Yea, and he dodges like a mother fucker too.  He's a scary little dude.  Saw one that was level 20 and he and his army was listed as strong, when it probably should have been epic.  He killed most of my troops and champions, I think he was able to get two despairs off that fight, I still managed to win, but took heavier losses to him than any other monster, including dragons.  

Yea, you alway should autoresolve against a dark wizard.  Don't invade Russia in winter and autoresolve dark wizards, those are the truest statements in war history.

So the two truest principles of war are: Don't invade Russia in winter, autoresolve dark wizards, and don't bring a knife to a gunfight.

No, that's three.  Yes, the three main things to remember about war are: Don't invade Russia in winter, autoresolve dark wizards, don't bring a knife to a gunfight. and never fight a land war in Asia!

Argh, that's four!

Five.  And don't let them tell you Darkling shaman, or wizard, or guy with a fishing pole or anything else is Weak if he can cast Coal Stones.

The line between ability and spell is so blurred nowadays.  Despair appears in CoreSpells.xml .