Defense and resistance/sk
Aký je rozdiel medzi obranou a odolnosťou? Prečo majú niektoré jednotky dobrú obranu, zatiaľ čo iné majú dobré odolnosti? Tak napríklad, v Aliancii Knalgy sú trpaslíci s dobrou obranou v horách, ale nedokážu sa dobre brániť s lesoch. Banditi sú ľahko zraniteľní, ale je veľký problém ich zasiahnuť.
Obrana
Obrana v Bitke o Wesnoth znamená, že každá jednotka na hre má šancu vyhnúť sa útoku. Povedané jednoducho: jednotka s lepšou obranou má viac šťastia a častejšie sa vyhne útoku. Jednotky majú odlišnú obranu na rôznych terénoch.
Rebeli majú prístup k Elfskím Hraničiarkam. Tie majú množstvo skúseností v prežívaní v lesoch, kopcoch a podobne. Takže takáto hraničiarka sa dokáže kryť veľmi dobre v týchto terénoch a je len malá šanca, že juniekto s mečom alebo s lukom zasiahne. Na rovine sa však nemá za čo kryť. Obrana je 40%, takže z 10 útokov túto jednotku pravdepodobne zasiahne 6, zatiaľ čo pravdepodobne 4 útoky pôjdu mimo. V lesoch je jej obrana až 70%, takže hraničiar tu môže ostať oveľa dlhšie ako na rovine.
Iná jednotka, ako napríklad tento Morský Kopijník sa bude brániť inak. Morskí kopijníci sú všeobecne slabí v horách či kopcoch. Do vysokých hôr sa dokonca ani nemôžu dostať. Na druhú stranu, keď prebiehajú boje vo vode, táto jednotka je lepšia ako elfské hraničiarky. Jeho obrana je 50% v hlbokej vode, 60% v plytkej vode a dokonca 70% v pobrežných útesoch.
Resistance
Resistance is all about what will happen to the unit that gets hit. So, when a unit is attacked, some hits (amount is based on defense on the terrain) will harm unit. Resistance means than sometimes a sword and a club can make different damage to a unit. Or in another words, some units have armor, that is good against spears, but nearly useless to hammers or fireballs. Similar units have similar resistances.
This is Dark Sorcerer. Very dangerous unit when attacking. Defenses are average, same as resistances. Blade, Pierce, Impact, Fire and Cold can do the same damage. Only difference is the Arcane damage. As a classic human, these guys can be injured commonly by everything, with exception of arcane. Arcane is good against skeletons, drakes and simply to say, anything "magic". Dark Sorceror have a 20% resistance to Arcane, so succesful attack of 10 will do lower damage, only 8.
Things get much more interested with this Fire Drake. Generally, it is easy to hit a drake (they have low defenses on most terrains), but their resistance is very good against some attack - and very bad against another ones. Here are his resistances against all 6 types of attack:
| Blade | Pierce | Impact | Fire | Cold | Arcane |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | -10% | 20% | 60% | -40% | -30% |
Enemy drake can use fire against this drake. Attack with force 10 will be lowered by 60%, so only 4 hitpoints will be lost. However, Dark Sorcerer with cold damage is more dangerous. The drake has -40% cold resistance. Attack with force 10 will harm this drake by 14 hitpoints.
Marksman and magic attacks
Units with Marksman are good against well defended units in good terrains. Their chance to hit is very high, at least 60%. So, hiding Elvish Ranger will be as vulnerable in the forest as in the flat plains. Marksman is activated only when attacking, not defending.
Magic attacks are even more deadly. Attack have 70% chance to hit, in both offense and defense.
Elvish Ranger will have this defense:
| Forest (normal attacks) |
Forest (marksman attacks) |
Forest (magic attacks) |
|---|---|---|
| 70% | 40% | 30% |
To kill an important unit fast, read the profile of that unit. The fastest way is to attack it with your multiple units with magic attacks of the correct type. About 6 Mages would kill a powerful Revenant quickly, because their fire and arcane attack is great against skeletons. Although the skeleton might try to dodge attacks, terrain will not help him much against magic.
TIP: Units with high defenses and low hitpoints, like outlaws, are a great target for mages and other units with magic attacks.