Effect types & Mechanics (debuffs and buffs)

Anyone playing Infinity Kingdom will have seen a ton of different icons appearing during combat encounters. Like my fight below, many setups are centered around using the different buffs, debuffs, negative effects, shields, controls, DoT, Hots, and Despells correctly.

This can be quite overwhelmingly complex to understand, but fear not! I have gone over the main mechanics and I believe I have them all listed here below with a short explanation of what they are, what type and what they do.

Combat effects

Effects	Type	Explanation
Absorb	Shield	Absorbs damage (shielded)
Bleed	Debuff	Continuous Physical Damage over Time (DoT)
Tear	Debuff	Continuous Physical Damage over Time (DoT)
Burn	Debuff	Continuous Magical Damage over Time (DoT)
Judgement	Debuff	Continuous Magical Damage over Time (DoT)
Confine	Control	Cannot attack using normal attacks
Defense	Shield	Block all damage for 3 attacks
Disease	Debuff	Continuous Magical Damage over Time (DoT)
Disarm	Debuff	Decreases physical damage done
Dispel	Dispel	Dispel buffs or debuffs or control effects
Freeze	Control	Cannot move/attack/cast abilities/regen energy
Mental Decay	Debuff	When anyone takes damage inthe battlefield you take 10% of that damage
Gloom Remedy	Debuff	All healing converted into damage
Infighting	Control	Cannot attack/cast abilities
Mitigate	Shield	Reduces the loss of an attribute/stat
Poison	Debuff	Continuous Magical Damage over Time (DoT)
Purify	Dispel	Dispel buffs or debuffs or control effects
Shield	Shield	Inflict damage on attacker
Silence	Control	Cannot cast abilities or regen energy
Stun	Control	Cannot move/attack/cast abilities/regen energy
Suffocate	Debuff	Continuous Physical Damage over Time (DoT)
Transfer	Debuff	Attribute, damage or stat is transferred.
Wound	Debuff	Cannot recieve healing
Healing	Healing	Recovers HP and Troops
HoT	Healing	Healing over Time effect. Recovers HP and Troops continuously over time.

Effect types / mechanics

Buff	Blue	Directly Increases an attribute/stat/damage/defense. E.g. an Absorb Shield or a Grace effect
Dispel	–	An ability that either removes buffs, debuffs or control effects
Healing	Green	Recovers the HP and Troop count of the target. Can be in one recovery hit or over time as a buff/hot effect
Control	Purple	Influcts a control effect that cause e.g. enemy to be unable to attack/cast/recover energy
Debuff	Purple/Red	Inflicts a negative effect or a damage effect on the target. E.g. reducing attributes/damage/energy regen or causing damage over time. Can also be unique effects such as wounds or transfer.

Published: 24-02-2023