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cleveland said:
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Baalz said:
I also again want to point out the ignoring shields is almost always *at least* as good as +4 attack against any troops with shields, and often quite a bit better. Against units with tower shields (not common in indies, but much more so against real opponents) it's more than twice as good.
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Are you certain about this? I was under the impression that the F9/D9 effects were secondary weapon effects, so only were applied upon a successful strike of the primary weapon. In other words, the to-hit probability doesn't change.
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While you are right secondary effects only applied with a successful strike of the primary weapon (verified using -ddddd), you are wrong about the to-hit probability thing.
A hit can be an armor hit or a shield hit. In both cases, primary weapon hits. Fire bless secondary attack is an AP attack, so shield matters. A shield hit is as good as a no hit for most cases. This is especially true for a kite shield with its huge protection bonus. So your fire bless secondary attack pretty much requires an armor hit to work for heavily shielded opponents.
Death blessed secondary attack however, ignores protection. So it does not matter if you hit a shield or an armor. Therefore, its actual chance to do damage is greatly improved.