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The spiders will take revenge on you, oh, they will take revenge...

Revan's Wars: Revenge of the Spiders

Life is pain. The concept for my character in Skyrim is a mage who uses one-handed weapons, but since I only have enough mana for two or three decent spells in a row (at level 77, 95% of magic skills below Expert are only good for special effects), and my character gets easily beaten in melee combat, I have to carry a bow, which I leveled up to 100 while trying to find the perfect one-handed weapon to complete my build. Well, what can I do? My lightsaber is like a toothpick against a legendary dragon, and lightning is like half a toothpick. I got tired of dodging and wasting mana on newly learned Draugr, so I yelled at a crocodile while it was sitting there, grabbed my bow, and shot it down in half a minute. And then I complain that I don't have enough perk points for anything. I can't even level up my armor, even though I wear it. If I drop the bow, I'm afraid that any mudcrab will be able to defeat me (I could try summoning a Draugr, grab some popcorn, and pretend to be a bush, which would also help me level up my Sneak skill, which I wasn't afraid to drop, damn it, now I'll have to find perk points for that too, when I level up).
Okay, I'm done ranting, thanks for listening. I need to finish drawing a comic, damn it x(

1. That's why you should always choose pure mages.
2. What else can you expect from a terrible game?

Um, yes, a decent character can have gear for free combat magic by level thirty. By the way, that's exactly why there's no point in increasing a mage's mana beyond 200-300. And a sword can be enchanted with paralysis on hit and something else, so it won't be difficult to survive in melee combat either.

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There are Tchaikovskys and Beethovens of today, instead of composing music, which is what geniuses did in the past, they are building Large Hadron Colliders, and the music industry has been occupied by the street cleaners of the 17th century

Yeah, you can even dominate as a non-pure mage there. It's not difficult to win with any class, really. For my first playthrough, I played as an Argonian mage who only had Destruction magic and Heavy Armor as combat skills. I didn't level up any other schools of magic. But the enemies still went down without much trouble.

I have some awesome gear that reduces magic resistance, but the problem is that I use magic from all schools in battle (summon some creature, cast a buff on myself, cast a couple of lightning spells, turn invisible, and heal). And such gear usually only works for one type of magic. Well, I can one-shot giants with a bow from stealth, starting around level 30. It usually takes me more than two arrows only for dragons, and even then, not all of them. But I want to be able to one-shot everyone. I don't even have light armor upgraded, even though I wear it constantly. Simply because I take everyone down with a single arrow.

Well, summons and buffs are more or less one-time things. But you have to cast lightning spells regularly, and they consume a lot of mana. Besides, you can reduce mana costs for up to two schools of magic, which means you get two free groups of spells right away. Dragons and enemy mages shouldn't pose much of a threat either, considering that enchantments can provide almost 100% resistance to elemental damage.

If you're not wearing magical gear (which is understandable, as the resistances are poor), just forget about pride and use fire arrows instead of other burning spells; you'll be much better off. There's no talk of "special effects"; these are normal spells, and the armor penetration based on level makes them effective. Just make sure to cast them with two hands (switch to single-handed weapons separately). Another option is the school of witchcraft. You can summon various atronachs cheaply and have them accompany you.
Most other schools seem overly complicated, but they can also be used occasionally as a small aid.

Well, summoning turned out to be the best training for me, but leveling up gets tedious pretty quickly. One or two casts are enough for a medium-difficulty battle while I sit in stealth and munch on popcorn. Although, the most boring spells in summoning are precisely the master-level ones. Why would I run around with an atronach or a zombie when I have all sorts of skeletons from Cairn and dreadlords?

Why wear robes when you can wear dragonplate armor that reduces magic costs? There's no reason not to do this, except for aesthetic preferences or a desire for a challenge. But in the first case, you can simply choose a different armor set that you like better.

it's just easier to repeatedly summon and kill him than to download anything

You summon an atronach, you summon a sword, you kill the atronach with the sword. Repeat n times.

Why wear robes when you can wear dragonplate that reduces magic costs? There's no reason not to do this, except for aesthetic reasons or a desire for a challenge. But in the first case, you can just choose a different armor set that you like better.

You can do that, but usually there are more useful enchantments for armor. Although, especially if you have "double enchantment," then yes, it's a viable option.

But I don't like killing my own summoned creatures. And summoning a sword is glitching for me. I vaguely suspect that it's because of the lightsaber mod; otherwise, I don't see anything else that could be causing a conflict.