Legacy:Combat Actions

Damage formula

$damage=basedamage*{\sqrt {\sqrt {(ql*str)/10}}}$, where ql is the quality of the weapon.

The base damage of a Soldier's Sword is 400. For a 65ql Soldier's Sword wielded by someone with 319 Strength, their damage would be calculated by: damage = 400 * sqrt(sqrt(65 * 319) / 10), which comes out to 1517. You can adjust for Personal Beliefs (Peaceful vs. Martial) by multiplying the result by 0.8 or 1.2 (or anywhere in between, depending on the Peaceful/Martial slider).

The defense consumed by an attack is ${\sqrt {AW/BW}}/2$, where AW is your attack's weight, and BW is the enemy's maneuver's weight. Your attack weight is multiplied by from 0.5 to 2.0, depending on the combat advantage. See Combat: Attacks, Moves & Maneuvers for the weights of various moves.

Attacks

Attacks are moves that inflict damage on your opponent. Using an attack will fully deplete the attack bar. The attacker must deplete the defense bar of the target before actual damage is inflicted on their HP. The amount of defense depleted is ${\frac {a{\sqrt {w_{A}/w_{B}}}}{2}}$, where $a$ is the amount of offense you have (the red attack bar), $w_{A}$ is the weight of your attack, and $w_{B}$ is the weight of your opponent's maneuver.

After attacking, you will return to using the move you were using before attacking.

Maneuvers

Maneuvers are patterns for responding to an attack. Your selected manuver determines how effective the attacks are on you, and have an effect every time the enemy uses a move.

Most maneuvers use a variable Delta for their effects and weight. This variable is based on the difference between your Unarmed Combat skill and your opponent's Unarmed Combat skill. delta = sqrt(Your UA/Their UA)

The weight of a maneuver is how much defensive weight you have when attacked while using that maneuver.

Bloodlust

Hotkey: B
Weight: 0.5 * Unarmed Combat
Effect: +10% attack * Delta
Required Skill: Warrior Spirit

Combat Meditation

Hotkey: M
Weight: Unarmed Combat
Effect: -0.2 Combat Advantage. Gives you a temporary status effect that reduces the cooldown of your moves by 25% * Delta.
Required Skill: Fire & Ice

Death or Glory

Hotkey: G
Weight: Unarmed Combat
Effect: -10% defense, +Delta Initiative.
Required Skill: Valor

Dodge

Hotkey: D
Weight: Unarmed Combat
Effect: None.
Required Skill: Unarmed Combat

Oak Stance

File:OakStance.png

Hotkey: O
Weight: Unarmed Combat
Effect: -10% attack, +5% * Delta Defense. This maneuver will stop giving you defense if have no more attack.
Required Skill: Tales by the Hearth

Shield

Hotkey: S
Required Equipment: Shield.
Weight: 1.25 * Melee Combat
Effect: None
Required Skill: Militia Training

Moves

Moves are actions in combat that have some effect on the battle, generally raising or lowering your attack or defense. Once a move has been performed on an opponent, you will continue using that move as long as the conditions are met.

Charge!
File:Charge.png
Hotkey	H
Cooldown	5.0 seconds
Effects	+1 IP, +3% Attack, -8% Defense
Required skill	Brawling
Notes	The most basic action for gaining IP. It has a short cooldown time, but reduces your Defense bar by 8% with each use. Also increases your Attack by a tiny amount.

Call Down The Thunder
File:CallDownTheThunder.png Gain IP from a distance.
Hotkey	T
Cooldown	12.0 seconds
Effects	+1 IP
Required skill	Leadership
Notes	This action can be used from a distance of up to ~25 tiles from the target.

Dash
File:Dash.png Slow, defensive IP gain.
Hotkey	A
Cooldown	12.0 seconds
Effects	+1 IP, +6% Defense
Required skill	Valor
Notes

Flex
File:Flex.png
Hotkey	X
Cooldown	4.5 seconds
Requirements	Must have 6 IP
Effects	+20% Attack
Required skill	Warrior Spirit
Notes	The best move for increasing your Attack.

Jump!
File:Jump.png
Hotkey	J
Cooldown	4.5 seconds
Effects	+12% Attack
Required skill	Unarmed Combat
Notes	Increases your Attack by a small amount. This move is greatly inferior to Flex, and you should only use this move until you buy Warrior Spirit.

Slide!
File:Slide.png Trade Attack for Defense.
Hotkey	D
Cooldown	8.0 seconds
Effects	-15% Attack, +15% Defense
Required skill	Unarmed Combat
Notes	Restores your Defense bar at the expense of your Attack bar. If your Attack bar is less than 15% full, the amount of Defense you regain is equal to the amount of Attack you have left.

