Spell/Ability Damage Types and what they mean

[Bribe]

For information on cross-referencing the terminology used below, please review: Wc3C.net - View Single Post - ATTACK_TYPE and DAMAGE TYPE testing. Big shout out to @Tasyen for helping me to fill out this list and also providing good feedback.

Damage Type	Used by Abilities	Behavior
Magic	Aerial Shackles Mana Burn Finger of Death/Pain Life Drain Dispel/Devour Magic/Purge/Abolish Magic (Damage Summon)	Cannot damage spell immune; bypasses Armor.
Fire	Rain of Fire Flame Strike Firebolt Immolation Liquid Fire Soul Burn Phoenix Fire Drunken Haze+Breath of Fire (DoT only) Incinerate (proxy damage source: exploded unit)	Same as Magic
Sonic	Storm Bolt Frost Bolt Hurl Boulder Thunder Clap War Stomp Shockwave Breath of Fire Crushing Wave Carrion Swarm	Same as Magic
Force	Cluster Rockets Impale Bash Tornado (building) Inferno (proxy damage source - Infernal)	Same as Magic
Lightning	Chain Lightning Forked Lightning Mana Flare Lightning Shield (proxy damage source - shield wielder) Healing Wave (when set to negative)	Same as Magic
Cold	Blizzard Frost Nova Cold/Frost Arrows/Freezing breath (zero-damage event on top of the normal attack; only on-buff)	Same as Magic
Shadow Strike	Shadow Strike Acid Bomb	Same as Magic
Defensive	Spiked Carapace Spiked Defenses (Orc building)	Same as Magic
Plant	Thorns Aura Entangling Roots	Same as Magic
Death	Death Coil Unholy Frenzy	Same as Magic
Divine	Holy Light	Same as Magic
Mind	<None>	Same as Magic
Normal	All Melee/Ranged Attacks Volcano Suicide (Unstable Concoction/Kaboom!) Locust Swarm (proxy damage source - Locust)	Can’t affect Ethereal, but can affect Spell immune (unless applied with ATTACK_TYPE_MAGIC, in which case this is inverted), applies Armor.
Enhanced	Cleaving Attack (subsequent targets only) Pulverize Fan of Knives Bladestorm Burning Oil	Same as Normal, but bypasses Armor.
Poison	Parasite Envenomed Weapons	Same as Enhanced
Disease	Disease Cloud	Same as Enhanced
Acid	Devour	Same as Enhanced
Slow Poison	Slow Poison	Same as Enhanced
Demolish	Unsummon	Same as Enhanced
Universal	Earthquake Doom Stampede Starfall Death and Decay Monsoon Orb of Fire (splash only) Healing Spray (when set to negative)	Can affect both Ethereal and Spell Immune when using ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL (Spells in GUI), bypasses Armor.
Unknown	This is always a zero damage event. Used when most debuffs are applied, also when Stuns wear off. Used by almost all Orbs - even Orb of Frost.	Same as Universal

Slightly reformatted chart from Sophismata from wc3c.net:

Damage Type	Attack Type	Affects Ethereal	Affects Spell Immune
Magic	Normal	No	No
Magic	Spells	Yes	No
Magic	Magic	Yes	No
Universal	Normal	No	Yes
Universal	Spells	Yes	Yes
Universal	Magic	Yes	No
Normal	Normal	No	Yes
Normal	Spells	No	Yes
Normal	Magic	Yes	No

Attack type classifications from the above table:

Normal (can never damage Ethereal targets):

• ATTACK_TYPE_MELEE ("Normal" in GUI)
• ATTACK_TYPE_PIERCE
• ATTACK_TYPE_SIEGE
• ATTACK_TYPE_CHAOS
• ATTACK_TYPE_HERO

Spells (only this attack type applies the Spell Damage Reduction and Spell component of Elune's Grace):

ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL ("Spells" in GUI)​

​

Magic (can never damage Spell Immune targets but will always damage Ethereal ones):

ATTACK_TYPE_MAGIC​

​

Added notes: Ability damage types cannot be changed via Object Editor tweaks, which is why only a spell based on an ULTIMATE has the ability to hit both ethereal and magic immune.

