Is soul drain the best combat spell in the game?
 

SOMEHOW I never saw this spell before......wow. Nothing like harming half the enemies on the field, simultaneously, while allowing you to cast your most powerfull spells.... every turn.

Re: Is soul drain the best combat spell in the game?
 

I think Wrathfull Skies is better because it is so ridiculously easy to cast in the unmodded game and it can be boosted with ease.

Re: Is soul drain the best combat spell in the game?
 

Cast wrathfull skies and unless you have a VERY high magic... no more spells.

Cast soul drain...then wrathfull skies... then more spells http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif.

Re: Is soul drain the best combat spell in the game?
 

Gems, reinvigorating items. Never forget Staf of Storms.

Re: Is soul drain the best combat spell in the game?
 

No amount of reinvigoration items can get you from 300 fatigue to 0 in 1 turn.

Re: Is soul drain the best combat spell in the gam
 

It's only 300 fatigue for an Air 3 mage; it's 150 fatigue at Air 4, 100 fatigue at Air 5, 75 fatigue at Air 6... You can get Summon Storm Power for a cheap +1, and add extra gems to lower the fatigue amount: Storm Power+two extra gems result in a level 3 mage being able to cast the spell with only 75 fatigue. On an aside, fatigue is capped at 200, so you can cast a 700 fatigue spell without doing anything special.

Relief is another great spell for fatigue, as it removes the fatigue of *all* your troops on the battlefield. If memory serves, Relief is at level 7 of research, and requires Nature 3... probably in the Enchantment school.

*Squashes the Figure Fairy out of this post*

Re: Is soul drain the best combat spell in the gam
 

Relief only requires nature 3, unless you're talking about a mod.

Re: Is soul drain the best combat spell in the gam
 

Indeed it does, and no mod makes Relief a level 7 spell; I got confused with the 7 for research level I think, and typoed.

Re: Is soul drain the best combat spell in the gam
 

I thought the battlefield AI won't cast a spell if it took your fatigue over 200...it'll cast something else instead. So you almost have to have extra levels/gems/commununion/etc. for high fatigue spells

Re: Is soul drain the best combat spell in the gam
 

Stop thinking. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif I thought like you did, but Illwinter said fatigue was capped at 200, and upon checking it turns out they are right. Pick an Earth 7 mage and try to cast Army of Leaf, and it should work just fine, even though fatigue should hit the ceiling here.