How troop battles work.

How to Read a Combat Report

After every troop battle, the game generates a Report — find it in Mail → Report tab. Most players glance at the win/loss and move on. But the report contains everything: troop counts, buff breakdowns, equipment comparisons, a round-by-round combat log, and the exact moment skills fired.

We'll walk through a real report, section by section. Each chapter below covers one part of the report, explains what the numbers mean, and links to guides on how to improve that area.

CerealKiller vs Calderon — Combat Analysis

CerealKiller (CK) vs Calderon — a PvP attack on S497. This is a close fight: similar stats, similar gear, 21 rounds. It went long enough for skills to fire twice. Every section of the report has something to teach.

It starts with who won

Victory report — CK wins after 21 rounds

CK brought 8,726 T9 troops. Calderon brought 7,164 T10 troops. Higher tier, fewer troops. CK won — but lost 1,544 in the process. This wasn't a stomp.

The top of the report also shows the Mod Vehicle comparison — both sides' vehicle level and parts. Below that, scroll down to find the stat dashboard.

The dashboard — stats at a glance

Stat Overview — the numbers behind the fight

Troop Comparison — the bar at the top. CK's unit strength vs Calderon's. CK has more T9 troops; Calderon has fewer T10. The troop base is the foundation everything else multiplies.

Stat percentages — ATK, DEF, HP, DMG totals for both sides. CK has 806% ATK vs Calderon's 775% — close, but CK has the edge across every category. The green percentages (+70%, +44%) show how much comes from hero bonuses specifically.

The gap is tightest in ATK (806 vs 775) and widest in HP (135 vs 73). That HP gap will show up in the combat log.

Two buttons at the bottom: Troop Buffs and Combat Log. Both are essential. Let's start with Troop Buffs.

Where your power actually comes from

Tap "Troop Buffs" and the game breaks down every source of your total ATK, DEF, HP, and DMG. This is the most revealing part of the report — it shows you which levers each side pulled.

ATK breakdown — line by line

DEF breakdown — the gap shows

Read left (CK) vs right (Calderon) line by line. Here's what jumps out:

Heroes — CK's 300.3% ATK vs Calderon's 249.5%. These are hero passives — the heroes in your formation passively buffing every troop, every round. CK runs slightly stronger passive heroes. In DEF, the gap widens: 274.2% vs 164.0%.

Hero Equipment — Nearly identical. 124.4% vs 123.1% ATK. Both players invested in gear. In a close fight like this, the equipment gap isn't the deciding factor.

Mod Vehicle — Calderon actually leads here: 206.3% vs CK's 196.2%. One of the biggest single sources. Most players underinvest.

Faction Bonus — CK's 53% vs Calderon's 47%. Free power from running single-faction troops with same-faction heroes. Costs nothing but commitment.

HP — CK nearly doubles Calderon

DMG — both equipment-heavy

The HP tab is where the real gap shows. CK's 135.6% vs Calderon's 73.0% — nearly double. That's mostly hero passives (115.9% vs 47.0%). This means CK's troops survive longer each round, which compounds across 21 rounds.

Equipment is pooled — every piece counts

Scroll up in the report to find the Hero Equipment Comparison. This shows every hero's gear side by side.

Both sides well-equipped — this was a close fight

Both CK and Calderon have decent gear. This is why the Hero Equipment buff line was nearly identical (124.4% vs 123.1%). In a stomp, you'd see one side with empty gear slots.

The critical rule in troop battles: the game pools all hero equipment into one buff number. It doesn't matter which hero wears the Slayer. It matters that someone does. The "Hero Equipment" line in Troop Buffs is one number, summing every piece across all heroes.

Proof: identical Rain Fire damage from different heroes

Calderon R11 — Rain Fire × 2 = 47,760 each

Another battle R21 — Rain Fire × 2 = 85,982 each

Two heroes with the same skill (Rain Fire) always deal identical damage — to the digit. 47,760 and 47,760 in the Calderon fight. 85,982 and 85,982 in another battle. Different equipment loadouts, same output. Because the pool is shared.

The round-by-round record

Tap "Combat Log" in the stat overview. Most players never open this tab. It's the most valuable part of the report.

Combat Log intro — starting HP and Round 1

First: both sides' starting HP. CK: 2,220,625. Calderon: 1,635,849. That's the HP gap from the troop buffs section showing up as real numbers. CK starts with 36% more health.

Then Round 1 begins. CK launches a normal attack, Calderon loses HP. Calderon counterattacks. This cycle repeats every round.

Watch the Rounds Progress

R4–R6 — damage starts compounding

R7–R10 — approaching the skill round

Something the game never explains: damage decreases every round as troops die. Fewer troops = less output. The stronger side degrades slower, creating a compounding advantage. By R10, Calderon's normal attack damage has dropped more than CK's.

Notice the fight hasn't ended. In the NKS example (a stomp), the fight ended at R6 — skills never fired. Against Calderon, the stats are close enough that both sides survive to R11.

Round 11 — Everything Fires

At Round 11, every hero's active skill fires simultaneously. This is the burst round.

R11 — every skill, every number

R11 in the text log — both sides fire

Look at CK's skill damage: Blade Storm hits for 71,218. Rain Fire hits for 47,760 — and it fires twice (two heroes with the same skill). Fire Barrage and Go Rex Go both hit 55,080. Eagle Strike hits 37,128.

A single skill round does roughly 7× the damage of a normal round. But there are 10 normal rounds between each skill round — so normal attacks still do most of the total damage over a long fight.

R21 — Skills Fire Again

R19–R21 — skills fire again, weaker this time

The end — CK wins after 21 rounds

The pattern: skills fire at R11, R21, R31 — every 10 rounds. The cycle never changes. Compare R21 skill damage to R11 — it's lower. Skills degrade at the same rate as normal attacks because they draw from the same shrinking pool.

The fight ends after 21 rounds. CK won because of small edges compounding across every round: slightly better hero passives, much better HP (surviving longer each round), and a bigger troop base.

Three hero skill types and what each does

Active Skill — burst at R11

Passive Skill — feeds the pool

Active Skill (Slot 1) — the burst at R11/R21/R31. Thousands of %. ~42 percentage points per skill book level.

Normal Attack (Slot 2) — fires every round. Hundreds of %. ~4 pts per book. 10× less impact per book than active.

Passive Skill (Slot 3) — always active, buffs the troop pool permanently. ~1% per book. Goes directly into the "Heroes" line in Troop Buffs. Highest leverage because it compounds through the entire stack.

Open Questions

We present the data from combat logs without guessing. A few questions remain genuinely unsolved.

Go Check Yours

Open your last battle in Mail → Report. Tap Troop Buffs. Find the line where you're weakest vs your opponent. That's your highest-leverage upgrade.