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[MaxWilson]

I think I must be the only player here who is less than impressed with Blade Wind. I rarely see Blade Wind kill more than a handful of troops per casting, but Magma Eruption and Cloud of Death wipe them out in spades. Why not empower a Cyclops to F1 and cast Magma Eruption?

Grumble, grumble.

-Max

[Sir_Dr_D]

Blade wind is good against low armored troops. Cast destruction first to destroy enemies armor, and then commbine blade wind with aim or eagle eyes, and it can be lethal.

[HoneyBadger]

I think it's just that it's the right spell at the right time. You can use one powerful caster to hit as well as a whole expensive, fragile squad of archers, and you don't have to stop at one. The problem is the lack of a good defense in the era, and-I'd argue-the fact that their aren't that many spells that are nearly this effective, at 0 gem cost.

[MaxWilson]

The nice thing I see about Blade Wind is that it comes fairly early in the game. The downsides are that it costs massive fatigue (80-) and more importantly that the effects are missile attacks, which means it gets blocked by shields. I agree that it's nice against unarmoured or shieldless troops, and the scattering is nice if you're using it against a mage-heavy army, but for general-purpose, gem-free destruction I'd rather have Cloud of Death or Magma Eruption.

-Max

[Jazzepi]

I've never found the fatigue to be a huge issue. Anyone who can cast blade wind can cast Summon Earth Power, which makes the blade wind half as expensive if you reach level 4 off it. You can also forge Boots of Earth with the same caster who can cast Summon Earth Power. If you started at level 2 it's easy to hit 4 off it and spam blade wind 2-4 times a fight.

Jazzepi

[Edi]

I moved Ska's two posts into the bug discussion thread, because they belong there.

[Ska]

Sorry haven't see the good thread. Thanks