Skyrim’s Most Overpowered Spells in Every School of Magic

[@RavenMckay-k9n]

Bandit: “Never should have come here!” My level 68 spell knight: “Elemental Blast goes brrrt”

[@rufescenteagle7299]

Takes the fun away

[@treybrzezowski3259]

A little tip for Dragonhide, it works separately from the armor cap. So if you natively have the Armor Cap, and then cast Dragonhide, the 2 work together for a 97% reduction to physical Damage (Calculation from UESP)! Equilibrium, risky as it is, it's used to great effect by 2 of Skypothesis's Argonian builds (the Shroud of Couldharbor is badass). A Delicate balance of converting HP to magic, and then draining it back with the Touch of Death Spell from CC/AE (Arcane Accessories) Bound Bow isn't where the fun ends, because once you hit 50 Conjuration (and have Anniversary Edition) you can buy Bound Quiver from Phinis at the College. A Lesser power (106 base Magicka to cast) with the Mystic Binding Arrows dealing THIRTY-TWO DAMAGE. And they can be used with any bow! Meaning if you have something like the Bow of Shadows, you can summon your quiver, and then draw the bow to turn invisible! (I hate that Stealth Archery is so OP) In Anniversary Edition, Wrathman actually JUST BARELY Edges out the Dremora lord because of a New Necromantic Grimoir spell and Robe: Conjure Bone Colossus and Necromancer Runic Robes. The 2 of these let you conjure one lesser skeleton (which includes Wrathman, though I'd harly call him "lesser"), so you have a Bone Titan, 4 Wrathmen, and a Permanent Wrathman you can Craft at the Bone Forge in the Gallows Hall playerhome. Necromancy has never been stronger. Funnily enough I use Ice Storm for Utility, Cast a few of these at the Fish hatchery and all of your fish drop in item form (and any Salmon will also drop their Roe). But in AE Destruction has only 1 True Winner: Elemental Blast. Benefits from all 3 Destruction perks, AND the Aspect of Terror Trick that Welsh Wizard brought up for Ignite. It's ludicrously powerful. I use Illusion for RP in my current build, using Call to Arms (and the Battle Fury Shout) for my allies in the Civil War, and Fear and Frenzy on my enemies. Also a note for all the Vampire Dovahkiin (like my previous character), all Illusion spells get a 25% boost, so for all of the final levels of effect that Welsh gave, just add 25%. Also 2 things for Vampire's Bane/Sun Fire, While they don't hold a candle (lol) to Ignite, they have their own uses. Due to not having the Stagger of Impact, there's no need to dual cast them, making them very spammable (lots more damage for a low ammount of Magicka). And neither of these spells hurt living NPCs, so when fighting off a Vampire attack while friendly NPCs are around, you don't need to worry about the splash damage turning everyone hostile. To a Living Being, Sun Fire and Vampire's Bane feel like a warm hug.

[@hugostiglitz7373]

Last time I was this early, there was just one version of Skyrim.

[@dSWISHm]

I wake up> i see the welsh wizard posted> im a happy boy for the day

[@theWelshWizard]

😇

[@byronsmothers8064]

Hot take: transmiting silver to gold should've been the spell's dual casting effect, silver is just as necessary for some jewelry and it thematically matches the greater focus needed to make the more valuable material.

[@Ghoulfallout4]

thewelshwizard? Im not trying to be rude but when you talked about shock you forgot to mention that dragons need magica to breathe fire and shout so with lightning all they can do is melee

[@charlesc4511]

The most over powered spell: Stealth Archery

[@kalel4everr]

Also the spell everyone falls to eventually.

[@TheMochaMadness]

As a slightly new skyrim player, stealth archery is boring. I prefer to be a battlemage

[@zach11241]

Give it two hours

[@antoineschemel8564]

but for a no-archer what is it the stongest bound weapon?

[@Lord_necromancer]

Yeah, sneaking room to room killing enemies one at a time with a bow is so much more powerful than standing at the entrance to a dungeon, casting one spell, and then walking through and picking up all the loot without ever seeing a living enemy😂😂

[@BIastwave.]

