# Bless blocks Charm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [September 12, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bless-blocks-charm/85177 "2024-09-12T22:19:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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Interesting. Debates about how charm functions, as a status effect or not, have been around since it was introduced with Lamia and the Love Imp. i.e. impervious blocks mana burn but not charm, invasion towers can be charmed, EoE does not inflict charm. Suggests it is not a status effect. But being blocked by bless suggests that it is. there was an interesting theory from 2017 that the mechanic might be a 0-duration status effect that immediately cleanses: > [@Impervious vs charmed](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/impervious-vs-charmed/30981/10): > > Technically technically, Charmed isn’t a status effect, it’s an instant mechanic. There is no persistence to it. You could argue that a troop that is Charmed is inflicted with a 0-length status effect that causes it to attack and then be immediately cleansed, but that isn’t how it is implemented. I’m with @Ashasekayi on this one. Impervious is already extremely strong. If we find a need for Charm immunity, then perhaps a new trait is in order (although frankly, once Wisps are finally dealt with… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bless-blocks-charm/85177)._