I just got dragonhide from Toldfir, and I was wondering if it's the best? I have ebony flesh(or whatever the best one is) and the duel cast perk, along with the 3x effective perk. So when I use ebony flesh I have like 400 health, right? Is dragonhide better than that? It takes soo much time to cast and uses up alot of mana for only 45 seconds.

Im pretty sure it removes all armor rating.

Dragonhide gives you maximum physical damage protection, 85%. It is the best, but not always necessary. I use Ebony Flesh for most fights and throw up Dragonhide when there is a high level melee to contend with.

Dragonhide will give you 80% damage resist, which is the maximum you can obtain with armor. This will last 30 seconds (45 with the duration perk), but it can be dual casted for 99 seconds duration.

Ebonyflesh will give you 300 armor rating (with the mage armor perk x3) for 3+ mins (with the duration perk and dual casted), this will give you ~40% damage resist.

To help with the charge time, and to not stagger from enemy hits, I recommend using the become ethereal shout with master spells. You can then charge them up without interruption, this is amazing with mass paralyse ha.

I think it is the best spell.

Awesome tip.