Float Like A Butterfly
File:FloatLikeAButterfly.png
Hotkey	B
Cooldown	11.0 seconds
Effects	+7.5% Defense, +0.3 Advantage +1 IP to opponent
Required skill	Warrior Spirit
Notes	This move is bad. It gives your opponent IP, and the good effects aren't worth the cooldown time.

Push The Advantage
File:Padv.png
Hotkey	U
Cooldown	10.0 seconds
Requirements	+3 Advantage
Effects	+1 IP, -5% Stamina.
Required skill	Warrior Spirit
Notes	This move is generally inferior to Dash! and Charge!. This move does not increase Intensity.

Seize The Day!
File:SeizeTheDay.png Trade Defense for Advantage
Hotkey	Z
Cooldown	3.0 seconds
Requirements	+5 Intensity, >= 75% Attack
Effects	-5% Defense, +0.3 Advantage. -5% Attack to opponent
Required skill	Valor
Notes	Reduces your opponent's Attack by a small amount, while reducing your Defense by an equal amount and giving you Advantage. Has a very short cooldown — only 2.0 seconds at 10 Intensity, before possible Agility bonus or penalty.

Throw Sand
File:ThrowSand.png Reduce your opponent's IP.
Hotkey	R
Cooldown	17.0 seconds
Requirements	1 IP
Effects	-40% Attack -2 IP to opponent
Required skill	Tricks and Ruses
Notes	Reduces your opponent's IP by 2. Generally not very useful, due to the long cooldown time; by the time you're ready to use another action, your opponent could have Charge'd 3 times.

Feight Flight
File:FeignFlight.png Gain IP when Defense is critically low.
Hotkey	F
Cooldown	12.0 seconds
Requirements	<= 10% Defense
Effects	+2 IP
Required skill	Tricks and Ruses
Notes	Not a very good move because it can only be used when your Defense is 10% or lower, and has a 12 second cooldown.

Special Moves

Special Moves are actions that are performed once upon activation in order to gain some specific advantage in a fight by manipulating one or more of the fight variables.

Battle Cry
File:BattleCry.png
Hotkey	Y
Cooldown	1.5 seconds (at 10 Intensity)
Requirements	7 IP, 10 Intensity
Cost	7 IP
Effects	+100% Attack, -50% Defense, +2 Advantage
Required skill	Tales by the Hearth
Notes	You must have at least 14 IP to use this move! However, it will fill your Attack bar to 100% and give you +2 Advantage, at the cost of half a full Defense bar and 7 IP. The in-game tooltip incorrectly states that it removes 50% of your opponent's Defense.

Consume the Flames
File:Cflame.png
Hotkey	N
Cooldown	5.0 seconds, unaffected by Intensity (because it is reset)
Effects	-1% * Intensity SHP damage to yourself; +1% * Stamina restored to yourself; Resets Intensity to 0.
Required skill	Fire and Ice
Notes	Can be used in taming, but Sting Like A Bee is probably a better choice of move to use.

Fan the Flames
File:Fflame.png
Hotkey	N
Cooldown	12.5 seconds, affected by the Intensity before use
Effects	+5 Intensity, -20% Stamina
Required skill	Fire and Ice
Notes	Not very useful. If you're planning on using CDTT on an animal from a distance (ie. shallows or in a boat) for a long time, it will speed things up to get Intensity up first.

Evil Eye
File:EvilEye.png Reset your opponent's attack.
Hotkey	V
Cooldown	24.0 seconds
Cost	2 IP
Effects	+100% Attack to opponent, -2 Intensity
Required skill	Tricks and Ruses
Notes	Most useful when running away from a stronger opponent, or in many-vs.-1 combat.

Invocation of Skuld
File:InvocationOfSkuld.png
Hotkey	K
Cooldown	8.0 seconds
Requirements	10 IP
Cost	3 IP
Effects	+20% Attack, +1 Advantage
Required skill	Tales by the Hearth
Notes	Gives you as much Attack as a Flex, but also gives you +1 Advantage.

No Pain, No Gain
File:Paingain.png
Hotkey	A
Cooldown	15.0 seconds
Effects	-50% SHP to yourself, +50% Attack -25% Defense to opponent
Required skill	Soldier Training
Notes

Opportunity Knocks
File:Oppknock.png Fixed-% Defense removal.
Hotkey	O
Cooldown	9.0 seconds
Cost	5 IP
Effects	-30% Defense to opponent, +1 Intensity
Required skill	Soldier Training
Notes	Removes 30% from your opponent's Defense. Allows multiple weak characters to destroy a stronger character's Defense. It also allows you to deplete your opponent's Defense without using your Attack bar.

