Farstrike a useless spell?

[Manuk]

[q]Actually, I have seen mages use low-range or "touch"-spells quite often when faced with attacking troops - or assassines.
Had a quite funny assassination in Dom2: Beeing stabbed with a poison dagger, my weaponless Pan retaliated in kind and used poison touch. Then both missed each other for 3 combat turns - until the assassin dropped dead from the poison, while the Pan escaped[/q]

yeah, I like when atlas (the titan) uses low range spells against masses.

(odd, the quote doesn't work.)