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Why would Ainz use Body of Effulgent Beryl (which [According to the
Wiki](https://overlordmaruyama.fandom.com/wiki/Ainz_Ooal_Gown/Abilities_and_Powers)
reduces the effectiveness of bludgeoning attacks) as his defensive spell when
fighting Shalltear as opposed to a spell that reduces _piercing_ damage? Such
as Body of Effulgent Aquamarine. Given the weapon she is using, it seems it
would deal piercing damage as opposed to bludgeoning damage.

This seems especially true in this screenshot where her pipette lance clearly
_pierces_ him. [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6EqrI.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6EqrI.jpg)


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When fighting Shalltear, why would Ainz use Body of Effulgent Beryl?


According to volume 3 of the light novel, the lance does "battering"(i.e.
bludgeoning) damage in Chapter 5. Which is why Ainz used it.

> The tenth-tier spell Body of Effulgent Beryl, in addition to decreasing
> damage taken by battering weapons for its duration, allow onetime full
> immunity to the damage. By having Body of Effulgent Beryl absorb the damage
> from the lance, its tip moved out of his body as if time had been rewound.

This explicitly states that Shalltear's weapon does bludgeoning damage and it
as absorbed by the spell.

As a side note undead races have a racial vulnerability to bludgeoning damage
(Bludgeoning Vulnerability V).


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