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Recude/Increase Threat Spells Explained!

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Survivor
Sep 08, 2010
33
Ever wonder what those spell cards meant by "Reduce threat on target"? Well, this post will explain everything.

For starters, here's the threat scale (by no means exact):
-4: Enemy will never attack you.
-3: Enemy will very rarely attack you.
-2: Enemy will usually not attack you.
-1: Enemy will attack you, but would probably prefer other players.
0: Enemy will randomly attack you but based on other players' threat may prefer them instead.
1: Enemy will prefer attacking you to other players.
2: Enemy will usually attack you.
3: Enemy will almost always attack you.
4: Enemy will always attack you.

The spells Pacify, Calm, Subdue, and Soothe will knock down the enemy's threat by 1.
The spell Distract will increase threat by 1 and the spell Taunt will increase all enemies' threat by 1.
The spells Mega Pacify, Mega Calm, Mega Subdue, and Mega Soothe will knock down the enemy's threat based on how many pips you have:
1-4 pips reduces threat by 1.
5-8 pips reduces threat by 1-2.
9-12 pips reduces threat by 1-3.
13-14 pips reduces threat by 2-4.

Notes
1. When you start a 1v1 or 1v2 battle, the enemies have infinite threat toward you.
2. If another player joins, the mob in the first slot will have 3 threat towards player 1 and -3 threat towards player 2. The mob in the second slot has reversed threat stats.
3. If there are more mobs than players, then the mob in the extra slot automatically targets player 1 with 3 threat and the others with -3.
4. When a mob dies, all remaining mobs gain 1 threat towards the killer.

Squire
Mar 07, 2011
520
Great post. Especially the notes. If what you say is correct, that is really helpful information.

What about when it is 4v4? Does each mob have high threat against it's opposite wizard? How did you even go about learning this stuff?

Survivor
Sep 08, 2010
33
Great question...
Answer: Trial and error.

To answer the other one, yes, in 4v4, mob 1 targets player 1 with 3 threat and the others with -3, etc.