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We've already discussed battles between mages one on one. (at least, that's what it seems like), let's now consider the actions of mages in battle when there are two mage heroes on each side, from different factions. Now, let's figure out which magic is better in a paired battle. I think we should consider the condition that the magic is upgraded to the 5th level (hero is level 15).
For example: Necromancer and Mage versus Druid and Sorcerer. Who would win in your opinion?

Well, here everything depends on the first move. If it's a Mage, cast Hypnotize on the Druid, and the rest is obvious. If it's a Necromancer, cast Hand of Despair on the Sorcerer. Then, the Mage casts Hypnotize or Blind on the Sylvan, if it's their turn. If not, the Sylvan casts Anti-Magic on themselves. Then, the Mage and Necromancer wait for the Sylvan's turn. No matter what the Sylvan summons, we cast Illusion. And Hand of Despair on the original target. And we repeat everything.

If the Sylvan goes first, we cast Anti-Magic on the Chaos Knight. A Chaos Knight with full magic resistance is useless; there's no need to explain. If it's a Chaos Knight, there's a whole set of tools to kill it. Either, if the heroes are standing close together, cast Confusion Cloud, and then the praying mantises will fly in and we'll cast Disintegrate...

Death magic: - Hand of Death - Poison - Curse - Weakness - Poisoning In general, all death magic (mainly magic that weakens the opponent).

Has anyone tried PvP between a Wizard and a Barbarian, say, at level 45?
The Wizard suddenly starts feeling bad and goes down faster!

You need to play for a year to reach that level :) and by that time, the Wizard will have already had time to level up warrior skills:smile01:

Voted for Haven! But it seems to me that magic is strong when it is mixed with other magic. For example, two heroes, Haven + Life, can do much more than, say, two heroes, Chaos + Chaos. It's even better if both heroes have at least some strength!

But it seems to me that magic is strongest when it is combined with other magic. For example, two Order+Life heroes can achieve much more than, say, two Chaos+Chaos heroes. It's even better if both heroes have at least some skill points invested!

I think that Death+Nature is a powerful combination, and it's best if it's all in one hero. He will be able to defeat Order+Life, and Chaos+Chaos, and so on.
For example: - Hero A, with 5th-level skills in Death and Nature magic, will defeat two heroes, Order B and Life C.
To gain 5th-level magic skills without additional abilities requires (standard) level 15. Hero A (level 30) versus Hero B (level 15) and Hero C (level 15). In battle, Hero A will go first because his starting level is more than 10 levels higher than the enemies. Hero A casts the "Anti-Magic" spell on himself. It doesn't matter what Hero B does, and Hero C casts the "Guardian Angel" spell on himself or Hero B. Hero A, on his next turn, summons a Devil (about 9 Devils). The Devil moves and attacks Hero C (Life). Hero C is dead (even if he resurrects). Hero B's turn - he casts Hypnotize on the Devil. Hero A's turn - he casts "Anti-Magic" on the Devil (removing the hypnosis effect). And now, it doesn't matter what the enemy heroes do, they will still lose.

I wouldn't say so. On the first turn, Lifegiver casts Angel on himself. The Death Knight casts Anti-Magic. The Mage just stands there. Then the Death Knight summons. Here, the Mage casts Hypnotize. Even if he is killed, Lifegiver will resurrect him with Hand of Fate. Devils or whoever else there, will one-shot the Death Knight. And that's the end of the story... Besides, when I tried this battle, the one who attacked went first, i.e., I attacked with 2 heroes. And the Mage went first. Here, Hypnotize is also useful.
Even if you hide the summoned creatures behind the Death Knight, it won't help: Hypnotize works regardless of visibility. Just so you know: Blindness was not applied. Hypnotize worked perfectly.
The Death Knight cannot win with Hand of Fate: if he kills the Mage, Lifegiver will resurrect him. Hypnotize. If Lifegiver is there - Hypnotize anyway...
So, two heroes with one spell turn out to be better than one with two spells...

I like the magic of Haven and Necropolis.

Haven has a very diverse range of magic. Among the offensive spells, Ice Bolt is a good option. Also, spells like Cowardice, Illusions, Teleport, Mirror Image, or Hypnosis can help determine the outcome of a battle.
Chaos consists entirely of offensive spells – Inferno, Lightning, or Explosion are all powerful. Even a simple Fire Bolt is a great spell, not to mention Fireball. Disintegrate is also very effective.
Death, because I love Necropolis (although I don't understand why they replaced Liches with some kind of slugs and made you choose between Vampires. It's a shame that Black Knights aren't there – in my opinion, they are my favorite warriors among the undead). Poisons, Plague, Hand of Death, Resurrection, Vampirism, and Unholy Song are all good.

However, Life and Nature are a bit lacking, but still decent. Healing spells and Self-Nourishment can be helpful...

I like all the spells, I didn't vote for anything.

I think there's no other option!
In my opinion, the balance is off; order itself is the problem!

That’s all. But some spells seem useless to me, while others are quite useful. For example, I love Berserk and Forgetfulness.

I prefer death magic because I used it to defeat a much larger enemy army (in a campaign, of course). I simply kept raising warriors until I won.

Someone here said that a Life mage can’t do anything on their own in battle. I disagree. Maybe the example wasn’t great, but still: in the Arena of Strength, a level 35 Dark Priestess, using ONLY Heavenly Shield and Blessing (i.e., using EXCLUSIVELY Life magic), calmly took down about 9 black dragons (even the vampiric attack wasn’t needed :). And I don’t think she wouldn’t have taken them down if she had something else instead of Death magic :).
Recently, I’ve come to appreciate Haven :) Hypnosis is something else :smile54:.

Since the topic is called "which magic do you like," I voted for Chaos, but if we're talking about usefulness, then it's more likely Life – spells like Guardian Angel, mass resurrection (I don't remember the name), etc.