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Blocking weapons and Chalice's Pricking (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"The damage is reduced by armor and most damage reduction effects like herbal armor and rock armor, but not by glyphs."

So, will blocking weapons (Rapier, Q Staff, Shield, Katana, G Shield) help reduce the pricking damage received from upgrading the chalice?

Edit : Sorry, seems like my bad english strike back. To make it clear, I did not mean the blocking enchantment but weapons with blocking capability (as listed in previous paragraph).

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Blocking weapons give you shield when you hit an enemy. That shield will work to reduce the damage. Just holding the weapon does nothing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"when you hit an enemy"

Sorry, seems like my bad english strike back. To make it clear, I did not mean the blocking enchantment but weapons with blocking capability. If that is what you already catch from my post then thank you for the info, but if it isnt I hope this make it clear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Right, in that case yes they will help, but for the later pricks their rather low blocking (compared to upgraded plate armor for example) won't do much. Shielding potions are a much safer alternative

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gotcha, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I think I managed to get at least to +9 with mage's self-shielding with +10 staff, but I don’t remember if I already used Scroll of Challenge for that and if I managed to get to +10 without using blessed ankh.