[Elwin]

Just your int is too low for that , if u manage to get 35+ and some +% spell damage items it realy rocks. Most of my spells were doing 6-7k damage so it was devastating on normal( it wasnt highest i could get, i had fenora with + mana childs,with xeona should be few point int more) also high int is quite usefull for warrior style play, since your spells duration is much longer, value of phantom or pain mirror is also waay higer, (like my warrior had pain mirror with 130% and my mage with 250%). As i notice there are clearly two ways: go stright for high int or focus mostly on your units screwing int, medicore int like 24 i find kinda bad and not much differ then 15 int since damage spells are too low for kill and also your units are weaker.