Each player sums the Speed attribute of all characters of its army. The player who has the army with the greatest Speed is the First Player and receives the First Player Card.
While the second Player receives an Extra Act Point in its Soulwell which can be allocated during one of its character turns.
If there is a tie, use other means to determine the first player.

The First Player card is placed at the top right of the Battle Area above the location of the Soulwell.

The first player places his army before the second one.
An army is placed according to Range and Class selected characters and doesn't need to occupy all rows or columns.

A row must be occupied by at least less than one character. If a row is empty, all heroes and units will have to be advanced on the next row.
Important !!! This rule is valid throughout the game. Don't hesitate to test different patterns.

A cycle is divided into character Turns. There are as many turns than characters in Battle.
Each player takes Turns engaging their character fastest to slowest. if several characters have the same Speed, the active player can choose the character to engage first.

A Cycle ends when all characters from both sides have been engaged.

At the start of a new Cycle, all characters still present on the Battlefield disengage and earn an Act point. Then the first player gives the 1st Player Card to the second player and adds an Extra Act point to the Soulwell.
IMPORTANT !!! A character doesn't gain Act point at the start of the Cycle if it is face down or if it is invoked by another character.

On each character turn, the player chooses one of the following actions : Moving, using an Act (or Unique) Skill  or End of Turn.

Moving - A character can move to a row with an unoccupied slot and ends its Turn. The number of rows crossed depends on the Character's Speed.

Act Skill - The player chooses one of the Act Skills, checks the Range, the potential damage and Act Points available.

Application of effects - It allows you to designate the types of damage inflicted on one or more targets following the use of of an Act (or Unique) Skill while taking into account possible status effects.

Calculation of damage - After the application of the effects comes the calculation of the damage received by one or more targets following an offensive. The damage received is deducted from the number of remaining Health. A character is defeated when the Health reaches 0.
If one of your characters has defeated a target, add the remaining Act Points to your Soulwell.

Elemental damage - This type of damage is linked to the use of an elemental Act Skill and adds +1 point of damage taken into account during damage calculation. To determine a character's elemental weakness, players refer to the element symbol at the top right of the Attribute card of the target and the Element Loop.
Examples of applying elemental damage :
- If a Pyro element Act skill is used on a Eol Element character, the target receives +1 point of damage.
- If a Pyro element Act skill is used on an Aqua element character, the target receives +0 of damage.
- If a Pyro element Act skill is used on a Pyro element character, the target is healed by one point.

React Skill - This type of skill doesn't require an Act point to activate, can only be used once per cycle and are recharged at the start of the next Cycle. React skill trigger based on the following situation :
- When a character attacks a target, it can add an additional effect after using an Act skill.
- When a target is attacked by a character, it can trigger the skill to defend itself and apply the effect.

End of Turn - To end a character's turn, the player rotates the Attribute card of 90°. The character is then engaged.
A character receives an Act point when it skips directly its Turn.

The End of Battle conditions are :
- Defeat the opposing King or its entire army.
- Your opponent abandons the Battle.
- The Battle can end on a tie, if there is no longer any possibility of play for the two players.

The rules written in this Game Rules are the rules that all players must follow.
If any of the written rules conflict with the cards in play, the effects listed on the card will take precedence over the rules.