Additionally:

DEFENSIVE and the PLANT damage from Thorns aura fire recursively - The DAMAGING event fires from the melee attacker, then the retaliating damage from the damaged unit applies the DAMAGING and DAMAGED event, then finally the DAMAGED event from the melee attacker is deployed. Damage engines need to be built around this, and Damage Engine 5.1.2.1 already compensates for this behavior.​

​

Lastly, SPIRIT_LINK damage works like this: attacker fires DAMAGING event, then all the spirit link damage is applied (the original target is included among these, but not necessarily damaged first), then the DAMAGED event fires for the original target. Damage engines need to be built around this, and Damage Engine 5.1.2.1 already compensates for this behavior.​

 

[Tasyen]

You should also include:
Incinerate (Fire lord attack orb + explosion)
Soul Burn (Fire lord dot)
Finger of death/Pain.
Monsun (channeled Lightning strikes)
devour magic (undead unit spell)
dispell magic (human and hostile)
purge
parasit

I did tests myself.

mana flare	DAMAGE_TYPE_LIGHTNING
burning oil	DAMAGE_TYPE_ENHANCED
liquid fire	DAMAGE_TYPE_FIRE
unstable concoction	DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL
Vulkan	DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL

Bash is force not sonic.

Edit: It might be good to mention that Inferno and Lightning Shield have not the caster as damage source.

 

[Bribe]

Wow Burning Oil is enhanced?? I was joking when I said "wonder what this could be".

Thanks!

 

[Bribe]

All damaging spells and orbs have now been tested. List looks pretty good. I now intend to cross-reference it with an added couple columns from Wc3C.net - View Single Post - ATTACK_TYPE and DAMAGE TYPE testing.

 

[Wareditor]

This could be useful: WC3's Damage System

 

[Almia]

by player terms, "Universal" can also be called as "Pure", a damage type that bypasses damage resistances (as both Death and Decay and Stampede are listed in that field)

 

[Kyrbi0]

This is an excellent repository of invaluable knowledge. Definitely voting for it to be Pinned or somesuch. Good work, guys.

 

[Bribe]

Updated the grid as I have been advised that Unsummon is identified as the sole user of DAMAGE_TYPE_DEMOLISH.

 

[Prometheus3375]

What means "Spell Behavior" column?

 

[Pyrogasm]

What means "Spell Behavior" column?

How the spell damage is classified by the game engine and if it interacts with armor for purposes of damage mitigation.

 

[Prometheus3375]

So is it an attack type? But there is no Enhanced or Universal attack type. Damage type is mentioned in 1st column.

Notes about spell interactions with armor are useful, but what mean Magic, Physical, Enhanced and Universal words?

Mind

Did you check Possession or Charm?

 

[Prometheus3375]

So is it an attack type? But there is no Enhanced or Universal attack type. Damage type is mentioned in 1st column.

Notes about spell interactions with armor are useful, but what mean Magic, Physical, Enhanced and Universal words?

I read original post and understood it. It is necessary to add such table here.

To @Bribe: remove excess colons in 1st column. In 3rd column place only "pure" damage types, i. e. Normal, Enhanced, Magic (not Magical) and Universal. Place the table above (screenshot) before main table.
This will help to make the main table more understandable. For now, it seems like Fire and etc. has unknown behavior with armor.

Added notes: Ability damage damage types

Here is a typo.

which is why only a spell based on an ULTIMATE has the ability to hit both ethereal and magic immune.

ULTIMATE = 4th spell of a hero which requires 6th level?
AFAIK, heroes with level 2+ can launch abilities on magic immune targets.

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[Bribe]

Did you check Possession or Charm?

Yes, they don't use it. Mind isn't used anywhere in WarCraft 3.

I read original post and understood it. It is necessary to add such table here.

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No need for yet another table - I already added the classification of what is affected by armor into the first big table, in the "Spell Behavior" column.

To @Bribe: remove excess colons in 1st column.

Done.

In 3rd column place only "pure" damage types, i. e. Normal, Enhanced, Magic (not Magical) and Universal. Place the table above (screenshot) before main table.
This will help to make the main table more understandable. For now, it seems like Fire and etc. has unknown behavior with armor.

