The Art of Survival

Combat in Ultimate Dominion is turn-based, tactical, and lethal. Understanding the math behind every swing gives you the edge between victory and death.

Turn Structure

Each combat encounter follows a strict turn order:

• Combatants alternate turns — the faster group (higher total AGI) acts first.
• Each turn has a 30-second timer. If you don't act, the other side can force-advance the turn.
• Battles last a maximum of 15 turns. If no one wins by then, the fight ends in a draw (no rewards, no penalties).
• On your turn: select a weapon or spell, then confirm your attack. You can also use consumable items.

Hit Chance

Every attack rolls against the target's evasion to determine a hit. The formula:

• Base hit chance: 90%
• Physical attacks compare your AGI vs target's AGI
• Magical attacks compare your INT vs target's INT
• Minimum hit chance: 5% (you can always hit)
• Maximum hit chance: 98% (you can always miss)

Evasion: AGI differential gives a chance to dodge incoming physical attacks entirely, capped at 25%. This stacks with the base miss chance, making high-AGI characters slippery targets for melee fighters.

Double strike: AGI-based weapons can trigger a double strike based on the attacker's AGI advantage over the target. A double strike deals 150% damage on the triggering hit — rewarding speed-focused builds with burst potential.

Damage Calculation

Physical Damage

Physical damage from weapons follows this pipeline:

1. Base roll — random value between your weapon's min and max damage.
2. × 1.2 attack modifier (attacker's advantage).
3. + Stat bonus — (your STR × 1.2) - (target STR × 1.0).
4. - Armor — target's armor × 1.0 reduces the damage.
5. × Crit multiplier — ×2 on critical hits.
6. × Combat triangle bonus — if your dominant stat beats theirs.
7. × Class multiplier — your class's physical damage percentage.

Magic Damage

Spell damage uses INT instead of STR and ignores armor:

1. Base roll — between spell's min and max damage.
2. × 1.2 attack modifier.
3. + Stat bonus — (your INT × 1.2) - (target INT × 1.0).
4. × Crit multiplier — ×2 on crit.
5. × Combat triangle bonus.
6. × Class multiplier — your class's spell damage percentage.

Critical Hits

Critical hits deal ×2 damage and always use your weapon's maximum damage as the base roll (instead of a random value). The base crit chance is approximately 5%, modified by your class's crit multiplier.

The Rogue class has a 115% crit multiplier — the highest in the game — making critical hits their defining mechanic.

The Combat Triangle

The combat triangle is the rock-paper-scissors of Ultimate Dominion. Your dominant stat (whichever of STR, AGI, or INT is highest) determines your side:

• STR beats AGI — brute force overwhelms finesse.
• AGI beats INT — speed disrupts spellcasting.
• INT beats STR — magic bypasses muscle.

The bonus is +4% damage per stat point of advantage, capped at 40% (on the winning side only — the losing side takes no extra penalty). This means a Warrior with 15 STR fighting a Rogue with 10 AGI gains a +20% damage bonus.

Armor

Armor reduces incoming physical damage by a flat amount per hit. The formula:

Damage reduction = (armor - penetration) × 1.0

Armor has no effect on magic damage. Against spell-heavy enemies, armor is less valuable than raw HP or INT for resistance.

Status Effects

Some abilities and consumables apply temporary effects that alter combat:

Combat Constants