I surprisingly had more fun with this build because most of these aspects with the potions and  the staves really fit my mage play-style perfectly. The telvanni wizard was extremely fun too because of the ash guardian gimmick. I still love them both though. ^^

Back button is "wait," which I personally use a hell of a lot!  Would be a shame if they nixed the wait function, but I do agree that more hotkeys are necessary for us console peasants.  I've thought about getting a Razer Sabertooth controller just for the extra buttons before, but can't justify the $80 right now. :\

Also I totally agree with Snakes, how this thing isn't already in cat 80 is beyond me.  Can't wait for your next build, Adrik!

I was quite intrigued when Nikolaj told me about the aspects of the staff, without him this build would of had gone south with false information.

Adrik, update this with the new tags system.

Character build Mage, Character build Alchemist, Character build Elementalist

I think these tags fit best with this character

Hey adrik, your tags have become messed up. They say this: 

Alchemist, character, elementalist, mage, build 

I'm pretty sure that the USP is one of the ones that fixes this.

I like the use of Atronach and Apprentice stones....they synergize well together.  Gets my +1