Haha i thought i was the only one, everytime i watch some random youtube skyrim-how to vid it will be exactly this character, though the bow and smithing is also often included

Is a tanky char effective on legendary difficulty? i've been trying to figure one out but on paper crowd control seems much more viable

Frenzy is great on higher difficulties, it is actually generally speaking a bigger source of damage than my destruction spells at the current level my legendary dif. mage is in, illusion is seriously overpowered, 20 sabrecats charging in on you? np, fear em away, frenzy em against each other. alot of people seem to be under the impression it's not that great, i've even heard many times it is ''only for stealth characters'' lolAlso, on legendary, there are alot of situations (generally bosses) where my direct damage spells don't do anything, various illusion spells help for crowd controlling when my companion/summon do the damage/tanking, and i can even buff them with courage spells to not have that ohh shit moment where they are down and suddenly you're the target.. Illusion has allowed me to put 0 points into health on legendary, i think that says enough 

Well, you could substitute it with whirlwind sprint, i'm not sure, but i think it has a short cooldown so it shouldn't be a waste of... shout.. points?Though i agree i would have liked to see it being part of alteration, it fits with illusion spells but it's hard to interpret as an actual illusion as opposed to mind-control and invisibility/muffle.

chameleon capped at 50% wouldn't be too overpowered i guess, but the way it used to be... lol yeah overpowered is putting it lightly