Battle Mode

📖 Chapter 1 — The Basics
🎯 Objective

Win the most rounds in a duel to be declared the winner. The format determines how many victories are needed:
> BO3 (best of 3, need 2 wins)
> BO5 (best of 5, need 3 wins)
> BO7 (best of 7, need 4 wins).

⚔️ What is a Duel?
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A duel is an automatic simulation. Once heroes are placed, you control nothing — all strategy happens before combat begins.
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Watch the fight unfold in real time through the battle log and field animations — learn from every outcome.
🏆 What is a Round?
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A duel consists of a series of rounds. Between each round, you return to the recruitment phase to buy new heroes, fuse copies and reposition your army.
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You may end up identifying your opponent's positioning pattern through the matches. If this happens, adapt your strategies to counter it.
🛡️ Chapter 2 — Formation
📋 What is a Formation?

A Formation is your pre-built deck of exactly 8 heroes that you bring into every battle. You must configure and save at least one Formation before you can start any duel — it is your starting army.

🗂️ The Three Deck Slots
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You have 3 formation slots, each can hold a completely different team composition — keep one aggressive, one defensive, one experimental, etc.
Click the star icon on any deck card to mark it as your active deck. The starred formation is the one loaded when you enter a duel.
🔧 Building Your Deck
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Open the Formation tab in the top menu. You will see all available heroes displayed in a 3-column grid above.
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Click one of the three deck cards at the bottom to open the editing panel. A slide-up frame will appear showing 8 empty slots and a name field.
With the panel open, the hero cards above display a + badge. Click any hero to add them to your deck. Click a filled slot to remove that hero. Use the search and role filters to find the right heroes fast.
Once all 8 slots are filled, press DONE. Your formation is saved and ready for battle. If fewer than 8 heroes are selected, the game will warn you before saving.
⚠️ Before You Battle

You cannot start a duel without a saved formation with 8 heroes. Make sure your active deck (the starred one) is fully configured. You can edit formations at any time between duels and try different combinations to counter different opponents.

💰 Chapter 1 — Gold & Recruitment
💸 Earning Gold
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Each duel starts with 7💰.
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Gold is awarded automatically between battles. Both players receive the same amount each round.
🛒 Recruitment Actions
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Recruiting a hero you don't own yet: 3💰. They go straight to the Barracks.
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Recruiting a hero you already own: 2💰. Stacks on the same card — each hero uses only 1 Barracks slot regardless of stack count.
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New Recruitment (reroll): 2💰. Generates 5 new heroes in the shop.
🖱️ Placing Heroes
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Drag a card from the Barracks to a field slot, or click the card then click the slot.
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You can also drag heroes already on the field to swap their positions before battle starts.
⚔️ Chapter 3 — The Battlefield
🗺️ The 3×3 Arena

Each side has a grid of 3 rows × 3 columns. Rows are A, B and C (top to bottom). Columns indicate depth: Front, Mid, and Back.

YOUR ARMY

A-Back
A-Mid
A-Front
B-Back
B-Mid
B-Front
C-Back
C-Mid
C-Front
VS

OPPONENT

A-Front
A-Mid
A-Back
B-Front
B-Mid
B-Back
C-Front
C-Mid
C-Back
Front — absorbs damage Mid — versatile Back — protected
⚡ Attack Order (SPD)
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Before battle, the game builds an attack queue with all living heroes from both sides, sorted by speed (SPD) — fastest first.
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This queue runs in a continuous loop: each hero attacks on their turn, and when the list ends it restarts from the top.
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When a hero dies, the queue is rebuilt on the next cycle with the survivors — the order can shift as the field empties.
🎯 Row Targeting
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Row priority: each hero attacks the frontmost enemy in the same row they occupy.
A
Row A: if no enemy in row A, searches row B then row C.
B
Row B: if no enemy in row B, picks randomly between row A and row C (50/50). If only one has enemies, attacks that one.
C
Row C: if no enemy in row C, searches row B then row A.
✨ Chapter 2 — Combos
🤔 What is a Combo?

When recruitment generates 2 or 3 identical adjacent heroes in the shop, they are highlighted with glowing borders. That's a Combo — a chance to recruit multiple heroes at once for a reduced special cost.

✨ Combo 2
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Two identical adjacent heroes in the shop. Special cost: 2💰 for both at once (instead of 6💰 separately).
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Both go to the Barracks and stack — you're already 2/3 of the way to a merge!
✨✨ Combo 3
3️⃣
Three identical adjacent heroes in the shop. Special cost: 2💰 for all three at once.
All 3 are recruited and the merge happens immediately — you walk away with a hero already evolved to ★★ at no extra cost!
💡 Why It Matters
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Huge gold savings — 3 heroes for 2💰 vs 3×3💰 = 9💰 individually.
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Speeds up hero evolution, letting you field stronger units earlier in the duel.
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Combos appear with limited probability each recruitment — always watch for the glowing borders!
⭐ Chapter 3 — Fusion & Evolution
🔄 How Fusion Works
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Stack 3 copies of the same hero (in Barracks or on the field) → automatic merge → hero levels up: ★ → ★★.
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The process repeats: If you have a ★★ hero and combine it three more times, it levels up to ★★★. Do this until you reach the maximum level ★★★★★.
📈 Power Scaling
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Hit points (HP) and attack (ATK) increase with each new level the hero gains. A ★★★★★ hero has more than double the base hit points and attack.
Skill Power also increases with each new level, but on a different scale, thus making the skills increasingly impactful.
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A single ★★★ hero is dramatically stronger than three separate heroes — focus on evolving rather than spreading resources.
💡 Chapter 4 — Strategy Tips
🤖 Solo Mode (vs Bot)
👁️ Analyze the enemy army before placing your heroes. In Solo mode you can see the opponent's field — use it to counter their row positioning directly.
🛡️ Pay attention to the positioning. Always remember to place tank-type heroes at the front of the battlefield, so that heroes with less health are protected, increasing their chances of survival.
💚 Tank + Heal = classic sustain combo. A tank hero on the battlefield, accompanied by a healing hero, keeps your team standing much longer.
A Combo 3 early can decide the match. Fielding a ★★ hero in round one creates a power lead that is very hard to overcome.
🌟 Area attacks. Some heroes have attack modifiers, meaning their attack hits more than one target. Take advantage of this and try to build an explosive strategy.
⚠️ Note — PvP Mode: in battles against other players via blockchain, you will not see the opponent's field before the battle. This completely changes the dynamic — building a balanced and adaptable army will matter more than direct countering. Prepare for the challenge!
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