#gameplay/stats The player attributes system involves many values and equations that play a part in how the gameplay feels. Some of these include:

1. Main Attributes
2. Attributes
3. Calculations
4. Summaries

The player will have 3 main attributes that will increase as the player levels up, and by Item / Talents / Battlecrys affixes. These mainAttributes trickle down their affects to other player attributes.

• Strength: Physical power, allowing the player to deal more damage with melee attacks and carry heavier equipment. Each Strengh point increases the player's damage by 10%. Enhances player dealt damage. DEFAULT: 1

• Dexterity: Player's durability and ability to withstand attacks, reducing the damage they take from enemies and making them harder to kill. Increases Armor attribute by 0.8. DEFAULT: 1

• Vitality: Overall health, increasing their maximum health and allowing them to survive longer in combat. Increases MaximumLife attribute by 10. DEFAULT: 10

These are the detailed attributes of the player and can be increased/decreased by Item / Talents / Battlecrys affixes. Attributes give Diminishing Returns, i.e A player may have 10 Armor, granting them 10% damage reduction, however if the player has 100 Armor, due to diminishing returns they will not have 100% damage reduction.

Some examples include:

• Life:
  • MaxHealth - Maxium health
  • Health - Current Health (Min: 100, Max: MaxHealth)
  • HealthRegenRate - Percentage of health increased per sec.
  • MaxShield - Maximum Shield
  • Shield - Current Shield (Min: 0, Max: MaxShield)
• Defense:
  • Armor (reduce damage from same level enemies): Dexterity * ArmorIncreasePerDexterity
  • ArmorIncreasePerDexterity: 0.8%
  • PhysicalResistance: 1
  • ColdResistance: 1
  • FireResistance: 1
  • LightningResistance: 1
  • PoisonResistance: 1
  • BlackMagicResistance: 1
  • StunReduction: 1
  • SlowReduction: 1
  • FreezeReduction: 1
  • EliteDmgReduction: 1
• Offense:
  • DamageIncreasePerStrength: 8%
  • CriticalHitChance: 5
  • CriticalHitDamage: 50%
  • BonusDamageToElites: 0
  • BonusDmgUsingBow: 0
  • BonusDmgUsingAxe: 0
  • BonusAbilityDmg: 0
  • BonusWeaponDmg: 0
• Recovery:
  • MaximumLife: Vitality * LifeIncreasePerVitality
  • LifeIncreasePerVitality: 10
  • LifeOnHit: 0
  • LifeOnKill:0
  • LifeRegen:0
• Tools:
  • PickaxeUseSpeed: 60
  • ScytheUseSpeed: 60
  • HatchetUseSpeed: 60
  • PickaxeYieldBonus: 0%
  • ScytheYieldBonus: 0%
  • HatchetYieldBonus: 0%

Hidden calculations, not visible to the player, that are result of an equation involving Base attributes. Used for gameplay purposes. Some examples include

# Can be used when hitting an enemy to determine the damage.
CalculateHitDamage(Item, target):
	BaseHitDamage = RandomInRange(item.dmg.min, item.dmg.max) # items have a dmgMin and dmgMax
	ScaledHitDamage = ScaleToStrength(BaseHitDamage)
	FinalHitDamage = HandleExtraDmg(ScaledHitDamage, Item.type, target)
	return TryApplyCriticalDamage(ScaledHitDamage)

# Scales the dmg to the strength of the character.
ScaleToStrength(Dmg):
	return Dmg + (Strength * (Dmg * DmgIncreasePerStrength))

# Applies extra damage
HandleExtraDmg(Dmg, Target, Using):
	Switch Target:
		Case monster:
			Dmg += ExtraDmgToMonster
		Case ghost:
			# more

	Switch Using:
		Bow:
			Dmg += ExtraDmgUsingBow
		Axe:
			# more

# Applies CritDmg based on CritChance
TryApplyCriticalDamage(Dmg):
	bApplyCrit = getRandomBoolWeight(CriticalHitChance)
	if bApplyCrit:
		return Dmg * (1 + CriticalHitDamage)
	else:
		return Dmg

Summarized Values use Calculations to show a quick summary of player's most important stats condensed into single values. These cannot be directly modified as these are the results calculations. Includes:

1. Damage
2. Toughness
3. Recovery

Uses the CalculatedAttribute Damage along with the BaseAttributes Critical Hit Chance/Damage, AttackSpeed, All Ability / Battlecry / Runes damage effects.

*DPS is the a summarizedValue specific available on every ability, weapon, battlecry, and rune, through the DPS interface, and is a calcuation of (damage * attack speed) / cooldown?.

AverageOverallDPS = {Ability,Weapon,Battlecry,Rune}.DPS  / {Ability,Weapon,Battlecry,Rune}.size()
AverageOverallDPSScaled = ScaleToStrength(AverageDPS);
return (AverageDPSScaled * (1 + CriticalHitDamage)) * CriticalHitChance

Summarized value that represents how much damage a player can withstand before dying. It takes into account the player's health, armor, resistances, and dodge chance.

Toughness = (MaximumHealth * (1 + ArmorDamageReduction)) * (1 + Resistances) * (1 - DodgeChance)

• MaximumHealth is the maximum amount of health the player has.
• ArmorDamageReduction is the percentage of damage reduced by the player's armor.
• Resistances is the percentage of damage reduced by the player's resistances.
• DodgeChance is the chance of dodging an attack. It is represented as a percentage between 0 and 1.

Recovery is a summarized value that represents how quickly the player can recover health during combat. It takes into account the player's life on hit, life on kill, and health regeneration.

Recovery = (LifeOnHit * HitChance) + (LifeOnKill * KillChance) + HealthRegen

• LifeOnHit is the amount of health the player regains with each successful hit on an enemy.
• LifeOnKill is the amount of health the player regains upon killing an enemy.
• HealthRegen is the amount of health the player regains per second.

There is a Damage attribute, but it is calculated at runtime per attack.

Overall Damage can be increased by increasing the Strength mainAttribute or by increasing the extraDamage attributes (extra damage to {target type}, extra damage using {item}, etc)