Magical Polarities
Some Magics have elemental properties and therefore become opposed to their opposite for example: Fire deals heat damage and therefore is typically opposed ice which deals cooling damage. A typical well known elemental being like Ifrit (from the Final Fantasy series) is a being that gains it strength from fire and expels fire magic, therefore he absorbs fire magic and becomes stronger, however ice magic will drain his health and, owing to the opposition of ice versus fire, deals double damage. Shiva would be Ifrit's opposite.
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