(Speaking for the smart peepole) The "Lightning Spell Problem" or "The Lightning Rod"

[BrainiacPro]

It seems to me (As it would seem to most people), that the real lightning spell problem is the people who have a problem with lightning spells. And the lightning rod should be called the nimrod, because those are the type of people it really attracts. Damaging a resource storage gives you some of its loot. This is a self evident truth, an undisputed fact. What are the effects of the lightning spell? "Deals damage in a small area." Oh wow! It deals damage? What does it deal damage to? Everything? So, it even damages storages? Yeah! And what happens when you damage a storage? Oh yeah, that's right, a lightning rod pops up and gives you the middle finger. Wait, that isn't right... What happens when you damage a storage?... It's on the tip of my tongue... I remember now! FAIR GAMEPLAY happens when you damage a storage. Lightning spells exist. Resource storages exist. Therefore, lightning spelling a resource storage will exist.

*drops mic* (is later billed for damaging expensive mic.)

[rwelshjr]

Well.....duh

[CK4]

Could not have said it better.

[Theking8133]

It seems to me (As it would seem to most people), that the real lightning spell problem is the people who have a problem with lightning spells. And the lightning rod should be called the nimrod, because those are the type of people it really attracts. Damaging a resource storage gives you some of its loot. This is a self evident truth, an undisputed fact. What are the effects of the lightning spell? "Deals damage in a small area." Oh wow! It deals damage? What does it deal damage to? Everything? So, it even damages storages? Yeah! And what happens when you damage a storage? Oh yeah, that's right, a lightning rod pops up and gives you the middle finger. Wait, that isn't right... What happens when you damage a storage?... It's on the tip of my tongue... I remember now! FAIR GAMEPLAY happens when you damage a storage. Lightning spells exist. Resource storages exist. Therefore, lightning spelling a resource storage will exist.

*drops mic* (is later billed for damaging expensive mic.)

Well thanks alot man... I prepared this whole rant for you, posted it somewhere else, and you go and make this totally logical point on how a lightning rod isn't needed. Totally annoying...

[awesomness2016]

I've also found it to be quite effective as part of a strategy to 3 star TH8s with mass dragons, but that's besides the point.


I tried lightning on an elixir storage once when I was TH5 or 6 just to see, and I got back just about the same amount of elixir it cost to make a spell.

Needless to say after discovering that it was basically a 0 sum, minus the time it took to make the spell, I never did it again. I also began working under the assumption that if that's how it is for regular e, that it probably wasn't a particularly efficient way to get DE either. This, of course, was quickly confirmed by comparing the cost to the return I'd get on a regular raid vs a lightning spell drop.

And of course I also noticed that I rarely if ever got hit by lightning when in crystal and above.

[BrainiacPro]

Could not have said it better.

Thank you!

[Kowalski711]

I Am in awe of your wording

[EscalatedForce]

What would the teslas do with the electrickery?

[CaptainSport]

What would the teslas do with the electrickery?

They taser pekkas and troops.

[BrainiacPro]

They taser pekkas and troops.

Yeah, but they damage them instead of paralyzingly them.