Combat

Skills have turn-based cooldowns (1-8 turns typical) plus a global cooldown (GCD) of 1 turn between any two active skills. Cooldown reduction (CDR) stat reduces…

Critical hits multiply final damage by 1.5× (base) up to 2.5× with full stacking. Crit chance is uncapped but suffers diminishing returns above 60%. Crit damage…

VvW recognises 6 damage types: Physical, Magical, Holy, Shadow, Fire, Frost. Each has paired resistance. PvP gear typically rolls 2 resistance affixes; PvE gear…

Three avoidance mechanics: Dodge (full damage avoid, AGI-scaling), Block (50% damage reduction, requires shield), Parry (full avoid + counter-attack, requires m…

Initiative is more than 'who goes first'. It governs turn slot stacking (two turns in a row possible), interrupt windows, and defensive timing. Top arena player…

VvW has 26 status effects split into 4 categories: control (stun/root/silence), DoT (bleed/burn/poison/shock), buffs (haste/empower/shield), debuffs (slow/weake…

Turn order in VvW is determined by the Initiative stat. Higher Initiative means earlier action. Ties resolve by random roll, biased toward the attacker on the p…