cooldown

i don't know if this is accurate but it kind of explains why some mercs tend to hit one time during a turn and two times during another..

The Basics.

1) Each Main/Mercenary have their own Cooldown.

2) If a spell reads Cooldown: X ... that means it can at highest frequency can be used every X turns.

3) If you during a combat hoover (hold mouse over) your magic skill, it says. You can use it [X] turn later / The magic is available.

4) You get 1 Cooldown every combat round.

5) If you go 2nd, you get 1 additional Cooldown at the start.

6) Cooldowns are shared among all spells.

7) You can max save up 4 cooldowns.

8) You gain cooldowns regardless of status on character. (even if stunned/frozen)

What does this actually mean?

Cooldown is an inaccurate term, a more precise term would be something like "Magic Coins". Think of it as allowance, you get 1 cooldown to spend on magic every turn unless you already have 4 cooldowns, you can spend these cooldowns all at once, or over several rounds. This means if you saved up 4 counters, you can use 2x 2 cost spells in same round (as long you have enough AP) and in theory could use Awaken on a monk 4 times in same round (not possible due to AP, but that is an unrelated issue). I will be ignoring AP in the remainder of this post, as its unrelated.

This should explain why someone can Flame Strike twice the same round, or 1 Viking can freeze a row after it just woke up.

(Bellow are some examples, I could use a better way to represent it, but not sure how. If any of you got a better way, I will update the post with it.)

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How often can a skill be reused if starting at 4 counters?

(format is X is a Cast and (value) shows available counters before and after a spell).

1 Cooldown Skills:

Can be used 4 times in same turn (not currently possible due to AP)

(4) XXXX (0), (1) X (0)

Can be used 3 times turn 1, 2 times turn 2 (might be possible with awaken, if you start at 299 AP and gain a 101 AP gain with a high Speed Cast)

(4) XXX (1), (2) XX (0), (1) X (0)

Can be used 2 times per turn for 3 consequtive turns, after which it is useable every turn.

(4) XX (2), (3) XX (1), (2) XX (0), (1) X (0)

2 Cooldown Skills:

Can be used twice same turn, then 1 turn delay

(4) XX (0), (1), (2) X (0)

Can be chained for 3 rounds

(4) X (2), (3) X (1), (2) X (0), (1), (2) X (0)

3 Cooldown Skills:

Can be used, and reused with 1 turn waiting periode

(4) X (1), (2), (3) X (0), (1), (2), (3) X (0)

4 Cooldown Skills:

Useable every at the most every 4 turns regardless of what you do how you do

(4) X (0), (1), (2), (3), (4) X (0)

got this here..