What type of damage is inflicted? - Guild Wars Forums

countesscorpula · Jul 04, 2007, 01:09 AM // 01:09

A dervish with an Icy Scythe, avatar of Balthazaar, and hexed with stone sheath.

We have cold, holy and earth damage. Which one comes out on top? and Why?

HawkofStorms · Jul 04, 2007, 02:46 AM // 02:46

I assume you mean enchanted with stone striker (not stone sheath, which just prevents critical hits).

Skills trump weapons (so balthazaar and stone striker trump an icy weapon, after all if you had a sundering sword that deals slashing damage, those skills convert the slashing damage to holy/earth damage). As for which skill wins, it is whichever one was applied most reccently.

Lotrfish · Jul 04, 2007, 02:57 AM // 02:57

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Originally Posted by Guildwiki

For 10...30 seconds, attacks made by target foe and all nearby foes deal earth damage and cannot cause a critical hit.

Stone Sheath causes eath damage too.

Curse You · Jul 04, 2007, 03:38 AM // 03:38

I'd say Stone Sheath, since it's description suggests that it overrides everything else.

murtagh deadmoon · Jul 04, 2007, 04:22 AM // 04:22

Whichever was applied last would override the previous one, so if you Put up Avatar of Balthazar and then Stone Sheath, then you'd be dealing earth damage, and verse-vice(sp?) you'd be dealing holy.

dargon · Jul 04, 2007, 04:50 AM // 04:50

Actually, the hex would always over ride the positive effect.

countesscorpula · Jul 04, 2007, 05:50 PM // 17:50

Hawkofstorms: I did mean stone sheath. As Lotrfish pointed out, it makes opponents cause earth damage.

So is the general thought that skill trumps weapon mod, and hex trumps skill? Or is it an order of operations type thing, where if the hex is placed, then the form adopted - the form's damage will win out?

dargon · Jul 04, 2007, 06:50 PM // 18:50

IMO (and I haven't tested it, but with a friend in a skirmish it would be easy to do), the hex will always triumph. ANet simply doesn't want you to be able to trump the effect of a hex, they want you to have to remove it to get rid of the bad effect, otherwise, what would be the point?

Jul 04, 2007, 01:09 AM // 01:09	#1
countesscorpula Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Gwen Is [EVIL] Profession: N/	What type of damage is inflicted? A dervish with an Icy Scythe, avatar of Balthazaar, and hexed with stone sheath. We have cold, holy and earth damage. Which one comes out on top? and Why?

Jul 04, 2007, 02:46 AM // 02:46	#2
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	I assume you mean enchanted with stone striker (not stone sheath, which just prevents critical hits). Skills trump weapons (so balthazaar and stone striker trump an icy weapon, after all if you had a sundering sword that deals slashing damage, those skills convert the slashing damage to holy/earth damage). As for which skill wins, it is whichever one was applied most reccently.

Jul 04, 2007, 03:38 AM // 03:38	#4
Curse You Furnace Stoker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Pole Guild: The Magus Order Profession: N/Mo	I'd say Stone Sheath, since it's description suggests that it overrides everything else.

Jul 04, 2007, 04:22 AM // 04:22	#5
murtagh deadmoon Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Call to the Torment {CttT} Profession: A/	Whichever was applied last would override the previous one, so if you Put up Avatar of Balthazar and then Stone Sheath, then you'd be dealing earth damage, and verse-vice(sp?) you'd be dealing holy.

Jul 04, 2007, 04:50 AM // 04:50	#6
dargon Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Seraphim Knights [TSK] Profession: R/	Actually, the hex would always over ride the positive effect.

Jul 04, 2007, 05:50 PM // 17:50	#7
countesscorpula Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Gwen Is [EVIL] Profession: N/	Hawkofstorms: I did mean stone sheath. As Lotrfish pointed out, it makes opponents cause earth damage. So is the general thought that skill trumps weapon mod, and hex trumps skill? Or is it an order of operations type thing, where if the hex is placed, then the form adopted - the form's damage will win out?

Jul 04, 2007, 06:50 PM // 18:50	#8
dargon Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Seraphim Knights [TSK] Profession: R/	IMO (and I haven't tested it, but with a friend in a skirmish it would be easy to do), the hex will always triumph. ANet simply doesn't want you to be able to trump the effect of a hex, they want you to have to remove it to get rid of the bad effect, otherwise, what would be the point?