Combat Rules

Think of this as your Combat Textbook (reduced form, for quick reference during battle!).

Melee combat

Targetting: Move next to monster. If a different, adjacent monster is targetted (red outline, stats in stat panel), tap the desired monster to target.
Activation: Tap on a targetted monster.
Effects: Simultaneous attack.

Hero Health = Hero Health - Monster Attack
Monster Health = Monster Health - Hero Attack
The Hero may pick up negative Status Effects from Monster Abilities
Many Status Effects have a number-of-hits duration, so may end after an attack

Notes:

Hero and Monster Attack is displayed in the stats panel. The Attack numbers are modified by Status Effects (in player's Status bar).
If the Attack is modified in a beneficial way for the player, the number will be in Blue. If the Attack is modified in a negative way to for the player, the number will be in Red.
All Hero and Monster resistances, secondary effects etc. are included in the Attack display. So, don't be surprised if your attack does less damage than you expect (for example if the monster has 50% Resist Physical) or the monster seems to have a negative attack value (for example if you will be suck their lifeforce with Vampiric Strike).

Ranged Combat

Targetting: Move next to monster. If a different, adjacent monster is targetted (red outline, stats in stat panel), tap the desired monster to target.
Activation: Tap on the ranged Ability in the ability bar.
Effects: Hero attack only.

Monster Health = Monster Health - Hero Ranged Ability Damage
The Hero won't pick up negative Status Effects from normal Monster Abilities in a ranged attack
Many Status Effects have a number-of-hit duration. If the Effect applies to Ranged Attacks, then these may end after an attack.

Notes:

On a Ranged Ability icon, the top number is the Ranged Ability Damage, the bottom number is the Energy required.
Status Effects which increase or decrease Ranged Ability Damage are included in the Ranged Ability Damage displayed.
Monster resistances are included in the Ranged Ability Damage displayed. So expect to see less damage when you attack a monster with 50% Resist Magic or similar.

Experience

XP: You get XP by killing monsters (and that's the only way).

The amount of XP you earn depends on:

The Monster's level (1 XP for each level, e.g. L5 Monster = 5 XP)
Monster Level - Hero Level difference. See the table:

Level Difference	XP Bonus
-1 or less	0
0	0
1	1
2	3
3+	???