Combat Mechanics

1Turns & speed

Meroveil doesn't use fixed rounds. Every unit has an action value — a countdown to its next turn. A unit's first turn lands after 10000 / Speed ticks, and after it acts the countdown refills the same way. The practical result:

Each turn a unit takes one action — a basic attack, a skill, or its ultimate. Skills and ultimates run on cooldowns (roughly 2 and 5 of that unit's turns), and both are available immediately on turn one — there's no charge meter to build. Battles resolve quickly; if neither team is wiped out within the round cap, the fight is called a draw, so bring enough offense to actually close.

2The damage formula

A hit lands like this (verified from the engine):

Damage per hitDamage = ATK × Skill% × [ ATK ÷ (ATK + DEF) ] × Element × Formation × Crit × (0.90–1.10)

The piece that surprises people is defense. DEF doesn't subtract from damage — it scales it by ATK ÷ (ATK + DEF). That has two big consequences:

• Defense has diminishing returns and can never reduce a hit to zero — a wall still takes a chunk every time.
• Every landed hit deals at least 1, and a single hit never overkills (it's capped at the target's remaining HP).

Then a fixed ±10% damage roll is applied to every hit, so identical attacks vary slightly.

3Elements & type advantage

Every hero carries one of five elements: Fire Wind Water Light Dark. Hitting an enemy you're strong against multiplies your damage; hitting into your counter cuts it.

Full multiplier matrix

Read a row as the attacker, a column as the defender:

4Formation & positioning

Where a hero stands changes how much damage they deal and take. The front line shields the back; the back line hits harder but is exposed if the front falls. These multipliers are live and stack with everything above:

5Roles & battle AI

Each hero auto-pilots according to its role and combat archetype:

• Attacker

  Damage. Most attackers open with their biggest ability and chase the lowest-HP enemy to secure kills.

• Defender

  Front-line walls. High HP/DEF, screen the back row, and shift to bigger abilities when the squad is in trouble.

• Support

  Utility. They prioritize keeping the squad going; the two dedicated healers (Vitality Alchemist, Light-Weaver) top up your lowest-HP ally.

The AI also targets smartly — assassins dive the back line, controllers focus the biggest threat, and several heroes get more aggressive once their own HP drops. You don't issue orders; you win by bringing the right roles in the right formation.

6What's being expanded

Combat already runs deep: stats, element, speed, formation and role set the foundation, and on top of that each hero's signature abilities deal their own authored damage — a bigger skill or ultimate multiplier means a bigger hit — and critical hits land for bonus damage. It stays provably fair: the same inputs always produce the same outcome, verified on the server so no one can fake a win.