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A Comprehensive Treatise On Wards

• Vazgen

  

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  July 30, 2013

  Thanks Kyn! Collete's situation is really sad - not only her school of choice is overlooked but she's also one of two expert trainers when other teachers are masters. Nobody wants to mess with Phinis and all are focused on her :(

  Thanks Kyn! Collete's situation is really sad - not only her school of choice is overlooked but she's also one of two expert trainers when other teachers are masters. Nobody wants to mess with Phinis and all are focused on her :(
• Vazgen

  

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  July 30, 2013

  Thanks Gornith! They can save your life in many situations, blocking Spriggan poison attacks, the soul gem traps and the fact that they don't take into account difficulty helps with those Fireball casting Hagravens as well :)

  Thanks Gornith! They can save your life in many situations, blocking Spriggan poison attacks, the soul gem traps and the fact that they don't take into account difficulty helps with those Fireball casting Hagravens as well :)
• Gornith

  

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  July 30, 2013

  I must be lucky (or unlucky) I think I've run into maybe 5 spriggans total, so their poison has never been an issue, and Hagravens I usually sneak kill before they can get me with a fireball.  Just dragon breath seems to be my biggest issue.  Ward spells, here I come.

  I must be lucky (or unlucky) I think I've run into maybe 5 spriggans total, so their poison has never been an issue, and Hagravens I usually sneak kill before they can get me with a fireball.  Just dragon breath seems to be my biggest issue.  Ward spells, here I come.

• Paul

  

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  July 30, 2013

  Very interesting Vazgen, and pleased to see this as a featured post

  I've seldom considered Wards as something to have as part of a character, but this post reveals some hitherto unknown (to me at any rate) features and tricks

  A deserved +1 from me

  Very interesting Vazgen, and pleased to see this as a featured post

  I've seldom considered Wards as something to have as part of a character, but this post reveals some hitherto unknown (to me at any rate) features and tricks

  A deserved +1 from me

• Vazgen

  

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  July 30, 2013

  Thanks Paul! The wards were always a part of my mage characters, it just feels "mage-like" to cast the ward and block enemy spells and they saved me from certain death many times  

  Thanks Paul! The wards were always a part of my mage characters, it just feels "mage-like" to cast the ward and block enemy spells and they saved me from certain death many times  

• Curse Never Dying

  

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  July 30, 2013

  Does the atronoch stone and ability together have any effect on ward absorb, or would having those be redundant with a good enough ward?

  Does the atronoch stone and ability together have any effect on ward absorb, or would having those be redundant with a good enough ward?
• Vazgen

  

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  July 30, 2013

  The wards are considered separate objects and absorption effects from atronach stone and perk doesn't affect them.

  The wards are considered separate objects and absorption effects from atronach stone and perk doesn't affect them.
• Curse Never Dying

  

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  July 30, 2013

  Would you happen to know off hand what the absorption cap is set to? One source tells me 85% but another one tells me its 95%

  Would you happen to know off hand what the absorption cap is set to? One source tells me 85% but another one tells me its 95%

• Vazgen

  

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  July 30, 2013

  The ward absorption or regular spell absorption from Atronach stone and perk?

  The ward absorption or regular spell absorption from Atronach stone and perk?

• Zerul

  

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  July 30, 2013

  There is no cap on regular spell absorption, so 100% is possible. And for ward absorption, as Vaz said 75% is the maximum possible, only attainable by combining the Ward Absorb perk and Ahzidal's gauntlets. If ward absorption has a cap it is not easily known, simply because there are no other items or perks in the game that can increase it.

  There is no cap on regular spell absorption, so 100% is possible. And for ward absorption, as Vaz said 75% is the maximum possible, only attainable by combining the Ward Absorb perk and Ahzidal's gauntlets. If ward absorption has a cap it is not easily known, simply because there are no other items or perks in the game that can increase it.