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-A mage with a total army power of 2million attacks a mage with a total army power of 1million. The attacking mage must deal at least 100k damage to his target AND lose LESS than 10% (in this case, 200k) of his own army in order to win the battle.
+== Determining the Winner ==
 On a non-arch server, however, the rules are quite different. Non-arch servers require that the total power lost by the attacker must not exceed the total power lost by the defender to ensure the win. In otherwords, in the above example, the attacker would lose the battle because he lost 200k power when his target only lost 100k. To have won the battle, he would have to have lost less than 100k power.
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 There is an exception to this rule, however, in the case of significantly large armies. I call it the Battle Bonus. The battle bonus changes the required amount of damage one or the other of the players may sustain before losing the battle; that is, you can lose more of your army than your opponent and still win due to the battle bonus. The battle bonus only comes into play when one army is more than double the net power (that is, 200%) of the opposing army. The larger army is granted a 1% bonus for each 2% over double net power. Here are some examples:
-Defender 1M, Attacker 2.02M - The Attacker's army is 2% over 200% of the Defender's army.<br>
+Defender 1M, Attacker 2.02M - The Attacker's army is 2% over 200% of the Defender's army.
 * '''Result''': Attacker receives 1% battle bonus, which allows him to lose UP TO, but not including, 1% MORE net power than the defender and still win the battle.
-** This number is based on the actual value of power lost by the defender. If the defender loses 200k net power, the attacker may lose UP TO, but not including, 202k net power and still win the battle.
+*'''Result''': Attacker receives 1% battle bonus, which allows him to lose UP TO, but not including, 1% MORE net power than the defender and still win the battle.
-Defender 1M, Attacker 3M - The Attacker's army is 100% over 200% of the Defender's army.<br>
+*'''Result''': Attacker receives 50% battle bonus, which allows him to lose UP TO, but not including, 50% MORE net power than the defender (e.g. 200k to 300k) and still win the battle.
-Defender 1M, Attacker 4M - The Attacker's army is 200% over 200% of the Defender's army.<br>
+Defender 1M, Attacker 4M - The Attacker's army is 200% over 200% of the Defender's army.
 * '''Result''': Attacker receives 100% battle bonus, which allows him to lose UP TO, but not including, 100% MORE net power than the defender (e.g. 200k to 400k) and still win the battle.
 The effect is the same in reverse, if the defending army is larger.
-A battle where the Defender's army is 2.02M power and the Attacker's army is 1M power will give the defender a 1% bonus, effectively forcing the attacker to lose 1% LESS army power than the defender. If the defender loses 200k army power, the attacker may only lose upt to 198k army power if he wants to win the battle. If the Defender's army is 3M, the defender will have a 50% bonus, and so on, radiating from center in the other direction.<br><br>
+A battle where the Defender's army is 2.02M power and the Attacker's army is 1M power will give the defender a 1% bonus, effectively forcing the attacker to lose 1% LESS army power than the defender. If the defender loses 200k army power, the attacker may only lose upt to 198k army power if he wants to win the battle. If the Defender's army is 3M, the defender will have a 50% bonus, and so on, radiating from center in the other direction.<br/> &nbsp;
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 ==Land Stolen/Destroyed==
 And now we're finally at the last bit about battles, and, arguably the most important; else why would you attack someone in the first place? You want land. We ALL want land. We need that land to support our army and increase our kingdom. We need that land to dominate. So how is the amount of land you steal/destroy determined? It is based on two separate factors:

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 '''Attack #1 – Fire Ranged''':
-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Fire Resist (30%) + Ranged Resist (75%) / 2 = Resist against this attack.<br>
+&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;( Fire Resist (30%) + Ranged Resist (75%) ) / 2 = Resist against this attack.<br>
-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;30% + 75% / 2 = 52.5% Resist against this attack.
+&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;( 30% + 75% ) / 2 = 52.5% Resist against this attack.
 '''Attack #2 – Magic Ranged''':
-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Magic Resist (50%) + Ranged Resist (75%) /2 = Resist against this attack.<br>
+&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;( Magic Resist (50%) + Ranged Resist (75%) ) /2 = Resist against this attack.<br>
-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;50% + 75% / 2 = 62.5% Resist against this attack.
+&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;( 50% + 75% ) / 2 = 62.5% Resist against this attack.
 There is the occasional case in which a third attack type can be added to a unit’s attack. Such is the case with Wyverns (which have a Poison Melee attack type) when you cast Flame Blade on them (adds Fire attack type to all units with Melee attack type). It turns their attack into Fire Poison Melee, and this is how that would be resisted by Efreetis:
-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Fire Resist (30%) + Poison Resist (55%) + Melee Resist (60%) / 3 = Resist against this attack.<br>
+&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;( Fire Resist (30%) + Poison Resist (55%) + Melee Resist (60%) ) / 3 = Resist against this attack.<br>
-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;30% + 55% + 60% / 3 = 48.33% Resist against this attack.
+&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;( 30% + 55% + 60% ) / 3 = 48.33% Resist against this attack.
 You can see that in this case the resistances are divided by three. That is because we’re averaging the resistances to determine the resistance against the total attack. Were it a four-type attack (like a Demon Knight’s Cold Melee accompanied with Flame Blade (+Fire) and Vial of Venom (+Poison), then it would be divided by four. The more attack types you can add, the more damage you are likely to do to a target, as more resistances get called into play. Once a final resistance value has been determined, it is added to the damage equation (I will go into this at the end of this section) as its own opposite. That is, 1 – Total Resistances. So, if your total resistance against a particular attack type is 52.5%, the resistance value is subtracted from 1 for the purpose of damage calculation, and therefore would be 47.5. This will make sense when I explain the damage equation, later.

