Attack Types

All monsters in the game have a selection of attacks that they can use on their turn. These commands have various properties which are listed below. Monsters will generally combine different types of attacks, forcing the player to adopt a single strategy or a variation suited to the individual monster to defeat her, be it damage limitation, status blocking, bind protection, all out offence or attrition.

Use of the incorrect strategy (or luck, in some cases) will lead to an inability to defeat the monster and an eventual loss. Hints on how to defeat an enemy can be found through the game's dialogue, be it before a battle, during it or in the Evaluation screens after losing.

Single Hit Attacks:
The most common type of attack, these rely on simple, single attacks which rely on all of the basic rules applied to damage dealing attacks. First the attack is worked out if it connects if Sylph is in effect as she adds a random evasion factor, damage taken is then calculated if the attack hits, ignoring damage caps due to HP after factoring defence boosts from Gnome and Guard.

Finally, the damage is applied to the HP bar which can reduce down to zero. Damage overflow is ignored, thus an attack can deal more damage than what is available in the HP bar. A final check is taken if Luka's HP is reduced to zero, each attack has a value that corresponds to a bukkake should the monster be in her normal pose. For example an attack that uses the monster's breasts will have the same value for their particular chest bukkake. These rules apply to all attacks that deal damage.

Multiple Hit Attacks:
Some enemy commands will hit more than once, these can happen through attacks from an individual monster or from Combined Attacks if a set of enemies is being fought simultaneously. If a multiple hit attack takes down Luka's HP to zero before the final attack of the command is executed, the command will continue until all the hits have executed, the hits will also still display their damage due to the way attack damage is calculated and ignores damage overflow.

Combination Attacks:
In some cases where multiple enemies are present, the attack selections may also include attacks that combine the efforts of some or all of the enemy party for multiple or single-hit attacks. Before the enemy attacks on their turn checks are executed to see how each enemy will attack in turn, if an enemy is not involved in a group attack they will take their own action. Group attacks are usually selectable on Request and work as a single command, plus defeating one of the enemy party will effect the combination attack choices they have available or which are available on the Request menu.

Status Attacks:
Attacks that induce status ailments to Luka can either solely cause a status or will also cause damage. Status changes include Paralysis, Petrification, Confusion, Trance and Temptation and can usually be blocked by use of Sylph to a certain extent.

Paralysis is a temporary status ailment that incapacitates the player by ensuring they cannot make any command selections over a period of turns whilst the status is in effect. The monster will be able to attack the player however, and in some cases will use a special attack script that puts the player at huge risk by combining the status with a bind, or worse lead to a swift KO. As a temporary status the only way to clear it is to survive for a period of turns.

Petrification is a permanent but gradual status, once inflicted the player has a few turns to finish the battle before they are completely turned to stone, after which they will be unable so take any actions for further turns in battle while the monster can finish them off. Whilst in this status a counter will also tell the player how many turns they have left before they turn completely to stone at the end of each round of turns between Luka and the monster.

Confusion is a temporary status that as in the case of usual RGPs, will cause Luka to take a random action each turn until the status is cleared. Unlike normal games, being hit by the opponent or yourself does not clear the status. On each turn while the status is active Luka will either attack himself, the monster or take no action at all while muttering to himself. Confusion will eventually clear itself, the only way to cure it.

Trance is essentially an alternative, more friendly version of paralysis. Like the other term, the effect is temporary and causes Luka to be unable to select any commands over a period of turns while the monster is free to attack without retaliation. Like paralysis, trance is sometimes used to trigger certain attack scripts which rely on Luka being incapacitated and can be combined with bind attacks. As with all temporary status ailments, the only way to clear the status is to let the status clear itself after multiple turns.

Temptation is a temporary status that is quite unique as it forces Luka to instigate an attack from the monster, this cause damage to him as he forces himself on the monster and also when the monster follows up with her own attack. Luka's actions will always correspond to an attack the monster has available and some attacks can only be triggered with Luka in the Tempation status. Like all temporary status the only way to clear it is by surviving a certain amount of turns.

Bind Related Attacks:
Bind Related Attacks are to all purpuses and extents a form of status attack, however, unlike the mostly random attack patterns from most statuses, these lead to alternative attack patterns and possibly even a form of one-hit KO. Bind Related attacks are thus divided into three types, those that cause normal binds, those that rely on normal binds and those that are focused on special binds.

A normal bind will put the player in a position where the only useful commands available are Struggle and Attack, both of which can be used to break free depending on the situation. If the player does not break free on a turn the monster uses one of their attacks that relies on the bind.

Special binds are far more powerful and lead to a swift loss. They can come into play as the result of an alternative bind attack, in which case battle tactics can be used beforehand to ensure it does not connect. Alternatively the special bind may follow up from a normal bind with certain monsters and the player will be given warning, in some form, the turn before the special bind executes. In such a case the player can select Attack to break free.

Instant Follow-Up Attacks:
These are one form of one-hit KO attacks, they usually can be avoided through different means as they have certain requirements, usually these are made clear to the player during battle or hinted at during the Evaluation scenes after losing against a monster. Examples of these requirements are Low Accuracy Attacks, Status Attacks and Binds.

Instant Follow-Up Attacks are defined by skipping Luka's turns, effectively ending his ability to fight back while the monster uses all their subsequent turns to keep attacking until Luka's HP is taken down to zero. The attack pattern is then cancelled and the losing scene begins. In some cases the attacks are a single technique used over and over by the monster while others are scripts of various attacks that execute until Luka is taken down.

One-Hit KO Attacks:
There are also some attacks that take a different, more direct route to single hit wins, in the game script these are supposed to take Luka down in a single hit based around the current HP limitations of the maximum level he can have at that time, for example if Luka's maximum HP can be 300 at a stage in the game, the attack is correspondingly programmed so it exceeds that amount to ensure the win.

However, like Instant Follow-Up Attacks, sometimes the attack is made to be avoidable or survivable with the right battle choices. Putting everything into defences or using the Guard command to avoid the attack altogether will work depending on the battle and form part of the unique strategy for defeating the monster. That said some battles are made to be lost and only exist to fill up the Monsterpedia, in this case there is no avioding these attacks.

Low Accuracy Attacks:
Some attacks are incredibly powerful and can lead to heavy damage, instant KO or an Instant Follow Up chain. These attacks also have a wind up period which can last one or more turns with a clear warning when the attack will execute on the next turn. These attacks can be negated with the use of Guard, in this case the command will not just reduce the damage but will avoid the attack altogether.

Monsters will sometimes combine Low Accuracy Attacks with Status Attacks to ensure the player cannot use Guard, this is either done with random command selections or fixed attack scripts. Finding the way to avoid such attacks or the risks that can lead to them form part of finding the strategy to defeating the monster.