Hey guys, just looking for some help here. I'm a High Elf Death Knight (2-Handed Warrior specializing in Conjuration and Restoration) So I already have the +50 Magika racial bonus. How much more magika do I need to cast the high level Conjuration and Restoration spells?

My melee conjurer had roughly 380ish mana or so and he did well. Bad thing about a death knight is, you will need mana, health and stamina. Make sure you level enchanting and smithing I guess.

Base cost for Dread Zombie (expert level) is 302, but it depends on skill level, perks, equipment, etc. Personally I split H/M/S three ways until I started to feel like I had enough Magicka to work with.

For Restoration, what I did was take Novice Restoration, Regeneration, Recovery, and Restoration Dual Casting. Then I put Healing (novice level spell) on the left hotkey, and my hammer on the right one. When I need to heal, I hit the left hotkey twice, for two-handed Healing, then dual cast it till I am healed. Then switch back to the hammer with the right hotkey. I find this is the only Restoration spell that I need.

is the 302 before or after the perk that cuts it in half?

If it's base, I'm almost sure that's at level 1 skill and no perks. Could be wrong tho.

spell cost = base cost * skill multiplier * perk multiplier * equipment multiplier * dual cast multiplier

(skill multiplier = 1 - (skill/400)^0.65)
So at 100 skill with 0.5 perk multiplier I think the cost is 61