All Spells That Can Be Blocked | Dark and Darker

hey what's going on Gamers it's Ryan six days a week and we're going to be going over what types of players sourced magic damage can be blocked since they're probably much more than you think let's begin by breaking up magic damage into four categories we have melee magic damage projectile magic damage area of effect magic damage AOE for short and hit scan magic damage for melee magic damage we can confidently say that all forms of melee magic damage are currently blockable since they depend on a physical attack connecting which of course can be blocked you probably already figured this one out yourself as for projectile magic damage is actually also the same all types of projectiles in the game can in fact be blocked that means anything with a travel time such as ice bolt magic Missile Fireball and hellfire can technically be blocked as they will trigger the block reaction however some of these projectiles have an additional feature to them that may damage you since this is the case we'll go through them one by one starting with the Ice Bowl the iceboard does not have any additional damaging effects so the entirety of the spell may be blocked by any Shield or blocking weapon blocking the ice bullet also prevents frostbite moving on the Wizard's magic missiles also do not have any additional damaging effects but their casted in sequence fast enough that you can only block every other orb due to your block recovery window it doesn't matter if you're running Shield perks or are using a larger Shield too you'll always be 50 missiles blocked and 50 passing through a small tip though if you do happen to be closing in on an enemy wizard you can actually use your Shield or any blocking surface to bump their active casting hand and end the magic Missile channeling early it can be risky to do but pretty useful if you pull it off [Music] for the wizard Fireball there's an AOE Splash that will always damage you even if you successfully block the fireball itself I think this one is still worth blocking though if you aren't in the best position to dodge since the splash damage only makes up about 33 percent of the fireball's total damage so you're blocking two-thirds of the damage from a direct hit for the warlock's Hellfire it also technically can be blocked as in it triggers a block reaction but unlike any other magic projectiles Hellfire does not get consumed by hitting surfaces so you really won't do anything but stag yourself one of the really really rare applications where I can imagine you'd want to block a Hellfire is if you'd want to trigger a Parry repost off of it but it would be crazy enough to do that this projectile blocking role also extends to PVE as well so any ranged monster attack with travel time can be blocked even the boss won't just know that some will have an unblockable Splash component like the lich's attacks and the skeleton Mages Fireball so though you can block these it is much more worth it to dodge instead since they're PVE never hit skin spells and this one is one that may really surprise you at the moment all of dark and darker's hitscan spells can actually be blocked it technically does not trigger the block reaction but it does consume the spell and does no damage to the player so you can consider it effectively blocked however since there's no travel time being able to block a hit scan is more dependent on your opponent's aim than your own blocking skills since you're relying on them to cast your upper body whereas Shield is and not your feet which will always be sticking out I imagine the only application for this in a high level play is by baiting out the cast and then raising your Shield to block partway through the actual animation oh in a special case is a Clarity judgment its original cast can be blocked by a shield but it doesn't trigger the skills cooldown so technically it can be blocked but the Caster is not really penalized in any way finally for aoes the rule is just as simple but inverse at this moment absolutely no AOE spells may be blocked or will trigger the block reaction this includes lightning strike which was once rumored to be blockable if you look directly at the sky but it definitely doesn't work no matter the size of your Shield oh and while we're on this topic all AOE spells were actually damage through any type of surface so you can use them through doors and walls depending on their effective area okay so to summarize blockable magic melee magic can be completely blocked across the board ice bolt can be completely blocked with no damage or frostbite taken magic Missile can be blocked but 50 will slip through Fireball two-thirds of the damage can be blocked with one third and splash hitting you Hellfire will trigger the block reaction but projectile will not be destroyed in the blocking process chain lightning the primary cast zap slow curse of weakness power sacrifice curse of pain and bind can all be blocked if they target your shield and all aoes of course cannot be blocked now we didn't cover it much in this video since they aren't technically spells but as of now the barred AOE songs are not blockable as they don't utilize any kind of projectile or sight line mechanic this of course is subject to change in the future one thing that you may have noticed throughout this video primarily in the projectiles section is the fact that different blocks led to different block recovery time this is actually an in-game function and not something that happens at a chance we'll be discussing this in depth in an upcoming video that covers impact power sour spot blocking and really focuses on melee blocking mechanics so stay tuned for that if you have any questions at all please feel free to comment down below message me on our Channel Discord Linked In the description or even ask me live if I'm playing if there's any huge changes to how magical projectiles or hit scans work in the future I'll be sure to update the information below or even replace this video entirely if needed just know that if this video is still listed as information is the most up-to-date we have thanks as always for watching and I'll see you in the next video foreign

Channel: Ryan6DaysAWeek

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Keywords: dark and darker, magic, magic missile, fireball, wizard, spells, blocking, block, fighter, cleric, pvp, ryan6

Id: 2hTQhFCV0Fc

Length: 6min 2sec (362 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 26 2023