Combat Guide

## Setting Up Your Team

Before you can go into battle, you will need to set up a team. The **編隊 (Formation)** icon on the main page will take you to customize your team.

By default, you will start out with one slot available to customize your formation. As you level up, you will gain the ability to unlock more slots, either by hitting the level threshold and spending **Shell Coins** or by spending **Jade Tokens**.

Food Souls will attack from left to right. Here, you can determine the order by which they will attack.

## Getting Ready for Battle

Before you enter into battle, an overview of the stage will appear. This will show things such as the approximate difficulty of the stage, recommended classes, enemies you will face and the possible drops you can hope to get. When you’re ready to prepare for the stage, you can tap on the **啟程** **(Depart)** button.

You’ll be taken to another screen where you can finalize your Food Soul formation before setting off to battle.

If available, a list of Food Souls from friends or strangers will be shown under **選擇助戰 (Assist)** . Taking one of these Food Souls will allow you to trigger their 3rd skill once throughout the whole stage.

You can also check the box next to **使用效率雙倍符 (Efficiency Rune)** to double the amount of rewards you receive at the cost of double the stamina.

Once you’re ready to head into the stage, tap on the **戰門 (Battle)** button. Or, if you have already cleared a stage once and would like to run it multiple times, select the **連續戰鬥 (Continuous Battle)** button to open up the Continuous Battle settings.

If you need to make some last minute adjustments, you can tap on the magnifying glass icon to open another window where you can swap out your Utensils and Food Souls.

## Continuous Battle Settings

After you have completed a stage once, the option to set Continuous Battles will be opened. When you tap on **連續戰鬥**, you can choose the amount of times you would like to run a stage: either until your stamina runs out, or by designating the number of times next to the second option. When you’re ready to start the stage, tap on the **開始連戰** button.

## Combat Basics

Combat is turn based with each turn being your action and then followed by the enemy’s action. Each of your Food Souls will attack from left to right based on the positioning of their portraits at the bottom of the screen. You will select a skill for each of your Food Souls and then tap on the **攻擊 (Attack)** button to attack the enemy. Once both you and the enemy have attacked, the **回合** counter will increase. When the current battle has been won, the **戰鬥** will increase and you will move on to the next battle of the stage.

## Battle Settings

When you get into the stage you will initially have to hold your finger down to move your Food Souls along the stage. If you select **自動行走**, the game will remember this setting and automatically guide your Food Souls to each battle. There number on the top left that determines the battle speed starting from 1 up to 3. When you reach the first Battle, you can choose to fight manually or tap on **自動戰鬥** to have the game Auto-Battle for you. These can all be toggled at any time during the stage.

### Auto-Battle

If you just can’t find the time to manual a stage or just don’t feel like tapping each of your Food Souls’ skills. You can use the Auto-Battle feature to have the game play for you. There are three key things to remember about Auto-Battling:

1. When the diamond next to **最後一關釋放大招** is filled, your Food Souls will only use their Skill 3 on the very last battle of the stage. Unchecking it will let them use it prior to that
	* Supports are also considered as using their Skill 3, so they will not be activated until the last battle.
2. You can tap on an ally and an enemy to prioritize buffs and damage
3. If one of your Food Souls is knocked out, any Continuous and Auto-Battling will end and you will be forced to manually finish the stage.
	* If you were running a Continuous Battle, you will have to restart it in the menu after you complete the stage manually.

## Using Skills

Food Souls have three combat skills:

1. The first skill is basic attack that has no cooldown
2. The second skill is an active or passive skill
3. The third skill is a Food Soul’s most powerful attack, an active that has an initial cooldown of 1 turn, and then the designated cooldown on the character’s skill page.

As you strengthen and ascend your Food Souls, their skill level will be upgraded, and the cooldown of Soul Eater skills may also be reduced.

When a skill is ready, it will no longer show as grey and will lose the number counter on the portrait of the character. Once you have chosen a skill for each of your Food Souls, tap the **攻擊** button to initiate combat with the enemy.

### Support Units

If you pick a Food Soul from the Support List, it will show up in battle on the right side of the screen. You can activate the Food Soul’s skill by tapping on it and choosing a target. The Food Soul will show **壇啟香滿座** under the portrait if it is active. You can use this Food Soul’s ability once throughout the whole stage. Their skill will be used before all of your other Food Souls attack.

## Targeting Enemies & Allies

### Enemies

When battling against enemies, you may find that you want to get rid of one of these as soon as you can. You can aim skills on a specific enemy by selecting the skill and then tapping once on the enemy. An orange diamond should appear on the enemy that will indicate that you are targeting them. When this is shown, your Food Soul will attack that enemy.

### Allies

Certain skills will apply buffs to only one Food Soul in your formation. If you would like to target a specific character to use the skill on, select the skill first, and then tap on the Food Soul in your formation. A blue diamond will appear, showing that the skill will land on that Food Soul.

## Exiting a Stage

If you ever feel that a stage is too difficult or you made a mistake choosing the stage, you can exit a stage by going to the upper right door icon. If you’re sure you want to exit the stage, tap on the **確定** button and you will be taken out of the battle.

## Reviving Food Souls

During combat, if a Food Soul’s HP reaches 0, they will be knocked down and it will show their defeat art. You will then have the option to swipe up to 淨化 or down to 放棄. If you swipe up to 淨化, one revive will be consumed and the Food Soul will come back with a small amount of health. Otherwise, swiping down to 放棄 will remove the Food Soul from battle and put it in a state of Weakness. Once all 4 revives are consumed and you no longer have any Food Souls left, you will be forced to leave the stage and Recover your Food Souls.

## Recovering Your Food Souls

When your Food Souls get knocked out and are unable to be revived, you will need to recover them in the Recovery menu. You can access this by going to the **食魂** screen.

Once there, you can tap on the **選擇食魂** button to select one of your Food Souls to recover.

When you’ve chosen the Food Soul to recover, tap on the **添加湯藥** button to choose a Remedy. Choosing the correct remedy for a Food Soul will shorten their recovery time. The list of correct remedies can be found on the Food Souls page. Tapping on **開始** will start the recovery process. A timer will appear to let you know how long it will take until they are fully recovered.

After the timer is up, you can tap on **點擊出浴** to take them out of the bath and they will be usable in combat again. If a Food Soul is not yet recovered, you can also finish recovery immediately by using a **加速藥皂.**

## Stage Complete!

Once you’ve completed a stage, a menu will appear showcasing all of your rewards and experience gained by your Food Souls. These will all automatically be collected, so all you will need to do is tap through it and you’ve completed the stage!