I tried to merge the rows in that final column to make it more understandable, but Hive's BBCode doesn't support things like column /row span the method I did here was to signpost.

In response to your feedback, I've made it more clear that I'm signposting and have changed the text to read "Same as <parent type>".

I've also changed the terminology to get rid of keywords like "Magical" and "Physical", instead they are Magic and Normal and the behavior types formerly attributed to those are now instead defined when I define the damage type in the parent row.

Here is a typo.

Thanks, fixed!

ULTIMATE = 4th spell of a hero which requires 6th level?
AFAIK, heroes with level 2+ can launch abilities on magic immune targets.

I'm not sure which abilities you refer to here, but I'd like to know. The only abilities that use UNIVERSAL damage are:

Earthquake
Doom
Stampede
Starfall
Death and Decay
Monsoon
Orb of Fire (splash only)

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Thanks, I've added that to the attack type spread as well as some other patterns to their respective attack types.

 

[Prometheus3375]

Now it looks much better. Thanks a lot!

I'm not sure which abilities you refer to here, but I'd like to know. The only abilities that use UNIVERSAL damage are:

I didn't get what means ULTIMATE here.

Added notes: Ability damage types cannot be changed via Object Editor tweaks, which is why only a spell based on an ULTIMATE has the ability to hit both ethereal and magic immune.

AFAIK, heroes with level 2+ can launch abilities on magic immune targets.

Seems this is wrong.

Some question related to this topic.
1. Which attack type do spells have?
2. I heard what Bash has different damage type (or attack type?) if it's used by ranged units. Did you test this?
3. What this constants do? Especially the selected one.

 

[Bribe]

Ultimate is the level 6 ability (ie. Resurrection, Animate Dead) of a hero. Those are the only types of spells using UNIVERSAL damage.

1. Spells in WarCraft 3 is always ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL ("Spells" in GUI). So Mana Burn uses DAMAGE_TYPE_MAGIC and ATTACK_TYPE_SPELLS for example.

2. Bash has a separate attack type (Sonic) if used as a percentage, but if it is set to 100% then the Bash becomes integrated into the unit's own attack and you can no longer determine a unique damage type from that attack instance (although if using Damage Engine you would notice that the DamageEventLevel is greater than 1 because the attack was preceded by DAMAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN).

3. That constant would make units like Dryad invulnerable to ultimates such as Starfall.

 

[Prometheus3375]

Bash has a separate attack type (Sonic)

You meant Force damage type as said in the table?

2. I heard what Bash has different damage type (or attack type?) if it's used by ranged units. Did you test this?

This is true, if a ranged unit has Bash, Bash damage will be always a part of attack damage. Test map.


I also tested next thing. Setting level requirements to 6 allows a spell to hit Magic Immune targets, but do 0 damage EVEN if you change Magic Damage Factor in Spell Immunity ability or change Gameplay - Magic Imunes Resist Damage to False in gameplay constants. This can be useful in making custom Bash with dummy cast.


In addition, in Gameplay - Magic Imunes Resist Ultimates Ultimates = any hero ability with requirement 6+ level. In test map a made a Storm Bold an ultimate, so it can hit Magic Immune targets, if Gameplay - Magic Imunes Resist Ultimates is false, otherwise it cannot.

Text below should be edited, since any spell can become an ultimate and can hit both Magic Immune and Ethereal, but only spells based on the spells with Universal damage type can damage both Magic Immune and Ethereal.

Added notes: Ability damage types cannot be changed via Object Editor tweaks, which is why only a spell based on an ULTIMATE has the ability to hit both ethereal and magic immune.

I updated test map, added Banish to heroes.

 

[The_Silent]

I wonder what type Mind Rot is, it is one of those unused spells that is still in the editor.

 

[Bribe]

I wonder what type Mind Rot is, it is one of those unused spells that is still in the editor.

It is unfortunately incapable of dealing damage so we can't know.

You meant Force damage type as said in the table?

yes pardon me.

This is true, if a ranged unit has Bash, Bash damage will be always a part of attack damage. Test map.

Interesting I will check it out.

