Most powerful spells?

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Boron said:
i never tried haunted forest so far

Your loss then. It's really the cooooooooooooolest Global Enchantment out there! My all-time favorite since the earliest days of Dom PPP.

[alexti]

Nagot Gick Fel said:
funniest devastating combo - devastating it surely is, and I can't easily imagine anything more funny in Dominions than watching at the chain reactions Haunted Forest may trigger - an unit dies, a manikin rises and kills an enemy nearby, a new manikin rises and kills another enemy unit nearby, a new manikin rises, etc. - all that in the same round!

It reminds me very funny battle I've seen: Optimistic army led by Tartarian Cyclops decides to conquer a province defended by puny Pangaeans maenads. On arrival it becomes clear that Panageans has prepared swarm attack which quickly converts most of the invading army in Pangaeans manikins. But the battle is not lost yet. Cyclops casts rain of stones which kills some manikins and converts most of maenads, plus some other troops in many more manikins. Now the battlefield is full of crawling manikins. Cylclops continues rain of stones in rapid succession until it falls unconcsious. By that time he's the sole remaining invader, however Pangaea has lost all their commander and the few survived manikins start to dissolve. In the dramatic final Cyclops regain consciousnes and tries to flee. The Last manikin survivor gets in the way of fleeing Cyclops and falls a victim to Cyclop's fist.

[Argitoth]

I'll put this Haunted Forest + Swarm debate to rest. I have much experience with this combo. You'd be surprised what it's NOT capable of. If the dragonflies cannot fly (because of a storm) then you're going to have lots of trouble. If not enough dragonflies turn into manikins at the same time, that's aditional trouble. This combo cannot always kill a horde of devils. This combo sometimes can't even kill SCs. It's a good combo, but it has its limits. If someone is totally destroying your dominion (Mictlan, Marignon), you are screwed. This has happened to me more than once even with 10 dominion from the start.

But everyone should know this combo works best with C'tis because of the fact that C'tis assassins and mages have death and nature magic. The only problem is they lack nature gems, so Pangaea is a good choice too.

ANYWAY, you see... It has its limits. It is not a cheap combo compared to all the other strategies out there. I've lost a good amount of games using this strategy.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Argitoth said:
But everyone should know this combo works best with C'tis because of the fact that C'tis assassins and mages have death and nature magic. The only problem is they lack nature gems, so Pangaea is a good choice too.

And Utgard. Haunted Forest + Nether Darts (+ the occasional Swarm) = yummy!