in combat mana stops recharging after turn 25 or so?

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i was using strategy or anything im still new to this game battles dont usually last that long for me but this was the level 30 tournament fight, and i was only level 20 so it was an epic battle lasting ages. at around turn 20 all i had left was a bunch of orc shaman and all he had was a bunch of beholders and a few cyclops (i think). At that point it got painfully slow. At around turn 39 i gave up cause i wasn't going to win without mana.