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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 490103" data-attributes="member: 1331">If Haste is a must-have offensive spell IYC, then Slow is a must-have defensive spell. One charge from a wand of Slow, at minimum caster level, will automatically dispel haste effects on 5 targets. Even if one side has access to Mass Haste, they're using up a 6th-level slot to buff one target per level. An opponent of equivalent level can un-buff them all with one Slow, which only costs a third-level slot. Better yet, if you have a high enough save DC, hit them with Slow first; they're then reduced to partial actions, and they need to use up their hastes just to get back to normal speed.In games where Haste is game-breakingly powerful, it's the fault of the DM who doesn't defend against it. The same thing can happen with Improved Invisibility (if NPCs never use sight magic), or Fly (if NPCs are stuck on the ground), or any number of other spells if the enemy are idiots.</blockquote>