Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25597018-20130201002445/@comment-1853435-20130216215257

DarthOrc wrote: use it on lower level targets of opportunity, such as deer and mudcrabs, it will go a long way towards improvong your skill. Leveling up destruction by going after mudcrabs will take you forever. An easy method for leveling this (or any skill for that matter) early in the game is to go to Silent Moons Camp and clear out the bandits there. Once that's done head over to Bleakwind Basin and attack the Giants and Mammoth there, run back to Silent Moons Camp and get inside that stone hut thing, the giants/mammoth wont be able to touch you in there, then simply cast destruction spells on them.

Set the difficulty to master to maximize points and remember to use the mage stone. There are usually 4-6 mammoth and 2 giants in this general area with another 2 each to the west. This is also an easy source to fill grand (mammoth) and greater (giant) soul gems early in the game as well.