# Row destroy question **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 7, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/row-destroy-question/16301 "2016-12-07T07:57:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xbox\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/dec6dc/32.png) [@Xbox\_guy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Xbox_guy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/row-destroy-question/16301/1 "2016-12-07T07:57:24Z")
I have noticed that with some troops that have the destroy a row description in their magic, it destroys 3 rows and not 1. Is this a bug or intended? ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/row-destroy-question/16301/2 "2016-12-07T08:03:12Z")
Do you mean ‘explode’ a row? that destroys all gems adjacent to the target row too… ---
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/row-destroy-question/16301/3 "2016-12-07T08:21:34Z")
…and provides only 70% of the mana per gem. Keep that in mind; destroying three rows (or columns) is not the same as exploding one. ---
**Author:** ![Xbox\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/dec6dc/32.png) [@Xbox\_guy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Xbox_guy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 11:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/row-destroy-question/16301/4 "2016-12-07T11:42:57Z")
Did not know there was a destroy row and explode row. That would make sense now as it probably was explode.