According to my KZbin gaming recap, I was in the top .1% of Welsh Wizards viewers. I love the rewatchability and high production values of these videos. Keep up the great work. Easily one of the best KZbin channels I’ve encountered in the last 3-5 years

[@gerinko7874]

How did you even get a recap?

[@AntiKira20]

Dang it....I just deleted Skyrim to make room for Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Sith Edition. Now I want to re-download Skyrim again and take over Harkons clan and lead them like Sanguinious did his Blood Angels.

[@bladedragoniod2917]

The original version was better (Star wars: the old Republic)

[@Danceofmasks]

I'm pretty sure the most powerful spells aren't ones that mages teach each other. ... You know, like pornstarflesh.

[@gravewalker2175]

I love how I was just thinking about watching a Welsh Wizard video while I enjoy some snacks, and then I see this video in my feed.

[@zeldaghoul8442]

greetings fellow wizards

[@theWelshWizard]

Greetings! 🧙‍♂️

[@JPBrooksLive]

@27:50 "illusion of safety" is my favorite Thrice album! lol thanks for the continued Skyrim content, btw, i started a new file for the first time in years recently and I'm having so much fun binging videos while I play.

[@geoshark12]

15:43 ok the only way i can think of as to why it ups the damage at all and works in such an odd way is its treating the +10 to spell level maximum as fire damage , and the formula would have to go “augmented flame apply +50% fire damage to (+10 spell level aspect of terror )” but if you get aspect of terror first it would go +10 pell level aspect of terror ,augmented flame apply +50% fire damage to ( ) As for why it would work like this my guess is that the way they have fear effects work is its a damage type that does 0 damage to the opponents health but checks the targets level and if the fear damage is greater then or equal to the enemy’s level it applies the fear effect. With the fear damage value being equal to the maximum level of creature they can effect Now fire damage is also counted as fear damage but instead of using different variable they used the same ones so the values are counted as fear and fire thus any modification to one modifies both thus the reason why aspect of terror affects ignite at all Tldr fire damage is also fear damage thus the formula for augmented flames first is Fire damage = (4+50%)+(10+50%) And aspect of terror would be Fire damage = (4+50%)+10 +0(50%)

[@thecoffeebadger5807]

For me, the most useful Alteration Spell is magelight because I use it as the ultimate trap defusing spell. Magelight triggers pressure plates, trip wires, runes, and can blast through the wall in Saarthal. Another combo I like doing is Dragonhide and Bound Battleaxe where I literally turn myself into a berserker in the dwemer ruins. Another trick I learn is that turn undead is like making infinite Fus shouts at the stronger undead which they stagger while you're spamming firebolts at it. Finally, when I feel like soloing a cave, I use muffle, invisibility and then firestorm all the bears and trolls in one shot. That speed things up real fast. Vanilla spells are a lot of fun in the right hands.

[@jackrabbitgee6641]

One thing that I found super helpful when playing vanilla skyrim is that deadthralls can act as mobile infinite storage containers, clear out an area, find a target, but ALL the gear from the entire area in his inventory and then raise him. Yeah, you can do something similar with a follower but this is MUCH easier

[@TheMochaMadness]

Who else wants to bet the best 'restoration' spell is poison rune?

[@TheMochaMadness]

My baby was done diddley dirty 😔

[@theWelshWizard]

He sure was 😅 shame it doesn't work on lots of enemies

[@runeberntsen5890]

two things to mention about the master illusion spells is that becoming a vampire will solve the low level they work on to an extent. Another thing is that they go through walls and the aoe is really big so they definitely still have their place.

[@christophertaylor9100]

The courage line works on all allies, like guards, fellow soldiers, etc. And it has a secret bonus: cast it on game animals like stags and they won't run away

[@zondrabarth4508]

You must have so much fun writing your scripts. All the Elder Scrolls based figurative language you use is awesome and hilarious at every turn. I'll give you a counterpoint to the cloak spells though; If only Whirlwind Cloak was affected by Destruction perks. Because I think it's a very fun spell to use, especially if you're recharging the Unrelenting Force & Cyclone shouts, it yields a similar effect. Amazing video! Really makes me want to go back and replay Skyrim now lol 👏💖

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

I like what apocalypse spells does to restoration spells. After taking certain perks your healing hands can inflict damage to all creatures, not just undead.

