JoeReese
Well-Known Member
So, I just hit level 20, with a destruction skill of about 83. I went to make up some new spells, and I discovered something.
I made a chaos plus spell, which is fire, frost, and shock, at 40 points each. If I went up to 45 each, I would need 100 destruction, but keeping at 40 left me in the 75 bracket. I was able to add 45 pts of drain health, though, without leaving my 75 destruction bracket, ending up with a 165 pt everything spell, which costs me 115 magicka to cast.
Just to experiment with which spell animation, I made a few similar ones, and I found that by putting drain health first, I was able to get 100 pts out of it, only dropping my fire and frost to 37 each, and my shock to 38. Just by changing the order, I get 212 pts of damage, and it costs me 114 magicka, a point less than the other way around.
When experimenting with spells, I highly recommend saving first and juggling the orders/damage until you have the most potent punch for the price.
I made a chaos plus spell, which is fire, frost, and shock, at 40 points each. If I went up to 45 each, I would need 100 destruction, but keeping at 40 left me in the 75 bracket. I was able to add 45 pts of drain health, though, without leaving my 75 destruction bracket, ending up with a 165 pt everything spell, which costs me 115 magicka to cast.
Just to experiment with which spell animation, I made a few similar ones, and I found that by putting drain health first, I was able to get 100 pts out of it, only dropping my fire and frost to 37 each, and my shock to 38. Just by changing the order, I get 212 pts of damage, and it costs me 114 magicka, a point less than the other way around.
When experimenting with spells, I highly recommend saving first and juggling the orders/damage until you have the most potent punch for the price.