What is mana shield?

[kinawarrior]

On the skill Magic Shield, what does teh Mana Shield portion mean? What does it do?

[asommers]

When you take damage, it will subtract from available mana instead of health.

-ALS

[Register]

wow asommers two posts exactly a min apart! maybe the 1 min rule applies to devs as well
oooh ill edit the PLlopedia! Then others wont get the same misunderstanding

[kinawarrior]

Awesome.

So, if I have 400 mana, then I can take 400 damage before it affects my health, correct?

And, one side question, is it my mana pool or the available mana I have? I'm assuming the available mana I have.

What a great spell, time to spam this one more than normal

[Kraze]

Check out the guides or enchantress section tons of info to keep you busy while you wax your elfs ears

[Otukura]

@register, it's 30 seconds, not one minute. On-topic: it can be broken by blast shot, where you will take no damage from the blast shot but your shield will dissappear.

[WhoIsThis]

Be sure to have some mana pots ready - a mana shield will not withstand sustained attacks and can quickly deplete your mana reserves. You don't want to find yourself in a situation where you're out of mana and losing health fast.

[Register]

One tip, dont put more than 1 point into the spell because as you rank it up, it gives a sight armor boost. Those 5 points could be used for a spell more helpful to other team members rather then a selfish and very little armor boost.

[zodiacr]

one tip, dont put more than 1 point into the spell because as you rank it up, it gives a sight armor boost. Those 5 points could be used for a spell more helpful to other team members rather then a selfish and very little armor boost.

totally agree

[crestmage]

totally agree

But in end game it offers 12 armor. Thats huge... for endgame, i mean

[Kraze]

totally agree

But in end game it offers 12 armor. Thats huge... for endgame, i mean

Not really it's less than a 10% armor buff at the cost of 6 points

[StompArtist]

Awesome.

So, if I have 400 mana, then I can take 400 damage before it affects my health, correct?

And, one side question, is it my mana pool or the available mana I have? I'm assuming the available mana I have.

What a great spell, time to spam this one more than normal

Yes, your mana will run out just when you would really need the heal spell.

[Zapoke]

Not really it's less than a 10% armor buff at the cost of 6 points

I was going to say that... ^^"

[crestmage]

Not really it's less than a 10% armor buff at the cost of 6 points

yeah but in ENDGAME u have maxed out pretty much all ur skills. So with points to spare, then throw it in the shield!

[Whirlzap]

Why is everyone so oblivious?
Developers are gonna prob make it level 7 max for skills.
Then you'll be sitting there like "OH CRAP WHYD DIDNT I LISTEN TOKRAZE"

[Kraze]

Why is everyone so oblivious?
Developers are gonna prob make it level 7 max for skills.
Then you'll be sitting there like "OH CRAP WHYD DIDNT I LISTEN TOKRAZE"

Eh I'd rather they go to 10 on skills it would create some interesting builds. Going to 7 would still leave us with little in variety. Side note even at END GAME there are better options for those extra skill points IMO

[Navygreen]

I heart my mana shield.

[Zapoke]

I heart my mana shield.

I believe all elves do. O.o

[StompArtist]

I believe all elves do. O.o

Nope. I do not use it.

[Navygreen]

I believe all elves do. O.o

Well, before Stomp's post I would have said that this comment is inevitable. But there's still some who don't even bother putting 1 skill point into it. I think mine has about 3 points in it now lol. I use it so much. I never knew how much I appreciated my mana shield until I got to Balefort Sewers.