astral combat spells

[Micah]

Both the BE spells (tempest and solar brilliance) will do a number on anything without pumped MR, though brilliance is just a blinding effect. Other than that soul slay and enslave mind are pretty much the go-to spells. Astral has trouble with large troop volumes. Though if you have death on your mages nether darts can be incredibly brutal.

[Micah]

Baalz - Lightning is only counterable on slotted guys, since the best you can do for troops is a 50% resist bump, and since it's AN damage that means the troops are still taking damage consistently (as opposed to 50% FR, which makes the AP damage drastically less effective). Anyhow, sorry to hijack =)