So light magic is standard buff magic. kinda boring/low impact typically. where is resurrection? that's like classic light spell. Nightshade magic is anti-swarm magic, design to kill tier 1-4 units with fatal decay than execute them. this typically scales terrible in late game because low tier monsters are easy to kill due to low defence/offence stat. Arcane magic: Strongest magic, Mass deflection/Optical illusion was typically very overpowered spell as negate range damage is insanely strong. Impending fate is Deep freeze, a skill that scales extremely well with ranged attacks. Shackle is also insane especially for melee as races with low defence are VERY vulnerable to counter-attack in HOMM and losing unit is very bad thing in Homm games as it weakens your army for future fight. Primal magic has double strike. i assume this works on ranged units. if it doesn't, it's basically only useful on undead vampires as damage increases tend to be multiplicative which is very bad. Looks like Arcane magic will be Meta magic choice for every faction as everything looks meaningless.
So light magic is standard buff magic. kinda boring/low impact typically. where is resurrection? that's like classic light spell.
Nightshade magic is anti-swarm magic, design to kill tier 1-4 units with fatal decay than execute them. this typically scales terrible in late game because low tier monsters are easy to kill due to low defence/offence stat.
Arcane magic: Strongest magic, Mass deflection/Optical illusion was typically very overpowered spell as negate range damage is insanely strong. Impending fate is Deep freeze, a skill that scales extremely well with ranged attacks. Shackle is also insane especially for melee as races with low defence are VERY vulnerable to counter-attack in HOMM and losing unit is very bad thing in Homm games as it weakens your army for future fight.
Primal magic has double strike. i assume this works on ranged units. if it doesn't, it's basically only useful on undead vampires as damage increases tend to be multiplicative which is very bad.
Looks like Arcane magic will be Meta magic choice for every faction as everything looks meaningless.