Spell Mirroring is OP

[Segan]

Of all the abilities an enemy boss might use in the late game, this one is, for me, the most deadly. As far as I can tell, there's no actual counter to this. Perhaps forcefully casting a weak spell that does minimal damage might help. Other than that, the only solution I can think of is simply stopping my apprentices from casting direct damage spells. Either solution is honestly very frustrating to micromanage with the game's current UI.

I would love to see a spell counter or a dispel option made available.

[Xiz]

Silver staff + strenghten crit + crit potion + big bang + nova = kill before they even cast it

[Flash]

While I agree that it is quite annoying, there are merely 3 monsters that can cast it (unless I am mistaken). IMO having to fight 2 of these said monsters with Spell Mirroring, is quite challenging and extremely fun. Made the victory so much sweeter and more rewarding.
@ Xiz had no idea that crit works with spells too. Guess that would have made it so much easier.

[Serpentarius]

Originally posted by Flash:

While I agree that it is quite annoying, there are merely 3 monsters that can cast it (unless I am mistaken). IMO having to fight 2 of these said monsters with Spell Mirroring, is quite challenging and extremely fun. Made the victory so much sweeter and more rewarding.
@ Xiz had no idea that crit works with spells too. Guess that would have made it so much easier.

Crits only affects spells that are affected by spell mirroring, and you CAN crit yourself in the case of reflects.

[Flash]

Originally posted by Serpentarius:

Originally posted by Flash:

While I agree that it is quite annoying, there are merely 3 monsters that can cast it (unless I am mistaken). IMO having to fight 2 of these said monsters with Spell Mirroring, is quite challenging and extremely fun. Made the victory so much sweeter and more rewarding.
@ Xiz had no idea that crit works with spells too. Guess that would have made it so much easier.

Crits only affects spells that are affected by spell mirroring, and you CAN crit yourself in the case of reflects.

That sounds scary, but then again, my reflected spells always end in oneshotting me, crit or not. Usually going for fire element, which has tons of damage. Oh and I also found out that Spell Mirroring has a fixed duration and wont be cancelled by triggering the effect with a low damaging spell.

[Serpentarius]

Originally posted by Flash:

Originally posted by Serpentarius:

Crits only affects spells that are affected by spell mirroring, and you CAN crit yourself in the case of reflects.

That sounds scary, but then again, my reflected spells always end in oneshotting me, crit or not. Usually going for fire element, which has tons of damage. Oh and I also found out that Spell Mirroring has a fixed duration and wont be cancelled by triggering the effect with a low damaging spell.

The easiest way to deal with spell mirroring is Nature, as all Nature Evocation spells ignore spell mirroring.

[Dire Explorer]

I've actually had a lot more trouble with spell mirroring on non-boss enemies, since I've struggled to automate farming those. If you're fighting a boss manually, all you have to do is wait it out, and fire off your spell before mirroring gets recast.

[Endyne]

3 solutions:
A. If close to a kill use a stun when they cast, usually won't cast 2 in a row
B. have 2 apprentice and weapon loadouts and just switch when you see it to max damage weapon and no direct damage spells
C. Nature and poison items, both bypass completely

I find SM annoying because of the slowdown and changeup but silence after a dispel will always be my bane :P