Quick Q: defending against shadow blast?

[Ironhawk]

Cloud of Death, and cloud spells in general just cannot compare with any significant attack spell like this. There are only rare cases where they are useful, like seiges. Other than that, you have a strong possibility that your own men will wander into them and be killed.

The power of shadow blast is high damage, huge AOE, and really low casting requirements. If you arent impressed with it, that means you havent been really Shadow Blasted yet.