User blog comment:Sneak+stab/Tips for Magic, Please Add/@comment-4644719-20120101185342

I have recently fallen in love with my Shock Cloak spell. I was closing a rupture and burning all my magika spraying Sparks because I can't hit the anomalies at all with Bolts. They killed me yet again, and I got frustrated enough to try something new. The freaks were annihilated. AOE spells beat dodging enemies.

Restoration is a valid school of magic, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. When your magika bar is five times larger than your health bar, having Fast Healing on your favorites really helps with keeping you alive.

Restoration gets really interesting between levels 60 and 70, because you get Perks like Regeneration 2(50% more magika regen), Ward Absorb (Wards absorb some Magika from incoming spells, making Wards a viable option.), and Necromage (All spells become more effective against the Undead, and you fight a lot of Draugr.)

Turn Undead is not a viable option in combat, unless you're trying to level Restoration. It simply costs too much Magika.

Using Detect Life in an area where there is a lot of life to detect will level your Alteration insanely fast.

Dual casting spells costs more than 2x the total of the single cast cost.

To break an enemy Ward, frequency is more important than power. Two of my Lightning Bolts from either hand causes one bolt to deplete the Ward and the other to break it. This results in a Stagger I put a dual cast Lightning Bolt into.

Wards don't protect against AOE damage. Cloaks and Runes are unaffected, and Runes can even bring down the ward by provoking a Stagger.

Equilibrium and Healing forces you to turn off Equilibrium to heal at times, but Equilibrium and Fast Healing can be continuously cast. Besides, higher level Restoration magic levels the skill faster.

If you want to do enchanting, use Staffs and the Black Star whenever you come across Bandits. Be sure to cast Soul Trap on the Bandits before they die, and then refuel your Staff with the Star.

Your Magika does not regenerate when you are firing a Channeled Spell Staff, like Flames or Wall of ____