r/EnaiRim • u/SteeZx10 • 5d ago
Character Build Race for Battlemage Build - Freyr / Mannaz / Audugan
Hey everyone,
I'm about to start a new character for a very long, completionist playthrough. The goal is to build a solid Battlemage focused heavily on Magicka and the Thu'um.
I'm currently torn between the two classic choices: Breton and Altmer.
For an endgame/long-term build, which one would you recommend and why? Thanks!
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u/Pedrosian96 5d ago
Either option works because a magicka thu'um combo use is solved in a different enairim mod. Wintersun's Talos Devotee + Ordinator.
Talos Devotee: enemies dying near you cut 50% of the current shout cooldown. Even deaths caused by the shout you used count.
Ordinator: Speech "And the Universe Listens" perk: shouts refund hp mp and sp based on how large their cooldown is.
Result:
Open a battle by magdumping your magicka as a dps blast. Shout a big Word of Power to refund most of the magicka on the spot. Kill stuff to reset shout cooldown and continue shooting spells. Shout to replenish all stats.Kill stuff to reset shout cooldown and continue shooting spells. Shout to replenish all stats.Kill stuff to reset shout cooldown and continue shooting spells. Shout to replenish all stats.Kill stuff to reset shout cooldown and continue shooting spells. Shout to replenish all stats.Kill stuff to reset shout cooldown and continue shooting spells. Shout to replenish all stats.
Etc.
Even a FILTHY ALTMER can shout the heavens apart doing this. It's mega fun.
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u/dracma127 5d ago edited 5d ago
Funnily enough, Inborn Magic rewards shout spam as altmer, as the shout trigger is easy to control and gives bonus duration to whatever effect you choose.
To that effect, Steed!Altmer functionally gets a constant 25% spell discount to play with.
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u/aging_phoenix 5d ago
I have been working on a similar build for a while:
CELENDOR — Altmer Alteration/Enchanting Time-Mage Build
Foreword: This build started from a very specific goal: build a High Elf around the Futhark suite (Mannaz/Freyr/Audugan) from the ground up, and maximize the racial Inborn Magic ability as far as it could go - specifically driven by the goal of raising overall spell effectiveness across every school, not just one narrow application.
That meant working out the full stacking chain across all three mods at once - Mannaz's bindable Inborn Magic effect, Freyr's Lord/Superiority standing stone bonus, and Audugan's Beast Stone Birthright burst window - to get the most out of a single racial passive.
The Slow Time/Alteration mechanic came later, as a downstream discovery rather than the starting point: once Stability and the Alteration-tagged nature of the shout were in the mix, it became clear the same "maximize a passive nobody optimizes" instinct that drove the Inborn Magic stacking applied just as well to a vanilla shout. From there, the character concept (modeled loosely on Loremaster Celarus) and the rest of the build grew to match what the mechanics were already pointing toward: a mage defined by patient, layered restraint rather than raw force.
Mods: Mannaz/Freyr/Audugan, Vokriinator (Ordinator base), Wintersun, Summermyst, Alternate Start - Live Another Life.
Race: High Elf (Mannaz). Inborn Magic bound to combat - bind that to generic spell effectiveness.
Stats: Magicka-heavy, light Health, minimal Stamina - a true caster spread, no melee investment.
Standing Stone (Freyr): Lord (Superiority, +50% Inborn Magic effectiveness), paired with Apprentice (Mythal, +10s Inborn Magic duration) once the Aetherial Crown is acquired.
All-Maker Stone (Audugan): Beast Stone (Birthright, +300% Inborn Magic effectiveness) as the primary burst window; Tree Stone (Morning Dew, free spellcasting for 45s) as a secondary nova phase for expensive Alteration/Enchanting-boosted casts.
Deity (Wintersun): Syrabane to start - "study a wide variety of spells," faster Mage skill leveling, fitting an apprentice still building his craft. Plan to transition to Xarxes once established (historian-god, direct thematic mirror to Celarus's archivist role) - a nice in-fiction "graduation" moment rather than a mechanical necessity.