Encounter Combat Mechanic
Introduction
The Encounter Combat Mechanics explains how battle damage and effects work in Outlaw Troopers.
Damage Types
-There are four types of damage in Encounters:
- Standard Damage – Normal attack damage which deals damage to shield before armor.
- Piercing Damage – Ignores shields and hits armor directly.
- Elemental Damage – Has a chance to burn enemies.
Irresistible Damage – Cannot be resisted or blocked (even by Aegis).
Your Ship’s weapon type determines your basic attack damage type:
Projectile Ships → Basic attack becomes Standard Damage
Missile Ships → Basic attack becomes Piercing Damage
Corrosive Ships → Basic attack becomes Elemental Damage
Note: Gear abilities retain their own damage type (e.g. Solar Igniter always deals Elemental Damage).
AOE Target Limit
AOE attacks now hit a limited number of targets.
Basic attack: 1 target (default)
AOE skills: 3 targets (default)
Increase this limit through Gears, Troopers, or the Tech Tree.
Summoned or converted units do not share your AOE target limit. However, Duchess DunVella gives summoned/converted allies +30% All Resistance, +300% Damage, hits 3 additional targets, and makes them immune to Burn.
Critical System
All damage types can now critically hit.
Base Critical Chance: 5%
Base Critical Multiplier: 100%
Evade
Evade works on attacks that deal Standard Damage.
Maximum Evade Chance: 75%.
Resistances
Each resistance applies only to its matching damage type.
Maximum Resistance: 75%.
Resistance can go negative, causing you to take extra damage. (Some enemies, such as Dominators, can reduce your resistance.)
Burn Effect
Base Burn Damage: 20.
Enemy Burn Damage: 20 + (2 × Tier Number).
Irresistible Damage
This special damage type ignores all resistances, shields, and Aegis protection. Examples include:
Omni (Dominator): Removes 5% of your Shield when hit.
Death Marker (Gear): Sacrifices part of your Armor and Shield to instantly defeat an enemy.
Nanoburst (Gear): Instantly removes a percentage of enemies’ Shields.
Unstable Calibrator (Gear): Sacrifices part of your Armor and Shield to reset all skill cooldowns.
Common Questions
Q: Do minions or summons share my AOE limit? No. Their attacks are separate. Only Duchess DunVella increases their target count.
Q: Why does my resistance show a negative value? Some enemies, such as Dominators, can apply debuffs that reduce your resistance below 0%, making you take more damage.
Q: Do ships and gears share damage type? No. Ships affect your basic attack, while Gears always use their own fixed damage type shown in their description.