Combat

Combat System Guide

Master the art of battle - stats, resistances, and strategy.

Combat System Guide

Master the art of battle in Aetheria. This guide covers stats, resistances, and combat strategy.

Core Stats

Attack — Determines your damage output with melee weapons
Defense — Reduces incoming physical damage
Armor — Additional damage reduction
Hit Chance — Affects your likelihood of landing a hit
Speed — Determines attack frequency

Damage Types

Aetheria features multiple damage types:

Physical — Standard melee/ranged damage
Fire, Ice, Energy, Earth, Holy, Death — Elemental damage types
Healing — Restores health (not a damage type, but related)

Monster Resistances

Each monster has resistances ranging from -100% (vulnerable) to 100% (immune):

Positive resistance — Monster takes reduced damage from that element
Negative resistance — Monster takes extra damage from that element
100% resistance — Monster is immune to that element

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Advanced: Optimizing Damage

Always check a monster's resistance table before engaging. If a monster has -50% fire resistance, using fire spells will deal 50% more damage. Conversely, hitting a 80% fire-resistant monster with fire is mostly wasted.

The best hunters carry multiple weapon types and spell runes to adapt to any monster's weaknesses.

Combat Stances

Offensive — Higher attack, lower defense (best for farming weak monsters)
Defensive — Higher defense, lower attack (best for surviving strong monsters)
Balanced — Equal trade-off (good default)

Spells in Combat

Spells are categorized as:

Attack spells — Deal direct damage to enemies
Healing spells — Restore your health
Support spells — Buffs, summons, and utility

Each spell has a mana cost and cooldown. Manage your mana carefully during extended fights.

Group Combat

Shared XP — When multiple players fight the same monster, XP is distributed
Tanking — High-defense players can draw aggro while others deal damage
Healing — Support players can heal allies during boss fights