Mass Dispel and the Wizard's Moat in H3

[Bandobras Took]

I ran into this last night, but I'm not sure it holds true for all versions of the game.

I cast Mass Dispel while attacking a Wizard's Town (Land Mine moat) and all of the Mines were dispelled. Does that happen every time, or am I just playing with an antiquated version of H3?

[Paulus1]

Happens every time. Unlike the other moats, the Tower moat is protected by spells (landmines). Mass dispel removes all spells, including landmines.

[Justice]

Didn't know that... my friends wil get a shock next time we play, one of them, he is always wizard, even is starting to get good at the game, we had a close match last time, but as usualy I won

[Metathron]

Interesting! Adds a nice kick to the game.

[Kristo]

It's pretty funny to watch the AI deal with the mined moat. While a human player knows the mines are there, the computer doesn't seem to. It will gladly send its troops to get blown up. I've also never seen the computer try to dispel the mines (again, probably because it doesn't know they're there).

[dallasmavs41]

Pretty interesting...I'll have to try this out...

[Orfinn]

Hehe nice, their defences will be reduced greatly without their precious mines

[DaemianLucifer]

It's pretty funny to watch the AI deal with the mined moat. While a human player knows the mines are there, the computer doesn't seem to. It will gladly send its troops to get blown up. I've also never seen the computer try to dispel the mines (again, probably because it doesn't know they're there).

Yes,its simply amazing to watch a stack go through all of the mines from top to bottom

[Qurqirish Dragon]

It's pretty funny to watch the AI deal with the mined moat. While a human player knows the mines are there, the computer doesn't seem to. It will gladly send its troops to get blown up. I've also never seen the computer try to dispel the mines (again, probably because it doesn't know they're there).

Yes,its simply amazing to watch a stack go through all of the mines from top to bottom

I've also cleared the moat a few times by sending a diamond golem up the line (with 95% magic resist, it only takes 8 damage per mine!). With a first aid tent to remove the damage after half of them are gone (speed 5 means it will take a few turns to get them all), not even one golem will die

[LordScimitar]

It's pretty funny to watch the AI deal with the mined moat. While a human player knows the mines are there, the computer doesn't seem to. It will gladly send its troops to get blown up. I've also never seen the computer try to dispel the mines (again, probably because it doesn't know they're there).

Yes,its simply amazing to watch a stack go through all of the mines from top to bottom

I've also cleared the moat a few times by sending a diamond golem up the line (with 95% magic resist, it only takes 8 damage per mine!). With a first aid tent to remove the damage after half of them are gone (speed 5 means it will take a few turns to get them all), not even one golem will die

LOL! That's hilarious. If you did that to me I'd simply be infuriated. Simple, yet, ingenuis. Great idea. Along that line, if you take a creature simply immune to magic (Black Dragon, Psychic elemental), will they activate the mine and not take damage? Or, how about a creature/hero with magic resistance to just negate a spell (battle dwarf, secondary skill resistance), might it explode and do no damage?

[Kristo]

Along that line, if you take a creature simply immune to magic (Black Dragon, Psychic elemental), will they activate the mine and not take damage? Or, how about a creature/hero with magic resistance to just negate a spell (battle dwarf, secondary skill resistance), might it explode and do no damage?

I think in the case of mines if you resist the magic you prevent it from going off altogether.

[Qurqirish Dragon]

Along that line, if you take a creature simply immune to magic (Black Dragon, Psychic elemental), will they activate the mine and not take damage? Or, how about a creature/hero with magic resistance to just negate a spell (battle dwarf, secondary skill resistance), might it explode and do no damage?

I think in the case of mines if you resist the magic you prevent it from going off altogether.

Which is what makes the golem strategy so great- they resist the damage, not the spell

[millionmilesaway]

Along that line, if you take a creature simply immune to magic (Black Dragon, Psychic elemental), will they activate the mine and not take damage? Or, how about a creature/hero with magic resistance to just negate a spell (battle dwarf, secondary skill resistance), might it explode and do no damage?

I think in the case of mines if you resist the magic you prevent it from going off altogether.

Which is what makes the golem strategy so great- they resist the damage, not the spell

I've got to try this out! It seems fun!