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'''Air magic''' is one of the [[secondary skill]]s. It increases the effectiveness of hero's air magic [[spells]].
There is a special rule in place that offers schools of magic more often as a choice when leveling up than the secondary skill learning percentages suggest: a new school of magic will be offered at least every 4 levels for Might heroes and every 3 levels for Magic heroes. For example: a Might hero was not offered a school of magic when reaching levels 2 and 3; the hero will then be guaranteed to be offered a magic school at level 4; at level 8, the hero will again be offered a new magic school if none were offered at levels 5, 6, or 7.


==Description==
'''Heroes with Air Magic as a starting skill:'''
Air Magic is easily overrated, due to good damage spells and adventure [[Adventure spell|map movement spells]]. However, the first groups strength decrease when [[stack]] sizes grow, and the spells in the second category are [[banned]] more often than not. What remains is a few good spells, and a handful of mediocre ones. [[Haste]] and [[Lightning Bolt]] are both very useful, [[Chain Lightning]] does good damage, but can easily backfire. [[Counterstrike]] can be an enormous aid, especially when cast on [[Hydra]]s or [[Vampire Lord]]s. However, Air Magic's greatest assets are [[Dimension Door]] and [[Fly]], which can get your [[Hero]] into places he or she couldn't have gotten into otherwise, or be used to launch a surprise attack on an enemy [[town]]. The other spells are at best of circumstancial use.
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=== DiFool's Ratings (1-5) ===
== Chance to get ==
{{Secondary skill chance explanation}}
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* [[Direct damage spells|Direct damage]]   4
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* Benefit own army           3
Like other magic schools, Air Magic is very important. At the expert level, [[Haste]] may help a lot as your entire army will possibly move before the enemy's army, and even some very slow units get decent speed. [[Dimension Door]] and [[Fly]] are extremely helpful for moving on the adventure map. [[Chain Lightning]] may wipe out the whole opposing army (while it's a double-edged sword, as if there are less than five stacks, Chain Lightning will damage your own troops - initially it hits four stacks, thus you get unable to use it against an enemy with that exact stacks number), and [[Lightning Bolt]] is useful on early stages of the game. Other helpful Air spells are, for example, [[Disrupting Ray]], [[Precision]], and [[Counterstrike]].
* [[Curse (spell type)|Weaken enemy army]] 1
* [[Adventure spell|Travel]]               5
* [[Informational spells|Informational]]   5
*  Specialty helps?                      4


The main reasons for choosing Air Magic are [[Fly]], [[Dimension Door]] and [[Haste]] spells. The first two are perhaps the most powerful [[Spell#Adventure spells|adventure spells]], together with [[Town Portal]]. However, both of them are typically banned in custom maps. Nevertheless, Expert Air Magic causes Haste to be cast as a [[mass spell]], which still makes it worth the secondary skill slot. Other noteworthy spells are [[Lightning Bolt]] and [[Chain Lightning]], both powerful combat spells.


Don't forget [[view air]], it lets you see ALL towns and player heroes even in areas that you haven't explored yet. Requires no movement points and only 1 spell point.
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{{secondary skill 'see also'}}


[[Category: Secondary skills]]
[[Category: Secondary skills]]
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Latest revision as of 23:05, 17 December 2024

This article refers to the secondary skill. For air magic spells, see School of Air Magic.

Secondary Skills
 Air Magic
 Archery
 Armorer
 Artillery
 Ballistics
 Diplomacy
 Eagle Eye
 Earth Magic
 Estates
 Fire Magic
 First Aid
 Intelligence
 Interference Horn of the Abyss
 Leadership
 Learning
 Logistics
 Luck
 Mysticism
 Navigation
 Necromancy
 Offense
 Pathfinding
 Resistance
 Scholar
 Scouting
 Sorcery
 Tactics
 Water Magic
 Wisdom
Air Magic
Basic Air Magic: allows your hero to cast air spells at reduced cost.
Advanced Air Magic: allows your hero to cast air spells at reduced cost and increased effectiveness.
Expert Air Magic: allows your hero to cast air spells at reduced cost and maximum effectiveness.

There is a special rule in place that offers schools of magic more often as a choice when leveling up than the secondary skill learning percentages suggest: a new school of magic will be offered at least every 4 levels for Might heroes and every 3 levels for Magic heroes. For example: a Might hero was not offered a school of magic when reaching levels 2 and 3; the hero will then be guaranteed to be offered a magic school at level 4; at level 8, the hero will again be offered a new magic school if none were offered at levels 5, 6, or 7.

Heroes with Air Magic as a starting skill:

Chance to get[edit | hide | hide all]

Out of total 112 for The Shadow of Death, and of (112 + Interference chance) for Horn of the Abyss Horn of the Abyss.
Banned skills change the probability.

Town Class Chance to learn
Castle  Knight  3
Castle  Cleric  4
Rampart  Ranger  1 (lowest)
Rampart  Druid  2
Tower  Alchemist  4
Tower  Wizard  6 (highest)
Inferno  Demoniac  2
Inferno  Heretic  3
Necropolis  Death Knight  2
Necropolis  Necromancer  3
Dungeon  Overlord  1 (lowest)
Dungeon  Warlock  2
Stronghold  Barbarian  3
Stronghold  Battle Mage  3
Fortress  Beastmaster  1 (lowest)
Fortress  Witch  3
Conflux  Planeswalker  2
Conflux  Elementalist  6 (highest)
Cove Horn of the Abyss     Captain  3
Cove Horn of the Abyss     Navigator  6 (highest)
Factory Horn of the Abyss     Mercenary   3
Factory Horn of the Abyss     Artificer   3


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