Any tips on what hero and/or unit abilities I should use to effectively lower opponents Magic Shield? Is it enough to just use spells, or should I invest in the lower opponent shield abilities?
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It seems like the best way is to get a bunch of low penetration spells and spam them, but it can be mana intensive (depending on build/equipment). There is a specific spell shield breaking spell which is very effective, but pretty rare in the hero progression tree. I wouldn't worry about equipment that specifically says increase spell penetration because it usually amounts to about 1 point of extra penetration. It seems like 5 or 6 is the basic value that absorbed spells do to the shield and I would guess that the whole shield has 50 points (with the first 9 points not blocking anything) so with 9 basic spells you could completely deplete a full spell shield, which will use about 300 mana or 100 mana from 3 heroes. For my (3) heroes that's not a whole lot but it depends on who your using and how your building them. All the heavy infantry seems to be able to get a passive which damages the spell shield if they are in prolonged melee. That ability is useful for offsetting in battle shield bolstering, such as the shield repair spell and shrines. Not too good for breaking down a high level shield since the battle will be over by the time you can cast your low penetration spells, but it makes it so you don't need to worry about taking the regen shrines from the enemy
The best thing to lower enemy MS is spell Shieldbreaker Charm (better spend only 1 point in it, i.e. -10).