Destroy Undead

School of Air Magic

Level 1

Haste

Magic Arrow *

View Air

Level 2

Disguise

Disrupting Ray

Fortune

Lightning Bolt

Precision

Protection from Air

Visions *

Level 3

Air Shield

Destroy Undead

Hypnotize

Level 4

Chain Lightning

Counterstrike

Level 5

Dimension Door

Fly

Magic Mirror

Summon Air Elemental

Titan's Lightning Bolt

School of Earth Magic

School of Fire Magic

School of Water Magic

Destroy Undead
	School:	air magic
	Level:	3rd
	Cost:	15
	Duration:	instant
Basic effect
All undead creature troops recieve 20+ dmg (10 damage each power point, 1 times additional damage bonus each application (10dmgvar, 10 dmgconst)) damage.
Advanced effect
All undead creature troops recieve 30+ dmg (10 damage each power point, 2 times additional damage bonus each application (10dmgvar, 20dmgconst)) damage.
Expert effect
All undead creature troops recieve 60+dmg (10 damage each power point, 5 times additional damage bonus each application (10dmgvar, 50dmgconst) damage.
Probability of occurrence (%):
Castle    Rampart    Tower    (*) Inferno    Necropolis    Dungeon    Stronghold    Fortress    Conflux    Cove     Factory     * Without Library

Destroy Undead is a 3rd level spell in the School of air magic. It causes damage to all undead creatures on the battlefield – including the casters troops.

The artifact Pendant of Death makes the wearer troops immune to this spell.

Discussion

Destroy Undead is at its best when fighting against small number of scattered low-tier undead creatures.

The damage does not scale enough to cause serious damage when fighting agains larger armies with stronger forces.

One can easily calculate, that with a power skill of 20, Destroy Undead spell only does 250 points of damage at expert level, which means about two Dread Knights. Typically there there are more usefull spells available than Destroy Undead for harming the enemy.

Orb of the Firmament and Sorcery might help increase the damage dealt.

Spell vs Creatures

Spell Power	Dmg per Power Point	Basic Air Magic Skill	Advanced Air Magic Skill	Expert Air Magic Skill	Vampire Lords (40hp) killed (depending on Air Magic Skill, Expert to Basic)	Skeleton Warriors killed (6hp each) (Expert to Basic Air)
1	10	20	30	60	One to none	10 to 3
2	10	30	40	70	One to none	11 to 5
3	10	40	50	80	Two to One	13 to 6
4	10	50	60	90	Two to One	15 to 8
5	10	60	70	100	Two to One	16 to 10
6	10	70	80	110	Two to One	18 to 11
7	10	80	90	120	Three to Two	20 to 13
8	10	90	100	130	Three to Two	21 to 15
9	10	100	110	140	Three to Two	23 to 16
10	10	110	120	150	Three to Two	25 to 18

Undead Creatures

Name	Health Points	Minimum Expert Air Magic Spell Points for one unit, no further enhancements (no Sorcery, no Orb of the Firmament)	Damage at Expert Air	Units killed	Damage done at 10 Spell Power at Expert Air	Units killed at 10 Spell Power at Expert Air	Damage done at 20 Spell Power at Expert Air	Units killed at 20 Spell Power at Expert Air
Skeleton	6	1	60	10	150	?	250	?
Skeleton Warrior	6	1	60	10	150	?	250	?
Walking Dead	15	1	60	4	150	?	250	?
Zombie	20	1	60	3	150	?	250	?
Wight	18	1	60	3	150	?	250	?
Wraith	18	1	60	3	150	?	250	?
Vampire	30	1	60	2	150	?	250	?
Vampire Lord	40	1	60	1	150	?	250	?
Lich	30	1	60	2	150	?	250	?
Power Lich	40	1	60	1	150	?	250	?
Black Knight	120	7	120	1	150	?	250	?
Dread Knight	120	7	120	1	150	?	250	?
Bone Dragon	150	10	150	1	150	?	250	?
Ghost Dragon	200	15	200	1	150	0	250	1

Orb of the Firmament and Sorcery might help increase the damage dealt apart from spell points.

Animate Dead can over time repair the damage given mana points but requires some turns as it is not a splash heal as opposed to Destroy Undead damaging every undead on the battlefield.