Precisely when the benefit comes into play depends on the ability. A moderately common bonus that can be found on most things (armies, heroes, spells, items).Īll Combat Abilities provide a benefit to the army when it is engaged in combat.Strength-decreasing stack bonus that pairs with Leadership. This stack bonus is provided exclusively by heroes, either through their level-up abilities or from the items they wield.Strength-increasing stack bonus that pairs with Chaos. A moderately common bonus typically attached to armies which are slow-moving and/or poor at direct combat.Strength-decreasing stack bonus that pairs with Fortify. City defenders always gain a fortify bonus based on the level of city they are defending.A rare ability that can only be found on one army and a small selection of heroes, spells, and items.Strength-increasing stack bonus that pairs with Siege. Strength-decreasing stack bonus that pairs with Morale.

A common stack bonus that can be found on almost anything (armies, heroes, spells, items).Strength-increasing stack bonus that pairs with Fear. The total bonus from all three stack bonuses pairs is capped to between Strength -3 and Strength +5.For each stack bonus pair, the effect is capped to between Strength -1 and Strength +5.When heroes are present in a stack, the best item bonus and the best spell bonus from amongst them are each added to the above.Only the single most powerful stack bonus of each type is used they are not cumulative, and inferior bonuses are ignored.There are three tightly-coupled Stack Bonus Pairs, each with one strength-increaser and one thematically opposed strength-decreaser: Stack Bonuses either increase the Strength of every army in its stack ('strength-increasers'), or decrease the strength of every army in the opposing stack ('strength-decreasers').

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