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| == Why roles exist == | | == Why roles exist == |
| Group content on Vortex Legends is balanced around a real team, not a pile of damage dealers. The role system makes sure a party brings the pieces an encounter needs (someone to hold the enemy, someone to keep the team alive, and someone to deal the damage) and it gives the Tank a reliable way to control where the monsters attack. | | Group content on Vortex Legends is balanced around a real team, not a pile of damage dealers. The role system makes sure a party brings the pieces an encounter needs — someone to hold the enemy, someone to keep the team alive, and someone to deal the damage — and it gives the Tank a reliable way to control where the monsters attack. |
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| === 🛡️ Tank === | | === 🛡️ Tank === |
| Holds the enemies' attention so the rest of the party can act safely. The Tank is built to '''draw and keep enemy aggression''' (threat), standing at the front and absorbing the encounter's damage while teammates heal, support and attack from safer positions. In instances that track threat, the Tank is the role that keeps bosses facing away from the group. | | Holds the enemies' attention so the rest of the party can act safely. The Tank is built to '''draw and keep enemy aggression''' (threat), standing at the front and absorbing the encounter's damage while teammates heal, support and attack from safer positions. In instances that track threat, the Tank is the role that keeps bosses facing away from the group. |
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| '''Hate generation''': Tanks build [[Hate|hate]] at '''3.5× the standard rate'''. Every action generates more threat than any other role. As long as the Tank is actively attacking, the boss naturally stays locked on them.
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| ==== Tank role skills ====
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">SP cost</th><td>30</td></tr>
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">Target</th><td>Enemy</td></tr>
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">Range</th><td>9 cells</td></tr>
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">Cooldown</th><td>60 s</td></tr>
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">Taunt duration</th><td>3 s</td></tr>
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| ===== Enrage =====
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| A single-target '''taunt'''. Cast on an enemy, it '''forces that enemy to attack the Tank for 3 seconds''' and '''raises the Tank's threat to match the current threat leader''' — the emergency tool for ripping a boss off a teammate who pulled aggro. The match makes you '''level with''' the leader, not ahead of them: while the enemy is forced onto you, your threat generation is '''doubled''' for 10 seconds, and that window is your chance to build a real lead. Keep attacking after the taunt — anyone who out-generates you past the aggro margin can still pull the enemy away.
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">Max level</th><td>1</td></tr>
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| ===== Bastion =====
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| A brief defensive stance that makes the Tank immune to knockback and crowd-control effects for 5 seconds. Useful for standing firm during boss mechanics that would otherwise interrupt positioning.
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">SP cost</th><td>25</td></tr>
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| The Tank sacrifices 10% of their maximum HP to deal that same amount as fixed damage to a nearby target, then generates full threat from the hit’s damage, a bonus equal to that damage again (double aggro), and an instant flat burst on top (+300) so aggro lands immediately rather than ramping up. A reliable way to spike aggro in a pinch, at a personal cost.
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| === ✚ Healer === | | === ✚ Healer === |
| Keeps the party alive by '''restoring health'''. Because instances apply a [[Instance System#Recovery penalties inside instances|recovery penalty]], healing is more demanding inside group content than out in the open world: a dedicated Healer is what lets a party survive sustained boss damage. | | Keeps the party alive by '''restoring health'''. Because instances apply a [[Instance System#Recovery penalties inside instances|recovery penalty]], healing is more demanding inside group content than out in the open world — a dedicated Healer is what lets a party survive sustained boss damage. |
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| '''Hate generation''': Healers generate hate at '''1.25×''', but healing itself produces '''less hate than damage''': each point healed counts as '''0.4 points of damage'''. A big heal restoring 500 HP generates the same base threat as dealing just 200 damage. Only '''effective''' healing counts (overheal generates nothing), and when several enemies track threat at once, the heal's hate is '''split''' between them. Heal freely when the party needs it — you will stay visible on the threat table, but well below the damage dealers.
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">SP cost</th><td>80</td></tr>
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| A channeled heal that pulses every 2 seconds for the full 8-second cast, restoring HP to the caster and all nearby party members within a 9×9 cell area. The SP cost is paid when the channel begins. Recasting the skill while it is active cancels the channel immediately. Taking damage also cancels it, so positioning and timing matter. The heal scales with the caster's INT and Base Level.
