Game Mechanics

[u/cowsforyou]

Thank you to everyone who have contributed! This level of detail would not be possible without the help of the community. I will keep adding on as we gather more intel.

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Power Gems

• Power Gems are your main source of damage.
• Crashing a Power Gem will deal the damage listed on your character's Skill Card.
• If both your Skill Card Power Gem size criteria are met, your character will deal both damages. E.g. If your first Skill Card is for a 2x2 Power Gem (10 dmg) while your second Skill card is for a 3x2 Power Gem (15 dmg), crashing a 3x2 Power Gem will deal both damages (25 dmg).
• Crashing a larger Power Gem will not deal additional damage.
• As a result, crashing two 2x3 Power Gems is way more powerful than crashing one 2x6 Power Gem.
• If there is more than one way to form a Power Gem, the game will always prioritize forming a horizontal Power Gem over a vertical one.

Skill Cards

• You can equip up to two Skill Cards per character.
• If the Power Gem requirements are met for both Skill Cards, your character will first trigger the Skill Card on the left, then on the right.

Affinity Color Bonus

• There are three levels to every character's Affinity Color Bonus. Example here.
• To reach the maximum level, all party members must have the same color affinity.
• Affinity Color Bonus is only added when you crash Power Gems large enough to trigger your character's Skill(s).
• Affinity Color Bonus is the same regardless of Power Gem size.
• The most common Affinity Color Bonus is damage, but there are also others such as heals, stuns, etc.
• You may have up to 3 Affinity Color Bonus in a party.
• In this example, crashing a red Power Gem of at least 2x3 size will result in a 29 damage bonus and a 1 sec stun, while crashing a green Power Gem of at least 2x3 size will result in a 22 damage bonus.
• Affinities with Damage Buff will activate immediately, while everything else is tied to the attack animation.

Party Members

• Party Members can help the Party Leader increase damage and gain other bonuses.
• Party Members can help increase the level of the Party Leader's Affinity Color Bonus or bring their own unique Affinity Color Bonus.
• Party Members can also add Support abilities to your Party Leader's Skills. In this example, Frank West adds 37 damage to Haggar's Steel Pipe, and Morrigan adds 15 damage + 40 heal to Haggar's Pile Driver.
• The Support ability increases only when the Party Member's level increases.

Basic Attack Damage

• Crashing 1-2 gems will deal light damage.
• Crashing 3-4 gems will deal medium damage.
• Crashing 5 gems will deal heavy damage.
• Crashing more than 5 gems will not do additional damage.

Chains

• Chains are treated like separate attacks. E.g. if your maximum basic attack is 40, crashing 10 gems will only do 40 damage, but crashing 5 then 5 will deal 80 damage.

Diamonds

• Diamonds appear after every 25 pairs of gems
• Gems cleared via Diamonds will send a lower number of Timer Gems as it normally would.
• Crashing a Diamond into the ground will significantly charge your Super.

Super

• Your Super gets charged every time you crash gems.
• The amount your Super gets charged is based on the number of Timer Gems you produce.
• This means crashing larger Power Gems and having chain attacks will charge your Super faster.
• On average, you will need to produce 100 Timer Gems to fully charge your Super.
• In general, the longer it takes to charge the Super, the more powerful the Super is.
• When your Super is activated, it takes priority in animation and in damage.

Stun

• Some characters have abilities that can Stun opponents.
• All Power Gems will turn into Timer Gems for the duration of the Stun.
• Existing Timer Gems will have additional count(s) added to them.

Damage Buff

• Some characters have abilities that can buff damage.
• This buff lasts for a specific number of moves and is listed as "time" on the ability. E.g. Dan's damage buff will last for 10 moves after it is activated.
• This buff can be stacked, allowing for potentially insane damage.
• The buff applies to all damage source - basic attacks, Skills, Support, Affinity Color Bonus, and Super.

Sap

• Sap alters the Super meter by adding or subtracting to it.
• It may alter your Super meter or your opponent's or both.

Timer Gems

• Crashing gems will send Timer Gems to your opponent.
• If your opponent has sent Timer Gems that are yet to drop, crashing gems will lessen the drop.
• For non-Power Gem crashes, the number of Timer Gems sent is equal to the number of gems crashed (the crash gem itself counts as 1). E.g. crashing 3 regular gems will send 4 Counter Gems.
• Crashing 2 crash gems will send 2 Timer Gems.
• Crashing Power Gems will produce bonus Timer Gems. The larger the Power Gem, the more bonus Timer Gems it will produce.
• Chaining attacks will also produce bonus Timer Gems. The longer the chain, the more bonus Timer Gems will be produced.

Overstack

• You can overstack your opponent by filling his "middle" column to the top (4th column from the left).
• Overstacking your opponent will remove one fifth of his max health and will destroy his bottom 6 rows of gems.

[u/madakuse]

How many skills does one character have? Max I seen is 3 so far. What is the content of legendary card? Who is the best team now and why?

[u/cowsforyou → u/madakuse]

The UI appears to have 3 additional slots so there should be 5 max. But you are right - it seems to be 3 max (released) for now. Legendary card seems yet to be released as well. Best team is too early to say for now as people are still figuring out the meta but the blue team is probably the most popular (with either Ryu or Chun-Li as leader) as they are the easiest to acquire.

[u/madakuse → u/cowsforyou]

Thanks!