The Game and Rules

Everything you need to understand a match. CLASS = main synergy · BODY = sub-synergy · HORN = ultimate · RUNES = per-match choice. Canonical reference: docs/02-REGLAS-BASE · Balance Excel: Google Sheets.

At a glance

The match, step by step

1. Planning (25–30 s). Receive gold, buy from shop, place units, manage bench, decide whether to level. Every decision weighs: Shuffle now or hold for interest?
2. Combat (max 40 s). Units fight on their own — AI, range and attack speed decide. You watch your synergies become result.
3. Result. Damage to the rival commander (or yours), gold and XP rewards — and on PvE rounds, Chimera components. Rounds alternate PvE → PvP → PvE… (owner decision, 15-sep). R1 delivery scope: minimum PvE = 1 Sapidae with visible intent.
4. Repeat until one commander stands: Last one standing wins.

The layers (the heart of the game)

Each unit is class (main synergy) + body (sub-synergy) + horn (ultimate); layers stack. And like real Axie, every secondary part (eyes, ears, mouth, back, tail) has its own CLASS and grants stats from it — genetics matter: a Beast part is not the same as a Bird part.

1) CLASS rules — base stats + MAIN synergy (2 / 4 / 6)

Base stats adapted from original Axie (140 points per class). They stack on body HP and part stats.

2) BODY stacks — SUB-synergy (2 / 4 / 6) + stats

3) HORN decides — ultimate + unique passive

At 100 mana the ultimate fires. Mana: +10 per connected basic · +5 per damage taken. Each horn has its own passive (they no longer all give +10 starting mana).

Full pool: 36 horns. Sample of the first 9:

All 36 horns live in the balance Excel and the Balance page.

4) SECONDARY PARTS — each part has a CLASS (like real Axie)

Each part (eyes, ears, mouth, back, tail) belongs to a class and grants micro-stats from it.

In game (15-sep): each roster unit carries its real part mix — Axies with genetics decode their genes (hybrids, like Lunacia) and new units have their assignment. Combat profile (HP, basic damage, speed, crit, effects) is derived from that mix + class + body + horn.

Eyes — Survival (no abilities)

Ears — Perception + speed (no abilities)

Mouth — Offense (grants 1 minor ability card)

Back — Defense (grants 1 defense ability card)

Tail — Utility (pure passive, no ability)

Examples — how the 3 layers stack

Example 1: BigYak Plant "Pure" (classic tank)

Plant (2): shield 15% of 975 = +146 extra HP at start. A wall: 975 HP + 146 shield + 38 armor + 5 regen/s.

Example 2: Curly Bird "Hybrid" (assassin caster)

Bird class +27 · Curly body +500 HP +25% skill · hybrid parts → ~542 HP, +2 rango from Bird (2), fragile but lethal.

Example 3: WetDog Beast "Pure crit" (assassin)

Beast class +31 · WetDog +550 +20% speed · Beast parts → 25.4% crit with Beast (2) + 20% crit damage.

Why this works? Depth without complexity: look at an Axie and see silhouette (body) + color (class) + weapon (horn). Role in 2 seconds. Underneath, 3 decision layers. Compositions are a puzzle: mono-Plant for shield 6? Or Plant+Beast for tank + crit?

Basic attack per combo (body × class)

Each Axie attacks with its cell: the body modifies the class's base damage, speed and range (and can change type). These are the numbers that run in the game.

POWER RUNES — the choice each match

2 runes per match: chosen on round 3 and round 7 — 3 options each time, no re-roll. 5 types (economy · combat · synergy · positioning · scaling). Examples from the starting pool:

• TRADE BOOM — +2 gold on every even round.
• HEART OF STEEL — your cost-1 units: +150 HP and +10 armor.
• CLASS RESONANCE — +1 to your most active class count.
• DEFENSIVE FORMATION — front row: +20 armor and +100 HP.
• MOMENTUM — +3% damage per consecutive win (max 5).
• FIRST STRIKE — each unit's first ability: +40% damage.

(Full pool of 12 lives in the balance Excel.)

Level and combinations

You level with XP (4 gold = 4 XP) and each level gives +1 deploy slot. That's the puzzle:

Synergy 6 = commitment: ~2/3 of the board on one class or body. Combining costs (e.g. 4 cost-1 + 2 cost-2 of the same class).

Your reserve (the deckbuilder)

36 Axies: 18 cost 1 · 12 cost 2 · 6 cost 3. Roster ladder: 9 → 18 → 36 (wallet optional, only at the end — before that, equal templates for everyone). Theoretical combos: 7 bodies × 9 classes × 36 horns = 2268.

Economy (summary)

Starting gold: 4 · Passive gold scales by round (2 rounds 1–3, 3 rounds 4–6, 4 rounds 7–9, 5 round 10+) · Interest +1 per 10 banked (cap +5) · Combat reward: +2 gold per round win, +1 per loss · Streaks for wins or losses (2–3: +1 · 4: +2 · 5+: +3; alternating W-L-W-L = 0) · XP: 4 gold = 4 XP · Shop: 5 cards per refresh · Sell: 100% of buy price.

XP curve: 1→2 free · 2→3 = 6 gold · 3→4 = 10 · 4→5 = 20 · 5→6 = 36 · 6→7 = 48 · 7→8 = 72 · 8→9 = 84.

Fusion: 3 copies = ★2 (×1.8 stats) · 3 × ★2 = ★3 (×3 stats). Cap ★3. Synergies count 1 Axie regardless of star. Commander damage: ★1 = level 1 · ★2 = level 2 · ★3 = level 3.

Shop odds by level: Level 1–2: 100% cost 1 · Level 3: 75/25/0 · Level 4: 55/30/15 · Level 5: 45/33/22 · Level 6: 30/40/30 · Level 7: 19/30/51 · Level 8: 10/20/70 · Level 9: 5/10/85.

Class advantage

Same class = 0% (no bonus). Strong against = +15% damage. Weak against = −15% damage. 3/3 triangle: each class is strong vs 3 and weak vs 3 (full symmetry).

Design note: this triangle is a symmetric redesign (3 strong / 3 weak) of Axie Classic's (which was 2/3). Validated in balance v0.2 (2026-09-14).

Full design (exact numbers per breakpoint) lives in the balance Excel — v0, calibrated with playtests.