How does combat work

[Drayn]

I can build items with gold and their item level is less than some of the base gear item levels, which seems odd. A slingshot is item level 7 and you can build at at the start, very few items are higher item level than this.

does item level/combat level matter? if so how does it effect combat
is gear only about the effect it has? more hp, chance to stun...ect

[bbakkom]

I also think the level of some equipment is strange. So I look at the options in Cardopedia and choose weapons.

The Slingshot itself is a good weapon in the beginning. But I personally think Throwing stars are better, so I change it later. Blunderbus was only used to deal with multiple enemies in the Dark Forest.
In the beginning, I didn't use close-range weapons because there's no many Magic type enemies, so I used Hammer if needed. Later I used monster drop gear like Bear Claw, Krakenaxe and Demon Sword.

[Drayn]

引用自 bbakkom：

I also think the level of some equipment is strange. So I look at the options in Cardopedia and choose weapons.

The Slingshot itself is a good weapon in the beginning. But I personally think Throwing stars are better, so I change it later. Blunderbus was only used to deal with multiple enemies in the Dark Forest.
In the beginning, I didn't use close-range weapons because there's no many Magic type enemies, so I used Hammer if needed. Later I used monster drop gear like Bear Claw, Krakenaxe and Demon Sword.

Thanks, I see there are more effects that are shown in cardopedia.

Now I'm wondering what is the effect of defense and attack speed? I'm searching and not finding any answers

[dewey]

I am going to make some guesses based on what I remember seeing.

You basic villager attacks roughly once every 4 s and can do 1-3 points of damage.

Items that increase attack speed make you swing faster. Ninja = throwing star (+3 attack speed ) are very fast. Maybe once every 2s

Items that add defense seem to cut the amount of damage you take. Early on a rabbit can hit your villager for 2-3 damage on a good swing. Once you have some items like chain mail and a hat they seem to only hit for 1.

I have no idea how the levels on the items work. They could very well apply additional hit, damage and mitigation modifiers.

[nbk_redspy]

It would be nice if it was in the vanilla cardopedia, but maybe the dev wanted to make the results more mysterious.

But there is a mod called Better Info that shows the specifics of a combat card like attack, defense, speed, stun chance, etc.

https://stacklands.thunderstore.io/package/lopidav/BetterInfo/