# \[Reported\] Snowy Owlbear's spell effect inconsistent with description **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [April 20, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643 "2021-04-20T17:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/1 "2021-04-20T17:50:17Z")
**Platform, device version and operating system:** Steam **Screenshot or image:** ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/f/3/f3ead31407dfc6d693d961cae2d0fab22786dff0.jpeg) **What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:** I was expecting the spell to eliminate 10 of enemy’s attack if its attack is equal to Snowy Owlbear’s attack, but that does not happen. If I cast on enemy with lower attack - Snowy Owlbear gets Enraged. If I cast on enemy with higher attack - 10 of its attack gets eliminated. If I cast on enemy with equal attack - nothing happens. It seems natural to me that “_Otherwise_” in spell description should just read as a shorthand for “_if enemy’s attack value is equal to mine or higher_” I noticed this in Arena, but the behaviour is the same outside Arena also. **How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?** I guess ever since Snowy Owlbear was introduced. **Steps to make it happen again** Use Snowy Owlbear in a battle. ---
**Author:** ![igniteice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/igniteice/32/67904_2.png) [@igniteice](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/igniteice)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/2 "2021-04-20T18:17:59Z")
If Snowy Owlbear’s attack is higher, it should always get enraged. If it isn’t higher (because it’s equal or lower), it should always eliminate 10 attack. That seems obvious. The fact it does nothing when attack is equal is pretty stupid. The ability doesn’t say “If my attack is greater, do this. If it’s lower, do this instead.” But it’s probably coded like that, and they forgot to do anything if it’s equal. ---
**Author:** ![Neight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/54ee81/32.png) [@Neight](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Neight)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/3 "2021-12-01T06:18:10Z")
Oh hey, this bug from April still hasn’t been fixed. Source: It just happened to me, so I searched for it. ---
**Author:** ![JamesDurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@JamesDurning](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/JamesDurning)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/4 "2022-03-27T04:58:09Z")
Bug reconfirmed as of this date. ---
**Author:** ![Smiling\_Spectre1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/smiling_spectre1/32/7204_2.png) [@Smiling\_Spectre1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Smiling_Spectre1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/5 "2022-07-26T05:08:13Z")
Another one here with Owlbear at Arena. Still doesn’t work as expected. ---
**Author:** ![Nullings](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nullings/32/39207_2.png) [@Nullings](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nullings)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/6 "2022-07-26T05:21:39Z")
Maybe we need to collect such cases - old troops with bugs. Snowy Owlbear, Haunted Guardian - what else? ---
**Author:** ![Smiling\_Spectre1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/smiling_spectre1/32/7204_2.png) [@Smiling\_Spectre1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Smiling_Spectre1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/7 "2022-07-29T18:47:49Z")
Phoenix and Black Beast. ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/8 "2022-07-29T20:43:04Z")
What about them? (And which “phoenix” are you referring to – Sunbird? Lady Phoenicia? Quetzalma? Moon Phoenix?) Going from memory, here’s what I know of: - Sunbird does not “resurrect” itself in the same way certain other Troops can (e.g. Infernal King), but instead summons itself at whatever level its Magic stat is. Which is a moot point once you have a strong Kingdom Bonus (and a level-capped Sunbird), but ALWAYS noticed for cpu teams, where Sunbird resurrects at lower levels with each cast. - Black Beast is unable to Devour itself, unlike other Troops that have the ability to kill Allies (Princess Elspeth, Sacrificial Priest) and which CAN target themselves. Which makes sense since the effect is a Devour and Heal self (but the Create Skulls could still occur), but technically the spelltext should probably say “an other Ally” instead of just “an Ally”. Or is it how the latter effects occur regardless of whether the Devour succeeded (as contrast with Vash’Dagon) ? ---
**Author:** ![Smiling\_Spectre1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/smiling_spectre1/32/7204_2.png) [@Smiling\_Spectre1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Smiling_Spectre1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/9 "2022-07-29T21:10:06Z")
You got it right. - Sunbird summons itself, so easily became useless for any NPC battle. Still viable during PVP because L20 limit and player buffs anyway. - _Logically_ Black Beast heals itself because it devours the unit. If it _cannot_ devour anything, and still heals, it looks like cheating. Can be fixed with adding “If target devoured, heals to the full” (I believe, some newer troops has something along this lines in similar cases). ---
**Author:** ![CaptainBuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@CaptainBuckles](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CaptainBuckles)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/10 "2023-06-18T16:58:43Z")
Just bumping this thread to say that Snowy Owlbear is still bugged. If it has the same attack number as the target, it should eliminate 10 attack, per the description, but instead it does nothing. ---
**Author:** ![CaptainBuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@CaptainBuckles](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/CaptainBuckles)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/11 "2023-06-19T06:05:13Z")
Here’s a gif, since I didn’t see one in the thread yet: ![gif_20230618_230604](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/b/0/b0529fa0c970ff1b62b2bcf6bf6b7138d4c39aa8.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Bramble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Bramble](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Bramble)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-snowy-owlbears-spell-effect-inconsistent-with-description/69643/12 "2023-06-22T00:04:09Z")
Hello 🙂 Thank you for the gif, I’ve updated it into the existing report.