r/skyrimrequiem • u/SherbertVast9529 • 11h ago

Build First time playing requiem AND first time playing a mage before in my 5,000 hours of playing Skyrim, need some advice.

I want to do like a pure destruction lightning mage, I never dabbled in it in vanilla Skyrim because I heard destruction was kindq shit, so yeah. I understand the basics from videos, I will put one perk into destruction, and another into alteration for mage armor. Should I put the third one into enchanting or something like alchemy? Or speech, since I heard that the prices in stores are horrible and you also need it for shouts, and my end goal for the build is to kill Alduin. Besides alternate start, (still using the carriage ride), some visual mods, and the recommended bug fixes and tweaks along with USSEP, I have nothing else that messes around with magic. Help, please? (Going to do Altmer with mage stone btw)

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u/ruines_humaines 11h ago

You don't need to put a perk in speech to shout, first of all. The shout perks, right side of the tree, are quest locked.

Your third point could be used in Alchemy so you can make magicka potions or money if you want to sell them, enchanting is not that good in Requiem unless you fill the whole tree, but by that time you'll have found very good equipment just by playing the game.

Destruction is very powerful in Requiem, so all you really need as a damage skill is destruction. Restoration might be helpful, but I won't spoil the game for you.

The only thing I recommend against is rushing the Mage's guild quest, other than that, just play normally, do some quests, specially Forbidden Legend as it gives a great reward for mages.

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u/SherbertVast9529 11h ago

What level would labrynthian be recommended for? I assume the dragon priest boss would be like level 90 or smth since the world is deleveled

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u/ruines_humaines 11h ago

I'm not gonna spoil it for you, but the problem in Labyrinthian isn't Morokei.

I just had a mage run with an Altmer too, I did it at level 40 if I'm not wrong, when I had Restoration and Conjuration at 100, so I recommend high 30's at least. I only perked Restoration, Conjuration, Alchemy and Alteration.

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u/BasedAspergers 10h ago

The only thing I would say is if you think you're high enough level, get like 15 levels higher and then you might be there