[@bait644]

The Wall spells always seemed weird to me when I was playing on my first mage playthrough. But after having mastered all magic towards the endgame of it, I found myself wanting to have more crowd control. So to my happy surprise it began to do good damage over time, especially the ice due to them being slowed so heavily. Opening them up for more ranged damage attacks. But when I combined it with the shock damage and found out myself about targetting the body and not the floor, I felt myself get a bit of 'Oakflesh' on a certain area on my body 😂 So now when I do AE vanilla gameplay, I abuse the Wall of Frost and Sparks spells together to slow and disintegrate all my melee opponents.

[@liamdoyle2677]

Elemental Blast with all Augmented Flames/Frost/Shock perks and Aspect of Terror + Touch of Death + Fortify Destruction potions = Force to be Reckoned With!

[@infinite6576]

You've really opened my eyes to how versatile I could be with my magic in Skyrim. I always invest in all of it, but my mind has a hard time finding creative ways to use them.

[@bacd-nn2lg]

Here is my list of most overpowered spells in the base game. 1. Destruction - Ignite 2. Restoration - Grand Healing 3. Conjuration - Dead Thrall 4. Illusion - Invisibility 5. Alteration - Dragonhide Ps. If you are still doubting me then check out the spells description, and the power up with vampire + necromage perk bonuses.

[@Subject_Keter]

I personally love the Storm golem as I can use Chain Lighting all over the place and strike everyone. 😂

[@dementedmonkey1734]

Bloody good show! Finished work and I come back to a shiny new wizard upload! Yes please to the AE spellpacks. AE op! Love your stuff wizard!

[@Thes4LT]

Cool protip about courage/rally spells: They kill your companions. Most companions are "protected" and only die if hit by player damage, but rally spells count as player damage, so if you hit a companion with rally and they reach 0 HP they die rather than getting downed. They're not worth using.

[@thebestbeast2000]

I always used equilibrium to help level restoration. Found it quite useful.

[@FadedRandom420]

I love the fact people are still uploading Skyrim so many years later that’s how you know it’s a legendary game

[@parmishan1]

I’m playing through Skyrim for the first time since it’s on gamepass and I’m glad people are still making videos on this decade old game for people who are new like me

[@kilianb8540]

one thing you didn't mention with Ignite. It has been the case, at least for me, that this spell can stun enemies endlessly. It practical, if not literally, stuns the enemy 100% of the time. This makes staking the spell on an enemies so much more easier, and with how cheep it is to cast, you can quite highly likely cast them 4 - 5 times with no investment in destruction magic.

[@gambleralex5083]

I have never been this early greetings fellow wizards in the coment section

[@wellman1671]

Hello

[@TheMochaMadness]

Ellup!

[@theWelshWizard]

Greetings!

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Hello 👋

[@tgnm9615]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO Ive always wanted to try new skyrim mage build. Im tired of keeping using destruction class for reliability. I might try frenzy and conjure build next

[@TheGyldenaut]