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| Reduces the Healer's threat generation to half for 10 seconds. Use it after a burst of emergency heals to let the Tank reclaim top threat before enemies switch targets.
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| A passive ability. While this skill is learned, the instance's healing penalty is '''completely negated''' for the Healer's own skill-based heals, so they heal for full value inside instances. It does not affect item heals or SP recovery.
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| === ⚔️ DPS === | | === ⚔️ DPS === |
| Focuses on '''dealing damage''' to bring enemies down. DPS players turn the time the Tank and Healer buy into actual progress, racing boss enrage timers and clearing waves before they overwhelm the group. | | Focuses on '''dealing damage''' to bring enemies down. DPS players turn the time the Tank and Healer buy into actual progress, racing boss enrage timers and clearing waves before they overwhelm the group. |
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| '''Hate generation''': DPS generates hate at '''0.75×''' per damage point. A DPS dealing 1,000 damage produces 750 hate, well below the Tank's rate. An active Tank stays comfortably ahead of steady DPS — but '''opening with a full burst before the Tank has established threat can rip aggro''' in the first seconds of a fight. Let the Tank land the first hits, then attack freely.
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| Instantly removes '''half''' of the accumulated threat the DPS holds against every enemy in the encounter. A panic button for situations where the DPS is about to overtake the Tank on the threat table.
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| A passive ability. Inside instances, each time the DPS kills a monster they recover 5% of their maximum HP. This cannot trigger more than once every 3 seconds.
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">Max level</th><td>1</td></tr>
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| <tr><th style="text-align:left">SP cost</th><td>40</td></tr>
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| ===== Bloodlust =====
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| A high-risk offensive cooldown. For 10 seconds the DPS deals 20% more damage, but also takes 40% more damage from all sources. Timing it carefully around predictable boss attacks maximizes the gain while minimizing the danger.
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| === ✨ Support === | | === ✨ Support === |
| Assists the party with '''utility and backup''': buffs, crowd control, and filling whatever gap the team needs. Support rounds out a composition and helps a party handle mechanics that raw healing and damage alone can't. | | Assists the party with '''utility and backup''' — buffs, crowd control, and filling whatever gap the team needs. Support rounds out a composition and helps a party handle mechanics that raw healing and damage alone can't. |
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| '''Hate generation''': Support generates hate at '''0.75×''', the same rate as DPS. Buffs, debuffs and utility generate '''no hate at all''' — only damage and healing do — so a Support who also deals damage plays by the same aggro rules as a DPS.
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| Applies a debuff to a target enemy that reduces its DEF and MDEF by 10 points for 10 seconds. Makes all physical and magical damage from the party land harder for the duration.
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| Grants a party member a buff that raises their ATK and MATK by 10% for 10 seconds. Can only be cast on allies, not on enemies. Useful for covering a damage dealer's burst window.
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| == Assigning a role == | | == Assigning a role == |
| Every member must have a role '''before''' the party can enter. If anyone in the party has no role assigned, entry is blocked until they pick one. | | Every member must have a role '''before''' the party can enter. If anyone in the party has no role assigned, entry is blocked until they pick one. |
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| == Composition requirements == | | == Composition requirements == |
| An instance can require a minimum and/or maximum number of each role. For example, an encounter might require '''at least one Tank and one Healer''', or cap how many of a given role can join. If your party does not match the required composition, entry is blocked and you are told what is missing. | | An instance can require a minimum and/or maximum number of each role. For example, an encounter might require '''at least one Tank and one Healer''', or cap how many of a given role can join. If your party does not match the required composition, entry is blocked and you are told what is missing. |
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| Not every instance enforces a composition: each one sets the requirements that fit its design. Always check the instance's own page (or the entrance NPC) for its exact rules. | | Not every instance enforces a composition — each one sets the requirements that fit its design. Always check the instance's own page (or the entrance NPC) for its exact rules. |
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| == Roles in combat == | | == Roles in combat == |
| Once inside, your role determines how much [[Hate|hate]] you generate. The player with the highest accumulated hate becomes the boss's main target. Hate also '''decays by 5% every 5 seconds''': a threat lead is not a trophy you keep — it only lasts while its owner keeps generating. | | Once inside, your role influences how enemies behave toward you: |
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| <small>* Healing generates '''0.4× the hate of equivalent damage''' before the role modifier is applied. A 500 HP heal produces the same base threat as 200 damage, only effective healing counts, and it is split between all enemies tracking threat.</small>
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| Playing to your role (rather than ignoring it) is what makes the harder encounters survivable.
