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Since I couldn't find a similar topic on the forum, I decided to start a new one.
In this topic, you can write about anything related to spells cast by the player or the computer.
And, especially, about tactical ways to influence its choice in a way that is beneficial to you.
For example, a well-known trick is to position a single unit so that the computer can only target it with Haste, thus forcing it to cast Haste instead of Lightning, for example.
But players are surely aware of many more interesting methods.
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I especially want to test some of my assumptions. For example, does the computer cast Protection from Magic in a battle with a player who doesn't have a spellbook? For some reason, I always try to buy a spellbook before a battle with a mage. It seems that then it casts Protection from Magic, which radically reduces losses from magic arrows. Is this a pattern or just a coincidence?
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Also, it sometimes seems advantageous not to remove Weakness, Curse, Bad Luck, and sometimes even Despair and Basic Forgetfulness from the main stack. By minimizing its damage in this way, the computer starts doing something else. Otherwise, it will minimize damage with an arrow/lightning. In battle, the stack will deal less damage, but it will come out of the battle intact. This is especially good to do behind a wall. Is this a correct observation or just nonsense?
Added 6 minutes later
I especially want to test some of my assumptions. For example, does the computer cast Protection from Magic in a battle with a player who doesn't have a spellbook? For some reason, I always try to buy a spellbook before a battle with a mage. It seems that then it casts Protection from Magic, which radically reduces losses from magic arrows. Is this a pattern or just a coincidence?
Added 4 minutes later
Also, it sometimes seems advantageous not to remove Weakness, Curse, Bad Luck, and sometimes even Despair and Basic Forgetfulness from the main stack. By minimizing its damage in this way, the computer starts doing something else. Otherwise, it will minimize damage with an arrow/lightning. In battle, the stack will deal less damage, but it will come out of the battle intact. This is especially good to do behind a wall. Is this a correct observation or just nonsense?
