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Pixel Lineage Combat, Energy and Status Effects
Make each Pixel Lineage combat turn solve a concrete problem: damage an enemy, survive its next action, recover health, or afford a useful skill. Learn timing prompts, Energy costs and cooldowns, then read statuses by the part of the turn they actually change.
The strongest move is not always the best turnConcrete turns, separate resource checks, and readable statuses.
The strongest move is not always the best turn
Attack timing increases damage, while defensive responses reduce what comes back. Guard and Meditate offer different commitments: one protects the hero until the next turn, while the other gains one Energy without Guard. Mage adds a paid barrier exception, making class identity relevant even to a familiar button.
Read Energy and cooldown separately before choosing a skill. Enough Energy cannot remove a remaining cooldown, and a ready move can still be unaffordable. Statuses then add another layer: Burn threatens health at turn start, Blind changes hit chance, and Dazed skips the next action. The right response begins with identifying which part of the plan has changed.
Solve the current battle question
Begin with actions or go directly to the resource or effect that is blocking the plan.
Battle actions
Learn Attack, Guard, Meditate, Potion limits, and the escape rules of each mode.
Open articleEnergy rules
Separate the starting pool, round generation, capacity, costs, and cooldowns.
Open articleStatus directory
Identify damage over time, control, offense reductions, and helpful buffs.
Open articleCombat explanations and procedures
Action choices, Energy recovery, and status identification provide different kinds of help during a fight.
Guide
Pixel Lineage: Combat Guide to Actions and Timing
Learn attack and defense timing, compare battle actions, and understand Energy, Potion limits, and mode-specific Run restrictions.
Guide
Pixel Lineage: Energy Guide: Costs, Recovery and Capacity
Understand starting Energy, round recovery, capacity growth, skill cooldowns, and the resource difference between Guard and Meditate.
Guide
Pixel Lineage: How to Gain Energy During Battle
Recover Energy through rounds, Meditate, healing refunds, and Legendary Powers, then choose a source that fits the skill you need next.
Guide
Pixel Lineage: Status Effects: Harmful and Beneficial Buffs
Identify damage-over-time, control, and combat buffs, including the critical-chance rule for Speed Up and the non-stacking Stone Skin effect.
Connected systems
Two common battle assumptions
Does Speed Up change turn order?
No. It adds 25 percentage points of critical chance. Plan around the attack’s crit opportunity rather than expecting the hero to act earlier.
Can I escape an adventure fight?
Run is unavailable in adventure battles. Arena uses it as a forfeit, while guild raids and the Training Dummy permit exit. The mode determines the rule.
Learn the next useful action
The combat walkthrough connects action purpose with timing and mode limits before you optimize a more specialized Energy loop.