Thread: TES V: Skyrim

Originally Posted by Rick Scarf

Wards are for pure mages, not to be used like the NPCs do (for prolonged periods) but rather how you'd use your shield, in appropriately-timed bursts.
If you happen to be on PC and haven't set up your favorites and/or hotkeys, do yourself a favor and do it already.

Yeah I am a pure mage, but I still find wards unwieldy. even to use in bursts. If it's spell damage, it's almost always one of those channeledl continuous stream spells that I should avoid by moving, and if it's melee damage I should be moving out of the way or I'll just get hit again. Eh, I guess I should try it more often when I get trapped.

Also, there are no hotkeys on the PC version, so it's just like the console. But yeah I have my favorites mostly set up.