User blog comment:Paarthurnaux/Alteration?????/@comment-1889545-20120917204325

My mages use alteration mainly as a troll move as the paralysis spell is quite a lot of fun to catch enemies in. However, the skin spells are useful for more since they wear robes and there is a perk to increase the effectiveness of them. In really tough fights, I can also place dragonhide on it to lower damage further. If you are a mage in heavy armour though, it isn't as useful.