Terminology

• Priority

  Priority is used in determining what order techniques are used. If a move has +1 priority, it will be used before techniques with no priority, and techniques with -1 priority will go after techniques with no priority. For example, let's say we take a Fungiku and use Rocket Punch against a Prophesus who uses Mindblast. Fungiku will use Rocket Punch before Prophesus gets to use Mindblast because it has +1 priority and Mindblast has no extra priority (+0).

  
  

  Here's a simple list of how the game decides what happens first:

  1. Do both techniques have the same priority? If no, whichever technique has higher priority goes first. If yes, go to #2:
  2. Do both daemons have the same speed? If no, whichever daemon has higher speed uses their technique first. If yes, go to #3:
  3. Whichever player submitted their action first will have their daemon use their technique first.

• Stages

  Stages are stat modifications that get applied to daemons through techniques, perks, tags, equipment, and invocations. The more stages applied to a stat, the greater the ratio and stat value will be; negative stages hve the opposite effect: the ratio and stat values will be smaller. Stats can have up to +6 or -6 stages applied to them. The stat modifier applied at each stage can be seen below:

  
  

  Stages

  -6

  -5

  -4

  -3

  -2

  -1

  0

  +1

  +2

  +3

  +4

  +5

  +6

  Stat Ratio

  3/9

  3/8

  3/7

  3/6

  3/5

  3/4

  3/3

  4/3

  5/3

  6/3

  7/3

  8/3

  9/3

  
  

  So if my daemon has +3 stages to toughness, the true toughness value will be twice as much as normal. If that daemon had -3 stages to toughness, the true toughness value would be half as much as normal. Similarly, if we had +6 stages to toughness, the true toughness will be three times greater than normal, and -6 stages to toughness would mean that the true toughness is one-third of normal toughness.

• Status Effects

  Status effects afflict daemons with an effect that is permanent until removed.
  

  • Burned: Burned dæmons have their energy and toughness reduced by 20%.
  • Crippled: All techniques used by crippled dæmons have -1 priority. This drop in priority stacks with other drops in priority.
  • Disoriented: Disoriented dæmons inflict recoil damage to themselves with every attack they use. This does not stack with other recoil inducing effects.
  • Frostbite: Frostbitten dæmons have their power and resilience reduced by 20%.
  • Poisoned: Poisoned dæmons lose 10% of their maximum health every turn.
  • Stunned: Stunned dæmons can't take any actions so long as they are stunned.