Enchant Defense Spells

Contents:

Ablative Shield (AS)
Guardian Angel (GA)
Protection
Vampiric Aura (VA)
Haste
Giant Strength (GS)

Magic penalties given by items have 2/3 effect on Enchant Defense Spells.

Ablative Shield (AS)

Training cost 91
Adds to targets' HP. Most cost-effective for 3 or more targets.
There is a percentage of HP lost when the enchantment is cast on multiple minions.
This percentage is 0% for 2 minions, 20% penalty for 3 minions, 27.5% penalty for 4 minions, 32.5% penalty for 5 minions.
A Familiar is counted as an extra minion in terms

(A single-Minion Character should just train HP; two Minions should do the same unless you are trying something clever.)

Ablative Shield casts for 50% of its Spell Level, though at lower levels this could be up to 68% (34 HP gain with level 50 Ablative Shield = 68%)

With 1 minion you get 1 * 50% Ablative Shield efficiency. Total is 50% effectiveness.
With 2 minions you get 2 * 50% Ablative Shield efficiency. Total is 100% effectiveness.
With 3 minions you get 3 * 40% Ablative Shield efficiency. Total is 120% effectiveness.
With 4 minions you get 4 * 36.25% Ablative Shield efficiency. Total is 145% effectiveness.
With 5 minions you get 5 * 33.75% Ablative Shield efficiency. Total is 168.75% effectiveness.

Therefore using Ablative Shield with more minions will greatly improve the overall effectiveness of the spell.

Guardian Angel (GA)

Training cost 849
GA retaliates with up to 60% of all damage inflicted on its targets by opposing Minions.
GA damage is reduced by AC due to enchantment, not base AC; GA damage type is the same as that for which GA is retaliating. (damage type is currently contested)
GA has reduced effect when its level is low relative to the damage done. GA level should be about 2.5 times the damage done to get full 60% retaliation.
GA only retaliates damage up to target's current HP. If a blow kills target, the excess damage beyond target's HP and additional blows after death will not retaliate.

Protection

Training cost 6226
Reduces damage taken by targets. Applied after armor and Endurance.
For a detailed analysis of the cost of training Protection, see the post [1] by no one of consequence, and his charts at [2].

The following values are the exact minimum levels required for the desired effect:

    ------------------------------------------------------------
   | XP Added |    Level    | Effect |     XP     | Level Added |
   |----------------------------------------------|-------------|
   |     6216 |    0(538)   |    4   |      6,226 |             |
   |     6480 |     1078    |    5   |      6,772 |      540    |
   |    22200 |     2928    |    6   |     21,534 |     1850    |
   |    23868 |     4917    |    7   |     39,363 |     1989    |
   |    25752 |     7063    |    8   |     58,677 |     2146    |
   |    27852 |     9384    |    9   |     80,827 |     2321    |
   |    30228 |    11903    |   10   |    106,017 |     2519    |
   |    32904 |    14645    |   11   |    133,437 |     2742    |
   |    35964 |    17642    |   12   |    163,407 |     2997    |
   |    39480 |    20932    |   13   |    196,307 |     3290    |
   |    43524 |    24559    |   14   |    235,090 |     3627    |
   |    48240 |    28579    |   15   |    279,310 |     4020    |
   |    53748 |    33058    |   16   |    328,579 |     4479    |
   |    60252 |    38079    |   17   |    383,810 |     5021    |
   |    68040 |    43749    |   18   |    446,180 |     5670    |
   |    77424 |    50201    |   19   |    517,152 |     6452    |
   |    88884 |    57608    |   20   |    598,629 |     7407    |
   |   103116 |    66201    |   21   |    699,459 |     8593    |
   |   121032 |    76287    |   22   |    820,491 |    10086    |
   |   144108 |    88296    |   23   |    964,599 |    12009    |
   |   174432 |   102832    |   24   |  1,139,031 |    14536    |
   |   215484 |   120789    |   25   |  1,354,515 |    17957    |
   |   272940 |   143534    |   26   |  1,627,455 |    22745    |
   |   356916 |   173277    |   27   |  1,994,874 |    29743    |
   |  1000920 |   256687    |   28   |  3,079,204 |    83410    |
   |          |   653535    |   31   |  8,449,330 |             |
   |          |  5414553    |   33   | 81,461,027 |             |
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*XP Added = Level Added x 12xp

Vampiric Aura (VA)

Training cost 14110
Targets gain HP (even above their Max HP) from inflicting Physical damage on opponents.
VA has reduced effect when its level is low relative to the damage done.
If your VA level is below base, due to penalties, it will damage your minion(s).
You should keep your Vampiric Aura level equal to the level of Damage you inflict for maximum result.
Maximum effect would be 40% Life Leaching, or very near it.
Items with natural VA (Morgul-Hammer and Blade of Thuringwethil) stack their VA with your trained VA
VA only works against a live target. If a blow kills target, the excess damage beyond target's HP and additional blows after death will not provide healing.
VA will allow you to exceed your maximum trained HP via leeching.
Vampiric Aura is known to revive minions who die and then 'draw strength' from their weapon.
Vampiric Aura only works in melee rounds

Haste

Training cost 91
Increases the DX of all friendly minions by an amount equal to the effect.
The effect is trained at 68% of the level of the spell.
Cost-effective for 2 or more targets.

Giant Strength (GS)

Training cost 91
Increases the ST of all friendly minions by an amount equal to the effect.
The effect is trained at 68% of the level of the spell.
Cost-effective for 2 or more targets.

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