If you are playing with lots of mage characters its easy to take advantage of environmental effects, which is like cruising along in easy mode.
TBH I find enviromental effects to be quite overrated in this game. A 2-2 setup with 2h+1h/shield warriors and 2 Wizard with Wildfire + Oath supporting them is enough to bruteforce through almost every fight in this game in only a few turns. Especially if you make the 2h sneak + glasscannon.
