Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-201.68.123.221-20131218134843/@comment-50.122.96.120-20140731014346

A Battlemage wears robes so they can regenerate magicka faster, while Spellswords wear armor to bring up their defense. Battlemages also mainly use magic while using weapons as back up, while Spellswords mainly use weapons and then magic as back up. Battlemages use defensive magic more often since they don't wear armor, while spellswords use offensive magic more since they already have enough defense.

In Skyrim, however, Battlemages and Spellswords are described as wearing heavy armor and using destruction and conjuration magic. The differences between Battlemage and Spellswords is that Battlemages use Two-Handed weapons and Staffs, while Spellswords use One-Handed weapons and shields. I still like to go by the original meanings for Battlemage and Spellsword tho, and I'm currently playing as a Battlemage (not Skyrim's crappy version of a Battlemage mind you).