Guide: Damage Formular

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Damage Calculation Overview – Conqueror’s Blade

Understanding how damage is dealt and received in Conqueror’s Blade helps you optimize your hero and units.

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1. Base Damage Formula

Effective Damage = Base Damage × max(1 – (Target Armor / Attacker Penetration), 0.05)

• If your penetration equals enemy armor, you only deal 5% damage (minimum).
• If your penetration > armor, you deal more damage (up to 100%).
• If armor > penetration, damage is severely reduced.

💡 Penetration counters armor. Always aim to match or exceed enemy armor to avoid damage reduction.

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2. Damage Types & Armor Matching

• Damage types: Slashing, Piercing, Blunt.
• Armor types: Light / Medium / Heavy units have varying resistance.
• No “best” damage type – target enemy weaknesses (e.g., blunt vs. shielded enemies).

💡 Bring a mix of unit types and switch weapons based on enemy resistances.

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3. Momentum / Relative Speed

• Cavalry and charging attacks benefit from movement speed, increasing effective penetration.
• Static hits deal less than full-speed charges.

💡 Charging = more armor penetration = more damage.

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4. Critical Hits & Bonuses

• Critical Hits: Extra ~+50% damage by default.
  • Scales with Crit Value (chance), Crit Damage (bonus), and Crit Resistance (enemy mitigation).
• Back Attacks: Deal more damage, bypass block/shields, and act like crits.
• Headshots: For ranged attacks, add a large bonus and stack with crits.

💡 Crit + Backstab + Headshot = Maximum burst damage.

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5. Terrain & Elevation

• Units fight better on preferred terrain (Good > Fair > Poor).
• Elevation affects:
  • Ranged range and accuracy
  • Cavalry charge effectiveness

💡 Place units where they perform best (avoid Poor terrain).

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6. Skill Damage vs. Basic Attacks

• Skills = % of damage stat + flat value (e.g. 58% + 984).
• AOE skills may have reduced damage per target.
• All buffs/bonuses (crit, headshot, back) now apply fully to skills as well.

💡 Skills now scale better and reward precise execution like headshots or flanks.

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Key Takeaways

• Stack penetration vs. high-armor enemies.
• Use critical stats for burst builds.
• Aim for back/flank and headshots whenever possible.
• Match damage type to enemy armor type.
• Terrain matters – adjust your tactics to the battlefield.

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