Which enemies do magic damage?

[Fropps]

Right now, I don't see much of a point getting resistance because I have no idea when it's even helping me. The wiki doesn't have this info as far as I can see.

[Muffinslop]

Basically all wizards and that miniboss in act 5. It's gonna be better visually in the next update where the dmg numbers will be coloured differently =D

[Fropps]

Thanks man.

[Collateral damage]

I think wisps too even though their projectiles are blockable

[Ostrava of Boletaria]

One method of testing is to check which projectiles the paladin can block, as he can only block physical projectiles. All ghosts and wisps deal magic damage. It's pretty obvious who deals magic damage in act 5 (as they're just a bunch of wizards flinging spells at you) and if I were to hazard a guess the final boss deals hybrid damage similar to sorcerer.

I will say that act 4 in particular can be very rough if you have bad resistance, and in act 5 the ice mages can nuke you into the shadow realm with how much damage their cone breath thingy does if you have bad resistance. I consider resistance as being much more prevalent in later acts and it's usually in my best interest to at least buy resistance items given the opportunity such as robes of the arch-magi and the amulet of kings.

That being said there's probably a lot more physical damage than magical damage overall from enemies, lol

[I>U]

I think, caterpillars and Fallen heroes do magic damage as well.

Originally posted by Ostrava of Boletaria:

One method of testing is to check which projectiles the paladin can block

There is an issue with this part, namely with Hybrid Damage. I'm 100% sure that some effects can trigger partially, like 1/3 to dodge on Fallen Heroes (most evident with Sorc when he always does 1/2 of damage and rarely doubled damage without inflicting crits).

And, to tell the truth, I don't belive that damage being physical or not has something to do with "blockable" in this game, sorry.