I have always played a heavy armoured Dark Elf with Sword/ Shield with magic support. The problem is that starting stats are not on my side,

+10 Destruction
+5 Alchemy, Alteration, Illusion, Light Armor, Sneak

I dont plan to use Destruction (only Conjuration/ Restoration schools mainly) and I am struggling a bit lol. How can I make this build work for my Dark Elf early game?

Topics going down the page way too quickly now of days If anyone has any advise, I could still use it.

i'd say: just do it. ^^ shouldn't be that impossible - even without support of the starting abilities.