Sidestep
File:InvocationOfSkuld.png
Hotkey	I
Cooldown	10.0 seconds
Cost	4 IP
Effects	+1 Advantage
Required skill	Brawling
Notes	Generally inferior to Invocation of Skuld.

Sting Like A Bee
File:StingLikeABee.png
Hotkey	E
Cooldown	5.0 seconds, unaffected by Intensity
Cost	6 IP
Effects	+10% * Intensity Attack, -8% Defense to yourself, Resets Intensity to 0.
Required skill	Warrior Spirit
Notes	You gain Attack in proportion to how high the Combat Intensity is. Can be used in taming.

Stern Order
File:SternOrder.png Party move: Gain Advantage from a distance.
Hotkey	S
Cooldown	~15.0 seconds
Cost	6 IP
Effects	+1 * delta Advantage to all party members against the target.
Required skill	Leadership
Notes	This action can only be used by the party leader; you can always use it if you're not in a party. delta* is calculated based on your Charisma versus the target's Charisma.

To Arms!
File:ToArms.png Party move: Gain Advantage from a distance.
Hotkey	T
Cooldown	10.0 seconds
Cost	3 IP
Effects	+1 * delta IP to all party members against the target.
Required skill	Leadership
Notes	This action can only be used by the party leader; you can always use it if you're not in a party. delta* is calculated based on your Charisma versus the target's Charisma.

Other Combat Actions

Quell the Beast

File:QuellTheBeast.png

Hotkey: Q
Conditions: Combat Advantage 3 or greater, 0 Combat Intensity, Costs 2 Initiative. Only usable against domesticatable animals.
Required Equipment: Rope
Weight: Unarmed Combat
Effect: When successful, the target animal will become attached to the rope and will follow as long as you hold the rope, and will also gain tameness. When the animal is attached to the rope, this attack cannot be used unless the animal attacked you, which it will do periodically. When the animal reaches 100 tameness points, it will become domesticated.
Base Speed:
Required Skill: Animal Husbandry

Shoot

File:Ashoot.png

Hotkey: H
Conditions: None.
Required Equipment: Bow and Arrow, or Sling and Stones
Note: Firing with a bow will deplete your attack meter, but the chance of success only depends on the accuracy meter.
Required Skill: Hunting

Summary

Group	Name	Hotkey	Skill
Attacks (M > K)	"Knock his teeth out!"	K	Brawling
	Chop	C	Militia Training
	Cleave	L	Militia Training
	Punch	P	Unarmed Combat
	Sting	S	Swordsmanship
	Strangle	G	Brawling
	Valorous Strike	V	Swordsmanship
Maneuvers (M > M)	Bloodlust	B	Warrior Spirit
	Combat Meditation	M	Fire and Ice
	Death or Glory	G	Valor
	Dodge	D	Unarmed Combat
	Oak Stance	O	Tales by the Hearth
	Shield	S	Militia Training
Moves (M > O)	Call down the Thunder	T	Leadership
	Charge!	H	Brawling
	Dash!	H	Valor
	Feign Flight	F	Tricks and Ruses
	Flex	X	Warrior Spirit
	Float Like a Butterfly	B	Warrior Spirit
	Jump!	J	Unarmed Combat
	Push the Advantage	U	Soldier Training
	Seize the Day!	Z	Valor
	Slide!	D	Unarmed Combat
	Throw Sand	R	Tricks and Ruses
Special Moves (M > S)	Battte Cry	Y	Tales by the Hearth
	Consume the Flames	N	Fire and Ice
	Evil Eye	V	Tricks and Ruses
	Fan the Flames	F	Fire and Ice
	Invocation of Skuld	K	Tales by the Hearth
	No Pain, No Gain	A	Soldier Training
	Opportunity Knocks	O	Soldier Training
	Sidestep	I	Brawling
	Stern Order	S	Leadership
	Sting Like a Bee	E	Warrior Spirit
	To Arms!	T	Leadership
Other (M)	Quell the Beast	Q	Animal Husbandry
	Shoot	H	Hunting/Archery

Notes

It has been found that many of the cooldowns listed with the actions are incorrect. A partial list has been provided on the Haven & Hearth forums by one of the community members in this thread: http://www.havenandhearth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23357&start=10 (Thanks to Oddity from the HnH forums for providing the partial list.)

Help correcting and/or confirming the times on these would be most helpful. (Please delete these notes after all entries are updated.) Also, if anyone has the exact formula for the effect of combat intensity and/or Agility on the cooldowns, it would be greatly appreciated.