Skyrim Best Destruction Spell
Posted : admin On 19.07.2019Jul 21, 2017 - To help you figure out which spells you should be using, here's the top 10 best destruction spells in Skyrim! One of the most known spells, Icy Spear fires an icy projectile towards the targeted location. Whirlwind Cloak. Chain Lightning. Wall of Storms/Frost/Flames.
Hey, everyone! I just wanted to put this information out there for anyone playing a Destruction-Mage who finds the spells lackluster or who struggles with Magicka management.
WHY YOU WANT THIS SPELL
Ignite is an apprentice-level fire spell that deals 4 damage per second for 15 seconds for a total of 60 damage. On its own, that's not very special, but with the right perks this spell becomes capable of dealing 315 damage over 15 seconds, more than double that if dual-cast. The spell also stacks, so if you quickly shoot someone with 2 dual-casts, they'll be taking ~1200 damage over 15 seconds!
The trick to maxing out this Destruction spell is actually hidden in the Illusion tree. Due to a bug, the Aspect of Terror perk increases all fire damage by 10 points (even more if AoT is taken before Augmented Flames). With this setup, that 4 damage per second becomes 21 per second.
Let's compare Ignite to Incinerate, the Expert-level fire projectile spell: with perks, Ignite deals a total of 315 damage per cast for only 15 magicka (21 damage for every magicka spent). Incinerate on the other hand deals 105 damage per cast, costing 149 magicka per cast (.7 damage per magicka spent).
HOW YOU GET IT
This is the hard part, because you're going to need 6,000 gold, and you'll need to be able to kill a few Draugr Deathlords, but you can get this spell as early as you can reach Solstheim.
Southeast of Raven Rock, you'll find a lone Dunmer named Ralis excavating a Ruin that's buried in ash. For 1,000 gold he'll hire some miners to help him. After a few days a courier will bring you a message from Ralis asking you to stop by; the excavation has run into Draugr and needs your help in clearing them out. Once it's clear, Ralis will ask for an additional 2,000 gold to hire more miners.
This process repeats again with Ralis needing your help as well as 3,000 gold (there is another phase requiring 5,000 gold, but we're not concerned with that). Wait for another message from Ralis, and this time when you get to the end of the excavation, you'll find a room with pressure plates all over the floor and a gate on your left. Activate all the plates within a few seconds and the gate will open. On a pedestal is Ahzidal's Ring of Arcana. So long as you wear this ring, the spells Ignite and Freeze will be added to your inventory.
Skyrim Best Destruction Magic
Congratulations, you unlocked Ignite and a useless frost spell!
