SLUGLINE

Core Mechanics & Statuses

• Clean Hit vs. Graze: Attacks that beat evasion deal full damage and apply statuses. Grazing hits deal half damage (floor(dmg / 2)). Physical effects (Push, Hook, Regen) trigger on grazes; status effects (Fire, Glitch, Oxidation, Oil, Steal) require a clean hit.
• Exposed: Standing in sludge or carrying Oxidation leaves a unit completely exposed. Every incoming blow lands as a guaranteed clean hit, and Guard, Regen, Reflect, and Shell are disabled.
• The Wastes (Hazards): Toxic sludge floods the arena inward from turn 2. From turn 16, Quakes begin (50% chance each turn to deal 3 unblockable damage to every unit on the board).

On Attack & On Hit

• FIR (Fire): Clean hit only. Burns the target for 2 turns (2 damage at the start of each of its turns). Does not stack; subsequent hits refresh the timer. Deals 4 damage instead if the target is Oiled.
• PSH (Push): Shoves the target away (Armor shoves 2 tiles, all other classes 1 tile). Shove stops at walls, units, or board edges. Striking a wall destroys it. Shoving a target into sludge deals 2 damage and stops them immediately. Mines detonate if shoved over. Note: At range 2, Hook takes priority.
• HOK (Hook): Range 2 only. Deals half damage and drags the target 1 tile toward you (into sludge, mines, or contact). Extends class threat range by +1. At range 1, Push takes over.
• FNT (Feint): +1 flat attack damage. In melee (range 1), you slip through the target to the furthest free tile (taking their space if killed/shoved, or stepping behind them). Ranged attacks gain +1 damage without moving. Sludge blocks the step-through.
• RGN (Regen): Clean hits dealing 2+ damage restore 1–2 HP. Grazes, 1-damage strikes, or attacks while Exposed heal nothing. Triggers on killing blows.
• GLT (Glitch): Clean hit only. The target's next attack deals 2 less damage. Lasts until the target takes its turn.
• OXD (Oxidize): Clean hit only. Target is Exposed for 2 turns: cannot dodge, loses terrain cover benefits, and Shell cannot save it.
• OIL (Oil Slick): Clean hit only. Target cannot move on its next turn. Fire damage against an oiled target is doubled to 4.
• RIC (Ricochet): Clean hits bounce half of the dealt damage to a random enemy adjacent to the target. Never hits allies, turrets, or the attacker; cannot chain a second bounce.
• STL (Steal): Clean hit only. 50% chance to rip an unowned card from the target (max 2 steals per battle). Stolen cards are returned at the end of the round.

Movement & Positioning

• MIN (Mine): Moving drops a 5-damage landmine on your vacated tile that halts enemy movement. Max 2 active mines per side (a 3rd replaces your oldest). Not armed on sludge; erased if swallowed by rising floodwater.
• PON (Pontoon): Total immunity to sludge damage and root penalties. The only ability allowing movement directly from sludge to sludge.
• PHS (Phase): +1 Movement. Pass through walls and sludge (2-turn cooldown). Breaking away deals half melee damage to every enemy adjacent to your starting tile. Cannot end a move inside a wall.
• TPT (Teleport): +1 Movement. Blink-jump over obstacles, units, sludge, and mines directly to a dry landable tile (2-turn cooldown). Bypasses Sentry triggers.
• TUR (Turret): Moving deploys an automated tripod turret on your vacated tile (1 per side; redeploying scraps the old one). Fires for 2 damage at range 2 on its turn, and ambushes anyone stepping next to it. Dies if its creator dies.
• SNT (Sentry): Overwatch aura. Automatically strikes any enemy that finishes a step adjacent to you for half your melee damage (max once per turn).

Turn-Skip & Heavy Weapons

• SUP (Super): Skip your turn to charge. Your next attack deals (Base Class Damage * 2 + 1) + Flat Modifiers. Retains charge until fired; can still graze. Does not multiply RPGs.
• GRD (Guard): Skip your turn to dig in (1-turn cooldown). Halves incoming damage until your next turn and heals 3–4 HP. Cannot be used in sludge or while Oxidized.
• RPG (Rocket Launcher): Attack without moving (1-turn cooldown). Fires a heavy rocket dealing 6 flat base damage to the target, plus 2 splash damage in a directional cone behind and beside it (50% chance to destroy cover). Gains bonuses from High Ground and Feint; suffers from Glitch. Ignores Super charge.

Passive & Reactive

• RFL (Reflect): Retaliates against attackers for 50% of the damage taken. Disabled if you are Exposed, if the attacker slipped past via Feint, or if you were knocked away by Push.
• SPK (Spark): Automatically strikes back at the nearest enemy in range when hit (3-turn cooldown). Costs no action.
• SHL (Shell): Once per battle, surviving a lethal blow leaves you at 1 HP and immune to all damage for the rest of the turn (rooted). Nullified by Oxidation or Sludge.
• COV (Cover): Passive aura. Allies adjacent to you take 1 less damage from all attacks.

Kill & Death Triggers

• CSC (Cascade): Scoring a kill immediately grants a full extra turn (move and attack again). Can chain indefinitely if kills continue.
• BLS (Blast): Detonates upon death, dealing 6 damage to enemy.