Sacrifice

Target, non-undead troop is sacrificed (destroyed). Then another target dead troop has ((power + destroyed troop's base health + 3) x # of creatures sacrificed) in health total of creatures returned to life.

Advanced effect

Target, non-undead troop is sacrificed (destroyed). Then another target dead troop has ((power + destroyed troop's base health + 6) x # of creatures sacrificed) in health total of creatures returned to life.

Expert effect

Target, non-undead troop is sacrificed (destroyed). Then another target dead troop has ((power + destroyed troop's base health + 10) x # of creatures sacrificed) in health total of creatures returned to life.

Probability of occurrence (%):

Castle	0
Rampart	0
Tower	0 (0*)
Inferno	20
Necropolis	16
Dungeon	12
Stronghold	0
Fortress	0
Conflux	0
Cove	0
Factory	0
* Without Library

Sacrifice is a 5th level spell in the School of Fire Magic. The spell destroys (sacrifices) the target living troop in order to resurrect creatures of another stack back to life. The other stack must be receptive to the Resurrection spell. A sacrificed stack leaves an empty hex on the battlefield without anything to be resurrected or summoned as Demons, i.e. without leaving a corpse for any uses.

Creatures immune to Sacrifice (or resurrection via Sacrifice):

Undead
Golems
Elementals
Mechanicals
Stone and Obsidian Gargoyles
Gold Dragon ^{*can be sacrificed but not resurrected} NOTE: In HotA , Gold Dragons can be resurrected with Sacrifice as both parts of the spell are now considered level 5.

Magic Elementals

Fire and Energy Elementals
Firebirds ^{*(not in Horn of the Abyss)} and Phoenixes

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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

Typically, it is better to sacrifice a troop with a greater number of creatures than a troop with the same total health but fewer units.

Optimize Resurrection spell with Sacrifice spell.

The table below presents some concrete cases. By having a power of 99, with 5510 peasants, you will resurrect 527 azure dragons (you will then be able to resurrect the peasants). It therefore takes 10 peasants to resurrect 1 azure dragon. The greater the difference between the "replaceable" creature's power and life, the greater the resurrection. The mana cost is also lower between 1 sacrifice and 1 resurrection compared to 3 resurrections from greenscreen images.

Power
Health	1	1000	4	200	4	300	10	250	15	250	25	300	30	250
	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed
1	210	2/1050	53	3/422	53	2/422
7	510	6/5610	128	9/1790	128	6/1790	51	5/1020
12	760	13/12160	190	19/3610	190	13/3610	76	8/1900	51	7/1525
22	1260	33	315	46/9135	315	31/9135	126	14/4410	84	14/3360	51	9/2535
27	1510	47	378	65/12850	378	43/12850	151	25/6040	101	19/4540	61	12/3340	51	13/3040
32	1760	64	440	86	440	58	176	32/7920	118	24/5890	71	15/4245	59	16/3825
99	5110	527	1278	678	1278	452	511	229	341	160	205	87	171	91

(*)NOTE: All hit point restored is calculated based on:

Expert proficiency in earth
Basic proficiency in fire
For Dragon, hero has Orb of Vulnerability
Equation of resurrection spell: healed = 160 + power x 50
Equation of sacrifice spell healed = n x power + ( n - 1 ) x health + current_health + n x 3

Optimize sacrifice with Archangel and clone spell.

Number
Health	1	1000	4	200	4	300	10	300	20	250	30	300	35	300
	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed	max	n/healed
2	200	1/1000

(*)NOTE: All hit point restored is calculated based on:

Expert proficiency in water (archangel can be cloned)
Basic proficiency in fire
For Dragon, hero has Orb of Vulnerability
Equation of archangel capacity: healed = number x 100
Equation of sacrifice spell healed = n x power + ( n - 1 ) x health + current_health + n x 3
(example) With 2 Archangel and 200 Peasant, Hero can resurrect 1 Azure Dragon.

Sacrifice

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