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 - Resistances and immunity in TES Blades - Combat - The Elder Scrolls Blades Guide and Tips

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

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

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