This was an incredibly risky situation compared to previous battles. Our frontline couldn't just charge in because they'd be picked off 1 by 1. Even with our improved gear. Luckily we did have some range advantages on them. And buffs. We started to turn to gain some distance but they heard us. We were only 35m away.

The 8 Spear Chaff would be charging towards us while the mages optimized their range. Luckily only the Mage Lord had control. Haste on the Crusher would enable her to move at 20m/s, twice the speed of the Chaff. The Chaff started as an 8 man line 5m in front of the mages. A heavily buffed Crusher could annihilate the pyromancers fairly quickly. Especially with buffs to keep her safe. While she was in danger from the mages her ABS PHYS was easily enough with Absorb to shrug off the spear strikes. I started off with Quicken as always. I had about 11 rounds of Quicken/Haste before I was low on mana. The Treant and the Shieldmaiden simple walked forward 5m. The Arcanist did as well. She could now hit the Spear Chaff. Another 5 meters would put her Jolt and Shock in ranged of their mages. The Crusher walked forward 10m. She was not quite in range of the Mage Lord's Thunderbolt. 5m too far. The Miasmist walked forward. Like the Arcanist she was 30 and 35 meters from their front and back line. The Eruptor came forward as well. The Cleanser had no need to get into range. She cast Remedy on the Crusher to boost her hp/s recovery by 5.

The Chaff closed 10m. They were now 15m out from the Crusher, 20 from the Treant and Shieldmaiden and 25 out from our damage casters.

The Crusher close another 10m. She was 20m from their backline and 5m from their Chaff. The Treant cast Forest Heart. The Shieldmaiden cast Absorb on herself, the Treant, and the Crusher, as well as the Arcanist. It would take effect next turn. I Hasted the Crusher for next turn. The Arcanist moved another 5m forward. She was now 30m from the enemy backline. She could now spam Jolt to shut down their mages. The other 2 damage mages followed suit. Although they could only hit the enemy with Mana Bolt. The Cleanser cast Revitalize on the Crusher.

The enemy Chaff charged forward 5m to block the Crusher. The 5 not aligned with any of our front line carried forward another 5 for the full 10. Having no choice their mages also moved up 5m.

I Accelerated the Arcanist for that sweet control advantage. The Crusher spent 60 mana and both actions to cast first Might and then Alacrity. The Cleanser finished Revitalize on the Crusher. The Arcanist cast Jolt on the Mage Lord. Absorb finished. The Treant finished Forest Heart.

3 Chaff cast Double Thrust on the Crusher. They had to because she had 41 physical Absorbtion. Bad luck for them that one would never finish that attacks. 5 Chaff ran forward 10m. The 4 Pyromancers walked forward 5m. The Mage Lord had 2 more seconds of stun. All the pyromancers were now in range of the Crusher with spells.

Thanks to Revitalize the Crusher had 84 mana out of 98. She attacked with 2 Pendulums for a total of 4 basic strikes. She dealt Brawn/2(10)+Might(10)+Hammer(10)+Bracelet*2(10)+Brutality(7)=47*2*2=94*2=188 damage for 80 mana. She then hit the final time with another basic attack for 47 damage and the Chaff died. Next turn she'd charge the Stunned Mage Lord and the turn after that lock him down with her own Stuns. The Arcanist locked down 2 of the Pyromancers with a double Jolt. I cast Accelerate on the Cleanser. She cast Remedy on the Treant.

The Treant was in range one of the Spear Chaff and stunned it for 1s with Bash dealing Mace(8)+Bash(10)+Brawn/2(9)+Ferocity(14)=41 damage. The Shieldmaiden was similarly near Chaff and she Shieldbashed it for Shield Bash(20)+Brawn(3)=23 damage and 2s of stun. The Miasmist was relatively useless in this battle but she cast a 30m + 3m range Manabolt for 35+4+5=39 damage on the Mage Lord. The Eruptor cast an 89 damage Molten Spurt on the Mage Lord.

2 Chaff dealt 70-41=29 damage to the Crusher for 58 total. 2 Pyromancers took the chance to being Fire Blasts. Luckily the Arcanist would handle that next turn. 2 Chaff were stunned as was the Mage Lord and 2 Pyromancers. 1 and 2 Chaff respectively moved into position around the Treant and the Shieldmaiden.

I cast Quicken. The Arcanist double Jolted to stall the casting Pyromancers costing 166 mana. Molten Spurt finished. The Miasmist cast Mana Bolt again. The Treant bashed the same Chaff. The Maiden Shield Bashed a different Chaff of her 3. The Cleanser cast Revitalize for the last time on the Crusher as she moved out of range. Finally the Crusher charged the Mage Lord using her Hasted movement. She had 1 action left from Alacrity which she used to strike with Pulverize dealing 2s of Stun as well as 57 damage. Next turn she could finish it off and maybe a Pyromancer as well. Alternatively should could split attaks to provice stuns on 2 mages.

At this point the fight was functionally over. Although the Arcanist was running short on mana due to lacking Domain cost reductions with enough control deployed over the whole field the enemy had no chance. Of course they never had a chance to win but they could have perhaps picked off a party member which would have been painful if they got a terminating hit in after health was reduced to 0.