Heroes of the Academy - Academy

When playing against a Warlock with a standard Chaos build, focusing on Lucky Charm and magic boosters (Amulet of Frozen Souls, Phoenix Feather Cape), it's best to forget about Jalib and remove him from the list of potential starting heroes for the Academy. I'll immediately clarify that I'm talking about a sensible opponent – the AI and a human player playing as the Shadow League for the first time don't count. Jalib's special ability, at high hero levels, will almost certainly redirect a targeted spell like Earth Shock or Ice Block onto the Warlock's army, but it's completely useless against area-of-effect spells like Ring of Cold, Fireball, and Meteor Shower.
Besides, Magic Mirror is available to all Academy heroes; it's just more effective with Jalib, so the Warlock is better off not risking his army and voluntarily giving up targeted spells in favor of area-of-effect spells.