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 Now that you know how stacks stack, you can begin to understand more about the battle itself and its mechanics. The battle (as seen in the battle report) is divided into three phases:  The Pre-Battle Phase, the Battle Phase, and the Post-Battle Phase.<br><br>
-=Pre-Battle Phase=
+=PHASE I: The Pre-Battle Phase=
 Pre-Battle phase is where both sides use their spells and items, followed by stack pairing, and then heroes using their abilities (such as casting spells at the enemy). I am unsure as to which side uses their spells/items first or if the order of usage denotes precedence (such as the case where a green mage uses Call Hurricane while his opponent uses Carpet of Flying). Units which die in this phase do not take part in the actual battle; however, they may still be resurrected at the end of the battle provided the stack has units remaining.
 ==Spells and Items==
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 The third stage of the Pre-Battle Phase is where each side's heroes use their abilities. Shieldmaidens increase the hitpoints of their army's units; Dread Knights decrease the accuracy of the opposing army's units; Illusionists create an extra illusory stack; and so on. In some cases, these hero abilities must pass a unit resistance check against the opposing army--in some cases, no resistance check is necessary. All hero abilities occur simultaneously, and so, even if the damage caused by one hero's ability would kill an opposing hero, the opposing hero's abilities will still affect the battlefield.
 ==Damage Stage==
-The fourth and final stage of the Pre-Battle Phase is the Damage Stage. In this stage, spells or items used by either mage and hero abilities which cause damage will have their damage relegated to the associated targets. Units may resist the damage they receive from these sources based on their Attack Type resistances (explained below). The Attack Type resistances differ from the Unit Color Resistances in that they mitigate damage, rather than creating a block or pass environment. For example, if a unit has 60% lightning resistance, that unit will take 40% of the damage it would otherwise take from a Javelin of Lightning Bolt. Once a source of damage reaches the Damage Stage, the damage itself is GUARANTEED. The only thing resistances can do is modify the amount (100% resistance WILL modify the amount to zero, however).
+The fourth and final stage of the Pre-Battle Phase is the Damage Stage. In this stage, spells or items used by either mage and hero abilities which cause damage will have their damage relegated to the associated targets. Units may resist the damage they receive from these sources based on their Attack Type resistances (explained below). The Attack Type resistances differ from the Unit Color Resistances in that they mitigate damage, rather than creating a block or pass environment. For example, if a unit has 60% lightning resistance, that unit will take 40% of the damage it would otherwise take from a Javelin of Lightning Bolt. Once a source of damage reaches the Damage Stage, the damage itself is GUARANTEED. The only thing resistances can do is modify the amount (100% resistance WILL modify the amount to zero, however).<br><br>
 =Battle Phase=
 Battle phase pairs off each side's units, dealing damage to each other, until all units have used all of their attacks. Any troops which can resurrect (due to abilities, items or spells), do so in the Post-Battle Phase and will not be counted as having "died", which is why you may kill sufficient units in the battle phase, but the defender ends up blocking your attack because sufficient units resurrected so that the amount killed is less than 10% of his army.
 ==Attack Initiative==
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 '''AD = 137.5'''<br><br>
-If the Efreeti mage had any other units which targeted the lich stack with a primary attack, the counter attacks from the liches would steadily decrease in efficiency. Given all these data, it is easy to see how some very slight changes in any number of things can cause a drastic change to the damage done by any unit during battle. Therefore, make sure you research the units you use and the units you fight against. Learn everything you can about them, because it's very sad when your Naga Queens with a 23,500 AP on their secondary attack pair up with Titans and deal no damage whatsoever do to the Titans' 100% lightning resist.
+If the Efreeti mage had any other units which targeted the lich stack with a primary attack, the counter attacks from the liches would steadily decrease in efficiency. Given all these data, it is easy to see how some very slight changes in any number of things can cause a drastic change to the damage done by any unit during battle. Therefore, make sure you research the units you use and the units you fight against. Learn everything you can about them, because it's very sad when your Naga Queens with a 23,500 AP on their secondary attack pair up with Titans and deal no damage whatsoever do to the Titans' 100% lightning resist.<br><br>
-=Post-Battle Phase=
+[[#toc|Return to Table of Contents]]
 The end of the battle, or the Post-Battle Phase is rather small, but it has its own bit of mechanics. Three calculations occur during the Post-Battle Phase:
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 However, winning the fight does not guarantee that the maximum amount of land will be removed from your target. You need a number of units for that. For every 50 units you have surviving at the end of a battle, your target will lose 1 acre of land. This means that if you want to steal 1 land from your target, you must have at least 150 units surviving at the end of the battle (1 acre for you, 2 acres for the abyss). But 1 acre of land is not worth the risk of the battle, so how do you make certain that you gain the maximum amount of land that you can from each battle? You have to do a little math ...
-Take a look at your target's land total. We'll use a random number and say he has 3,654 land. If you're sieging him, he can lose up to 10% of that land, or 365 acres. To make sure that he loses 365 acres, you need to have AT LEAST 18,250 surviving units (365 * 50) at the end of the battle. If you have at least that many surviving, then the target will lose 365 acres, 122 of which will go to you, and 243 to the abyss. To gain maximum land off a regular attack, you'll need half that many units surviving; in this case, 9,125. That will remove 5% of your target's land, which will be 183 acres. 61 will go to you, and 122 will go to the abyss.
+Take a look at your target's land total. We'll use a random number and say he has 3,654 land. If you're sieging him, he can lose up to 10% of that land, or 365 acres. To make sure that he loses 365 acres, you need to have AT LEAST 18,250 surviving units (365 * 50) at the end of the battle. If you have at least that many surviving, then the target will lose 365 acres, 122 of which will go to you, and 243 to the abyss. To gain maximum land off a regular attack, you'll need half that many units surviving; in this case, 9,125. That will remove 5% of your target's land, which will be 183 acres. 61 will go to you, and 122 will go to the abyss.<br><br>

