Quote Originally Posted by Trickster View Post
I planned to play as a spellsword functionally. Probably gonna use a longsword and grab fighting initiate from v human to grab dueling to make sure I don't fall behind melee wise
Spellsword would be very hard to do as an Alchemist.

Your best option is getting Green Flame Blade and max out both INT and STR, so you can add both mods to your damage at lvl 5.

You also need to get the longsword proficiency as a racial perk.