enemy will turn around and start smacking that friend.

Fury causes things to start fighting everything it sees.

A friend of mine used Fear in caves to make all of his enemies run to the back, where he'd then use. It causes your enemy to just stand there and essentially ignore you.

Calm is best used in situations where you're outnumbered and need to improve the odds.

There are basically four branches - Calm, Fear, Fury and Courage. The Controller uses all four. Hopefully some great magic mods come out for Skyrim: Special Edition that grant a longer duration for mage armor. You could also use a fire staff.Īs far as other skill trees go, Alteration for mage armor makes the most sense, although I personally find it annoying to constantly re-cast it. But that doesn't prevent you from wielding a fire-enchanted dagger or bow for when you run out of magicka.

Fire-Enchanted Weapon: You're a mage, so you (theoretically) aren't the strongest person in the world.

It also explodes when killed- an 'Up Yours' move towards your enemies.

Conjuration: Flame Atronach conjures a fireball-shooting, ninja-kicking, floating being made of fire to fight for you.

Fire Rune allows you to set traps that explode when enemies walk over them.

Destruction: Flame Cloak wraps you in flames, burning any enemies that get close.

Here are a few core components of this build:

This makes sense, considering you're in the coldest part of Tamriel. Rather than having to wait for a sunny day to burn bugs with a magnifying glass, you can just shoot fire out of your hands.įire is great in this game because not many enemies resist it. Skyrim gives you several opportunities to burn down your enemies. When I was a kid, we used to call one friend of mine a pyro. My personal favorites are #2 and #3, but I'm a weirdo. That's why I put together a few different mage builds to try. I found that by specializing, you give the game much more replayability and you'll probably have more fun. But over time I realized it wasn't how I really wanted to play, so I re-rolled. The very first character I build in Skyrim was going to be a generalist. And no - just because you're roleplaying doesn't mean you need to speak like you just stepped out of Medieval Times. This allows you to focus on just a few schools and roleplay more.

You invest points in every single school and enchanting, making you a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none. The way I see it, there are two main ways to play mages in Skyrim: because you are going to play as a mage, right?

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