are there any good damage spells against single entities?

[SlaNe]

im not talking about a small group of large entities (e.g., minotaurs) but pure single entities (e.g., necrofex).... which spells are best against these and which wizard legendary lord is best at using them?

[Elitewrecker PT]

Fireball, spirit leech, Arcane unforging, gaze of nagash, Amber spear, the light missile spell, the dark magic single target
Probably some others I'm forgetting

[Mr Robert House]

There are lots of ok single entity damage spells, but they do nowhere near as much damage as the AOE spells can do to multiple infantry units. I’d just use a buff spell on a good duellist instead tbh.

[SlaNe]

Originally posted by Mr Robert House:

There are lots of ok single entity damage spells, but they do nowhere near as much damage as the AOE spells can do to multiple infantry units. I’d just use a buff spell on a good duellist instead tbh.

so debuffs/ buffs against single entities and aoe damage against multiple entities?

[Mr Robert House]

Originally posted by SlaNe:

Originally posted by Mr Robert House:

There are lots of ok single entity damage spells, but they do nowhere near as much damage as the AOE spells can do to multiple infantry units. I’d just use a buff spell on a good duellist instead tbh.

so debuffs/ buffs against single entities and aoe damage against multiple entities?

Yeah, or just shoot the single entities, most are easy targets for guns and archers. The best spell for killing single entities is probably net of amyntok actually, but only if you have decent ranged units.

[SlaNe]

thanks! on point advice

[Dalai Llama]

Final transmutation in metal lore holds the highest single target direct damage I believe. Fitting, considering how it was used in the lore.

Check this: https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/257367/direct-damage-spell-analysis

[Lack of Stuff]

Depends on what unit scale you play on. SEU health scales but spell damage doesn't.

[Dalai Llama]

I found the best way to handle single entities is guns. Fast projectiles don't "fall" and hit your own troops, so you can get them stuck in your melee infantry (or immobilize them) and then go to town on them with high (AP) damage.

Honestly as far as countering single entities goes lore of lights net cannot be understated. You can keep them in a firing line, or force them to remain in a blob of damage dealers (which you can also buff for more melee attack). It won't take care of them by itself, but gosh does it *help*. Their projectile spell also does sub-par but acceptable damage against large single entities, and their vortex is useable, if not the best one out there. Solid lore if you struggle with single entities (and will likely get you a lot more milage than casting spirit leech from lore of death).

Metal is a pretty bad lore but Gelt is a fantastic wizard, and final transmutation should do reasonable to high damage to single entities quickly, especially if overcast. And with a lot of single entities, quickly is exactly what you need, as they are very problematic to deal with for a lot of units.

[D-Black Catto]

Spirit leech is so good, I love it, I identify as a parasite maybe that's why