Kingdoms Live Fighting Strategy Guide

Fighting Overview
The low Spirit timer in Kingdoms Live makes fighting an especially quick way to gain experience. For active players, experience from fighting should significantly exceed experience from Quests. Of course, the only way to gain experience through fighting is by winning so it is important to understand the way fighting works in the game.

There are several factors taken into account in a fight:

• Army Size: Number of army members brought into the fight by each player.
• Equipment: The attack or defense point value of the equipment used by the army members in the fight.
• Skills: The attack or defense skill points of the respective players.
• Luck: A random chance factor just to keep things interesting.

Excess army members or equipment, gold, current health (as long as it is 27 or higher) and character level (other than army size restriction) are not taken into account.

Attacking
In order to initiate an attack against another player, you must have at least 1 Spirit Point and a minimum of 27 Health.

A successful attack generally earns you anywhere from 2 to 5 experience points. Additionally, if your opponent has any gold not in the vault, you can take some of their gold. A failed attack results in 0 experience but you do not lose any gold.

Defending
As long as you have 27 health or higher, you can be attacked by another player.

A successful defense generally earns you 1 to 2 experience points. You can not earn gold by defending. If you lose against an attacker, you can lose some of your gold that is not in the vault.

Calculating Fight Results
Although the exact fight formula is unknown, it can be approximated by understanding each of the factors involved in a fight.

Definitions:

• Attack/Defense Points: The total attack/defense point value of the equipment that you bring into a fight.
• Skill Points: Your character's current attack or defense skill points.
• Total Attack/Defense Score: The calculated total point value based upon your attack/defense points and skill points.

Total Attack Score = Attack Points * (a % of your Attack Skill Points)
Total Defense Score = Defense Points * (a % of your Defense Skill Points)

Army Size
It is important to remember that you can only bring up to 5x your current level in army members into any fight. This restriction is enforced both when you are attacking and defending regardless of the level or army size of your opponent.

Example: A Level 12 player with 1000 army members will still only use 60 army members in a fight.

Equipment and Attack/Defense Points
The number of equipment items that you can utilize in a fight is directly tied to the number of army members that you can bring into the fight. In Kingdoms Live, each army member can only use a maximum of 3 equipment items (1 of each type).

Each of these equipment items has an attack and defense point value that is used to calculate your total attack or defense points in a fight.

• Attack: Used to calculate your Attack points when Attacking
• Defense: Used to calculate your Defense points when Defending

The game automatically uses the best equipment that you own depending on whether you are attacking or defending. When attacking, equipment with the highest attack points are automatically used - the defense points of the equipment used is not taken into account. Conversely, when defending, equipment with the highest defense points are automatically used regardless of their attack points.

Example: I am level 5 and can bring 25 army members into a fight. I own 25 Short Sword (Atk 3, Def 1) and 25 Wooden Staff (Atk 2, Def 2). When I attack, I will be using the 25 Short Sword for a total of 75 (25 * 3) attack points. When I defend, I will be using the 25 Wooden Staff for a total of 50 (25 * 2) defense points. The same selection criteria and calculation would apply for any Armor or Spells brought into the fight.

This calculated attack or defense point value largely determines the outcome of a fight. The player with the higher value will usually win.

Skills
Your character's current attack and defense skill points also play a role in fights. Similar to equipment, only your attack skill is used when attacking and only your defense skill is used when defending. Keep in mind that the skills of your army members do not matter.

While the exact formula is unknown, my testing has shown that your skill points serve as a multiplier to your total attack or defense points in a fight.

Example: You have a total of 180 attack points and 18 attack skill points. Your opponent has a total of 150 defense points and 24 defense skill points. Despite your higher attack points, you have a high chance of losing this fight.

Luck
While the results of most fights are fairly predictable once you understand how attack points and skills are calculated, there is still some randomness involved. It is not uncommon to win 3 fights in a row against an opponent and then lose the next one (all other factors unchanged). This "luck" tends to play a greater role when the two players are closely matched.

Opponent Selection
To keep things fair, you can generally only fight against players that are similar to you in level and army size. This restriction does not apply to equipment and skill points. Also, both players must have a minimum of 27 health in order for a fight to take place.

Attacking
When attacking, you have a significant advantage because you can choose your opponent. By looking at their army size and equipment, you can predetermine the outcome of most fights.

Generally, the attack process begins through the Battle button on the home screen. Pressing this brings up a list of randomly selected opponents that are similar to you in level and army size (for exceptions, see Open Season). Each of the opponents has their army size listed and their name can be clicked on to view their profile. This profile screen contains a list of all their equipment.

By analyzing this information and comparing it to your own, you should already have a good idea if you can defeat them in a fight.

Defending
When defending, you can only rely upon having a high total defensive score. Keeping your health below 27 also prevents you from being attacked.

Open Season
At the higher levels, you may suddenly see your fight list populated with players that fall out of the normal restricted range. This occurs because there are fewer players at the higher levels and the game automatically extends the range of available opponents in order to populate the list. While this may seem unfair, it is a part of the game and occurs because you have leveled faster than the majority of other players.

When this occurs, it is recommended that you maximize your army size and, depending upon your income stream, buy more powerful equipment. This will increase your chances against higher level opponents.

Strategy Tips
These are some general tips based upon my own experiences:

Army Size
It may make sense - especially at the lower levels - to limit the size of your army rather than maxing it out. This makes sense because it is much cheaper to fully equip a smaller army with equipment than a larger army. This also results in reduced upkeep costs and an increased income stream.

The effectiveness of this strategy at your current level can be seen by looking at your fight list. If the players on the fight list all have the same army size (or less) than yourself, then it should be safe to proceed. However, if you see that most opponents have a larger army size, then you should increase your army size to at least match theirs.

I personally like to start with 9 army members and only increase the number if absolutely necessary. Remember that building a large income stream - especially at the higher levels - is critical to your long term success.

Skill Points
In my experience, skill points can play a significant role in a fight. If your strategy is to focus on building income or camping at the earlier levels, I would recommend allocating a greater percentage of your skill points to defense. This will allow you to fend off most attackers even if they have a superior attack score.

Equipment (also see the Kingdoms Live Equipment Guide)
It is not always necessary to equip the best available equipment. If you are winning most of your fights with your current equipment, then it may make more strategic sense to not increase your upkeep and allow your income to build at a faster rate.

If you are losing a high % of fights to attackers, then focus on buying equipment with the best defense point value. If you are losing when attacking, then focus on buying equipment with the best attack point value.

Maximize Your Fighting Potential
Because the game allows each army member (up to 5 per level) to use 1 of each equipment item type when fighting, you should always make sure that everyone has at least 1 equipment item from each category that can be utilized in a fight. It does not have to be the best available equipment item, but they should at least have something to fight with.