i think i once tried out the Wards because i wanted to use them heavily on my main, I believe to remember a ward can block out the poison spit from Charus and Spiders aswell as Afflicted. They even block the Steam from Dwarven Centurions ^^

I've never used a ward in any of my playthroughs. Wards are so slow and take so much magicka. And when a Centurion runs at you, by the Eight, no wards! Only fireballs! Or just turn and run!

I grew used to them and since my main has restoration robes i can keep wards pretty magicka friendly and they saved me countless times. No better feeling than pulling out youre ward on reflex to block something coming at you

Hmm, I guess it's a matter of habit. To me the ultimate thing is stealth. All my characters have some points in Sneak no matter what kind of character they are. My main is the embodiment of stealth, he has the Shadow stone, has mastered illusion, most of his things are enchanted to fortify sneak and he also knows some useful potions. And restoration is the school at which he totally sucks. In fact, I've never played a character who was very good at it.

I was thinking hard about my options to move my new guy forward, and I think I’ll sink most of his perks into Restoration and Alteration. I suck at living, so being a tankmage might see me survive further. Since my last game ended so soon, I’ll still keep my ban on learning Destruction.

Gonna fire up my stream now, I guess.

EDIT: Or not. My game exploded. 

Well upgradeing youre ward and recasting after a few hits prevents that most of the time. If something breaks youre strongest ward instanstly then you shouldnt be fighting that :D

Samdal scratched and scrabbled to level 6 by nosing into caves alongside Faendal. His armor spell dropped and he ate two arrows from a pair of draugr, which killed him instantly.