Battling Overview

The battle system on Eliyo is turn based strategy. The key components are an elons stats, elements, and attacks. Elons start at level 1 when born and continue up with no actual cap though past level 100 is outside the bounds of normal game play.

Stats

The are two types of stats normal and elemental. Elemental will be discussed below under elements. An elon has 5 natural stats: health, stamina, attack, defense, and speed.

Health

How much damage an elon can take without being healed or fainting.

Stamina

How much energy an elon has in relation to using attacks. Each attack takes a specific amount of stamina and when an elon runs out they won't be able use anymore attacks. However elons can rest on a turn to restore their stamina.

Attack

A main factor used to determine damage your elon will do with each attack. The higher this is the more damage will be done.

Defense

Opposite of attack it is used to determine how much damage is done against you.

Speed

Determines who goes first on a given turn.

Stat Breakdown

To determine an elons current stat value the breeds base value, the elons individually bred values, and an elons trained values are all used along with the level to give a value. The only way to increase an elons stats is through training and leveling. There is no way to change an elons individual values, so if it's born with a lower attack, it will always have a lower attack than a similarly trained elon of the same breed. And similarly if a breed starts with a lower attack, it will be harder for it to compete with breeds who start with a higher attack even with higher born individual values and training.

Training

Every enemy fainted gives a small boost to an elons total training ability. Once enough have been fainted and gained you can gain a training point which can then be allocated to any of an elons stats chosen by the adventurer. Training points are not infinite but cap out after 125 total and 55 in each individual stat.

Elements

There are 8 elements found in Eliyo and elons can control all of them. However each elon has an elemental typing (sometimes two in captive bred) that give them distinct abilities and weaknesses against the other elementals. You can visit the appendix to see a full breakdown of each elemental base value in it's pure form.

Elemental Stats

Each elon has elemental proficiencies and resistances that are initially set through it's elemental typing. An elons proficiencies are used to determine the strength of attacks and determine which moves are available to that elon. An elons resistances determines the elons defence against incoming attacks. When attacking you are able to see whether an attack does positive damage through the response message which says whether the attack was slightly more effective or really effective or not very effective. This along with the elons starting element should be used to determine the best attack to use in battle.

Elemental Training

Adventurer's are able to influence an elons individual proficiencies and resistances through battling and attacking. Once enough elemental points have been earned they can be allocated directly by an adventurer. Putting points into proficiencies is important so that new attacks can be properly learned and affects the attack damage when using those element type attacks however resistances allow to you decrease your weaknesses and keep certain elemental types from doing as much damage. You have a limited amount of elemental points you can earn so choose wisely.

Attacks

Each attack is associated with one element and has a base power and base cost. The power is used in calculating damage and the cost is how much stamina it costs to use the attack.

Elons learn attacks through leveling up or using Rune Stones. Either way an elon must meet the requirements before a new attack can be learned which can include a minimum level and usually a minimum proficiency with the element that attack is.