User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The combat of Skyrim - yay or nay?/@comment-5135631-20121215110612/@comment-5709731-20121216073350

No defense whatsoever. If you want to, you can "block" things with a ward, decreasing the damage. But generally you just spam the attack button and heal yourself. As I said, it is more of a crusader, because you do not really use any alteration ever. Takes too much time and levels insanely slow.