Unimpressive earthquake?

[Saxon]

I tried an Earthquake and it was not that impressive. Lots of less than 8 damage, even though I thought it was armour negating. Three gems for not many dead. Also, the enemy cavalry seemed untouched. I thought everyone was supposed to get hit, but many units clearly dodged it. No one was BE or Mistform.

Any thoughts on this spell?

Thanks!

[Falkor]

Manual says it's AP not AN and there is a defence check. It works good against large groups of mages and priests.

[lch]

Earthquake is awesome against big chaff armies. Throw one or two and your opponent will flee in terror. I had fun utilizing it against big archer armies from Shinuyama, or Yomi etc.

[Fal]

I love earthquake. 2 earthquake routs almost every conventional army. mix it with a rain of stones or two if you can.

[atul]

Getting rid of that annoying high defence stat is the key.

Ergo, combine with Darkness if you can.

[Saxon]

Ah, so against a large Ulmish army, I should not be surprised at the effect. Fair enough, thanks for pointing that out. I will modify my efforts.