[0.77] magic resistance of enemies - is it possible to overcome?

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I find that my caster is pretty terrible at taking out big bad enemies. Powerful enemies with massive of hits points are also resistant to magic. That is not a bad thing but there should be ways to reduce their resistance. He doesn't appear to have any spells to do decrease resistance and in my current game I haven't found any cool items that do any thing similar.

 

Does magic resistance decrease as physical damage increases?

 

Are there items to reduce resistance?

 

Are there way to make my caster so powerful that the magic resistance of the enemy is overcome?

 

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Spell Mastery Skill counters magic resistance. Curse and Mass Curse are also harder to resist and reduce magic resistance. You may want to inspect some enemies because they have special abilities that reduce elemental damage by 25, 50 or 100%.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

One thing I'd like to see in this regard is some more magic techs along the lines of Book of Winds, which would unlock specific spells from strange schools.

 

An Abjuration tech might unlock spells like Raise Resistance, Lower Resistance, and Magical Mail (all tactical/strategic spells)

Advanced Abjuration might be expensive , and unlock Absorb, 250 mana spell that disables spellcasting for a unit, but grants it 90% immunity to single-target tactical magic, and Overload , 50 mana,  1 turn does INT/2 damage, and has a chance of dispel Absorb for INT*2 damage or something along those lines.

As a minor change, I'd suggest changing the name of Book of Winds, because it sounded like, and I assumed, that it was advanced air magic, and wondered where the advanced fire/water/earth magic was.

 

I understand why Derek dumped the spell researching from the game, but I think having some non-elemental spells in the game that can be researched is a good thing, if only to aid folks who got unlucky on the shards.  Then again, it does lead to potential AI abusing.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

@Zygwen

 

Ok I might have a look into that. I have one of those massive elemental beings to destroy. It has approx 600hp and does about 300hp damage per hit. I have nothing that will survive a single hit so I am looking for ways to reduce its abilities. I am quite enjoying this challenge.

 

Can't wait to see how this game develops as it is shaping up to be a long term keeper for me.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Increase your caster's intelligence, and choose 'spell mastery' skills when levelling up. That counters magic resistance.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Sweet - I went back later and took it out using a deadly army with no hero involved. Go figure.