Dark Magic (H5)

For the magical school in other games, see Dark Magic.

Dark Magic is a skill in Heroes of Might and Magic V.

Basic Dark Magic icon

Advanced Dark Magic icon

Expert Dark Magic icon

Effects

Dark Magic skill allows the learning of Dark Magic spells of the third and above level. Barbarians cannot learn Dark magic or any subskills, instead learning Shatter Dark.

• Basic Dark Magic allows hero to learn Dark Magic spells of the third circle and makes Dark Magic more effective overall.
• Advanced Dark Magic allows hero to learn Dark Magic spells of the fourth circle and makes Dark Magic even more effective.
• Expert Dark Magic allows hero to learn Dark Magic spells of the fifth circle and gives maximum power to Dark Magic.

Skill rates

The hero classes can learn Dark Magic skill and its abilities at following probabilities:

• 15%: Necromancer
• 8%: Demon Lord, Knight and Wizard
• 2%: Ranger, Runemage and Warlock

Abilities

Icon	Name	Description	Class	Requirements
				Original / Hammers of Fate	Tribes of the East
	Master of Curses	Grants mass versions of Weakness and Suffering spells, but at double the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of their current initiative to cast these spells.	All classes (except Barbarian)	No requirement
	Master of Mind	Grants mass versions of Slow and Confusion spells, but at double the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of their current initiative to cast these spells.	All classes (except Barbarian)	No requirement
	Master of Pain	Grants mass versions of Decay and Vulnerability spells, but at double the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of their current initiative to cast these spells. Adds +4 to effective spellpower of Curse of the Netherworld spell.	All classes (except Barbarian)	No requirement
	Corrupted soil	The hero calls upon forces of nature to affect enemy melee-attacking creatures. Any time an enemy creature moves it will receive some damage. Inflicted damage equals three times hero's level.	Ranger	Master of Pain
			Necromancer	Dark revelation	Master of Pain
			Knight, Ranger, Runemage, Warlock, Wizard	N/A
			Demon Lord		Master of Pain, weakening strike
			Barbarian	N/A (ability from this skill is shared with Shatter Dark skill)
	Dark renewal	Should it happen that any magic spell is resisted by target, the hero gains back all the mana spent to cast that spell.	Demon Lord	Master of Mind, weakening strike	Master of Curses
			Warlock	Master of Mind
			Wizard	Seal of Darkness, fiery wrath
			Knight, Ranger, Runemage	N/A
			Necromancer		Master of Curses, Master of Pain, Mark of the Necromancer
	Fallen knight	Dedicated to learning all the secrets of Dark Magic, the Knight becomes a pariah among their kind. Troops under Knight's control suffer -1 penalty to morale, but all Dark Magic spells cast by the Knight are now more powerful (effective spellpower is +5 for casting those spells).	Knight	Master of Curses	Retaliation strike
	Seal of Darkness	Enemy hero is forced to spend twice more mana to cast Dark Magic spells in combat.	Wizard	Master of Mind	Magic mirror
			Ranger	Corrupted soil, imbue arrow	Master of Mind
			Demon Lord, Knight, Necromancer, Runemage, Warlock	N/A
	Weakening strike	Any standard hero's attack applies the effect of Suffering spell to the target.	Demon Lord	Mark of the Damned
			Knight	Fallen knight, Aura of Swiftness	Fallen knight
			Barbarian	N/A (ability from this skill is shared with Shatter Dark skill)
	Shrug Darkness	Enemy Dark Magic spells will be cast with only 50% of effective Spellpower.	Runemage	Master of Curses	Master of Mind
			Demon Lord, Knight, Necromancer, Runemage, Warlock	N/A

Bonuses

• Tome of Dark Magic lets the hero cast all Dark Magic spells, with this skill's ability bonuses applied.