| Armageddon
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| School:
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fire magic
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| Level:
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4
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| Cost:
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24
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| Duration:
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instant
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| Basic effect
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| All troops take (30 + (power × 50)) points of damage.
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| Advanced effect
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| All troops take (60 + (power × 50)) points of damage.
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| Expert effect
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| All troops take (120 + (power × 50)) points of damage.
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Armageddon is a 4 level spell in the School of fire magic. It damages all creatures on the battlefield, including the caster's own troops. However, few creatures can resist the spell due their spell immunities.
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Units immune to Armageddon:
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Discussion
Armageddon causes severe damage; in fact, only Implosion can cause more damage. However, Implosion affects only a single creature stack while Armageddon affects all the creatures (and war machines) on the battlefield, causing more collateral damage than Implosion. Because Armageddon damages all creatures, it has become part of one of the most renowned tactics, often called Dragogeddon. The tactic requires creatures immune to Armageddon, and preferably as fast as possible. Before Armageddon's Blade and the Phoenix, Black Dragons were the fastest creature with immunity to Armageddon, and that is where the name of the tactic was probably derived. When the hero's army only consists of immune creatures, the hero may cast Armageddon without damaging his own creatures, in the process causing severe damage to the enemy.
The highest possible damage for Armageddon is 14905 points per unit. This requires a level 108 hero with Expert Fire Magic, Expert Sorcery, Orb of Tempestuous Fire, maximum Power (99) and Sorcery as the hero's specialty (bonus 5% to Sorcery per level). The highest possible amount of unit stacks in battle is 20 per side + 3 War Machines per side. Therefore, the maximum possible damage to deal to all units on the battlefield, provided no spell immunity or resistance is in play, is 14905 * 46 = 685930 points of damage. However, if all creatures on the battlefield are Water Elementals, which are vulnerable to fire, highest possible damage is 14905 * 2 * 40 + 14905 * 6 = 1281830. For example, Implosion maximum damage is 22711.
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