Elin:Strategy

The Strategy skill determines the damage your character deals when engaging in auto-combat by right-clicking enemies. Normally, damage is reduced when in auto-combat, but the Strategy skill restores your damage.

Moreover, while in auto-combat, you will consume stamina to avoid fatal injuries. You can use this to safely gauge the strength of a new opponent.

The player can choose how they act in auto-combat in the Strategy tab of their character sheet. (Press V, then click 'Strategy' in the lower-right of the window). The auto-combat AI profiles include:

• Archer (Uses ranged attacks)
• Fighter (Uses melee attacks)
• Tank (Uses the Taunt ability)
• Healer (Casts healing spells)
• Mage (Casts offensive spells)
• Hexer (Casts debuff spells)
• Summoner (Casts summoning spells)
• Predator (?)
• Paladin (Uses melee attacks, while casting buff spells)

The player can further refine their auto-combat behavior with the Checkboxes:

• Use items and abilities in the hotbar
• Use abilities not in the hot bar
• Use only favorite abilities

Allies' strategy can be changed through Gene Engineering with Brain Cell genes.

Detailed Strategy Data

Name	Distance	Movement (Player)	Party Cast	Party Cast Mod	Taunt	Melee	Ranged	Spell	Heal	Summon	Buff	Debuff	Player
Disable	1	80 (50)	No	-20	-1	50	50	50	60	50	45	45	Yes
Archer	3	20 (0)	No	-20	-1	40	70	50	60	50	45	45	Yes
Fighter	1	80 (100)	No	-20	60	70	50	50	60	50	45	45	Yes
Tank	1	80 (100)	No	+10	40	65	50	50	60	50	55	45	Yes
Healer	1	50 (0)	Yes	+10	-1	50	50	50	70	50	60	45	Yes
Mage	3	50 (0)	No	-20	-1	50	50	70	60	50	45	45	Yes
Hexer	3	50 (0)	No	-20	-1	50	50	60	60	50	50	70	Yes
Summoner	1	50 (0)	Yes	0	-1	50	50	60	60	75	55	55	Yes
Predator	1	80 (50)	No	-20	70	50	50	50	60	50	45	45	Yes
Gunner	2	20 (0)	No	-20	-1	50	70	50	60	50	45	45	No
Warmage	1	50 (0)	No	-20	60	50	50	70	60	50	45	45	No
Rogue	1	80 (100)	No	-20	-1	55	50	50	60	50	45	45	No
Paladin	1	80 (50)	Yes	+10	40	55	40	50	60	50	80	45	Yes

• Distance - preferred distance from the target. The character will try to maintain it, backing away from the target, if needed.
• Movement - chance of moving towards target. The value in parentheses is used when the player character is using said strategy.
• Party Cast - whenever this strategy casts buffs and heals on the whole party.^{[needs confirmation]}
• Party Cast Mod - the likelihood modifier for casting party wide buffs and heals. The base value is unique for each situation when the decision has to be made.^{[needs confirmation]}
• Taunt - the minimum health % above which the strategy uses the Taunt ability, if the character has it. -1 means never.
• Melee - the likelihood of attacking with melee weapons.
• Ranged - the likelihood of attacking with ranged weapons.
• Spell - the likelihood of attacking with attack spells.
• Heal - the likelihood of using a healing spell.
• Summon - the likelihood of using a summoning spell.
• Buff - the likelihood of using a buff spell.
• Debuff - the likelihood of using a debuff spell.
• Player - is this strategy available for the player character.