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| ! Player !! Role !! Action !! How hate is calculated !! Hate
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| | Ragna || 🛡️ Tank || Attacks for 1,000 damage || 1,000 × 3.5 || '''3,500'''
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| '''Outcome:''' Ragna has the highest hate by a wide margin and is [[Hate#Status|Aggroed]] (the boss targets him). The DPS are the closest challengers and the Healers sit at the bottom. To actually take the boss off the Tank, a challenger must not just match his hate but '''exceed it by a clear margin''' — small differences never flip the target, and attackers standing '''at range''' need an even bigger margin than melee to steal aggro. Remember that hate '''decays 5% every 5 seconds''': a Tank who stops attacking watches his lead evaporate, and a DPS who overextended can simply hold fire for a few seconds to let their hate drain back down.
| | Playing to your role — rather than ignoring it — is what makes the harder encounters survivable. |
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| | == Role skills and assignment == |
| * '''Tank''': keep attacking — decay eats an idle lead. If someone rips aggro, '''Enrage''' matches your threat to theirs and forces the boss onto you for 3 seconds with double generation: use that window to take a real lead.
| | ''To be defined.'' How each role is assigned in detail, and the specific skills or abilities tied to each role, will be documented here once finalised. |
| * '''Healers''': heal freely when the party needs it. Healing hate is low, split between enemies, and overheal counts for nothing.
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| * '''DPS''': let the Tank land the first hits — a full burst at the pull can rip aggro. After that, attack freely; if you climb too high, ease off and decay will do the rest (or use '''Vanish''').
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| [[Category:Game Systems]] | | [[Category:Game Systems]] |
The Battle Role system assigns every party member one of four combat roles. Many instances and raids use it both as an entry requirement (your party may need a specific mix of roles) and as a combat rule (your role changes how enemies react to you). It is part of the Instance System.
Why roles exist
Group content on Vortex Legends is balanced around a real team, not a pile of damage dealers. The role system makes sure a party brings the pieces an encounter needs — someone to hold the enemy, someone to keep the team alive, and someone to deal the damage — and it gives the Tank a reliable way to control where the monsters attack.
The four roles
🛡️ Tank
Holds the enemies' attention so the rest of the party can act safely. The Tank is built to draw and keep enemy aggression (threat), standing at the front and absorbing the encounter's damage while teammates heal, support and attack from safer positions. In instances that track threat, the Tank is the role that keeps bosses facing away from the group.
✚ Healer
Keeps the party alive by restoring health. Because instances apply a recovery penalty, healing is more demanding inside group content than out in the open world — a dedicated Healer is what lets a party survive sustained boss damage.
⚔️ DPS
Focuses on dealing damage to bring enemies down. DPS players turn the time the Tank and Healer buy into actual progress, racing boss enrage timers and clearing waves before they overwhelm the group.
✨ Support
Assists the party with utility and backup — buffs, crowd control, and filling whatever gap the team needs. Support rounds out a composition and helps a party handle mechanics that raw healing and damage alone can't.
Assigning a role
Every member must have a role before the party can enter. If anyone in the party has no role assigned, entry is blocked until they pick one.
FOTO AQUÍ — Selección / asignación de rol
Composition requirements
An instance can require a minimum and/or maximum number of each role. For example, an encounter might require at least one Tank and one Healer, or cap how many of a given role can join. If your party does not match the required composition, entry is blocked and you are told what is missing.
Not every instance enforces a composition — each one sets the requirements that fit its design. Always check the instance's own page (or the entrance NPC) for its exact rules.
Roles in combat
Once inside, your role influences how enemies behave toward you:
- The Tank is built to hold enemy aggression, keeping bosses and packs focused on the front line.
- Healer, DPS and Support players are expected to manage their threat so they don't pull enemies off the Tank.
Playing to your role — rather than ignoring it — is what makes the harder encounters survivable.
Role skills and assignment
To be defined. How each role is assigned in detail, and the specific skills or abilities tied to each role, will be documented here once finalised.
