Well I deleted my Skyrim saves accidentally, so on my new play through @ level 17 - I'm training enchantment ATM so I'm dual wielding an Orcish Dagger (superior) with soul trap and an Orcish War Axe (superior) with fire damage.
No wonder frost troll is whooping your ass. Have you been to the 3 dwarven places that has the ingots (or junk to make it)? Two places doesn't have any critters. The Dwarven Storehouse and a Tower in the Reach. If you need the names i can provise them. Get rid of Nimre the giant spider in Markarth and there's a few more. 2 dwarves ingots and an iron ingot makes dwarven bows which is the new iron dagger for leveling smithing.
Skillshot, your combo is interesting but it doesnt sound very effective
For one you don't have to be a douchebag. That was incredibly rude. Second, I don't power level. It makes the game too easy and not fun. If I can't find it somewhere (EG if I'm training enchantment find soul gems in dungeons instead of going to Farengar and spamming iron daggers and waiting 48 hours), I'm not going to get it. Just because it's not how YOU play doesn't mean it's wrong.
Do you get the nord hero stuff by completing the main quest? I haven't yet. Anyway, I only have one character I play often, and he is the jack of all trades. He uses all types of magic, one handed, archery, and block. Level 58 with enchant 100 smith 100 speech 100 very high magic skills (all boosted haha) and pretty good at the thief stuff too. I use pretty much whatever I feel like at the time. One of my favorites is my dragonscale set enchanted with fortify conj and destruct. Combined with twin souls (dremora lords), incinerate, and unlimited spells. This can dominate any opponent. Also very effective is a shield w/ a tempered sky forge sword. That combination is underrated. My current bows are daedrics w/ soul trap and fire or fire and shock, same as my swords. Bows do 337 with 160% apparel boost with temperaments. Swords do 220 with same stuff. Good for any situation. I used to be scared of dragon priests and dragur death overlords. But now I just let my drems take care of them. Muhahahaha
Or modding like I did.You get from beating the Companion's Questline and using the Sky Forge.
A Daedric Bow with Soul Trap/Ice enchantments and dual daedric daggers with Fire/Stamina Drain and Lightning/Paralyze