2) Daughter of Earth, upon attacking an enemy, applies a random curse to them. If the curse happens to be slow, the enemy will not counterattack.
As far as I remember, and will remember in the future, a slowed enemy will not counterattack the Daughters of Earth.
A common tactic is: first, the Daughters of Earth slow down the enemy, and then attack them without retaliation, while simultaneously applying other Dark spells (Ray, Weakness, Feeblemind).