Haha yeah when I recommended it to Paul on the weekend I was surprised to see the response from everyone else... I was a little dissapointed that it wasn't even ranked before but such is the nature of the old system... I'm rather impressed it managed to rise to the old Master level in a matter of days!

Really cool build! Gave me a lot of inspiration for my new build, so thank you! Since your character is Thalmor dressed, we could probably be arch-enemies!

Oho, it's on!

I play a build almost identicle ro this before I even read this article.I never knew really what to call it. It  has been my absolute favorite to play. On my game, I used a dumer instead of an altmer. I also see you went with an emphises on lightning. I chose fire. I thought it fit the dunmer a little better. I also put a lot of perks into archery and use the bound bow, moreso than destruction magic. I do have one question. Is necromancy a better option than summoning dremora lords in the late game? (level 50+) To me it seems like the dremora lord is getting weaker the more I progress. Also, this might be a bit frivolous but what are some of the recommended quests i should pursue? I am a morally good dunmer mage. I love this build and would like to know more places I can take it. Thanks!

I always like playing bound weapon builds, and this is one that is a lot more magic heavy than my last one(only magic was the bound sword and bow, along with the occasional atronach/zombie and healing spell).

I can never really seem to play a pure mage for too long(even though my brother has two, with the intent on creating another at some point), but this build looks like a ton of fun to play. Although I'm kinda leaning towards atronachs more than zombies, but I'll wait until I create my bladesman to decide.

I mainly chose zombies for two reasons; I hadn't tried them before, and they make better melee sponges. Frost atronachs get in the way and a decent dead enemy can be alot more effective anyway!

Zombies it is then! Haven't used necromancy since I played your Bloodletter a while back. Besides, I think I'd have to waste an extra perk if I wanted to go up the atronach side of the tree anyways(I think it was the summon range increase one). Will start this up next when I get a chance to play.

Awesome build, just started now for a Thalmor character, but I wanted to ask if you know of any way to get a pair of unenchanted Thalmor robes?