Destroy Undead
| Destroy Undead | ||
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| School: | air magic | |
| Level: | 3rd | |
| Cost: | 15 | |
| Duration: | instant | |
| Basic Effect | ||
| All undead creature troops receive ((power x 10) + 10) damage. | ||
| Advanced Effect | ||
| All undead creature troops receive ((power x 10) + 20) damage. | ||
| Expert Effect | ||
| All undead creature troops receive ((power x 10) + 50) damage. | ||
| Probability of occurrence (%): | ||
 Castle |
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 Rampart |
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 Tower |
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 Inferno |
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 Necropolis |
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 Dungeon |
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 Stronghold |
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 Fortress |
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 Conflux |
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 Cove  |
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 Factory |
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| * Without Library | ||
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. Naturally, Orb of the Firmament and/or Sorcery can increase the damage, but typically there are more usefull spells available than Destroy Undead for harming the enemy.