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 There’s an enormous amount of information, mechanics, and mathematics that goes into every single battle. Which units will hit which? How much damage will they do? Did that spell pass barriers? If so, did the units resist it? And so on, and so forth. Here I will explain some of the mechanics that come into play for battles, so you can have a better understanding of your Battle Reports and make adjustments to your kingdom/army based on them.<br>
-Before we get into Mechanics of the actual Battle itself, it will be best for you to understand something about stacking. A large amount of information on stacks and stacking can be found here: [[Understanding Stacking]]
+Before we get into Mechanics of the actual Battle itself, it will be best for you to understand something about stacking.<br><br>
 Now that you know how stacks stack, you can begin to understand more about the battle itself and its mechanics. The battle (as seen in the battle report) is divided into three phases:  The Pre-Battle Phase, the Battle Phase, and the Post-Battle Phase.<br><br>

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 * The green spell Web of the Spider Woman reduces the init of a random enemy unit by 1<br><br>
-This is important information because if a unit’s initiative for any particular attack is reduced to zero, that attack ''never occurs''. Let’s pretend that we’re a mage running the stack listed above. We hit a blue mage who is using Slow and The Spider’s Web as his defense assignment. This combination reduces the Attack Initiative of ALL of your units by 2. So, the above attack cycle would now look like this:
+This is important information because if a unit’s initiative for any particular attack is reduced to zero, that attack ''never occurs''. Let’s pretend that we’re a mage running the stack listed above. We hit a blue mage who is using Slow and The Spider’s Web as his defense assignment. This combination reduces the Attack Initiative of ALL of your units by 2. So, the above attack cycle would now look like this (assuming no units resist Slow. Any unit which resists Slow will only lose 1 initiative from the Web).:
 <br>Phoenix with Secondary Attack (init 3)<br>

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 The Squirrels will hit the Archangels<br>
-This is a GENERAL idea of how the pairing would work out, but ultimately it also depends on the SIZE of each stack. A stack will only attack an opposing stack if the target stack’s net power is at least 10% of the attacking stack’s net power. Using the above example, if the Yetis in the defending stack consisted of 2% of the defender's army power, and the Mind Rippers in the attacking stack consisted of 30% of the attacker's army power, the Yeti stack would be too small to hit, and the Mind Rippers would ignore them, instead continuing down the enemy stack in search of a viable matchup. Failing that, they will cycle back to the top and hit the Air Elementals. This is why Heavy Top and Shallow Stackers often find their top stacks getting hit far more often than their bottom stacks, and also why I suggest making ALL stacks consist of at least 1% of your army power unless you specifically WANT them to be avoided (such as fodder stacks for land grabbing).
+This is a GENERAL idea of how the pairing would work out, but ultimately it also depends on the SIZE of each stack. A stack will only attack an opposing stack if the target stack’s percentage of army power is at least 10% of the attacking stack’s percentage of army power. Using the above example, if the Yetis in the defending stack consisted of 2% of the defender's army power, and the Mind Rippers in the attacking stack consisted of 30% of the attacker's army power, the Yeti stack would be too small to hit, and the Mind Rippers would ignore them, instead continuing down the enemy stack in search of a viable matchup. Failing that, they will cycle back to the top and hit the Air Elementals. This is why Heavy Top and Shallow Stackers often find their top stacks getting hit far more often than their bottom stacks, and also why I suggest making ALL stacks consist of at least 1% of your army power unless you specifically WANT them to be avoided (such as fodder stacks for land grabbing).
 ==Hero Abilities==