Damage Type "Spells" Questions

[Zaraf]

Ok, so in the object editor for units, I noticed there is a damage type called "Spells" What is this exactly? The icon shown was that of a sword (like normal melee attack) and after switching around some icons, I found that the heading for the icon for it is: "Icon - Attack Type Normal".

Also, in the Gameplay Constants, there is a damage table for Spells, and I'm wondering...is this table for this damage type I'm talking about? Or is it for spells and skills in general?

http://www.ualberta.ca/~fqureshi/GameConstantsSpells.png

The other damage tables dictate how much damage each of the damage types do to various armor types, but what about Spells?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Saishy]

I think its the spell damage itself, like storm bolt, chain lighting and others spells.
The attack type is called Magic.

 

[emperor_d3st]

Yes, the 'Spells' damage table is for Spells, so like storm bolt, frost nova, etc etc.
Magic is the magic type attack, what the human priest unit has in a melee game, for example.
However, if a unit is magic immune, you will get the 'this unit is immune to magic' error message for 'Spells' and 'Magic' as well.

 

[Zaraf]

Actually you guys are wrong lol

I decided to just do some tests, and I found that the Spells damage table does indeed affect the Spells damage type!

Well, I suppose you guys could be correct...I haven't tried it with spells and skills yet to see if those are affected.

 

[WaRadius]

If memory serves me right, Crypt Lord's locusts have that damage type.