Fire Shield

School of Fire Magic

Level 1

Bloodlust

Curse

Magic Arrow *

Protection from Fire

Level 2

Blind

Fire Wall

Visions *

Level 3

Fireball

Land Mine

Misfortune

Level 4

Armageddon

Berserk

Fire Shield

Frenzy

Inferno

Slayer

Level 5

Sacrifice

Summon Fire Elemental

School of Air Magic

School of Earth Magic

School of Water Magic

Fire Shield
	School:	Fire Magic
	Level:	4
	Cost:	16/12
	Duration:	1 rnd/sp
Basic effect
20% of hand-to-hand damage inflicted on target, allied troop is counter-inflicted on attackers of the troop.
Advanced effect
25% of hand-to-hand damage inflicted on target, allied troop is counter-inflicted on attackers of the troop.
Expert effect
30% of hand-to-hand damage inflicted on target, allied troop is counter-inflicted on attackers of the troop.
Probability of occurrence (%):
Castle   10 Rampart   10 Tower   16 (10*) Inferno   10 Necropolis   10 Dungeon   10 Stronghold   0 Fortress   0 Conflux   10 Cove    10 Factory     * Without Library

Fire Shield is a 4 level spell in the School of Fire Magic. Target allied stack gains a shield of fire, that damages all units trying to attack it in melee. Damage is based on damage done to enchanted unit. If the enchanted unit is totally destroyed, only the damage needed to kill it is used as a base for calculations.

Damage taken by the enchanted unit must be greater than 3 or the fire shield will have no effect.

It should be noted, that even creatures that are normally immune to (fire) magic, for example black dragons, gold dragons or magic elementals, can take damage from this spell.

All friendly unit fire shields can be strengthened via Orb of Tempestuous Fire (from hero magic, from Ironfist of the Ogre and Efreet Sultan).

Efreet Sultans have an innate fire shield equivalent to basic fire shield. You can cast Fire Shield onto Efreet Sultans, but the stack won't have two fire shields as a result. Only the better fire shield will be used. That means only advanced or expert fire shield will improve the shield.

Units immune to Fire Shield:

•   Efreet and Efreet Sultan (Efreet Sultans have natural basic fire shield.)
•   Fire and Energy Elementals
•  Firebird ^{*(not in Horn of the Abyss)}  and  Phoenix

Examples

• 100 archangels attack 1 imp with expert fire shield. 14K damage is done by the archangels. 4 health multiplied by 30% equals 1.2 health. The fire shield will do 1 damage to the archangels.
• 100 archangels attack 100 imps with expert fire shield. 14K damage is done by the archangels. 400 health multiplied by 30% equals 120 health. The fire shield will do 120 damage to the archangels.