- A reference guide and manual in Russian for Heroes 3.

The damage dealt by ranged towers is affected by 3 factors: the Air Shield spell, petrification of the target, and the presence of a secondary skill or armor specialization in the attacking hero. All these factors should reduce the damage, but they increase it – a bug.

Only the first mentioned factor increases the damage. Petrification of the target and the presence of a secondary skill or armor specialization in the attacking hero reduce the damage from ranged towers as intended. Petrification of the target reduces it by a factor of two, and the secondary skill + armor specialization reduces it according to the formula provided in the reference guide. I tested this in SoD 3.2. (P.s. I conducted the battle in HD-MOD 2.98f mode, but I don't think this will affect the essence of the process).