I also tested next thing. Setting level requirements to 6 allows a spell to hit Magic Immune targets, but do 0 damage EVEN if you change Magic Damage Factor in Spell Immunity ability or change Gameplay - Magic Imunes Resist Damage to False in gameplay constants. This can be useful in making custom Bash with dummy cast.


In addition, in Gameplay - Magic Imunes Resist Ultimates Ultimates = any hero ability with requirement 6+ level. In test map a made a Storm Bold an ultimate, so it can hit Magic Immune targets, if Gameplay - Magic Imunes Resist Ultimates is false, otherwise it cannot.

I'll have to test if the damage type itself has changed or just if the WC3 engine has allowed a zero damage event from whatever the original damage type was.

Text below should be edited, since any spell can become an ultimate and can hit both Magic Immune and Ethereal, but only spells based on the spells with Universal damage type can damage both Magic Immune and Ethereal.

I updated test map, added Banish to heroes.

What is the purpose of adding the Banish?

 

[Prometheus3375]

What is the purpose of adding the Banish?

I added to check that a common spell with 6+ level requirements can hit both Magic Immune and Ethereal.

I'll have to test if the damage type itself has changed

Damage type remains the same.

 

[Bribe]

I added to check that a common spell with 6+ level requirements can hit both Magic Immune and Ethereal.


Damage type remains the same.

So I have tried this a month or two ago with Inferno against a magic immune target. The target was stunned and the DAMAGED event fired with the full amount, but no damage was taken (the second event didn't go off).

Also I've tried it with Carrion Swarm against spell immune targets - the targets take 0 damage and trigger just the first event runs.

I tried tinkering with the Damage Types and changing to UNIVERSAL helped in the case of Inferno but did nothing for Carrion Swarm (unless I changed the value of that damage via triggers). I'll run some tests with Carrion Swarm and others being level 6 required and see if the pre-event then retains the damage value.

 

[Prometheus3375]

Hey, is there an info about Poisoned Arrows (both autocast and passive) and Searing Arrows?

UPD: I tested this on a ranged unit, extra damage from autocast Poisoned Arrows and Searing Arrows is added to the unit attack damage. DoT damage from autocast Poisoned Arrows has damage type Poison.

This is true, if a ranged unit has Bash, Bash damage will be always a part of attack damage. Test map.

Another thing: Bash from a ranged unit does not stun Magic Immune, from a melee unit - stuns.

 

[Spacebuns]

I tested getting the Damage Type of a Damage Event for an Acid Bomb-based ability. The Damage Type returned is DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL if the damage is 0, DAMAGE_TYPE_SHADOW_STRIKE if the damage is >0

 

[Tasyen]

From my testing acid bomb triggered 3 damage instances on impact. 2 are 0 damage events of type unknown and 2. of normal. The 3. is shadow Strike damage which deals real damage.

 

[Spacebuns]

Healing Spray with negative numbers deals ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_UNIVERSAL damage.

 

[Bribe]

Healing Spray with negative numbers deals ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_UNIVERSAL damage.

Probably the classification used for all healing that affects magic immune.

 

[TimeForAChange]

So why does fan of knives not damage ethereal units? Why does only some of Shadow Strike's damage work on ethereal?

Acid Bomb can't be dispelled but still otherwise behaves like a spell effect (can't cast on spell immune)

Bat Riders explosion damage is reduced flat by anti-magic shell, but armor is calculated in once the shell is broken.

 

[Bribe]

So why does fan of knives not damage ethereal units? Why does only some of Shadow Strike's damage work on ethereal?

Acid Bomb can't be dispelled but still otherwise behaves like a spell effect (can't cast on spell immune)

Bat Riders explosion damage is reduced flat by anti-magic shell, but armor is calculated in once the shell is broken.

If you read the third column, you see why. Bat Riders deal Spell attack type so get reduced by the shell but with damage type Normal so also get reduced by armor.

FoK is enhanced so doesn't get reduced by armor but doesn't affect ethereal.

The data which answers your questions is already listed in my chart.

Acid Bomb uses a targeted spell ability but this has nothing to do with my chart. The damage is independent of the spell's own targeting mechanics.

