Destruction (Skyrim)

''The School of Destruction involves the harnessing the energies of fire, frost, and shock. This skill makes it easier to cast spells like Fireball, Ice Spike, and Lighting Bolt.''

Destruction is a school of magic in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Destruction will be one of the 18 skills and will fall under The Mage play-style. Destruction skill is raised by the use of certain kinds of spells that the in-game character can use, these spells will identify themselves as Destruction spells and will generally focus on causing damage with fire, frost, and lightning.

Destruction spells are the primary weapons for any magic focused character. It has been confirmed that Skyrim will not feature custom spell creation. It has also been confirmed that the different damage types have unique additional effects. These effects are: frost spells also draining stamina in order to "slow" the target down, shock spells draining the foe's magicka, and fire spells having a chance of setting the target on fire, with bonus damage dealt if the target were to be already on fire.

Governing Guardian Stone: The Mage

Destruction Spells
The following are the confirmed Destruction spells


 * Chain Lightning
 * Fireball
 * Flames
 * Frostbite
 * Frost Rune
 * Ice Spike
 * Lightning Bolt

Note: Not a complete list

Destruction Starting Spells
The following are confirmed Destruction spells that the character can start with if the correct race is selected:
 * No confirmed Destruction starting spells yet

Destruction Perks
The following are the perks that become available to select as the skill is leveled up, (X=determined by rank):
 * No confirmed Destruction perks yet

Note: A multi-rank perk's skill requirements vary depending on current rank of the perk