Zaptrocutor deals no damage to Shadow Chess Pieces

Changed Status to Closed

Working as Intended.

The Possessed Chassis will be a bit smarter and not use the Zaptrocuter towards creatures that are immune, though.

12 hours ago, omar_klei said:

Changed Status to Closed

Working as Intended.

The Possessed Chassis will be a bit smarter and not use the Zaptrocuter towards creatures that are immune, though.

This result is shocking to me. Could you clarify the classification rationale behind this?

Winona's Catapult—also part of the Wagstaff tech line—can deal damage to Shadow Chess Pieces, Shadow Thralls, Grazer, and Celestial Scion. Yet the Zaptrocutor cannot ( I also noticed neither of them can deal damage to ghost-type creatures either ) .

Could you provide a design explanation for this inconsistency? @omar_klei

Sorry for tagging the developers directly, but I’m genuinely really confused and curious about this design choice.

On 5/6/2026 at 8:29 AM, Sofy Happy said:

This result is shocking to me. Could you clarify the classification rationale behind this?

Winona's Catapult—also part of the Wagstaff tech line—can deal damage to Shadow Chess Pieces, Shadow Thralls, Grazer, and Celestial Scion. Yet the Zaptrocutor cannot ( I also noticed neither of them can deal damage to ghost-type creatures either ) .

Could you provide a design explanation for this inconsistency? @omar_klei

Sorry for tagging the developers directly, but I’m genuinely really confused and curious about this design choice.

If you want the answer it’s because shadows are immune to the stun for electricity.

However, they are not immune to electric damage and still take extra damage from being wet, so I think the developers might be wrong with this one. It should deal damage, but not stun.

12 hours ago, Jakepeng99 said:

If you want the answer it’s because shadows are immune to the stun for electricity.

However, they are not immune to electric damage and still take extra damage from being wet, so I think the developers might be wrong with this one. It should deal damage, but not stun.

No, that doesn't seem to be the case. There are already counterexamples like Rock Lobster and Chaos Chests — they take damage from the Electric Eel Caster but don't get stunned by it at all.
The tag that makes certain creatures completely immune is clearly added on purpose. I think it seriously misleads players and breaks the game's consistency in how we understand its mechanics.

2 hours ago, Sofy Happy said:

No, that doesn't seem to be the case. There are already counterexamples like Rock Lobster and Chaos Chests — they take damage from the Electric Eel Caster but don't get stunned by it at all.
The tag that makes certain creatures completely immune is clearly added on purpose. I think it seriously misleads players and breaks the game's consistency in how we understand its mechanics.

From my experience, celestial champion was completly immune to my bishop army and didn’t show signs of taking damage.

Rock lobsters and stuff take zero electric damage. The damage they are taking is physical damage, not electric.

Im pretty sure this is because it’s pure electricity. They take some damage from the morning star because it has physical damage as well. but I haven’t tested this, this is just what I experienced from gameplay. The drone also is pure electricity and I think uses the same projectile as bishops.