Skyrim: The Best Mage build (Spell Class Setup)

What’s up guys my name is iso and welcome to the channel in this video i’m going to be showing you the blood tank mage one of the best ways to play a tanky pure mage in skyrim and it’s probably one of the most reliable mage builds out there it also

Encourages quite a unique play style it’s a new way to play the game so you veteran players will enjoy this too the build is also flexible you can easily turn it into a battle mage or a vampire if you wish it’s your character so the choice is up to you using this setup

Allows you to keep up an onslaught of high cost spells to deal tons of damage and heal yourself reliably too it will turn you into an absolute monster before i start telling you about the build i just want to make something very clear the title of the build says best mage

Build if you are a player that wants to be overpowered and kill everyone easily i recommend you follow my guide in the description that shows you how to get unlimited magicka but the build i’m showing you today uses a more balanced style of play to keep an element of

Challenge in the game so first let me explain the backstory of the build for those of you who like role playing and so you understand a bit about the character you’re a wise breton magician called vladimir you’ve spent many years reading the books and scouring high rock’s many

Libraries in order to learn how to become a powerful wizard you have the knowledge of the greater spells but not the power to wield them the magicka does not flow through you you’ve lived your life in the shadow of other breton mages who have such a gift

One winter night in the darkest hours of dusk a creature of the night approached you she spoke of powers beyond life she offered you life after death young and frustrated by your weakness you accepted her gift however your body rejected the vampire’s bite with a strength of seven

Men it created a genetic mutation in your blood that seemed to merge with your magicka the next time you tried to cast a spell energy rushed forth from your body you felt so alive but the feeling lasted but an instant then your nose began to bleed and you tasted blood in your mouth

You now have the power to wield even the most powerful spells but the power came at the cost of your very being your life source the blood that ran through your body you soon learned to wield this strange form of blood magic with your newfound ability you left high

Rock in search of more knowledge and power it was the eye of magnus that called you to skyrim now let’s talk about the skills you will of course need the spell equilibrium you can get this spell during the mage guild quest line check out the description for

A guide on how to obtain it casting the spell converts 25 health into 25 magicka per second that’s the bread and butter spell of this build what makes this build so powerful is the fact that you can dual wield both equilibrium and an effective restoration spell like like closed wounds and as you

Can see in the video it’s possible to restore both health and magicka at the same time this pretty much gives you unlimited resources to make this possible you will need to invest in the restoration skill tree you will need the extra healing perk and you will need to level up to a depth

Restoration which reduces the magicka cost of healing spells also i recommend that you get the recovery perk for extra magicka regeneration this will also allow you to get the avoid death perk this perk is quite good because it stops you from accidentally killing yourself while using equilibrium you don’t actually

Need this perk but it’s safer to have it just in case you mess up you might also like to get the respite perk so your restoration spells regenerate both your health and your stamina too this is really useful but not a priority make sure you also get the novice

Alteration perk this will reduce the cost of your equilibrium spell so where is our damage coming from to use this build effectively i recommend playing as a pure mage that means no swords or bows we’re going to be using destruction magic spells for damage you can either use fire ice or lightning

Spells to defeat your enemies it’s up to you but i recommend you specialize in one i’m going to use lightning spells because they do the most damage on hit and they look awesome as for perk investment obviously invest in your chosen school of magic that you want to

Use and then level up your destruction to get the expert level destruction perk dual casting spells is useful for increased damage and impact staggers the enemy the impact perk is extremely overpowered it makes playing on master difficulty very easy these last two are of course optional though so invest in

What you think you need until you have enough perks to get them all you can of course use other schools of magic if you like like illusion but this build is mainly about the raw power of the blood mage as for stat investment i suggest you put two points in health for

Every one point in magicka stamina can just be neglected it’s not really useful to us at all because we won’t be blocking or power attacking for the armor that you’ll be wearing there’s a choice one requires that you use the enchanting skill and the other one does

Not you can use robes or armor it’s easier if you use armor but it’s more challenging if you use robes if you have the enchanting skill tree i recommend that you enchant your armor with fortify and regenerate health enchantments and fortified destruction enchantments like mine on the video you can copy how i

Have enchanted my armor if you like or you can just make up your own combination of enchantments remember health is your most important stat you depend on that one stat more than anything for both your defensive and offensive needs i’ve already made a guide on how to find the fortified

Destruction in charman that can be found in the description of the video but the fortify health and health regeneration enchantments can’t be found in a fixed location so you will need to search for them one of the best places to go is in solitude then go to the radiant raymond shop just here

This shop has the best enchanted robes rings and necklaces to buy starting at level 16. you can buy the jewelry with the enchantment here and then disenchant it to learn the enchantment for yourself so you can enchant your armor with it if you can’t be bothered to train your

Enchanting skill that’s fine you can use robes instead but it will be a little bit more difficult because you’ll have less armor robes either use the arch mages robes or the vampire armor for added protection and if you have the dragonborn dlc you can use one of the free dragon priests

Masks these masks increase your resistance to shock fire or frost by 50 and they also increase the power of your shock frost or fire spells by 25 percent i have a guide on how you can get all three in the description if you don’t have the dlc however i recommend using

The dragon priest mask morocco you can find a link on how to get it in the description the mask increases your magica regeneration by 100 use use the best gauntlets and boots and jewelry that you can find preferably with the enchantments i mentioned before as for your choice of standing stones

The atronach stone is your best choice it increases your magicka by 50 points and gives you 50 spell absorption however it decreases your magicka regeneration by 50 but that doesn’t really matter because we rely on our health to regenerate our magicka so it still complements our build perfectly

As a side note it’s worth mentioning that it’s optional to play this tanky blood mage as a vampire you will find that as a vampire you don’t regenerate magicka or stamina in the sun but by using this build you can completely counteract that effect making you extremely powerful also another important point the

Difficulty you play on affects the equilibrium spell if you’re playing a master difficulty the equilibrium spell will still give you 25 points of magicka per second but it will take 50 points of health instead of 25 points to cast you can still counteract this with high enough restoration skill but you just

Need to be aware of it using this build is quite simple just dual cast the destruction magic and when you get low on magicka swap to equilibrium and cast it to regenerate your magicka as your health gets low from fighting just swap to a healing spell like closed wounds you will get

Used to the skill rotation and find that you’re never low on resources this build won’t be using shouts but you can if you really want to if you have the dragonborn dlc i recommend you check out my secret power video because you might find some of those powers useful and fun

To use with this mage build now that you’ve completed this sustained resource setup that gives you both damage and survivability you can explore the other schools of magic to personalize your build you might like to check out my other build guide for some more unique ideas anyway i hope you guys enjoyed the

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Questions if you enjoyed this build please leave a like and thanks for watching i’ll see you in the next video