» Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:28 am
You don't have to cast a conjuration spell while in battle.
You do however have to have a conjuration effect working while in battle.
What this means is that you can cast a reanimate,conjure atronoch or bound weapon before entering a battle.
As long as those spells are still active when you enter the battle you will gain experience to your conjuration skill.
This can be handy when you know you are about to enter a fight,cast your conjuration spell of choice before the enemy see's you then start the fight.
This casting of spells also works for other spell schools like alteration,for it's mage armor spells.
A rule to remember though is that you won't actually get the skill increase until you actually engage in the fight.