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== Taking and Dealing Damage ==
 
== Taking and Dealing Damage ==
[[Image:Damage-damage_bars.png|right|thumb|250px|Taking normal damage from a mini jelly cube (left) and taking both normal and elemental damage from a Blight Knight (right).]][[Image:Damage-damage_numbers.png|right|thumb|250px|Dealing little damage is in gray (left), a normal amount of damage is in blue (middle), and dealing much more damage is in golden stars (right).]]
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When taking damage of the various types, a knight will see a visual indicator of colorful damage bars coming out of their knight.  Each damage bar represents 1/4 of a health bar worth of damage.  The color of the damage bar depends on the type of damage taken: red for normal, yellow for piercing, green for elemental, and purple for shadow.
 
When taking damage of the various types, a knight will see a visual indicator of colorful damage bars coming out of their knight.  Each damage bar represents 1/4 of a health bar worth of damage.  The color of the damage bar depends on the type of damage taken: red for normal, yellow for piercing, green for elemental, and purple for shadow.
  
 
When dealing damage by attacking monsters with weapons, each individual knight will see what damage they are doing in the form of colors coming from the monster(s) that has been hit.  The color depends on the amount of damage done to monsters. If a monster is resistant to a damage type, the hit will appear gray. If the monster has an average resistance to a damage type, the hit will appear blue. If the monster is weak against a damage type, then the hit will golden with stars popping out.
 
When dealing damage by attacking monsters with weapons, each individual knight will see what damage they are doing in the form of colors coming from the monster(s) that has been hit.  The color depends on the amount of damage done to monsters. If a monster is resistant to a damage type, the hit will appear gray. If the monster has an average resistance to a damage type, the hit will appear blue. If the monster is weak against a damage type, then the hit will golden with stars popping out.
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There is a "Show Attack Damage" checkbox in your [[options]] if you wish to see numbers for your damage being dealt.  The color and size of the numbers depends on the amount of damage done to monsters.  If a monster is resistant to a damage type compared to baseline, the numbers will appear small and gray. If the damage dealt is around the baseline, the numbers will appear normal-sized and blue. If the damage dealt is much higher than the baseline, then the numbers will appear large-sized and brown.  This will be in addition to the color indicators described above.
  
 
== Damage Types ==
 
== Damage Types ==

Revision as of 15:20, 27 March 2011

Damage in Spiral Knights is dealt out by players, monsters or physical structures such as spikes or brambles and decreases health.

Taking and Dealing Damage

Taking normal damage from a mini jelly cube (left) and taking both normal and elemental damage from a Blight Knight (right).
Damage Colors: Dealing little damage is in gray (left), a normal amount of damage is in blue (middle), and dealing much more damage is in golden stars (right).
Damage Numbers: Dealing little damage is in small gray numbers (left), a normal amount of damage is in normal sized blue outlined numbers (middle), and dealing much more damage is in large brown outlined numbers (right).

When taking damage of the various types, a knight will see a visual indicator of colorful damage bars coming out of their knight. Each damage bar represents 1/4 of a health bar worth of damage. The color of the damage bar depends on the type of damage taken: red for normal, yellow for piercing, green for elemental, and purple for shadow.

When dealing damage by attacking monsters with weapons, each individual knight will see what damage they are doing in the form of colors coming from the monster(s) that has been hit. The color depends on the amount of damage done to monsters. If a monster is resistant to a damage type, the hit will appear gray. If the monster has an average resistance to a damage type, the hit will appear blue. If the monster is weak against a damage type, then the hit will golden with stars popping out.

There is a "Show Attack Damage" checkbox in your options if you wish to see numbers for your damage being dealt. The color and size of the numbers depends on the amount of damage done to monsters. If a monster is resistant to a damage type compared to baseline, the numbers will appear small and gray. If the damage dealt is around the baseline, the numbers will appear normal-sized and blue. If the damage dealt is much higher than the baseline, then the numbers will appear large-sized and brown. This will be in addition to the color indicators described above.

Damage Types

All standard damage in Spiral Knights can be categorized into one of four types of damage. Similarly, all defense gained from gear can be categorized into these damage types.

Attacks may have a dual damage type. This is basically treated as two attacks happening simultaneously. For example, a fiery sword may output 25 normal damage and 25 elemental damage with each strike.

Normal Damage

Attack normal icon.png

Normal damage is the most common damage type encountered, and is the baseline, in a sense. Most weapons deal normal damage, and most armor provides, if nothing else, defense against normal damage.

Piercing Damage

Attack piercing icon.png

Piercing damage originates from attacks designed to bypass armor. Guns often deal piercing damage, as do floor spikes and some monster attacks.

Elemental Damage

Attack elemental icon.png

Elemental damage originates from magic or energy-based attacks. Damage dealt by the fire status condition is elemental damage, as are lasers and other such attacks without a physical component.

Shadow Damage

Attack shadow icon.png

Shadow damage originates from otherworldly sources, such as Fiends or Undead. Rarely, the player can deal shadow damage, but such weapons are often cursed.

Monster Resistances

Each of the six monster families has a damage type they are weak to, one they are neutral to and one they are strongly resistant to. Each member of that family shares the same damage resistances, so if a Zombie happens to be weak to elemental damage, a Spookat will be as well. Using the information in this table will help you to adjust your equipment strategically to do damage types that your expected foes are weak to, or stick with normal damage, which all monsters resist at the same rate.

Monster Type Damage Type Weak To Neutral To Strongly Resistant To
Gate Icon-Slime.png Slime Family Attack piercing icon.png Piercing Attack shadow icon.png Shadow Attack elemental icon.png Elemental Attack piercing icon.png Piercing
Gate Icon-Beast.png Beast Family Attack piercing icon.png Piercing Attack piercing icon.png Piercing Attack shadow icon.png Shadow Attack elemental icon.png Elemental
Gate Icon-Gremlin.png Gremlin Family Attack elemental icon.png Elemental Attack shadow icon.png Shadow Attack piercing icon.png Piercing Attack elemental icon.png Elemental
Gate Icon-Construct.png Construct Family Attack elemental icon.png Elemental Attack elemental icon.png Elemental Attack shadow icon.png Shadow Attack piercing icon.png Piercing
Gate Icon-Fiend.png Fiend Family Attack shadow icon.png Shadow Attack piercing icon.png Piercing Attack elemental icon.png Elemental Attack shadow icon.png Shadow
Gate Icon-Undead.png Undead Family Attack shadow icon.png Shadow Attack elemental icon.png Elemental Attack piercing icon.png Piercing Attack shadow icon.png Shadow

Healing "Attacks"

A Silkwing healing a Jelly Cube.

There are some monsters which can mend or heal other monsters. This includes Silkwings and Gremlin Menders. This is represented visually in the form of red hearts coming from the monster(s) that has been healed.

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