Combat & Stats

Stats

Each gladiator has six stats in the game:

• HP

• Attack

• Special Attack

• Defense

• Special Defense

• Speed

The default stats for a newly minted gladiator are as follows:

HP	100
Attack	20
Defense	10
Special Attack	40
Special Defense	10
Speed	10

These stats can be improved by equipping gear (see Loot Boxes).

Combat

First move

• In a battle, the gladiator with the higher speed moves first.

• This is the only time speed is applied, e.g. there’s no turn meter in-game. After the first move, gladiators alternate turns.

• In the event of a tie for speed, player one as determined by matchmaking goes first.

Combat Formula

• The main formula for a gladiator’s attack is (moversAttack - targetsDefense) ± 15%

• If the target’s defense is higher than the mover’s attack, they will parry the attack and it deals 5 damage

• The target has a chance to counter attack —

  • the threshold to trigger the effect is targetDefense / (2*(targetDefense+movers attack))

  • We roll a 100 sided die and check the roll came in under this level to successfully counter.

• If the target counter attacked, their damage formula is the same as above. If the mover has a higher defense that the attack though, the min damage on a counter is 1HP.

Special Attack/Defense

• Every five turns, mover’s use their special attack rather than standard attack.

  • Special attack formula works in the same way: (moversSpecialAttack - targetsSpecialDefense) ± 15%

  • Special attacks can’t be countered

Max Turns

• Battles are capped at 100 turns. (In our simulations, most battles ended much before this, so we expect this to just be a back-stop).

• After 100 turns, the gladiator with the most HP is deemed the winner.

• If both opponents are tied for HP, the second gladiator wins (to offset the first mover advantage that their opponent received)