Blind

School of Fire Magic

Level 1

Bloodlust

Curse

Magic Arrow *

Protection from Fire

Level 2

Blind

Fire Wall

Visions *

Level 3

Fireball

Land Mine

Misfortune

Level 4

Armageddon

Berserk

Fire Shield

Frenzy

Inferno

Slayer

Level 5

Sacrifice

Summon Fire Elemental

School of Air Magic

School of Earth Magic

School of Water Magic

Blind
	School:	Fire Magic
	Level:	2nd
	Cost:	10/8
	Duration:	1 rnd/sp
Basic effect
Target, enemy troop is frozen until attacked, dispelled or effect wears off. Deactivating attack is retaliated at 50% of base attack rating.
Advanced effect
Same as basic effect, except that deactivating attack is retaliated at 25% of base attack rating.
Expert effect
Same as basic effect, except that deactivating attack is not retaliated.
Probability of occurrence (%):
Castle   25 Rampart   35 Tower   18 (13*) Inferno   47 Necropolis   24 Dungeon   25 Stronghold   25 Fortress   35 Conflux   37 Cove    0 Factory     * Without Library

Blind is a 2nd level spell in the School of Fire Magic. It is one of the mind spells, and therefore some creatures are immune to it.

It makes the blinded creature stack immobile and completely lose its turn to act on combat round. Blind can be removed with Cure and Dispel spells, or it is removed if the creature is attacked in any way or the duration of the spell ends. If Blind is removed from a creature, it will have a chance to act on its turn as it normally would according to its initiative, or if its turn has already passed for the round, it will act immediately.

Units immune to Blind:

•   Green and Gold Dragons
• Golems
•   Giant and Titan
•   Efreet and Efreet Sultan
• Undead
•   Troglodyte and Infernal Troglodyte
•   Red and Black Dragons
• Elementals
•  Firebird ^{*(not in Horn of the Abyss)}  and  Phoenix
•  Azure Dragon
•  Fangarm 

Units capable of casting blind (after attacking):

•  Unicorn
•  War Unicorn

Artifacts rendering your units immune to Blind:

• Pendant of Second Sight
• Badge of Courage ^{*(not in Horn of the Abyss)} 

Tactics and info

Blind is arguably one of the strongest spells in the game. It is perhaps at its best combined with Resurrection spell, and managing to blind opponent's last creature stack. This leads to a situation where the opponent will have no chance to retreat, and the hero can cast Resurrection to bring many if not all his troops back to life, provided enough spell power and mana. This tactics weak spot is War Machines, which cannot be blinded and therefore with Artillery or First Aid secondary skill may offer enemy hero a chance to escape. Additionally, during siege battles Ballistics secondary skill may offer a chance for the enemy hero to escape.

The only drawback of Blind is, that there are some creatures immune to it. Solution to this problem is to find a relic artifact Orb of Vulnerability, which disables spell immunities and enables hero to blind even naturally magic immune creatures, for example Black Dragons.

Blind with Ballista or Arrow Towers

One annoying thing is that if you don't have the Artillery skill, sometimes Ballista or Arrow Towers (or Cannon in Horn of the Abyss) will shoot at blinded targets, unintentionally removing Blind. Therefore it's sometimes best to get rid of Ballista, (or Cannon) when you learn Blind and don't have Artillery, for example, by destroying it by magic (using spells like Meteor Shower which can damage both enemy troops and units of the caster).

See also

• Mind Spells
• Hindering Spells