Fire Shield

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School of Fire Magic
School of Earth 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 Horn of the Abyss   10
Factory Horn of the Abyss   
* 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:

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.
  • 10 Archangels attack 1 Efreet Sultan. 900 damage is done by the archangels. 90 health multiplied by 20% equals 18 health. The fire shield will do 18 damage to the archangels.
  • 10 Archangels attack 10 Efreet Sultan. 900 damage is done by the archangels. All Efreet Sultans die exactly. 900 health multiplied by 20% equals 180 health. The fire shield will do 180 damage to the archangels. No archangel dies.
  • 14 Archangels attack 14 Efreet Sultans. 1260 damage is done by the archangels. All Efreet Sultans die exactly. 1260 health multiplied by 20% equals 252 health. The fire shield will do 252 damage to the archangels. One archangel dies.
  • 1000 Archangels attack 1000 Efreet Sultan. 9000 damage is done by the archangels. All Efreet Sultans die exactly. 9000 health multiplied by 20% equals 1800 health. The fire shield will do 1800 damage to the archangels. 7 archangels die.