resistences against special battlespells?

[Boron]

Geyser e.g. has WF .
how can i find out which resistence prevents the damage from these multicolour spells ?

is there a resistence against these spells :
-magma eruption/bolts
-gifts from heaven
-bladewind

[Boron]

i looked today a bit closer into battlespells :
now i have questions to some mainly if there is resistence against them or not :

1.Boil alteration 6 FFFW
does fire or cold resistence protect ?

2.phönix pyre "death" fireball :
fire resistence protects ?

3.Geyser evo 1 , WF
does fire / cold resistence protect ?

4.Acid spray evo 1 WWF
does fire / water or poison protect ?

5.sulphur haze evo2 FFA
poison resistence should protect right ?

6.vine arrow evo 2 NN
damage 15+
is this damage or the hp of the entanglement which have to be destroyed ?

7.freezing mist evo3 WWWA
i think cold resistence should protect ?

8.acid bolt evo 3 WWF
which resistence protects ? poison , cold or fire ?

9.acid rain evo 4 WWF
which resistence protects ? poison , cold or fire ?

10. gifts from heaven evo 5 EEES
i think no protection ?

11. farstrike thaum 1 EES
i think no resistence .
has the target a defense roll to escape ?

12. Hellfire blood 4 BFF
does fire resistence protect ?


thnx for your answers

[Cainehill]

Geyser : Quite possibly no resistance, it definately shouldn't be cold, and I don't think fire - just the impact / turbulence of water causing damage.

Sulphur Haze : Definately does poison damage.

Vine Arrow : Does damage _and_ entangles, if it hits.

Acid spells : No resistance that I know of, but I might be surprised.

Gifts from Heaven : I think that's huge whopping impact damage, so no resistance, but if you have 150 armor protection...

Farstrike : Not sure if there's a ToHit resolution as per a melee attack, but it always has the possibility of hitting an empty square altogether.

[Boron]

Cainehill said:
Acid spells : No resistance that I know of, but I might be surprised.

hm especially the acid rain doesn't look too bad
the "constant" 12 ap damage are a minor drawback but area of effect 4+ is goood and no resistence probably even better

would be nice if e.g. zen could give definite answers because he has surely already tested it for his new Quick References

[DLC1]

2.phönix pyre "death" fireball :
fire resistence protects ?

Phoenix Pyre is concussion damage, ie physical/generic damage.

[Molog]

Boron said:
5.sulphur haze evo2 FFA
poison resistence should protect right ?

Does poison damage and can set troops on fire.
Poison immunity protects against poison, but not against fire.
I noticed that fire immunity gave protection from poison and fire effects.

[Chazar]

Sorry for exhuming an old thread...

Has anyone conducted some conclusive experiments yet to answer these questions?

I am particularly interested whether MagmaBolts would be suitable to dispose a casting of AngelicHost far behind my lines, and those angels have 50% fire protections...

[Graeme Dice]

I can confirm that magma bolts will damage fire immune troops.

[Vynd]

I think that there are a lot of spells for which there is no resistance. Armor helps against Blade Wind, but a resistance? What would it be? There's no Earth Resistance. Frankly it had never even occurred to me to ask if there was a way to resist that spell.

But you have a good point when it comes to spells like Magma Bolts and Geyser that one could logically consider to be fire/heat damage. We know there's a resistance for fire, after all. So it's just a question of whether or not it works on those spells.

[Boron]

Vynd said:
I think that there are a lot of spells for which there is no resistance. Armor helps against Blade Wind, but a resistance? What would it be? There's no Earth Resistance. Frankly it had never even occurred to me to ask if there was a way to resist that spell.

But you have a good point when it comes to spells like Magma Bolts and Geyser that one could logically consider to be fire/heat damage. We know there's a resistance for fire, after all. So it's just a question of whether or not it works on those spells.

yeah because i am at the moment analyzing battle spells because i didn't pay attention too much so far but recognized now how good they are .
with the 12 above mentioned spells i am not sure if there is a resistence or not .

so far especially banefire looks extremely strong to me