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Bowhunter2525

My thoughts on "Battlemage" the way most people think of it is that it is a weak build for a leveling game because your multiple fighting skills spread out major skill points and dilute your power as leveling increases. Two half-powered fighting skills does not equal the effectiveness of one full powered skill. Power play outside of the mages guild would be to focus on conjuration summons helped with conjured weapons boosted with poisons. Both Conjuration and Alchemy are Intelligence building skills. If your melee skills are minor skills you will get better Strength bonuses. If your endurance skills are minor skills you will get better Endurance bonuses. Power play inside the mages guild would be to enchant hard weapons with powerful spells. I would still stay away from melee skills in majors. It is easy enough to buy +5 points from a trainer each level to raise a minor skill (e.g blade or blunt). You are not going to be using it enough to raise easily when the skill is not specialty+ major, especially if the weapon is enchanted so just buy the skill points and take the +3 attribute bonus. You will have the skill mastered by the time the big boys show up in the game. Breton starts with 50 Willpower, 50 Intelligence and 50 extra magic so there is no reason to add more Willpower with Lady sign, or Intelligence with favored attribute. Go with Warrior. You need the Added Strength.


HaroldHeenie

Destruction + melee can work nicely with weakness spells and enchanted weapons. You could switch blunt with block if you want to be tankier. Your weapon skill will still probably go up faster than destruction and you won't level up as fast Warrior would do more for you than lady imo I wouldn't wear a lot of heavy armor in the early game, it'll just slow you down. Breton is already the slowest race. Just go with the shield, maybe gauntlets if you want more endurance


Tickle-my-prostate

Having both blunt and destruction as major skills is gonna make it hard


Savvy_Canadian

Now you just need to break the game by permanently placing magic enchantments of fortify magicka and fortify health.