There was a tool somewhere that let you run battles...
 

But I couldn't find it in the strategy index. Can someone shoot me the link please?

Re: There was a tool somewhere that let you run battles...
 

Never seen it myself, sorry.

Re: There was a tool somewhere that let you run battles...
 

You might be thinking of this:

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=45908

but I've never used it and it doesn't appear to be available anymore. I use the battle sim map located here:

http://www.dom3minions.com/utilities.htm

I just edit the map file to include the units I want to test and start a game with the debug mod to get access to spells.

Debug mod: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=36453