Originally posted by Nascarman:

Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:

I think so. Fire resist wine is a higher order of protection than root armor's order of weakness. If I remember correctly too, the equivalent level of resistant overrides the same level of weakness. so:

Weak to fire vs Resist to Fire: Resist Wins

Very Weak to Fire Vs Resist to Fire: Very Weak Wins

Very Weak to Fire vs Very Resistant to Fire: Very Resistant to fire wins

Immunity overrides everything.

Test in a campfire to be sure though, because if I'm wrong, it's an instantly fatal mistake.

I think resistances always override any weakness. There’s a little bit of sketchiness when it comes to immunity and resistances though (serpents are resistant to fire because they are always wet, but technically are immune to it when not wet)

According to the wiki, any level of resistance always overides weakness, so yes, that deficiency of the root harnesk is easily surmountable once you get access to barley wine.

Also regarding the serpents; they just have a flat immunity to fire, it's not related to them being wet, they just ignore it outright. Though they are weak to frost, so better to use that on them instead.