Does a UV for Damage Bonus vs. Undead provide extra damage against Vanaduke? According to the Wiki, he's officially classified as undead, but since he doesn't have the same undead properties when it comes to damage, I was wondering whether or not this not-quite-undead classification extends to damage bonuses as well.
And I guess a more general follow-up question - do Damage Bonus vs. _____ UVs apply to bosses in general? I'd assume so, but I'm checking anyway.
In that case, given that #2 is true, is there a Damage Bonus UV that would be effective against Vanaduke, or is he considered a neutral monster like a Drone or Battlepod in that regard?
...actually, now that I'm bringing it up... do Damage Bonus vs. Construct UVs work against Battlepods? .-.
Vanaduke has been confirmed to not be a part of any monster family for a long while now. Within the lore he's technically undead, but he has the the resistances of a fiend. He is neither as far as the game is concerned and you need to have a general damage bonus to have any effect on him.
Ah, I see. I was thinking that it might have been something like being undead, just with special resistance stats, but I see that's not that case.
Thanks for the clarification!
the bonus received from trinkets or armor will affect vanaduke. A specific UV bonus will not.
Vana's body is slightly weak to Piercing (phases 1, 3, & 5), while the mask is slightly weak to Normal (phases 2 & 4).
The source of the bonus doesn't matter (some armor has bonus vs family) it the type that matters. Global (or weapon type global) damage bonuses apply, but Vana is not in any monster family so Damage Bonus vs Family has no effect.
*edit* Sure, but you're just splitting hairs on wording (I know I do it like crazy too so fair enough). At the end of the day the effect is same. OK, the mask is weaker to Normal then any other damage type or you could say that the mask is less resistant to Normal then any other damage type. Point is the same point.
No mob is ever weak to normal nor ever resists it. Vanaduke's mask slightly resist all damage types BUT normal and normal does, well, normal.
1.Vanaduke has not officially been confirmed to be undead.People just say he is because in the Cradle lore about him,his kingdom of Almire had fallen.He had gone insane as well.Wanting to restore the glory of Almire,he made his way to the Shrine of Vog high in the mountains.He asked Vog to restore the glory of Almire,or to help him restore it.Vog granted his wish and killed Lord Vanaduke,but resurrected him as the King of Ashes,but lost all of his sanity.The aspect of him dying and being resurrected leads people to believe that he is undead.
2.Im not sure,but i think that a damage bonus vs beast would be effective on snarby,or a construct damage bonus would be effectiv against the twins and etcetera.could be wrong tho.