Advantage System

Overview

The Advantage System is Dark Deity's take on the Weapon Triangle seen in the Fire Emblem series. The way it works is that every class has one of nine damage types and one of four armor types. Depending on a unit's armor type, they can receive more or less damage when being attacked by the different damage types. There are base percentage modifiers listed in the Damage Type table below, but they are further altered by a unit's Mastery (MAS) skill. The higher a unit's MAS is, the base percentage modifiers skew more positive (making negatives closer to neutral and positives even higher).

Damage Types

These tables list the type effectiveness of damage types with their base percentage modifiers, as well as what classes use them.

Physical Damage Types

Symbol	Name	Weak against	Strong against	Classes that use this
	Piercing	Plate Armor (-10%) Leather Armor (-5%)	Chain Armor (+40%) Rune Cloak (+10%)	Adept, Gale, Windrunner, Rogue, Stalker, Duelist, Gladiator, Dragoon, Dragon Knight (Finesse and Focus)
	Slashing	Plate Armor (-5%) Chain Armor (-10%)	Leather Armor (+30%) Rune Cloak (+20%)	Warrior, Knight, Defender, Champion, Sentinel, Strider, Blade Dancer, Thief, Assassin
	Crushing	Leather Armor(-10%) Rune Cloak (-5%)	Plate Armor (+35%) Chain Armor (+15%)	Cleric, Inquisitor, Guardian, Crusader, Paladin, Reverie, Astral Seeker (Finesse and Focus)
	Projectile	Plate Armor (-5%) Rune Cloak (-10%)	Chain Armor (+20%) Leather Armor (+30%)	Ranger, Archer, Witch Hunter, Sniper, Green Knight, Trickster
	Cleaving	Leather Armor (-10%) Chain Armor (-5%)	Plate Armor (+20%) Rune Cloak (+30%)	Raider, Slayer, Barbarian, Berserker, Drifter, Outlaw

Magical Damage Types

Symbol	Name	Weak against	Strong against	Classes that use this
	Arcane Damage	Leather Armor (-10%) Rune Cloak (-5%)	Plate Armor (+35%) Chain Armor (+15%)	Mage, Arcanist, Magician, Wizard, Illusionist, Astral Seeker (Power and Balance)
	Storm Damage	Plate Armor (-5%) Rune Cloak (-10%)	Leather Armor (+30%) Chain Armor (+20%)	Battlemage, Aegis, Surge, Thunderlord
	Fire Damage	Chain Armor(-10%) Plate Armor (-5%)	Leather Armor (+30%) Rune Cloak (+20%)	Conjurer, Pyromancer, Blaze, Firelord, Dragon Knight (Power and Balance)
	Holy Damage	Leather Armor (-10%) Chain Armor (-5%)	Plate Armor (+20%) Rune Cloak (+30%)	Priest, Acolyte, Prophet, Phantom

Armor Types

This table lists the armor types, what they are weak to (and to what degree), as well as what classes use them.

Armor Types

Symbol	Name	Most Vulnerable to	Vulnerable to	Resistant to	Most Resistant to	Classes that use this
	Plate Armor	Crushing, Arcane	Cleaving, Holy	Slashing, Projectile, Fire, Storm	Piercing	Defender, Sentinel, Champion, Green Knight, Raider, Slayer, Battlemage, Aegis, Cleric, Inquisitor, Crusader, Guardian, Paladin
	Chain Armor	Piercing	Crushing, Projectile, Arcane, Storm	Cleaving, Holy	Slashing, Fire	Warrior, Knight, Dragoon, Dragon Knight, Ranger, Drifter, Outlaw, Witch Hunter, Duelist, Gladiator, Adept, Windrunner, Reverie, Pyromancer
	Leather Armor	Slashing, Projectile, Fire, Storm	None	Piercing	Crushing, Arcane, Cleaving, Holy	Barbarian, Berserker, Rogue, Stalker, Thief, Assassin, Trickster, Gale, Conjurer, Magician, Acolyte, Prophet, Archer, Sniper, Strider, Blade Dancer
	Rune Cloak	Cleaving, Holy	Slashing, Fire, Piercing	Crushing, Arcane	Projectile, Storm	Mage, Arcanist, Wizard, Illusionist, Priest, Phantom, Surge, Thunderlord, Blaze, Firelord