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@Anon Just stop talking right now, please. You have no idea what you are talking about, if everyone who knew how to shout went around doing it all the damn time the world would be in chaos.

@Thedoucheinthenorth Magic does a set amount of damage regardless of armor value, I tested this by allowing myself to take several hits from all three forms of destruction magic in their weakest forms (Flames, Sparks, and Frostbite) with fully upgraded but unenchanted Daedric armor. Then I removed the armor and then took the damage again, same damage output per second, ergo magic ignores armor which makes perfect sense because why would the damage done by magic be affected by armor which is meant to block physical attacks such as sword swings and arrows?