while our favorite Wizard did our favorite base game; allow me to toss my Anniversary Hat into the ring for the Creation Club spells. Alteration Crowd Control, Paralysis Rune: It’s probably the best Paralysis spell in the game, given with the Arcane Accessories add-on. It unlocks at Adept, an entire tier earlier than Paralysis, and is nearly 3x cheaper in base cost: Paralyze having a base cost of 450 and Paralysis Rune having a base cost of 172. It’s also a more targeted AoE, so no fear of paralyzing companions. Defense: No defensive alteration spells were added here, so let’s move on. Utility, Master Transmute: The upgraded version of Transmute, automatically turning both Iron & Silver Ore in your inventory into Gold. Honorable mention to the Summon Pets. ----------- Conjuration Battlefield Control, Soul Split: I may be cheating a bit with this one, but CC’s only other “Battlefield Controlly” spell was Banish Undead. If you don’t want to count this spell, then Banish Undead wins. Soul Split sacrifices a conjured or reanimated summon to summon 2 Sundered Shades. If your daedra or undead is about to die, put them out of their misery yourself and get 2 new summons. Or purposefully use a weaker reanimate spell on a bandit to get 2 summons. Damage, Bound Quiver: This is the only choice we got, so. It’s as it says on the tin, you summon a bound quiver for yourself. Unlike Other bound weapons, this is in the Power’s tab, so you can hold out your bow, tap the button and then get to firing. Summon, Bone Colossus: This was gonna be a hard choice, considering all the cool Undead Summons added. Skeletal Champion gains up 10% attack damage for every enemy nearby, up to 50%. Tomb Guardian makes a Shade for every enemy killed. you have Ayleid Liches and Cursed Specters draining both Health and Magicka from targets. So why is the Bone Colossus the best spell, decided from the moment I saw it? It gives you a free Twin Souls perk, but ONLY for Skeletons. But the Skeletons have the Champion, as previously mentioned, and you can pair them with the Skeletal Warlock for 3 Powerful Skeletons, and if you have base Twin Souls, have a 4th summon running around. ---------- Destruction Apprentice/Adept: Elemental Bolt & Burst. Lets get these out of the way. I wanted to give the Health Drain spells a chance, but these are doing more damage at a lower cost. Expert, Unbounded Freezing: Unbounded Flames is like a ranged Flame Wall with some cool effects from the start; but the bulk of the damage is coming from the Flame Wall. Unbounded Storms is like this, and while it may have more Damage, Unbounded Freezing will temporarily encase a foe in ice, making them fall to the ground. -------- Illusion Invisibility, Fenrik’s Welcome: Normally I’d follow the guide set by the video itself, but no standard Illusion spells were added. Our 2 contenders were Orum’s Aquatic Escape & Fenrik’s Welcome. Orum’s grants invisibility for 15 seconds, Waterbreathing & Night Eye for the same amount of time. Fenrik’s grants invisibility for only 5 seconds though, so why is it better? Because it gives you the Tower’s Stone effect, letting you unlock ANY lock (up to expert) for that same amount of time, giving you a free entrance into buildings or chests, if you have the magicka. ---------- Restoration Healing, Undead Healing: The first place competitor in a 1 man race. A useful spell for our Undead Summoner & Necromancers, it heals your undead 75 points, but not to anybody else.

[@dhfrench7329]

Welsh, for circle of protection use vampirism with necromage perk combined with atronach perk and stone its better then guardian circle any day. Its because circle of protection sees you as undead. Had good results on regular game with dlc's.

[@vineousvondrake2456]

I prefer to use full cost reduction for spells since I tend to perk heavily in stamina for the weight carry boost and while telekinesis is fairly useless outside of grabbing loot from across the room with full cost reduction it is perfect for power leveling and getting perk points for all your skills

[@GamDeathrider]

You forgot to mention that as a vampire, it also gives you restoration levels for circle of protection

[@Flesh_Wizard]

In the Master Destruction spells defence, Lightning Storm is the best way to bring down dragons

[@Multifan90]

Now hold on a minute. Sure Frenzy can affect higher level enemies, but doesn't Mayhem make up for that with its absurd range? You can cast it at the start of a dungeon and have enemies all throughout going at it before you get there. And with fewer cast, so it's more efficient too.

[@joaquinlinsangan6583]

I rejoice the day when finally Wizard has accomplished his destiny and fate - to discuss what are the most OP spells he has in his arsenal

[@sigreid8011]

The real use for dead thrall is to have basically a chest follow you around with all the stuff you can't carry.

[@RosietheOni]

AE OP. I need to see that video.

[@redneck13265]

you have forgotten about using the fortify magic school potions as they also affect spells. healing, damage, duration, and the max level a spell can effect can be increased with these potions. to give an example it is possible with a master level illusion spell you can make the level 60 dragon priest flee from combat

[@Timotheskyrimfan]

Lets go an otger amazing good Quality video. The more magicka videos the better fellow wizard.

[@vladdy8493]

I always thought if equilibrium had a better conversion rate it could have been a good blood mage, maybe even vampire roleplaying tool.

