Arrow Fend

[Warhammer]

Arrow fend gives your army 80% air shield. Does this apply to magic missile weapons as well? For example, if someone casts Arrow Fend, will that aid his defense when I cast nether bolts?

[RonD]

I think Arrow Fend only helps against spells that cast/create mundae missles (like bladewind). I think nether bolts works against MR, so Antimagic would be a good defense.

[Warhammer]

Well this was an issue where my guys suddenly started missing repeatedly after arrow fend was cast which prompted the question.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Apparently shields can block single target spells such as firebolt. The question is how arrow fend works precisely. If it functions like a shield in giving a chance for a missile to hit not a square, but a unit in the square, then...

What spells were you casting, were they area one (or more) or single target (times whatever number of effects)? And by miss, did they still hit the square, just not any unit?

I really don't know what I'm talking about. But I remember asking a dev whether a shield could block spells (answer: some) and arrow fend may function similarily.

[Warhammer]

It seemed nether bolts and shadow bolts missed rather suddenly after the spell fired.

[Meglobob]

Warhammer said:
It seemed nether bolts and shadow bolts missed rather suddenly after the spell fired.

Thats interesting...errm never thought of arrow fend as a counter to those spells.

Perhaps, it just effects all bolt spells?