Battle Mechanics

Deflect:

• Reduces the damage of the opponents Gun or Auxiliary by 50%. Chance to deflect is determined by the amount of Technology you have greater than your opponent (Technology Advantage). Your chance to deflect can be reduced if you have less Technology than your opponent.
• [Formula] Chance to Deflect = 10 + (Technology Advantage / 3)
• Chance to deflect can be raised to a maximum of 25% and be lowered to a minimum of 2%

Critical Strike:

• Critical Strikes ignores 50% of your opponents defense and resistance and deal increased damage. The chance to cause a Critical Strike is increased by Support.
• [Formula] Chance to Critical Strike = 4 + (Support Advantage / 7)
• The minimum Critical Strike chance is 1%.
• The maximum Critical Strike chance is 20%.

Stun:

• Base Stun Chance is determined by the skill. Stun Grenade and Overload have a base chance of 30%. The base chance of Maul increased with its skill level.
• [Formula] Chance to Stun = Base Stun Chance - (Defender's Support Advantage / 4)
• The most chance to Stun can be reduced by is 12% (a 48 Support Advantage by the defender).
• NOTE: Chance to stun will not be increased if the attacker has more Support than the defender.

Block:

• The chance to block an attack is affected by the amount of Dexterity you have compared to the amount of Dexterity your opponent has.
• [Formula] Block Chance = 8% + (Defender's Dexterity - Attacker's Dexterity) / 2.5
• If a defender is stunned, then the defender has a 0% chance to block.

The Rage Meter

The "Rage Meter" in battles was introduced with EpicDuel Beta Version 1.0.2.

What is the Rage Meter?

The Rage Meter was designed as a counter for highly-defensive builds (tanks) as well as a counter to players that repeatedly consume packs while waiting to use their ultimate skill. A player's Rage Meter increases each time they attack an enemy and each time they receive damage. When the Rage Meter fills completely, all of the player's attacks will inflict increased damage for one turn.

How does the Rage Meter fill up?

• As an attacker, rage is gained at a rate of 110% of damage blocked (by the opponents defense/resistance) + 1% per 4 support you have over the defender, up to a maximum rate of 125%. If at a support disadvantage, the minimum rate is 95%.
• As a defender, rage is gained at a rate of 25% of the damage taken, +0.25% per 4 support you have over the attacker, up to a maximum rate of 29%. If at a support disadvantage, the minimum rate is 21%.

Here are a few examples:

Example 1 (DEFENDER):

A player is attacked for 20 damage. The defender's Rage Meter will increase by 5 points.

Example 2 (ATTACKER):

As an attacker, you deal 40 damage and they block 20 of it with their resistance or defense. Your Rage Meter will increase by 22 points.

Example 3 (ATTACKER):

As an attacker you use Plasma Bolt for 34 base damage. The defender blocks 10 of it, bringing it down to 24 damage. Your Rage Meter will increase by 11 points.

Notice that the Rage Meter will fill more rapidly against an enemy that is heavily defended or well-buffed. Additionally, notice that the Rage Meter will only fill when a player is attacking or taking damage ... actions like Healing, using packs, or casting a buff will have no effect on the Rage Meter.

How many points are required to fill the Rage Meter?

The amount required to fill the Rage Meter starts at 40 points and increases by 2.5 points per level. So for example, a level 5 character's Rage Meter would require 53 points (40 base + (2.5 points x 5 levels)).

How much more damage will a Rage attack inflict?

Rage attacks are designed to ignore 45% of defense (and yes ... it can stack with reductions from Critical Strikes and skills like Cheap Shot). Because the Rage Meter was introduced as counter for tanking, the damage increase will naturally be most noticeable against players with highly-defensive builds. Rage attacks completely ignore the bonus from Hybrid Armor, Mineral Armor and Plasma Armor.

If ignoring 45% of defense and/or resistance gives a damage bonus of less than 10, the rage attack will instead add 10 damage.

What happens when attacks are blocked?

If an attacker is blocked, the attacker's Rage Meter will still fill up by the amount that the defender's defense or resistance would have reduced the damage had the attack connected. The defender's Rage Meter will not increase.

Rage Calculations

If both players have the same Support values, their Rage meters will increase at the same rate. Your rate is scaled upward or downward by 1% per 4 points of Support advantage or disadvantage you have compared to the enemy. (Additionally, remember that the original Rage rules still apply ... Rage increases faster when attacking heavily defended enemies, and your Rage increases slightly when taking damage as well).

The above increase maxes out at 15% in either direction - it can scale up to 125% of the normal Rage rate, and can be reduced to a minimum of 95% of the normal Rage rate. But the Rage rate can be increased if at least 1 Skill Point is added to Adrenaline , so that makes your Rage Meter fill up faster than it is supposed to be , so the minimum Rage rate you can get with Adrenaline at Level 10 is 115% and the maximum Rage rate you can get is 145% .

First Strike

First Strike is the chance for a player to get the first turn in a battle. Your First Strike chance is determined by Support.

First Strike Calculations

Players begin with an equal chance of going first in battle affected by their Support relative to the Support of all the other players in battle.

Your First Strike chance is calculated by dividing your Support by the total Support of all players (including yourself) in the battle.

