Breton
Vanus Rendil (Named after famous mages in elder scrolls lore)
tell me what you guys think

Light Armor
Agile Defender (1)
Alteration
Novice Alteration (1)
Apprentice Alteration (1)
Magic Resistance (1)
Adept Alteration (1)
Mage Armor (1)
Stability (1)
Expert Alteration (1)
Enchanter
Enchanter (1)
Soul Squeezer (1)
Alchemy
Alchemist (2)
Physician (1)
Poisoner (1)
Benefactor (1)
Concentrated Poison (1)
Green Thumb (1)
Illusion
Novice Illusion (1)
Animage (1)
Kindred Mage (1)
Apprentice Illusion (1)
Adept Illusion (1)
Conjuration
Novice Conjuration (1)
Summoner (1)
Atromancy (1)
Elemental Potency (1)
Twin Souls (1)
Mystic Binding (1)
Soul Stealer (1)
Apprentice Conjuration (1)
Adept Conjuration (1)
Expert Conjuration (1)
Destruction
Novice Destruction (1)
Augmented Flames (1)
Dual Casting (1)
Augmented Shock (1)
Apprentice Destruction (1)
Adept Destruction (1)
Expert Destruction (1)
Master Destruction (1)
Restoration
Novice Restoration (1)
Ward Absorb (1)
Dual Casting (1)
Recovery (3)
Regeneration (1)
Apprentice Restoration (1)
Avoid Death (1)
One Handed
Armsman (1)

There is a thread for builds on this first page alone- do try to use search. As for best "mage" ever, I saw Armsman as a perk and already disagree. Pure mage or rename it to battlemage/spellsword, because that isn't a pure mage.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1250247-your-builds-perk-choice-wanted/

Wow, you made it all the way to the bottom before you came to that conclusion? He lost me at the very first perk being for Light Armor. Lol

I didn't read any of the list because I saw the last category only had one perk- was wondering what it would be lol. Didn't even notice the top

I did not know what to do with my last 2 perks what should I change them too

Get more Destruction is my suggestion. Get those last 2 perks into either Augmented Shock/Frost/Flame (2 of those,) for the extra damage. Helps you out a bunch in terms of damage dealing, since destruction is your only way to effectively deal damage.

Thanks I made my changes I'm ready to go. On friday I am going to coach my senior class's powder puff team to victory and then go right to best buy. LOL

Light armor? The best mage will be ONLY wearing robes.

If I were you I'd keep everything within the mage archetype is you are going for "the best" mage. You have quite a few alchemy perks chosen, which is no longer a mage skill, and very few enchantment perks. I'm playing a pure mage, and while I don't have a definite plan on what I'm gonna pick, I'm definitely staying with strictly magical perks. I'm also gonna avoid, as much as possible, using any skills from outside my chosen profession.

What about bound weapons, those would still be part of magic but would still have an effect on other skills

My all-around pure mage build (taken from another thread)

Enchanting ( 8 perks total )
- Enchanter 5 ranks
- Insightful Enchanter
- Corpus Enchanter
- Extra Effect

Destruction ( 13 perks total )
- Novice, Apprentice, Adept, Expert, Master
- Dual Casting
- Impact
- Intense Flames 1 rank
- Augumented Frost 1 rank
- Augumented Shock 2 ranks
- Deep Freeze
- Disintegrate

Alteration ( 13 perks total )
- Novice, Apprentice, Adept, Expert, Master
- Dual Casting
- Mage Armor 3 ranks
- Magic Resistance 3 ranks
- Stability

Conjuration ( 12 perks total )
- Novice, Apprentice, Adept, Expert, Master
- Dual Casting
- Summoner 1 rank
- Atromancy
- Elemental Potency
- Necromancy
- Dark Souls
- Twin Souls

Restoration ( 3 perks total )
- Novice
- Recovery 2 ranks

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49 perks total

Summary :
Bonus to magicka regen : 50%
Bonus to magic resistance : 30%
Mastery in : Destruction/Alteration/Conjuration
Almost full damage from destruction spells ( I prefer lightning so I maxed it )
Maxed alteration's protective spells
Maxed creature summoning/necromancy skills
Ability to enchant all items for a mage(with max bonuses) :
- magicka pool, magicka regen
- magic skill bonuses like : destruction damage bonus, alteration duration etc...

EDIT:
The mage will not use any kind of armor or weapons as it is PURE mage build

Depending on the potion effects available, Alchemy could be just as viable for a mage as Enchanting. I know they wanted to keep the number of skills per archetype equal, whilst giving each one a crafting skill, but I really don't buy Alchemy as a stealth skill *shrug*

True mages don't bother with physical armor; we have spells that do that do the job just as well, and without the extra weight.