Main Resistances per Region - by Thorin OakShield

[gogoblender 3,068]

This was originally published at Clan Da by Thorin Oakshield (member here at DarkMatters too! ), and with his permission, he's allowed it to be published here at DarkMatters, and on SacredWiki

Thank you Thorin

Main resistances per region

I've been keeping a close eye at the secondary resistances of most opponents in this game and decided to adjust my weaponry according to that; thus always using the best weapons for that specific region.

I won't split all the opponents out into classes, sub-classes, sub-sub-classes and so on; but rather stick to a general point of view.
Since physical resistance is the only one always present, I won't mention that.

However, based upon my observations you can prepare yourself for a big surprise. As the best secondary damager is one not many of you are going to expect.


High Elven Region:
High Elven Bandits or pirates:
1) Fire
2) Magic
3) Poison

Animals:
1) Poison
2) Magic
3) Ice

Kobolds:
1)Poison
2) Fire

Undead:
1) Poison
2) Ice
3) Magic
4) Ice

Best secondary damage types: Ice or Magic.

Human Lands:

Humans (Bandits, assassins, knights)
1) Fire
2) Magic
3) Poison

Animals (including all rodents and spiders):
1) Poison
2) Ice
3) Magic

Werewolves:
1) Fire

Best secondary damage type: Ice

Orc Region

Orc's, Trolls, Goblin's, Ogre's:

1) Ice
2) Magic

Animals:
1) Poison
2) Ice
3) Magic

Best secondary damage type: Fire

Seraphim Island:

Stone monsters:
1) Magic
2) Fire

Ice elemental:
1) Ice
2) Magic

Best secondary damage type: Poison

Carnach cave:

Dragons: Fire
Cultists: Fire

Best secondary damage type: Ice or Poison

Swamp Region:

Olm's:
1) Magic

Animals:
1) Poison
2) Magic

Werewolves:
1) Fire

Undead:
1) Poison
2) Ice
3) Magic

Best secondary damage type: Fire / Ice

Desert:

Humans:
1) Fire
2) Magic

Animals:
1) Poison
2) Fire
3) Magic

Best secondary damage type: Ice

Jungle Region:

Garema:
1) Poison
2) Magic

Spiders:
1) Poison

Demons:
1) Magic
2) Fire

Best secondary damage type: Ice or Fire

Dryad Island:

Animals:
1) Poison
2) Magic

Plants:
1) Poison
2) Fire
3) Magic

Humans
1) Fire

Fen-fire's (aka Will o' Wisps):
1) Magic
2) Ice

Best secondary damage type: Fire / Ice

Wastelands:

Temple Guardians:
1) Magic
2) Poison

Demons:
1) Magic
2) Fire
3) Poison
4) Ice

Skellies:
1) Fire
2) Magic

Best secondary damage type: Ice.

(former) X-mass island:

When the x-mass content is up:
1) Ice
2) Magic
3) Poison

Best secondary damage type: Fire

Rest of the year:
1) Fire
2) Magic
3) Poison

Best secondary damage type: Ice

All regions:

T-Energy creatures:
1) Magic
2) Poison


Bosses:
Most mini-bosses have resistances simular to the ones their much smaller look alikes are having too.
However, the bosses have a far higher resistance, do more damage and several of them are able to disable buff's or block Combat Arts.

What is surprising is that with the exception of the Gar'Colossus all Campaign bosses can be killed when using Ice-enhanced weapons.
The G'C is killable with all weapons, but is having a bad resistance vs poison.

In general this means that some builds using Ice as main additional damage type will have a far more easier game as those based upon other damage types.


Thorin

[Flix 5,116]

This is so excellent to have! I was thinking about doing this very thing as I was beginning work on bestiaries for the Regions pages. Lo and behold, Thorin already did this outstanding work!

[gogoblender 3,068]

I was hoping this could good for everyone! When we were talking before about set ups for the regions page, I remember resistances being a defining factor, which can lead to diverse build structures, as well as the drops from certain types of monsters in specific regions. Trophies, for example, are a big part of a left click build with no CA use (yes, is possible, there's a knight build somewhere will have to look it up), the one skill, alchemy, can emulate almost any item modifier in the game, making a left click/no ca build, potentially as possible as a right click build... not as fun, of course, but still viable.

With the need for trophies, specific needs become identifiable, such as crit trophies, which I always ran out of, but which players here from DarkMatters, while finding them on their travels and having no use for them, would often give them to me for me to hoard.

As well, other drops, I think jewelry, for isntance, has a higher chance of dropping from Ghosts, and there is an area that is infested with them?

 

gogo

[Dragon Brother 619]

Interesting that ice is the least resisted. I never really looked at these sort of things and typically went with fire for the DOT. Always about the extra damage!!

[Thorin Oakshield 260]

Gogo,

 

the area with the ghost dropping a lot of bling-bling is called Whisperwood.

It can be found to the east of Altamark's Gate, however, there are only some resurrection stones nearby.

 

 

Thorin

[Delta! 985]

I always like having ice damage, because it slows the opponents. If I have a dual wield character, then I will have poison/fire/magic on the other weapon, for the DOT or the weakening. But I have also never looked at what kind of damage is the most effective.

 

Delta!

[Aegis 256]

Thank you for writing this up, Thorin, and thank you for posting this here, gogo.

 

I don't spend enough time in Whisperwood it seems.

[gogoblender 3,068]

I hear you on the "click" Aegis, perspctive like this, when peeps aggegate data and then present it like this adds a wondermoment to the play. Plus, lets creative juice builds goin

 

 

gogo

[claudius 104]

This is what evens out balance with ice. Ice status effect is reduced movement which is horrbile when compared to DOT (damage over time) of fire/poison and the debilitating of weakening from magic.

[gogoblender 3,068]

Ah, the greater macro perspective

 

+++@ claudius

 

 

gogo