New Spell: Corruption

CORRUPTION SPELL
training cost: 300 DE
Targets: defenses, CC reinforcements
Effect Type: damage, Turning (makes targets fight for you)
Damage: 200 or so to defenses, depends for CC reinforcements
Training Time: 45 minutes

This spell has the ability to target defenses or CC troops and make them fight for you. HOWEVER, there are a few setbacks so you can't just turn a PEKKA level 5 or a Mortar level 8 and wreak havoc. First of all, the spell won't work on troops you don't have and troops that are higher than a certain specified level (probably around level 4 troops with the level 1 spell, not including the good stuff like Drags and so forth). This rule is the same with defenses. Also, the spell won't always work, PERIOD. There is a chance (maybe 15-25%) that the spell won't do anything except do some damage to the target--200, in this case. That is not too bad, but a far cry from the chaos that could've ensued. Third, the spell ALWAYS does some damage to the target. Say you use the spell on a cannon, and by some miracle the spell works, and the cannon attacks the surrounding buildings. That cannon still lost 200 health from the damaging effects of the spell, even though it was turned. If you use it on a Wizard level 1, well, bad luck 'cause the spell does too much damage and all it does is obliterate your potential assistance. On the bright side, it obliterated a potential catastrophe, too! Speaking of CC troops, they only take 50% damage from being hit by the spell. Lastly, heroes are not affected by the spell, although they can still take damage.

Levels:
1: can corrupt level 7 and under defenses, level 3 and under troops (does not affect the good stuff)
damage: 200, Lab level: 5
2: can corrupt level 8 and under defenses, level 3 and under troops (level 1 for the good stuff)
damage: 225, Lab level: 5
3: can corrupt level 8 and under defenses, level 4 and under troops (level 2 for the good stuff)
Damage: 275, Lab level: 6
4: can corrupt level 10 and under defenses, level 4 and under troops (level 2 for the good stuff)
Damage: 325, Lab level: 6
5: can corrupt level 10 and under defenses, level 5 and under troops (level 3 for the good stuff)
Damage: 400, Lab level: 7
6: Affects any level troop or defense, but has 25% less of a chance to corrupt maxed out buildings/troops
Damage: 475, Lab level: 8

It could really turn the tide of a battle. But 800 de seems like a lot if it only sometimes works. But I wouldn't know I'm a new th8. THIS IS AWESOME I HOPE THEY MAKE IT

Full support supervene really needs this added it genius!

I dont know if id go that far with it. I love the idea but I dont like many of the complex details. It shod be simplified. Like make the spell always work and just make canons and archer towers the only ones it affects. And you dont need to be so detailed on the level of troops for a spell. Let everyone be affected for a short time and then resume normal state

just lower the training cost. I think 200-300 DE should be good.

Thanks for the support guys/girls! I made a few changes since this post (I realized there were a few loopholes in the spell's abilities) so I fixed that up. Any other corrections would be great to know!

REPLY TO vicy77:
I see what you mean, vicy77. I admit, this spell is pretty complex. But, if you think about it, EVERYTHING in the game is complicated. Take the PEKKA, for example. It sounds amazing when looking at the stats, with 2800 health and 240 damage per second at level 1. But when you use them in battle, they get crushed! Why? Because their DPS is very deceiving. They attack much slower than once per second, so although they do massive damage per hit, they attack very slowly--slower that everything else in the game. This rule is the same with nearly every other troop and defense in the game. Almost nothing actually attacks once per second. Also, look at Wizard Towers. They have low health, low damage, and low range. At the highest level, they only do as much DPS as a Cannon level 8! So, why are they mowing down those barbarians in battle? First of all, they apply to the rule above, where they do not attack exactly once per second (it is actually once every 1.5 seconds, meaning they do 50% more damage than what is displayed in the stats). Second, they do area damage, which means to determine exactly how much damage PER HIT they do, you must calculate this: [Current damage per second x 1.5 x number of targets hit.] So, they can annihilate those hordes of cheap troops that would otherwise cause chaos. Does this satisfy you? (By the way, you spelled 'should' wrong.)

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REPLY TO vicy77:
I see what you mean, vicy77. I admit, this spell is pretty complex. But, if you think about it, EVERYTHING in the game is complicated. Take the PEKKA, for example. It sounds amazing when looking at the stats, with 2800 health and 240 damage per second at level 1. But when you use them in battle, they get crushed! Why? Because their DPS is very deceiving. They attack much slower than once per second, so although they do massive damage per hit, they attack very slowly--slower that everything else in the game. This rule is the same with nearly every other troop and defense in the game. Almost nothing actually attacks once per second. Also, look at Wizard Towers. They have low health, low damage, and low range. At the highest level, they only do as much DPS as a Cannon level 8! So, why are they mowing down those barbarians in battle? First of all, they apply to the rule above, where they do not attack exactly once per second (it is actually once every 1.5 seconds, meaning they do 50% more damage than what is displayed in the stats). Second, they do area damage, which means to determine exactly how much damage PER HIT they do, you must calculate this: [Current damage per second x 1.5 x number of targets hit.] So, they can annihilate those hordes of cheap troops that would otherwise cause chaos. Does this satisfy you? (By the way, you spelled 'should' wrong.)

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Not quite because you didn't give a relevant reply. The damage per second factor has nothing to do with what I am saying because it wouldn't mean anything if the spell lasted x amount of time rather than throughout the whole battle. If you set a timer on it instead of all these level restrictions it would be a useful aid without being too overwhelming. This way its much much much less code for the development team to have to embed. My concern is with the balance of your choices like the way every troop level is affected by the spell not the damage per second math you were talking about. Its more complicated than it needs to be. You can get the same results just by increasing or decreasing how long a spell lasts. And by having it affect only certain buildings you eliminate the need for extra code to say "watch out for every building and every level it has."

Believe me I love the idea I just don't like the overly complicated way you presented it.