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Wrath Of Dragons · Nov 03, 2005, 11:37 PM // 23:37

Does the vamp hilt add damage to the illusionary weaponry attack?

Red Locust · Nov 03, 2005, 11:48 PM // 23:48

To my knowledge, while IW is active, you don't actually "hit" anything. So the vampiric hilt won't add any damage. Same goes for all other types of damage modifiers. You simply do whatever damage your IW skill description says you do.

Barazur · Nov 04, 2005, 09:24 AM // 09:24

Does anyone know if Barbs (NOT Soul Barbs) works with Illusionary Weaponry? Or that damage is not physical?

Rajamic · Nov 04, 2005, 09:27 AM // 09:27

Illusionary Weaponry does Chaos Damage, so no barbs won't work. IW also doesn't interrupt skills that are "Easily interrupted", so don't bother attacking a trapper.

Barazur · Nov 07, 2005, 06:23 AM // 06:23

Humm, you know that i'm not convinced. So light/dark and chaos damage are elemental for GW? The description of Barbs says "physical attack" not physical damage. hmm i think a test is needed. Pity i need 12k xp to get another SP

NatalieD · Nov 07, 2005, 07:02 AM // 07:02

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Originally Posted by Barazur

So light/dark and chaos damage are elemental for GW?

No. Physical is one type of damage, elemental is another type, and holy, shadow, light, dark, and chaos aren't either of those types.

IW doesn't do chaos damage, actually. Only mesmer wands/staves do chaos damage. IW does, uh, typeless damage. Which ignores armor, unlike chaos damage.

Vermilion Okeanos · Nov 07, 2005, 08:09 AM // 08:09

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Originally Posted by Rajamic

Illusionary Weaponry does Chaos Damage,

If you search around, you will find that no one know what kind of dmg IW deal. It just does dmg.

Savio · Nov 07, 2005, 08:21 AM // 08:21

It used to be that the description for IW said it dealt Chaos damage. Now it just says it deals damage. In either case, it doesn't matter since any spell that isn't an elemental-based attack has an inherent "ignores armor" effect, like holy/smiting, dark/necro, and chaos/mesmer, the three non-elemental types. (Zealot's Fire is fire damage, just in case anyone was wondering why it's reduced by armor.) But a weapon doing damage with those types still is affected by armor, such as the wands/staves and Judge's Insight-enchanted people.

IW is basically spell damage and not attack damage. So pretty much anything that triggers when you attack or "hit" someone, doesn't trigger. Well, the game still checks for attacks, such as in the case of Gladiator's Defense, but the IW spell still hits anyway and the damage you do is 0 if you hit.

Nov 03, 2005, 11:37 PM // 23:37	#1
Wrath Of Dragons Burninate Stuff Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Mexico Profession: E/Mo	Illusionary Weaponry/ Vamperic? Does the vamp hilt add damage to the illusionary weaponry attack?

Nov 03, 2005, 11:48 PM // 23:48	#2
Red Locust Site Contributor Join Date: May 2005	To my knowledge, while IW is active, you don't actually "hit" anything. So the vampiric hilt won't add any damage. Same goes for all other types of damage modifiers. You simply do whatever damage your IW skill description says you do.

Nov 04, 2005, 09:24 AM // 09:24	#3
Barazur Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Arcana Animi [ARAN] (Currently recruiting) Profession: W/	Does anyone know if Barbs (NOT Soul Barbs) works with Illusionary Weaponry? Or that damage is not physical?

Nov 04, 2005, 09:27 AM // 09:27	#4
Rajamic Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2005 Location: IA Guild: Chronicles of Heroes [CoH] Profession: R/Me	Illusionary Weaponry does Chaos Damage, so no barbs won't work. IW also doesn't interrupt skills that are "Easily interrupted", so don't bother attacking a trapper.

Nov 07, 2005, 06:23 AM // 06:23	#5
Barazur Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Arcana Animi [ARAN] (Currently recruiting) Profession: W/	Humm, you know that i'm not convinced. So light/dark and chaos damage are elemental for GW? The description of Barbs says "physical attack" not physical damage. hmm i think a test is needed. Pity i need 12k xp to get another SP

Nov 07, 2005, 08:21 AM // 08:21	#8
Savio Teenager with attitude Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	It used to be that the description for IW said it dealt Chaos damage. Now it just says it deals damage. In either case, it doesn't matter since any spell that isn't an elemental-based attack has an inherent "ignores armor" effect, like holy/smiting, dark/necro, and chaos/mesmer, the three non-elemental types. (Zealot's Fire is fire damage, just in case anyone was wondering why it's reduced by armor.) But a weapon doing damage with those types still is affected by armor, such as the wands/staves and Judge's Insight-enchanted people. IW is basically spell damage and not attack damage. So pretty much anything that triggers when you attack or "hit" someone, doesn't trigger. Well, the game still checks for attacks, such as in the case of Gladiator's Defense, but the IW spell still hits anyway and the damage you do is 0 if you hit.