User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Mage, Warrior, or Thief/Assassin?/@comment-10522467-20130612162826

Best combination I've come up with so far is first playing as a Wood Elf scout. They are very keen archers and thieves, and should you get into a conflict with some powerful animals, you have a spell to calm them. I've always been about stealing and and very stealthy killing, so I definitely go deep in the Thief atributes. I have it set up though in a way that should I get discovered and need to defend myself, I have both One and Two handed at level 100, although I only carry One-handed weapons anymore, i don't like the slowness of 2 handed. I've got all the DLC's and thanks to the new legendary system, I got up to level 130 in a week or 2 and now I've invested in almost everything except illusion, conjuration, and alchemy (not a big fan of magic other than invisibilty and healing myself). I have a very odd set up compared to others though. You'd think as an assassin and/or thief you'd wear light armor, whereas I wear heavy due to the possibility of being discovered and getting my ass kicked lol. Best heavy armor setup I've discovered as well is daedric helm with waterbreathing and 30% less casting for restoration, the ebony chainmail due to the fact that other than poisoning your enemies and having a high armor rating, it just looks sick; daedric gauntlets with fortify one handed 50% and archery 50%, daedric boots with health restoration increase of 45% and 80 pts carry weight, bonehawk amulet with 30% stamina regen and fortify one handed 50%, and finally bonehawk ring w/ 30% enchanting increase and 40% bow damage ( really off topic but seriously just try it lol). Also if you're gonna be the thief/assassin, biggest tips are get the sneak upgrades for bow and dagger damage, 100 pts of carry weight in pickpocket, unbreakable lock picks, and all the armor bonuses for either light or heavy. those four things can make you virtually unstoppable