Is it intentional that spells like Obscuring Mist and Wither stack? Overpowered?

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I ask this question because it seems at the moment to be the easiest way for me to win battles that seem otherwise balanced.

 

I have won battles against groups of things that have 10+ attack each by casting wither multiple times until they have 0 attack.  It would have been a close battle if I could only wither once.

Additionally I took down some epic dragon from an inn quest that had over 250HP.   I cast obscuring mist about 10 times with 4 different heroes, and by the time the dragon got around to my second group of units they were dodging almost every time.   I then cast berserk on one of my spear groups designed to avoid armor and do a ton of damage.  Half of the dodge going to each units attack made the group hit for over 120 a shot on the poor dragon.   I feel this was an unintended use of the spells??

Or is this a balanced because:

A)I had to have 3 or 4 heroes in one battle that could cast obscuring mist

B)I used about 120 mana

C)Got about 3 units of city militia killed

D)Had the dragon attack the city where I had better defense

 

Perhaps all of that is worth about one epic dragon??  But really I only lost 3 garbage units that replenish themselves if I'm not mistaken. I haven't really got a good enough grasp on the overall balance to decide either way.   I'm leaning toward overpowered because it seems like I progressed past some fights faster then they were intended.  Thoughts?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I think that these spells are meant to be only available once per battle, and it is a bug you can stack them.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

They stack? Lol, and I though when enemy champion would cast Obscuring mist more then once that is was buggy AI and that he was awarding me free rounds :D

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top


I'm uncertain if it is intended or not for those to stack. I have never tried to stack them myself, as all I needed to do was cast Grow and Giant Growth(I think is the name of it) on a normal defender unit and have it hit the dragon for 1200+ damage. I think some of these spells are a bit overpowered. A +50% to damage is kinda scary when it is multiplied like that. The damaging spells that I have seen thus far seem fine and in line with what I'd expect, but the buffs are overly strong.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Played an entire game without casting any of these spells multiple times per battle.   Things felt like they flowed much closer to what I believe are the developers intentions.  Being able to multicast absolutely trivializes any encounter against units that are individually weak but intended to swarm.

IMHO, if this is not a bug then it should be seriously considered for re-balance.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Shrink via that special mace can stack as well, though it didn't in the last game I played.