Methodology of uCool and TopGames’s Character Synergy Design

The core of mobile games is often the role of the game. By designing a lot of complex and deep roles, game plannings make the game mechanism possibility of diversification. We found that the two teams of uCool and TopGames both emphasize the synergy effects of different combo when designing heroes and generals. They all created roles with various attributes and skills, for the 5V5 team PK mechanism. However, they have made different innovations and focus on different sides. This article will analyze their collaborative mechanism design in detail.

uCool's Character Synergy Design in Heroes Charge

Heroes' synergy can be said to be the core design of Heroes Charge.

Character Effect Design

The uCool team designs the heroes in the game into 6 types. They are Tank, Fighter, Assassin, Mage, Marksman, and Support. And then, they divide their positions into front, central, and back, according to the formation mechanism.

Tank and Fighter usually belong to the front position and are the first to bear the enemy's attacks. Assassin and Support are in the front, central, or back positions. Mage and Marksman are often in the central or back positions. Besides, their main attributes mainly include strength (physical attack and HP), intellect (magic power and magic resistance), and agility (physical attack and armor). According to the characteristics of skills, it is also divided into multistage damage dealer, AOE (area of effect), tank, burst damage, continuous damage, summoner, heal, buff, debuff, and control.

Role Collaboration Mechanism

Based on the above design of the uCool team, even if the two heroes' positions and types are the same, the attributes and skills are different. This will lead to their different effects, thereby increasing the depth of hero selection and synergy.

For example: Wind Master and Treasure Hunter are both marksmans, but Wind Master belongs to magic damage, and Treasure Hunter is physical damage. Then, if facing a team with a thick physical defense shield, the role of Wind Master may be greater than Treasure Hunter. On the contrary, if the enemy's magic defense is strong, the use of Treasure Hunter will be more advantageous.

When fighting, players need to arrange teams based on the mutual restraint between heroes' skills and attributes. The proper connection of the skill's cooldown time (CD) of each hero in the team can also play the role of heroes better.

In addition, uCool's designers have set up 9 fixed groups of 'Synergy' in Heroes Charge. The collection of heroes that complete the corresponding grouping can get extra buffs that act on all heroes. And the bond between them can continue to be upgraded and become stronger and stronger.

TopGames's General Synergy in Evony: the King's Return

In some new servers of Evony, adventure gameplay has been added, and some generals have been selected to increase adventure attributes.

Adventure Generals' Design

Currently, TopGamess' team designs 11 adventure generals in the game:

• King Arthur
• Scipio Africanus
• Sappho
• Joan of Arc
• Minamoto no Yoshitsune
• Miyamoto Musashi
• Martinus
• Ludwig
• Athena
• Cleopatra
• Hudson

Under the design of the top game Inc. member, the skills of these adventure generals are divided into casting skills and passive skills. Casting skills are automatically released when the CD ends; passive skills take effect as soon as they enter the field.

The skills of these generals include attack damage, weakening enemies, controlling enemies, assisting their own side, etc. Some passive skills even specify whether to buff the front or the back.

Combo Synergy Mechanism

For example: King Arthur, as a support general in adventure mode, can summon the blessing of sacred light. Then, he can restore a certain amount of HP to the unit with the lowest HP ratio and increase its defense for 4 seconds. His 3rd passive skill can reduce damage taken by the front row. Martinus belongs to the offensive and control type. He can cause a certain amount of attack damage to enemies and stun them for 1 second. His passive can increase the damage dealt by all allies.

The creativity of the TopGames team provides players with a certain space to set up their 5V5 adventure lineup. Players can configure the team to participate in the adventure according to their skills. The reasonable combination of the front row, back row, and support generals can play their synergy effect. Also, using synergy due to adventure generals' CDs, attack range, and control capabilities, can make teams stronger.

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In summary, uCool and TopGames, through the art of role synergy, provide players with infinite possibilities for exploring diversified strategies. This shows that Heroes Charge and Evony: The King's Return have deeply studied and innovated role-related gameplay. It is essential for mobile games with characters as the core element.