Poison Spell seriously needs to be fixed.

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Originally Posted by SoumilDude

Hmm....did it?

I seriously don't know, who puts Wizards in it anyway?

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This was the entire point of the change. People were using a VERY limited range of cc options because poison just killed low HP troops too quickly. They changed the spell to allow small, fast-moving troops to be poisoned but still live if it wasn't done right, and also high HP troops to be killed if done right.

The goal wasn't to make it more or less powerful, but to make it affect different troops in different ways in hopes that cc troops would once again become more diverse. It's another reason they made the change to the lava hounds as well.

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Originally Posted by lomenop

for a mass hog attack, is it now too slow to kill skellies if they're chasing hogs around?

Haven't tried it out yet but perhaps someone has.

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Thisssssssss^

Poison got a huge nerf because the way people were using it was placing it in front of the cc when troops started coming out and poof all of them are gone. Now you either have to lure sacrificing some troops based on how deep the cc is in the base (especially at th9) or you do no lure and simply reduce the attack rate of wizards/dragons inside. Or you can carry an earthquake spell instead and zapquake one or 2 ads.

In my opinion there are way more options for cc troops, ways of killing them and dark spells to carry. Even a single earthquake into the core at th10 makes sense instead of poison if earthquake is maxed.

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Originally Posted by lomenop

for a mass hog attack, is it now too slow to kill skellies if they're chasing hogs around?

Haven't tried it out yet but perhaps someone has.

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I would like to know about this too. Also, how long does poison take to get to max damage?

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Originally Posted by Kenchafer

I would like to know about this too. Also, how long does poison take to get to max damage?

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11 seconds for max level poison. Around 9~10 seconds to kill a max wiz, 7~8 seconds to kill a max archer.

It actually is a good re-calibration. Can't really call it a nerf, and it's not quite a buff either.

Attackers now have smaller troops to worry about because something like wizards can distract and deal some damage again before they die.

Defenders can't just put Hounds and Dragons in all CC anymore because those troops will be compromised heavily from the new poison spell. Quite thoughtful if you ask me.

But I do understand where OP comes from, and in a sense I agree. Wiz CC kill is quite fun, and many times it screws noobs over big time. Really fun to watch inexperience players trying to kill two witches and wizards in the CC. Ah, the good old days.

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Originally Posted by SoumilDude

Lv4 Dragon came out. Poisoned him and killed him with 20 archers. Got me thinking.
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Ummm, it doesn't sound like the poison did a lot of work for you. You don't need poison to help 20 archers kill a drag. This could have happened both pre and post update.

Just do what I was doing BEFORE the poison change.


Use a mix of speeds.

That way bunching up the units is a pain

but with enough splash units on the table you need to deal with them or they will do some serious damage



Enter the goblin >;)

Poison V1: kills all low HP troops

Poison V2: kills all low HP troops (taking a few seconds longer) AND makes serious damage to high HP troops


Yes, it balances out the range of troops getting killed, thus buffing the spell.

Supercell should just get rid of the CC once for all........:facepalm:

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Originally Posted by Yoyobuae

11 seconds for max level poison. Around 9~10 seconds to kill a max wiz, 7~8 seconds to kill a max archer.

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Wow, seriously? Max archers have 47 health which means the spell does next to no damage for the first half the spell. I have to agree with people that say this is a huge nerf. If you have to let even the archers beat on your troops for 7 or 8 seconds then the CC is going to be doing huge damage to your troops whether you bring a poison spell or not. I suppose it is nice to be able to harm high hit point troops but that means we are back to having to lure to keep the troops in one tight area so the huge time sink of luring is back even with the poison spell.