[@craigfunk3453]

AE OP. Now i wouldnt mind seeing another episode going beyond the arcane accessories CC spells and going to the magic overhauls like odin or apocalypse or checking out the perk overhauls like vokrii or ordinator (im a ps5 player so im stuck working with whatever is on the creation club only) would love to see your thoughts on those (i definitely want to move beyond pure vanilla skyrim, but am lost on what to try 1st, though those overhauls i mentioned have compatibility patches between them allowing them to all work together for some truly interesting options)

[@Jaynevermore319]

I’d definitely love to see a video on the anniversary edition.

[@AH-vm8yo]

If you counted alchemy then the fortify restoration would 100% be the best given the glitch that lets you make potions with insane buffs.

[@RXTRUX1]

My problem with all these short effect spells is that my hands just aren't that fast anymore. Putting some deleterious effect on a creature is useless if it takes longer than that just to change weapon/spell (yes followers change this but still).

[@alirafati9340]

One facts first offdragonhide stacks with armor... including ebonyflesh :))) As for summons there are many great ones added by AE that are just too good to be true...bone collusus and aylied lich are fanatastic both especially the latter which is basically a dragon priest in your command (and you can have two with twin souls so...) also the storm thrall is bugged without UESP because it summons a normal storm atronach just forever whereas thebother two actually have increased stats compared to the base ones and the flame thrall gets an upgraded flames spell as well Another fun fact ash guardians are actually counted as runes...meaning they last forever unti tou cast it again and they arent technically your summon so you can have one plus 2 summons of your own One more fun fact, there some enemies thay dont moan when you raise them...and dead thrall actually has the highest potential out of all conjuration spells, if youre a vampire and have necromage you can have raise higher level enemies and with AE there are some other ways to increase this number even further and have two super strong spellcasters like very high level vampires who also raise allies of their own Last fun facts are about circle of protection... first off unlike every other turning spell out there dual casting it actually increases the level of the target that it can affect(it has something to do with spell amptitude which takes too long to explain here) also if the circle of protection stops from working fo you, the reason being is that you got in the aoe of one of your own spells, like master spells or adept ones, no one knows why it does that but the way to fix it is to get affected by a hostile aoe effect...now this is actually now hard to do...summon an storn atronach and starting punching it until it becomes hostile equip one hand with a healing spell and heal any damage it does until you get hit by its aoe blast then summon another one or expel it and there you have your circle of protection spell absorb back until the next time it goes away Also AE OP (i would love an AE version of this video)

[@devilsmessanger]

Thanks for great video ! i love my spellcasting for 1 more utility ; powerleveling ! I would hate to get inferior level of legendary item so I often level up to 50 or 60 using spammable magic .

[@Akashua_Bloodriver]

I'mma have to disagree on the Conjuration ranged summons, since you neglected to mention that dual casting the Storm Atronach increases its' duration unlike Arniels' Shade, and with the skilltrees' perks it'll allow you to summon two long lasting, very tanky, high damage bodyguards for the enemy to focus on while you sit back and watch them mop the floor with basically anything aside from the strongest of foes which are usually the bosses, thus in my opinion it makes them much better and more useful then Arniels' Shade by quite a large margin.

[@FearlessBoneHead101]

Heck yea, another WelshWizard vid.

[@Pulsar9788]

Your Comparison Skills are magic Great video

[@user-cc8ox4eb3d]

[AE OP] As a fellow spellcaster I would love to see a video on the other spells!

[@shawnberry760]

Not just blowing smoke, this is the best channel.

[@theWelshWizard]

Appreciate you!

[@Krysstendo]

Love these videos Wizard! What mod are you using to get health bars and stuff above enemies heads? its so cool looking and useful.

[@inakipuenteiturralde1157]

Great video! But you forgot the Muffle and Invisibility spells from the Illusion School, you might need to add another subcategory.

[@elizabethpennington3985]

Sweet wizard boi!

