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>I've forgotten "Mass Protection".


I find it's only really useful when you have a mass of very low protection troops (like maenads). If your army already has good armor the boost is almost nothing.


>"Haste" is new in Dom 2 - I think, I haven't checked it out yet.

Needs a gem and has high fatigue cost. I don't see it as a spell I will race for.


>I have mixed feeling on "Growing Fury". I haven't Lasted long enough as Man in MP to check out how useful it is yet.

Absolutely awesome spell. It fixes all morale problems in one spell. Love it.


>"Charm" is nice but wasn't really practical In most cases, it's easier to kill an enemy than to defeat his/her MR. Also, anything beyond Level 6 is usually too late in the game to give a rule - you don't really know whehter you want to focus on Nature and you might have priority in some other paths.


I have found Charm worth racing for.
Against conventional troops you get a lot of value by converting an enemy troop. Your enemy loses one. You gain one. Plus the one gained is in the enemy line and causes a bottleneck. A bunch of Charmed can really jam up an enemy army and save wear and tear on you own troops.

Against non conventional forces Charm is super potent. Grabbing an enemy Hydra, Elephant, Giant, Commander with items... can easily alter a battle, and better yet can get you excellent troops for free (if they survive). Keep in mind that Charm gains synergy with mass use. When I use it, I almost always have many mages casting. Usually no less that ten. Casting ten charms a round, round after round, and you can often end battles with more troops than you started with.

Nature magic has many useful spells, but Charm, Growing Fury, and Relief, are the ones that get "great" results on the battlefield (in my experience). Sleep and Poison clouds almost make the grade, but are somewhat situational. On some occasions ordinary "Sleep" can be used to good effect, although in most cases it gets replaced by charm once the research is done.