Stone Skin

School of Earth Magic

Level 1

Magic Arrow *

Shield

Slow

Stone Skin

View Earth

Level 2

Death Ripple

Quicksand

Visions *

Level 3

Animate Dead

Anti-Magic

Earthquake

Force Field

Protection from Earth

Level 4

Meteor Shower

Resurrection

Sorrow

Town Portal

Level 5

Implosion

Summon Earth Elemental

School of Air Magic

School of Fire Magic

School of Water Magic

Stone Skin
	School:	Earth Magic
	Level:	1st
	Cost:	5/4
	Duration:	1 rnd/sp
Basic effect
Increases the selected friendly unit's defense strength by 3.
Advanced effect
Increases the selected friendly unit's defense strength by 6.
Expert effect
Increases the defense strength of all friendly units by 6.
Probability of occurrence (%):
Castle   32 Rampart   32 Tower   63 (53*) Inferno   31 Necropolis   54 Dungeon   30 Stronghold   53 Fortress   31 Conflux   31 Cove    31 Factory     * Without Library

Stone Skin is a 1st level spell in the School of Earth Magic. It increases target, allied troop's defense.

Heroes starting with Stone Skin:

• Rion the Cleric
• Halon the Wizard
• Zydar the Heretic
• Vokial the Death Knight
• Xsi the Necromancer
• Darkstorn the Warlock
• Dessa the Battle Mage
• Merist the Witch
• Tiva the Witch
• Labetha the Elementalist

Heroes specialising in Stone Skin:

• Xsi the Necromancer
• Darkstorn the Warlock
• Merist the Witch
• Labetha the Elementalist

Creatures immune to Stone Skin:

•   Green and Gold Dragons
•   Red and Black Dragons
•  Azure Dragons

•  Magic Elementals

Creatures capable of casting Stone Skin:

•  Master Genies (Advanced level) 
•  Enchanters (Expert level) 

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Stone skin is often compared to shield, which has similar effects. They both reduce the amount of damage creature stacks receives. The main difference between these two spells are, that stone skin also works against ranged creatures while shield only reduces hand-to-hand damage. A rule of thumb whether to use shield or stone skin in hand-to-hand combat is, that if enemy's attack skill is greater than your defense skill, use stone skin. Of course, with both spells active, your troops will receive considerably less damage. Advanced/Expert Stone Skin is only strictly better than equal-skill Shield if the difference between your unit's defense and the opponent's attack is exactly 21 or 22. That means Shield is almost always preferable, unless you expect ranged attacks.