[@MonkeyDioLuffy]

Man, I must be so lucky to wake up only an hour after you uploaded

[@ms.blackfire2927]

I would love to see a video covering the anniversary edition spells and wizard equipment combinations😄😄🥂🥂

[@andresfurious8302]

I’m going have to see some of these cause I don’t remember wall of storms I played in legendary at the end of the game in the dlc of the dragon born and saw many cool ones like Elemental blasts very strong and cheap wall of storms seems pretty good it reminds me of the 3 master spells but actually good but in those your just still which is annoying I understand moving slowly but not moving plus the damage isn’t enough

[@liamdoyle2677]

Necromancy is superior to Atromancy with Necromantic Grimoire installed. The ability to conjure skeleton warlocks like a Storm Atronach without spell absorption interference? Yes please!

[@liamdoyle2677]

Hey theWelshWizard, I have a burning question for you: Why do you use a Nord for your signature character? Is it because to match the theme of Skyrim or something else more personal to you?

[@theWelshWizard]

Yeah, I like to match my character to its local inhabitants. It just makes the most sense to me 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@hobiedoh7057]

I would Love some discussion of the OP AE spells, I'm running a mage build with elemental blast that's so fun and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on all the other schools

[@DancesWithStars70775]

I would like to see this list continued with CC spells.

[@camwyn256]

I love bound weapons. You're ripping a Daedra from Oblivion and binding them into the form of a weapon

[@theWelshWizard]

I never knew that, that's cool!

[@camwyn256]

​@theWelshWizard yeah, there's fascinating lore around conjuration. It's all about manipulating Daedra

[@Alibium]

Almost at 100K now let’s go!

[@BizarreM]

Don't really understand why aspect of terror increases fire damage, could someone explain?

[@rayizard5687]

I wish Conjur Familiar was more powerful- they are so cute

[@ShadowWalker-ng1it]

I'd say feather is the best alteration utility spell, or is that from one of my many many mods?

[@Hari-Harmonies]

Please do one with mysticism and Odin, and if not where does the bear from the creation club come in conjuration

[@serwalkerofthekeynes8761]

Alteration, king of making iron in to gold!

[@rbmj123]

That water breathing magic is useless since of how we can be lizard or have that Dragon priest mask (Forgot the name)

[@MikeyD-mr1vg]

The creation spells are crazy overpowered. So yes show us your list.

[@xylreh1696]

They're about as exciting as watching paint dry had me xD

[@Goldenrailgun]

You should make a video ranking the 10 or 20 best creation club mods

[@theWelshWizard]

Great idea! Need to play them all first

[@kacsan1]

I love me a perfectly valid school of magic

[@vizzzyy190]

id love to see an ae spells video!

[@Subject_Keter]

Actually i think the AE spells would be noice

[@bladedragoniod2917]

Shoud have added all the new creations stuff as it also add more spell

[@jimmyh3445]

Can you actually dual cast the master level spells by holding down both triggers?

[@theWelshWizard]

Yep! Look at your magicka bar when you do it

[@jimmyh3445]

@theWelshWizard Holy shit 13 years later and I'm still discovering new tips about skyrim. Thanks!

[@theWelshWizard]

@@jimmyh3445 I should clarify. The only master level spell that benefits from a dual casting perk is Dragonhide.

[@alirafati9340]

Aylied liches, man....just summon these and let them go ham

[@Akai-touichi]

I am more of bard than wizard

[@philippoelbracht76]

AE OP

[@theWelshWizard]

👍

[@justpoem5989]

wait, is nahkriins staff op?

[@daangoes121]

The 'turn undead' spells are without a doubt the worst kind off spells in the game

[@josephpercy1558]

36:43 🤣

[@TheRealDonkeyKong64]

Donkey Kong

[@ray-ys3tf]

Greetings may thalos guide you

[@The_Ragequit_Cannon]

Who's Thalos?

[@pitiedvod]

Once again you forgot to mention any magic from the school of mysticism.

[@dnprime1737]

ae op

[@stagnantwater6180]

we all know the strongest spell in every school is FUS RO DAH come on guys

[@D-Lo23]

Hail Sithis🖐️

[@leowalker6396]

*cough* AE OP

[@josearriola5962]

Finally 🎉

[@shawnberry760]

My name backwards is n’wahs

[@michaelgunnels9694]

I mean nazem deserved it

[@NanyaEl-qj7cq]

You didn’t do all the spells