what is everyone's favorite spell. Whether its a single spell or combined.

i have only got the flame and spark ones. does the job so far at level 9

I like the Ice one.. I forget what it's called exactly. But it's the second level ice one, that shoots a glacier. It sends people flying backwards (so does the lightning one and fire one, but, it looks cooler when a spiky glacier makes it happen), and those fucking glaciers stick out of their corpses like arrows. It's awesome.

My sword, I click the button and it kills people.

they did an amazing job with the spells. even just the light source ones. have a hovering light is pretty sweet.

The more spells I get the cooler the game gets. I also just found azuras star. It was broken but I fixed it. Bound sword and bound axe spells are cool but I'm thinking of specializing in astronach.

Frostbite

Everytime I see this game played it looks like it"s all about the melee, is magic user a viable way of spec-ing your character?

@Mikemcn: i believe it is. spells seem much stronger and cooler than oblivion's.

@Mikemcn: Spells are waaaaay more viable in this game than past Elder Scrolls games. I'm actually disappointed now that I'm mostly melee because the new spells look so awesome.

I like the dual-wielding Bound Sword spell.

@Sorasha: I'm having the same experience. I've never been much interested in mage characters in these games and suddenly I'm wishing I'd rolled a different character. I'll stick with the rogue I've built, but damn the magic is tempting.

Fear has saved my ass a bunch during boss fights. I also adore the flame spell.

Flames from both hands turns you into a human flame thrower. I love it.

Double lighting, in my dark robes, like the emperor and sheeeit

I've been using a Frostbite/sword combo fro most of the game. However, my favorite thing to do is use the first shout you get. There's nothing more satisfying then screaming a bear of the side of a mountain. Or knocking all the silverwear and food off a table while someone is eating.

I like summoning zombie thralls to fight for me.

if anyone can help me with this, i am not sure how to combine spells. I have lightning on one hand and fire on the other, how does one create the firebolt?

Thank you in advance

I think you can only combine the same spell. To do so you need the perk in the relevenent magic tree which allows for "overcharging" spells. That lets you combine them into a more potent effect. However I believe it is just things like fire+fire = overcharged fire. I Don't think you can merge lightning and fire into a new spell.

@Za3r0 said:

@Mikemcn: i believe it is. spells seem much stronger and cooler than oblivion's.

@Sorasha said:

@Mikemcn: Spells are waaaaay more viable in this game than past Elder Scrolls games. I'm actually disappointed now that I'm mostly melee because the new spells look so awesome.

Ok, cool, ive played melee characters in Morrowind and Oblivion, and kinda am tired of it, i'll try and focus on magic when I get the game.

Has anyone mess with the necro stuff? I want to try it, but not sure how good the progression will be.

chain lightning because it doesnt need to be aimed so specifically like some of the other spells. you just shoot it in the direction of the enemies and it usually magnetises to them. best shout for me is the slow time one

Still sticking with fire, just because it's a goddamn flamethrower instead of measly fireballs. Can't wait to get into resurrection, though. Zombie horses shall fight for my name!

Magelight and candlelight, too handy.
 
Edit: oh! And ressurect ofcourse, so I can ressurect escort npc's who die and behead them myself.

Haven't gotten many spells yet. Just the simple ice, electric, and fire ones. Think I picked up a book on raise dead, but haven't learned it yet.

Anywho, ice+electricity is a neat combo. Slows em down a bit while you're blasting em.

I've played for two days straight. I'm about to hit level 17. I got a shock spell that bounce off of the enemy to other nearby enemies (chain lightning I believe). Combine that with a summoned astronach and a companion and a fireball and you're unstoppable. If you think magic is too weak in this game, think again.

Any raise dead spell. It's not really the most effective use of magic but it's just so damn cool.

I just finished a quest where

i have this one that creates a flaming wolf that explodes after 30 seconds... it's pretty epic