 

[TimeForAChange]

If you read the third column, you see why. Bat Riders deal Spell attack type so get reduced by the shell but with damage type Normal so also get reduced by armor.

Thanks I think I started reading the chart as though it was exhaustive of all the used spell combinations for some reason. That spell isn't called out but I see the combination you mentioned that would explain it.

Thanks for the work here.

 

[TimeForAChange]

Sorry to bump again, but it has been almost a year. Referencing this again and still not clear on something. Also want to note that "http://www.wc3c.net/showpost.php?p=1030046&postcount=19" appears to be dead but accessible here: https://web.archive.org/web/20160305184757/http://www.wc3c.net/showpost.php?p=1030046&postcount=19

FoK is enhanced so doesn't get reduced by armor but doesn't affect ethereal.

Its listed as Enhanced in the chart (same as normal but bypassing armor) so in theory it "Can’t affect Ethereal, but can affect Spell immune". But while ignoring armor, FoK does not affect ethereal or spell immune. Seems to function as Damage Type Magic, Attack Type: Normal.

 

[Tasyen]

Its listed as Enhanced in the chart (same as normal but bypassing armor) so in theory it "Can’t affect Ethereal, but can affect Spell immune". But while ignoring armor, FoK does not affect ethereal or spell immune. Seems to function as Damage Type Magic, Attack Type: Normal.

No, FoK is spell - enhanced, but most spells can not affect spell immune units on default. One can make any spell penetrate spell immunity. Let it require not HeroLevel 0, nor HeroLevel 1. Such a FoK ability will damage spell immune units.

 

[TimeForAChange]

No, FoK is spell - enhanced, but most spells can not affect spell immune units on default. One can make any spell penetrate spell immunity. Let it require not HeroLevel 0, nor HeroLevel 1. Such a FoK ability will damage spell immune units.

So there is another variable here? How it is handled in the object editor? Maybe this should be noted on the op? I set the rquired level to -1 and it did indeed damage spell immune but not ethereal.

 

[Bribe]

So there is another variable here? How it is handled in the object editor? Maybe this should be noted on the op? I set the rquired level to -1 and it did indeed damage spell immune but not ethereal.

The attack type mixed with the damage type is what causes things to change depening on spell immunity, ethereal, armor.

A unit attacking with enhanced damage type (Cleaving attack for example) will penetrate all armor and can damage spell immune, however FoK cannot affect spell immune on its own due to it having ATTACK_TYPE_SPELLS.

Tasyen mentioned how you can make WC3 think that a non-ultimate spell is an ultimate spell, thereby changing the Damage Type from Enhanced to Universal. I guess I could note this on the guide, however I don't quite understand it and I'm not sure how many different spells this could affect (and whether any normal damage type spell would automatically convert to universal, or if there are some exceptions to it).

 

[Prometheus3375]

I think, the post should be updated to make it more readable.

 

[Prometheus3375]

Aerial Shackles
Mana Burn
Finger of Death/Pain
Life Drain
Dispel (Damage Summon) Rain of Fire
Flame Strike
Firebolt
Immolation
Liquid Fire
Soul Burn
Phoenix Fire
Drunken Haze+Breath of Fire (DoT only)
Incinerate (proxy damage source: exploded unit) Storm Bolt
Frost Bolt
Hurl Boulder
Thunder Clap
War Stomp
Shockwave
Breath of Fire
Crushing Wave
Carrion Swarm Cluster Rockets
Impale
Bash
Tornado (building)
Inferno (proxy damage source - Infernal) Chain Lightning
Forked Lightning
Mana Flare
Lightning Shield (proxy damage source - shield wielder)
Blizzard
Frost Nova
Cold/Frost Arrows/Freezing breath (zero-damage event on top of the normal attack; only on-buff)
Shadow Strike
Acid Bomb Spiked Carapace
Spiked Defenses (Orc building) Thorns Aura
Entangling Roots Death Coil
Unholy Frenzy Holy Light
<None>
All Melee/Ranged Attacks
Volcano
Suicide (Unstable Concoction/Kaboom!)
Locust Swarm (proxy damage source - Locust) Cleaving Attack (subsequent targets only)
Pulverize
Fan of Knives
Bladestorm
Burning Oil Parasite
Envenomed Weapons Disease Cloud Devour Slow Poison Unsummon Earthquake
Doom
Stampede
Starfall
Death and Decay
Monsoon
Orb of Fire (splash only)
Healing Spray (negative) This is always a zero damage event.
Used when most debuffs are applied, also when Stuns wear off.
Used by almost all Orbs - even Orb of Frost.

