I feel i'd add like half the archery tree to this build. what do you do for healing? restoration or potions?

makes me feel like i dont read/listen (so my pet peeve) im gonna mix this a bit, i cant resist the urge to add archery. +1 for being freakin awesome

Ugh, the whole point of the build was to AVOID archery - in my opinion you're kind of killing the idea (what does archery really add to a character that has several ways of quickly closing the gap with the enemy) but it's your playthrough

I feel you, but at least in earlier levels its impossible to close that gap as silent casting is such a grind to get to.  it also feels like it fits when you think of stealth and swiftly striking from the shadows no? wish we had the option of throwing knives in this game

Lower levels are a good time to hone your open combat skills, as you don't have a huge opportunity to use them later! You can easily level your sneak by sneak attacking sleeping Draugr.

I feel like using Windshear with this build would be very good because of the fact that this build uses 1-handed blocking, this should allow you to utilize the bashing effect quite nicely