# What is magic used for?

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-is-magic-used-for/9092>\
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PlayStation/Xbox)\
**Created:** [July 2, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-is-magic-used-for/9092 "2016-07-02T12:16:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![LikesDiamonds95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@LikesDiamonds95](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/LikesDiamonds95)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-is-magic-used-for/9092/1 "2016-07-02T12:16:54Z")

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I’m a new player, level 30, and love playing. Play every day. I can’t figure out what magic is for although it’s obviously a good thing. Thanks for helping out a new player.

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**Author:** ![Zelarith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelarith/32/1642_2.png) [@Zelarith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelarith)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-is-magic-used-for/9092/2 "2016-07-02T12:19:01Z")

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Depends on the card.  
But the more magic you have, the more powerful will your spell be.  
Some spell have their raw damage scaling, some increase other stuff, like armor gain or something.

Sadly you can’t see what it will improve just by looking at the card in game, you gotta level up the card to know ^^’

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**Author:** ![Sidousai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sidousai/32/604_2.png) [@Sidousai](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sidousai)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-is-magic-used-for/9092/3 "2016-07-02T13:42:58Z")

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Magic determines the base damage of Spell abilities.  
For the Hero it is a little misleading, but the Weapon Abilities are also based off of your Magic attribute.

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**Author:** ![Strat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Strat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Strat)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-is-magic-used-for/9092/4 "2016-07-02T13:56:43Z")

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> **[Troops - Gems of War Database](https://gowdb.com/troops/)**
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> A list of all troops in Gems of War and their statistics.

If you would like to see the details of increasing the Magic attribute on a particular troop this web site is an excellent resource.