Blizzard seems useless but I like the visual effect.

Fire storm has a knockback effect and high damage, but it's a close range spell and you're a sitting duck.

Lightning storm seems the best because you can change direction and aim during the spell, but again, you must stand in the same spot. This spell has the highest dps in my opinion.

They are a bit annoying how they take so long. I hope that they make more spells for DLC or something, just not enough.

Given how low damage blizzard is I would have preferred the range trippled to actually make use of the stamina drain. Lightning storm is ok... only if you have enough magicka to maintain it. Fire storm is just crap. I really dislike how you can't choose all three or have a choice. The book to teach you the spell depends on what your favourite destruction spell type is.

You can buy the two others from the vendor.

What vendor??

The one that you get the quest from...

lighting storm is ok but like all spell svcks up mana that quickly you dont realy end up making much on a dint agaist some enemys

blizzard is meh too long to cast for to little damage and far to much mana to be viable late game

fire storm is just to slow youll be killed by the time youve charged it up

The drain stamina effect on ice spells is under-rated. If you can stack up enough effects to drain their stamina really quickly, they're stuck in the blizzard. Ward - blizzard+wall - freeze shout - dual storms. Pretty much anything the freeze shout works on will be completely out of stamina and stuck inside the blizzard by the time it wears off.

Yeah ice school does damage more slowly, and you don't get to chaincast blizzard. You have to stack it with other casts.

All three spells are worse than just spamming the expert or adept level spells, unfortunately.

Just get fortify destruction +25% on 4 pieces of armor/jewels and = spam away. I currently run with 99% mana reduction to destruction spells just to balance it.

Shock damage is the best, since nothing has resist shock naturally, and it drains man's on casters. Proper use of alchemy and dual cast can get Thunderbolt up to 500 per hit.

Before anyone starts squaking, Fortify Destruction Potions actually increase your destruction damage.

how do you get the spell? i have the book but i just dont get it...

what i hate is that u cant cast them one handed at all, kinda makes spellsword impossible...destro pots increase dmg? nice

Lightning Storm does lovely damage and makes a big, suitable noise and light show, but the ridiculous length of the casting animation makes it too much of a pain in the butt for me to even contemplate using.

Well i got my mage at level 36, hes got 100 destruction, 100 alteration, 76 restoration and ive got a mana pool of 631 right now, and these are my experiences with the destruction master spells. Mind you, i also play on expert, so these can be a bit skewed.

Fire storm: This spell i find to be the most underpowered (for the amount of mana it costs) of all three, though the knockback sort of makes up for it.

Blizzard: This spell has a cool concept and would be alot better if it wasnt glitched for me. 1 out of every 2 times casting this spell, it doesnt activate - but it uses up the mana like i did cast it.

Lightning storm: The most powerful and most used spell of all three for me. It uses so little mana for doing 100 shock damage per second, plus it has an insane range. I killed an elder dragon in about 6 seconds of just concentrated spell use. PLus i can use this spell for about 10-15 seconds before my mana completely runs out.

I noticed how some people are saying they dont use the spells because of the charge up time - well theres a solution to that its called the Become Ethereal dragonshout (this is a MUST for any mage character) Not only does it have a refresh rate of about 5-10 seconds, it keeps you from all damage and you can charge your spell up while still ethereal. The shout instantly becomes unactivated the second you cast a spell or attack or interact with anything. Also, you can use the time to let your mana regenerate.

Props to Sentinel for the innovative shout usage idea. In my opinion, as a pure mage with 100% destruction spell cost reduction (enchanting is beastly) there is nothing in the entire game more powerful than an activated stream of lightning storm with unlimited spammability (if you will) and impact to stagger foes. Fire Storm is a one hit weakling that, in terms of time to damage ratio, does less dps than even adept level fire spells. Blizzard, while useful in the right situations, is also fairly pointless to use as a go-to damage dealer. An exception to this is dragon landings, accurate blizzard usage can help keep the big guy grounded and weak to other (more potent) destruction spells. However, usages and opinions aside, the fact remains that no spell (not even dual casted thunderbolt with damage mods and overcharge) can rival lightning storm for its astronomical dps and stagger factor. Even the most warrior-inclined gamer wouldn't dare to scoff at 112 dps, 56 magicka dps, and stagger.