Shark Attack now useless?

[BesucherXia]

Since sharks only follow the blood, if that was a battle between undeads, should this spell just be invaild?

[Folket]

make sense. Why would the sharks be interested in some bones?

[K]

Thats what I get for believing reports instead of confirming it myself.

Doh!

[Lingchih]

Oh, there was plenty of bloods. Hundreds of crabs, asp turtles, shark knights etc. were killed. I believe what we must have seen was the strange "cancel each other out" effect when both sides cast the spell.

[Kristoffer O]

> I believe what we must have seen was the strange "cancel each other out" effect when both sides cast the spell.

Is this an urban myth or is it for real?

[Micah]

Well, I had it cast against me in Rand in 3.15 and I'd say the spell was absurdly overpowered on its own, so I'm guessing there's some truth to the cancellation story. I was actually intending to bring the spell to the devs' attention due to how many units appear when it is cast. Sadly the aegis-bearing SC I had in the battle was killed so I don't have a hall of fame kill total from one battle, but I'd say there were well over 100 sharks from a single casting...pretty much an impossibly large number of units to deal with for a 3 gem spell any water mage with a water bracelet can cast.

[Lingchih]

It is, or perhaps was, a well-known underwater exploit, although I don't think it was ever thought of as a cheat. Just and absurdly powerful spell that you have to beeline for if you want to win underwater.

Kristoffer had said yesterday in another post that the max number of sharks per turn had been lowered at some point... that's what made me think the spell had been nerfed.