@Bribe I just want to remind to fix this, seems like it is broken since HIVE update.

 

[Bribe]

The formatting has now been fixed. Not sure why the tables got completely knocked out of alignment like that, but it looks the same as it did before now.
Edit: I see my signature has also suffered from the same fate.
Edit2: Ok now the signature is correct.

 

[Bribe]

Now I'm screwing around to find out if Heal Event and Damage Event can work together, using a technique similar to Runed Bracers:

Healing abilities as negative damaging abilities:

Spell | Damage Type

Healing Wave: Lightning
Heal: Not detected as damage
Death Coil: Death (but it changes damage dealt to enemy living units to a heal that fires a "0.00" damage event of type UNKNOWN but does not record the damage being applied to the unit via a damage event.
Death Pact: not detected as damage to self
Essence of Blight (Obsidian Statue) : not detected as damage.
Healing Ward: not detected as damage.
Holy Light: not detected as damage.
Rejuvenation is not detected as a Heal.

Altogether, a pretty fruitless venture. Only one ability of these actually enables detection when used. We'd need a Microsoft Miracle to have a true healing event in WarCraft 3.

 

[Frotty]

Is there any way to deal spell damage from code? As in, damage reduced by spell resistance and the "spells" section under gameplay constants.
e: okay the wc3c posts was more clear on that ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL is apparently equal to spells, need to test that.

 

[Pyrogasm]

Is there any way to deal spell damage from code? As in, damage reduced by spell resistance and the "spells" section under gameplay constants.

If ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL doesn't work, you could always create a dummy spell based on Finger of Death or Forked Lightning (with targets set to 1) in the OE and then manually change its damage value with the new natives before ordering an instant-cast-configured dummy unit to use it on the desired target.

 

[Znoopy]

"Spells (only this attack type applies the Spell Damage Reduction and Spell component of Elune's Grace):
ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL ("Spells" in GUI)"

Does that mean that damage done via triggers of attack type Spells and damage type Magic will automatically be increased by 66% if they're used on a banished/ethereal target? Basically, is this ethereal check and x1.66 part of this trigger redundant, or necessary:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to ABILITY
  • ((Target unit of ability being cast) is alive) Equal to True
• Actions
  • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • ((Target unit of ability being cast) is Ethereal) Equal to True
    • Then - Actions
      • Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage (Target unit of ability being cast), dealing (140.00 x ((Real((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Casting unit)))) x 1.66)) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Magic
    • Else - Actions
      • Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage (Target unit of ability being cast), dealing (140.00 x (Real((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Casting unit))))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Magic

 

[Spacebuns]

"Spells (only this attack type applies the Spell Damage Reduction and Spell component of Elune's Grace):
ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL ("Spells" in GUI)"

Does that mean that damage done via triggers of attack type Spells and damage type Magic will automatically be increased by 66% if they're used on a banished/ethereal target? Basically, is this ethereal check and x1.66 part of this trigger redundant, or necessary:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to ABILITY
  • ((Target unit of ability being cast) is alive) Equal to True
• Actions
  • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • ((Target unit of ability being cast) is Ethereal) Equal to True
    • Then - Actions
      • Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage (Target unit of ability being cast), dealing (140.00 x ((Real((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Casting unit)))) x 1.66)) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Magic
    • Else - Actions
      • Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage (Target unit of ability being cast), dealing (140.00 x (Real((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Casting unit))))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Magic

Yes, it's redundant but you should know the following: Although the Spells attack type already multiplies damage by 1.66x against an Ethereal target, the damage type has to be Magic in order for the Ethereal unit to take damage. If it's Spell attack/Normal damage then the damage won't go through.

 

[Znoopy]

Thank you very much, I'll modify my spells accordingly!