Resistances and immunity in TES Blades TES Blades guide, tips
Last update: 18 June 2019
In the previous sections of the guide we discussed the types of physical attacks (slashing, cleaving, bashing) and the types of damage from elements (fire, cold, lightning and poison). This distinction plays an important role in battles, because both our hero and his opponents have certain weaknesses, resistances, and even complete immunity to specific types of damage.
That's why there's no perfect weapon in the game. Our unique axe that deals extra fire damage can handle most enemies with ease, but when we hit the location with the overwhelming forces of Dremora Riders, we'll have a big problem. These units have high resistance to slashing and fire damage, which will make our weapons almost useless.
How to prepare to combat with enemies? It is best to have so many spells and types of weapons at your disposal as to be able to deal any type of damage. During the mission we can of course change the weapon, so juggling with e.g. two types of hammers is completely normal. Spells, even at the lowest level, are also useful.
To make it easier to find the monster you are interested in, we have prepared the alphabetical list of enemies in TES: Blades:
- Ancient Dragon
- Bandit
- Bear
- Dragon
- Dremora Raider
- Dremora Warlock
- Goblin Caster
- Goblin Warrior
- Mercenary
- Necromancer
- Nether Lich
- Outcast
- Skeever
- Skeleton
- Spider
- Spriggan
- Thalmor Agent
- Troll
- Warmaster
- Wight
- Wisp
- Wispmother
- Wolf
Ancient Dragon
Sensitivity: slashing, lightning strikes
Resistances: cleaving, fire*, frost*, poison
*depending on the element which they use
Bandit
Sensitivity: poison
Resistances: cold, lightning
Bear
Sensitivity: slashing, lightning strikes
Immunity: bashing, cold, poison
Dragon
Sensitivity: slashing, cold
Resistances: cleaving, fire, poison
Dremora Raider
Sensitivity: slashing, cold
Resistances: cleaving, fire, poison
Dremora Warlock
Sensitivity: slashing, cold
Resistances: cleaving, fire, lightning
Goblin Caster
Sensitivity: bashing, cold
Immunity: fire, lightning
Goblin Warrior
Sensitivity: bashing
Immunity: poison
Mercenary
Sensitivity: poison
Resistances: cleaving, fire, cold
Necromancer
Sensitivity: poison
Immunity: fire, cold
Nether Lich
Sensitivity: slashing, fire
Immunity: bashing, cleaving, cold, lightning, poison
Outcast
Sensitivity: cleaving, lightning
Immunity: bashing, fire, poison
Skeever
Sensitivity: fire
Immunity: lightning, poison
Skeleton
Sensitivity: bashing, lightning
Resistances: slashing, fire
Immunity: poison
Spider
Sensitivity: cleaving, cold
Resistances: slashing, lightning, poison
Spriggan
Sensitivity: cleaving, fire
Immunity: bashing, cold, lightning
Thalmor Agent
Sensitivity: poison
Resistances: slashing, fire, lightning
Troll
Sensitivity: bashing, fire
Resistance: slashing, cold, lightning
Warmaster
Sensitivity: cleaving, poison
Resistances: cold, lightning
Wight
Sensitivity: cleaving, fire
Resistance: maces, lightning, poison
Wisp
Sensitivity: fire
Resistances: bashing, cleaving, slashing, poison
Immunity: cold
Wispmother
Sensitivity: fire
Resistances: bashing, cleaving, slashing, poison
Immunity: cold
Wolf
Sensitivity: slashing, lightning strikes
Immunity: bashing, fire, cold