Talk:Rune Magic/@comment-80.62.116.36-20160213130009

If these numbers are right, Doomstones scale quite well. Casting them at 5th rank(using Gem of Wisdom to help succeed), will make them deal 110 Crushing damage for just 20 mana.

In comparison Call Lightning will deal 140 damage for 35 mana(and be harder to cast successful), Hand of Flame will deal 60 damage for 10 mana(and be harder to cast successful, and be affected by weather), Hand of Ice will deal 60 damage for 10 mana( and be harder to cast succeful and be affected by weather).

A spell that scales better for a "reasonable" price, is Wildfire. For 32 mana, cast at powerlevel 5, it deals 250 damage(if this wiki is correct)(but it is also harder to cast). However, due to the nature of Chaos magic, increasing the power level of the other spells can be a big risk. And Chaos plague changes very little with a higher powerlevel. But you could argue that 250 damage for 32 mana is worth the investment.