Example:

1v1

Player A has 60 Support

Player B has 80 Support

Player A's First Strike chance is 60 / (60 + 80) = 42.86% chance to go first

Player B's First Strike chance is 80 / (60 + 80) = 57.14% chance to go first

2v2

Player A has 40 Support

Player B has 50 Support

Player C has 50 Support

Player D has 100 Support

Player A's First Strike chance is 40 / (40 + 50 + 50 + 100) = 16.67% chance to go first

Player B's First Strike chance is 50 / (40 + 50 + 50 + 100) = 20.83% chance to go first

Player C's First Strike chance is 50 / (40 + 50 + 50 + 100) = 20.83% chance to go first

Player D's First Strike chance is 100 / (40 + 50 + 50 + 100) = 41.67% chance to go first

Underdog Bonus

If a player is low enough in level compared to the other players in battle, they are guaranteed to go first, regardless of their support. A player will always get the First Strike if their level is less than or equal to the average level - 2 of all the players in a duel.

Deflection

Deflections will reduce the Gun or Auxiliary damage of one attack by 50%. The chance to deflect an attack is increased by Technology.

Deflection Calculation

Players begin with a 10% chance to deflect all sidearm attacks. Your Technology advantage or disadvantage when compared to your enemy will affect this base chance. For every 3 points of Technology more you have compared to your enemy, you increase your chance to deflect their attack by 1%. Naturally, if you are the attacker, for every 3 points of Technology you have compared to your enemy, you reduce their chance to deflect your attack by 1%.

The chance for Deflection can not drop below 2% and the maximum chance for Deflection is limited to 25%. This implies that investing in Technology beyond a certain point will have no further improvement on your Deflection odds.

Critical Strikes

Critical Strikes ignore 50% of the defending player's defense or resistance. The chance to deal a Critical Strike is increased by support.

Critical Strike Calculation

I want to first provide some details on how your chance to deal a Critical Strike is calculated. To approximate your odds, take the difference between your Support and the target enemy's Support. Divide that difference by 7 and add the number you get to the base chance of 4%.

Let's use these numbers as an example: Your Support - 64 Enemy Support - 20

The difference in Support here is 44 points. Now, divide 44 by 7 and you get 6 (after rounding). So your chance to inflict a critical strike now becomes 10% (4% base odds + 6% Support bonus).

Also be aware that while Support improves your chance to inflict a Critical Strike, it also reduces your Enemy's chance to inflict a Critical Strike on you! In the same example, your opponent's odds to inflict a Critical Strike are very low (the minimum chance of 1% actually). This chance is calculated by taking the base chance of 4% and subtracting your Support bonus (which in this case is 6%). Since 4% - 6% = -2%, the minimum chance of 1% is used.

Understand that a 10% chance to inflict a massively damaging blow is an enormous advantage. Consider this... if in your average battle, you live to see 5 turns, each with a 10% chance to inflict a Critical Strike, your projected odds of inflicting at least one Critical during the battle become about 41%.

Stuns

The chance to stun another player is reduced if the defender has higher Support than the attacker. The defender will reduce the chance to be stunned by 1% for every 4 points of Support they have more than the attacker.

The maximum any stun can be reduced will be 12%.

If the attacker has more support than the defender, the attacker will NOT increase the chance to stun the defender.

For example: If the attacker has 25 Support and the defender has 41 Support, the defender has an advantage of 16 Support. To determine the stun reduction, take the defender's support advantage of 16 and divide by 4. 16 / 4 = a 4% reduction in stun chance. If the attacker were a Tech Mage using Overload, the chance to be stunned would be 30% base chance - 4% stun reduction = 26% chance to be stunned.

A player cannot block or deflect while stunned.

Blocking

The chance to block is determined by comparing the two players' Dexterity. So for example, if you have Player A and Player B:

Scenario 1:
Player A - Dexterity = 20
Player B - Dexterity = 20

Because both players have the same Dexterity, if Player A attacks Player B, Player B's chance to block Player A's attack will use default 8% block chance.

Scenario 2:
Player A - Dexterity = 35
Player B - Dexterity = 20

In this scenario, because Player A has significantly more Dexterity than Player B, when Player A attacks Player B, Player B will have a "below default" chance to block the attack.

Block Calculations

Block is calculated by adding the block chance adjustment to the default block chance (currently 8%).

Block chance = 8% + Block Chance Adjustment

The chance to block can never be less than 2%. The chance to block can never be more than 35%. *

* The bonus block chance from Shadow Arts can break this limit.

Block Chance Adjustment = (Defender's Dexterity - Attacker's Dexterity) / 2.5

Example 1:

Defender has 100 Dexterity

Attacker has 60 Dexterity

Block Adjustment = (100 - 60) / 2.5 = 16

Chance to Block = 8 + 16 = 24%

Example 2:

Defender has 60 Dexterity

Attacker has 100 Dexterity

Block Adjustment = (60 - 100) / 2.5 = -16

Chance to Block = 8 + -16 = -8%

Since the block chance can never reduce below 2%, the Chance to Block becomes 2%

Example 3:

Defender has 30 Dexterity (Also, the defender has a -40 Dexterity Debuff Applied)

Attacker has 29 Dexterity

Dexterity never uses negative values in calculations ... so even though a debuff is applied, the Defender's dexterity value is calculated using the minimum value of 1 instead of -10.

Block Adjustment = (1 - 29) / 2.5 = -11.2

Chance to Block = 8 + -11.2 = -3.2%

Since the block chance can never reduce below 2%, the Chance to Block becomes 2%

A good rule of thumb is that for every 2.5 points of Dexterity you have more or less than your enemy, your chance to block increases or decreases by 1% respectively.

NOTE: Guns, Auxiliary and many skills are currently unblockable.