Idea The mage Vs elf~shield situation... (and some suggestions at how to fix it)

Basically, elf cant do jack sh*t against mages (at least ones that are not free-play-friday noobs who have zero clue what they are doing) because the only spell they can reflect properly is the ice spell.
A few ideas that could be implemented in some form or another to fix this issue:

1: All non-thunder spells are not reflected but instead drains mage mana when they hit a shield.
Basically: If you shoot non-thunder spells at a elf shield all spells will set their timer back to 0 to leave a oppertunity for the elf to hit the mage without them blasting your face with burning fire & damage-spells or completely heal up and do what i just said after doing so.
This could also do that the elf shield sucks up the mana used as to give back the elf parts of the shield, this however is optional.

2: Elf absorbs energy from what the mage shot at them. This applies to all spells except thunder and ice.
This could be done in two ways: Either a simple way where all non-thunder spells that hit the shield gives the elf strength(1-2) and speed(2) for 3-5 seconds so that they can either run away or strike back more easily.
The other idea i have is that each spell is absorbed differently, for example:
Damage spell: Gives elf Strength 1 (increases 1 level for each absorbed absorbed damage-spell with a max cap of 2 or 3 and lasts 5~ seconds)
Fire spell: Gives Speed 2-3 (and maybe) gives the elf sword fire aspect(1-2) for 5~ seconds.

Also i feel maybe elf should, when using shield and hit with thunder get like a 1-3 second burst of nausea and perhaps weakness (and maybe speed) since you just got all your mana drained and you would probably get pretty dizzy from that.