# Mana burn does not count as spell damage?
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/mana-burn-does-not-count-as-spell-damage/65549
**Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback
**Created:** [August 19, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/mana-burn-does-not-count-as-spell-damage/65549 "2020-08-19T03:03:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Earnham](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Earnham)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/mana-burn-does-not-count-as-spell-damage/65549/1 "2020-08-19T03:03:44Z")
The new world event has troops that mana burn.
I think it’s funny that mana burn is a spell that does damage to troops but does not count as spell damage as far as the event medal is concerned.
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### Author:  [@Jonathan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jonathan)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/mana-burn-does-not-count-as-spell-damage/65549/2 "2020-08-19T04:32:27Z")
Example (7s):
> **[Mab Event Medal Mana Burn.mp4](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17bRqQjPXb-WRaoznW-oO6YIzPont1aK4/view)**
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> Google Drive file.
I realised you can’t see my equipped Medals, but assume it’s either 2 Event Badges or 1 Event Medal – but it wouldn’t matter in either case since it doesn’t affect the spell damage.
I guess ideally the video would show a different spell being affected as well, but not Mab. Soz 🤷♂️.
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### Author:  [@Utinam](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Utinam)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/mana-burn-does-not-count-as-spell-damage/65549/3 "2021-06-07T12:53:45Z")
Bump.
The current world event highlights the sorry state of mana burn : 3 troops and one weapon dealing it, 87 troops and 2 classes immune. No medal boost is adding insult to injury.
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### Author:  [@Tibo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tibo)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/mana-burn-does-not-count-as-spell-damage/65549/4 "2021-06-07T19:56:10Z")
Same shit as it was in the case of life steal. A whole campaign went by without life steal being considered spell dmg.
Spells has some strange categorization in this game.
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### Author:  [@jpraveensn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jpraveensn)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/mana-burn-does-not-count-as-spell-damage/65549/5 "2021-06-10T01:52:36Z")
I didn’t try life steal in any campaign. But I’m sure Life and Death did tremendous spell damage (life steal) in one of the world events that I use dit in. Not sure when.
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### Author:  [@terberos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/terberos)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/mana-burn-does-not-count-as-spell-damage/65549/6 "2021-06-10T04:29:28Z")
It does feel perfectly logical, that if I hit someone with my axe it’s a spell, because the Magical pixies deliver the hit across the screen. But mana burn… hmm…
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### Author:  [@Tibo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tibo)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/mana-burn-does-not-count-as-spell-damage/65549/7 "2021-06-10T06:20:32Z")
They fixed it after the first campaign, so now when you can take a life stealer troop or weapon you are unstoppable in the world event.
EDIT: I found the bug report
> [@\[Reported\] Suna not boosted by medals in Festival of the Sun event](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-suna-not-boosted-by-medals-in-festival-of-the-sun-event/62798?preview_theme_id=22):
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> Platform, device version and operating system: PC/Mobile Screenshot or image: What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened: Suna should be getting a 160% boost from the Medal of Summer and is not. How often does this happen? When did it begin happening? Always. Since it started. Steps to make it happen again Cast Suna in the with a Medal of Summer equipped. Additional Information I tested Faerie Fire and it increases life drain damage so I assume the meda…