Current Events > Why the hell is magic in Skyrim so stupid

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Game makes it real annoying to try a mage build, seriously. Level 13 and I've invested everything into Magicka, and STILL run out mid battle. I'm playing modded on the xbone, btw.

Trying to resist that urge to fall back on the ol' stealth archer build by telling myself it'll get better later on.
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Try staves and scrolls. Pure self-generated magic is something you happen upon late game.

Also High Elves start with 50 extra magicka so you done goofed if you picked something else.
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Potions potions potions. Magicka reduction/regen gear.
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So you wanna start as an OP mage?
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Cook some fondue eat a couple of them for 100 extra mp and 25% mp regain each (they stack). Just have to track down ale as moon sugar and the cheese are easier to find.

Eat 10 veggie soups and you can run for the entire time it lasts as your stamina regenerates faster than you use it. Heck one or two gives infinite power attacks or shield bashes.

Food in Skyrim is often over looked.
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Oh yeah I forgot about Elsweyr Fondue. Food is usually a pointless role-playing thing but this stuff is extremely essential for any mage. By far the most OP food and rivals most potions.
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Consumable items and on demand magic bores the piss out of me in ES.
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I hate how the flamethrower magic becomes useless almost immediately >_> That 1 spell is so much fun. The only decent attack spells are the fireball ones which aren't as fun
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Ordinator + Apocalypse mods make magic so much better

That charged spell that shoots a giant ice blast through walls and freezes anyone who walks in it is amazing crowd control. In fact, ice magic in general is amazing, as long as the opponent doesn't resist.

WhinyZach posted...

Conjuration is OP.

I like doing the Winterhold college stuff because you can go right into the archmage's room and nick his Ice Atronach staff.
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Shotgunnova posted...

That charged spell that shoots a giant ice blast through walls and freezes anyone who walks in it is amazing crowd control. In fact, ice magic in general is amazing, as long as the opponent doesn't resist.

WhinyZach posted...

Conjuration is OP.

I like doing the Winterhold college stuff because you can go right into the archmage's room and nick his Ice Atronach staff.

You can also make your own in the midden or make a storm atronach staff even. The college has some nice benefits, but a poor quest line imo sadly.
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Get the mod for better standing stones and pick the mage stone at the beginning part. Gives you 100 extra magical and magicka regenerates %50 faster. You also learn all magic skills faster.

I also hope you have a spell scaling mod on, otherwise most spells start to feel useless as you level up
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Yeah, you can make your own in the Midden, but it's not super great finding all the ingredients. Worth if you need free storm atronachs, though. Which you always do.
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treewojima posted...

Ordinator + Apocalypse mods make magic so much better

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Wear clothes that boost your magicka.

Yeah, if you're playing a mage in modded Skyrim and you don't have Apocalypse, gotta correct that asap.

Phenderix Magic is a good supplement, and both mods work well together (put Apo below Phen in your LO, with both at or near the top). Phen is less creative and more utilitarian than Apo, but it's a low file size and is still very useful.
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Don't worry. Unless you're sticking to a specific build, eventually it turns into stealth archer. Then again everything does after a while.
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NeonOctopus posted...

I hate how the flamethrower magic becomes useless almost immediately >_> That 1 spell is so much fun. The only decent attack spells are the fireball ones which aren't as fun

If you're playing modded, either Apocalypse or Phenderix corrects this with higher-tier cone spells.
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prince_leo posted...

treewojima posted...

Ordinator + Apocalypse mods make magic so much better

I honestly can't play Skyrim without these at this point, it's just so much better
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DarthAragorn posted...

prince_leo posted...

treewojima posted...

Ordinator + Apocalypse mods make magic so much better

I honestly can't play Skyrim without these at this point, it's just so much better

Yeah I have these installed. I also have a mod which adds an Iron Atronach. As for spell scaling, is there one for the Xbox?

I'm still rolling with the basic gear you grab in the beginning. (Well, I got the robes you get for choosing the Necromancer beginning in Alternate Start. Rocking that Novice Hood, tho. Also, FUCK BLACKREACH)

And yeah, didn't pick High Elf. Went with Breton for that freebie conjure familiar. Doing a Conjuration, Restoration, and Destruction build, then gonna branch out into the other magic schools.
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Use the Restoration/Enchanting loop to create a robe with more MP than you will ever use.
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Foppe posted...

Use the Restoration/Enchanting loop to create a robe with more MP than you will ever use.

Wait, Beth never fixed that? I remember using that on the PS3 version.
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It worked months after launch, dont know if they have patched it since then.
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I must apologize as I was wrong about Elsweyr Fondue sadly it does not stack. I just assumed itdidbecause vegetable soup did. I am very sorry for posting false information.
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The resto pot enchant bug still works as of last month on xbone
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The biggest problem is that mages are weak as fuck mid way through the game.
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Is it just me, or is that dual cast overcharge perk kinda useless in the early game? Sure it's powerful, but I'm losing a lot of magicka casting spells.
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Veggeta_MAX posted...

The biggest problem is that mages are weak as fuck mid way through the game.

True, but thankfully the dlc and creation club have helped out with that a bit with ahzidal's ring of arcana and the new arcane accessories spells.

The rings fire spell can do huge damage when perked/used correctly, and some of the new spells are very strong compared to the vanilla spells.
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