What does Resistant Skin do?

[Karzama]

As the title implies. What does Resistant Skin (found on Mountain Giants) actually do?

 

[iamdl]

Its just like stout shield in dota

 

[Karzama]

I've never played Dota so I have no idea what that is!

 

[iamdl]

It can block damage from attaking unit

 

[Rheiko]

it reduces damage

EDIT:
I mean block

 

[Karzama]

In the description it says that it also reduces times of negative abilities (so things like stuns). Is this correct?

EDIT:
Yes it does lower time of stuns and things so it is perfect for my bosses

 

[Nichilus]

I think it was written somewhere that it makes spells consider the target as a hero unit so e.g. Transmute should unusable on the unit, since it is considered hero.

 

[Ezekiel12]

Nichilius is right, the others are wrong.

 

[Rheiko]

^Lol

 

[aZaZel]

it is to increase magic resistance. It also makes the Mountain Giant immune to some spells. It's pretty useful.

 

[Nichilus]

Resistant Skin does only what I wrote, it doesn't reduce spell damage.


Attached test map.

 

[Karzama]

Yer it turned out that it doesn't reduce spell damage. Just negates some spells (finger of death, devour and charm being the ones I learnt) and reduces times of stuns and other buffs.

 

[Nichilus]

Not some spells. Geeze it's really easy. A unit with Resistant Skin is considered a Hero unit for spell targetting - thus all fields that are related to Hero units will be applied to non-Hero unit with Resistant Skin as well.

Duration - Normal -> applies to normal units (that don't have Resistant skin)
Duration - Hero -> applies to Hero units and units with Resistant skin.

Same logic applies also to "Targets allowed" table.
If that field has "Non-Hero" checked, then you won't be able to target unit with Resistant Skin, since this unit is considered hero unit for spell targeting, thus it won't return true for the condition that the target is "Non-Hero".

Because Devour, Finger of Death and Charm have all "Non-Hero" checked in Targets Allowed table, you will not be able to use it on Non-Hero unit with Resistant skin.

Other spells that you won't be able to use on unit with Resistant Skin are e.g. Transmute and Doom. Just follow the logic of the 2 facts above and you will easily understand how Resistant Skin works.


Or if you have trouble with that, then just ask yourself: How does *some spell* work on heroes?
That question will answer you how it will work on units with Resistant Skin.