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Damage
Probably mentioned somewhere in this page, but.
I take more damage with mana shield on than without, why is that?
vs rats that do 1 damage w/o mana shield, but 4~7 damage with mana shield.
Rank 6, 876 int, 173 magic attack, 31 def, 4 prot
That certainly sounds strange. I'm not sure if Mana Shield was changed since Enlightenment, so you may have to refer to that thread regarding that. If you saw that thread already, there isn't much to say.
Your defense goes down to 0 (technically) when you use mana shield. It's all based on your magic attack after that in regards to how much it protect you. I don't know the math, but rats do barely any damage so your 31 defense normally is enough to make it 1 dmg. I guess somehow you still don't have the magic attack to make it only 1 dmg also with mana shield on.