Stone Skin: Difference between revisions
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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. | 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 | 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. <!-- At 20 difference, defense reduces the damage by 50%. So 6 extra points of defense bring the damage to 35% of base, and so does Shield: 50%*(100%-30%)=35%. At 21 or 22 difference, the unit takes 47.5% or 45% of base damage, and Shield is even less effective; however, the effect of defense is capped at 28 difference, so at 23 or more, +6 defense becomes less effective due to the cap. --> That means Shield is almost always preferable, unless you expect ranged attacks. | ||
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Revision as of 11:33, 5 December 2021
| Stone Skin | ||
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| 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 |
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 Bulwark |
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| * Without Library | ||
It increases target, allied troop's defense.
Heroes with Stone Skin as a starting spell:
Darkstorn the Warlock
Dessa the Battle Mage
Halon the Wizard
Labetha the Elementalist
Merist the Witch
Rion the Cleric
Tiva the Witch
Vokial the Death Knight
Xsi the Necromancer
Zydar the Heretic
Heroes that specialize in Stone Skin:
- Darkstorn the Warlock
- Labetha the Elementalist
- Merist the Witch
- Xsi the Necromancer
Units immune to Stone Skin:
User Commentary
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.