Encounter Combat Mechanic

Introduction

This page explains how battle damage, defense and effects work in Outlaw Troopers.

Damage Types

- There are four types of damage in Encounters:

• Standard Damage - Damages shield before armor.

• Piercing Damage - Ignores shield and damages armor directly.

• Elemental Damage - Damages shield before armor and has a 35% chance to burn enemies.

• Irresistible Damage - Cannot be resisted or blocked (even by Aegis).

e.g. Omni (Dominator) removes 5% of your shield on hit.

e.g. Unstable Calibrator (Gear) sacrifices armor and shield to reset all skill cooldowns.

- Each Ship’s weapon type determines your basic attack damage type:

• Projectile Ships - Standard Damage.

• Missile Ships - Piercing Damage.

• Corrosive Ships - Elemental Damage.

Note: Gear abilities retain their own damage type (e.g. Solar Igniter always deals Elemental Damage, regardless of your Ship type).

Critical System

- All damage types can now critically hit.

- Base Critical Chance: 5%

- Base Critical Multiplier: 100%

AOE Target Limit

- Basic attack: 1 target (default)

- AOE skills: 3 targets (default)

- You can increase these limits through Gears, Troopers, or the Tech Tree.

Note: Summoned or converted units have their own target limit. Only Duchess DunVella Trooper increases their hit targets (and grants other buffs).

Defensive Mechanics

Armor and Shield

- Shield absorbs damage before armor.

- While you have shield remaining, you take 30% less damage.

- Armor: When it reaches 0, your Ship is defeated.

- Piercing and Irresistible Damage bypass shield and hit armor directly.

Resistances

- Each damage type has its own resistance (Standard / Piercing / Elemental).

- Maximum Resistance: 75%.

- Resistance can be reduced or go negative due to enemy effects (e.g. Immunizer Dominator), making you take more damage.

- The Agwar Ship Galaxy can increase the maximum resistance cap beyond 75%.

Evade

- Evade only works on attacks that deal Standard Damage.

- Maximum Evade Chance: 75%.