Talk:Poison Spell/@comment-26111274-20160101014115/@comment-27522496-20160101205551

If the poison spell was removed from the game, we'd just go back to using Lightning Spells. They were just as useful for getting rid of low level troops, but now we have the accuracy of a circular zone compared to the "random" bolts of lightning. The Poison spell also takes more time to take out troops than the Lightning, so this helps mitigate its usefulness on taking out Balloons, Hogs and Valkeries. It was imbalanced back when it just melted low level troops instantly, but the scaling mechanic fixed that.

As for CC in War, I really haven't seen that much change. I know our clan still uses Minions, Witches, Wizards, and other low level troops instead of only Dragons. I haven't noticed a drastic switch to only Dragon+Balloon and Lava, but people are considering troop speed and order of deployment to mess with the opponent, like forcing them to draw out a large group of Archers only to miss a Minion or two at the end. It's not like it wasn't already fairly predictable.