Affinities

**There are 5 base affinities**: Water, Earth, Fire, Nature and Air. A common misconception based on the diagram on the right, is that a Fire illuvial will deal more damage to a nature illuvial. This is not the case, as all affinities are equally powerful against each other and the advantage lies in the Hyper bar that illuvials fill up when fighting against their advantageous opposing affinity.

The Water affinity increases the energy regeneration of an illuvial, giving it the opportunity to use its Omega Ability more often. The Earth affinity allows an illuvial to become more beefy, as their Grit and Resolve are strengthened. Fire Illuvials gain a bonus to their Omega Ability's power. The Nature affinity increases the survivability of an illuvial, as it allows an illuvial to heal back some HP when it almost dies. Air illuvials provide Evasion to illuvials. This gives them the ability to dodge attacks at intervals.

illuvials can gain an additional affinity, creating a composite affinity of which there are 15. A composite affinity is the fusion of two different affinities into a new one that embodies characteristics of its two primary parts.

## Synergy Bonuses:

### Threshold Bonuses:

These are bonuses gained by playing multiple Illuvials of a similar Class or affinity on your team. The Affinity synergy is applied based on the number of units that share the same Affinity on your board. There are 3 different bonus thresholds for base and composite Affinities. Composite affinities count as their own affinity as well as their respective primary parts (eg: Slayer provides 1 Fighter  count as well as 1 Rogue). Having 4 of a Base

Base Class synergy activates at: [3], [6] and [9]

Composite Class synergy activates at: [2], [3] and [4]

### Innate Bonuses:

While all affinities are unique, some affinities give innate permanent bonuses. This bonus will always be activated for any illuvial with that affinity. Steam type illuvials for example will create steam every 15 seconds in a small radius around them. This steam will surround the illuvial for 5 seconds and will grant energy regeneration, damage amplification and damage around them. Innate bonuses are further boosted by the composite bonuses down below.

### Composite Bonuses:

A composite affinity gains benefits based on the other friendly illuvials on the board. A Steam Illuvial for example will gain 3 extra energy regeneration per water illuvial on the board and gains omega power based on the amount of fire illuvials that you placed. Do note that this only applies when the ability of the affinity is active. The Steam illuvial will only gain energy regeneration while steam is surrounding the illuvial, which happens once every 15 seconds for a duration of 5 seconds.

Through this unique Composite bonus, your Steam Illuvial will féél watery when you have a water-based team. The Mana regeneration of the water affinity will increase the interval at which the steam illuvial uses its omega ability. A Fire team would allow the illuvial's omega to really pack a punch, but be used at a much slower pace.

## Affinities Table

This Table shows all the affinities, their sprites and how affinities benefit each illuvial.