Crimson Tactics Devlog #076

Defend is an action that you can take to ensure your units focus completely on defending and saves them from harm momentarily. But like anything in the heat of battle, it is not foolproof and can be exploited by intelligent enemies!

Action Panel

A dedicated action called Defend has been added to the game. It is accessible from the Action Panel.

A unit must equip either a Shield or Tome in order to use it, which block physical and magical attacks respectively.

Choosing Defend

A unit uses one action per turn to use the Defend action. A unit cannot Defend if it uses long-range movement. It will block the first physical or magical attack that it receives but after that, the block is not guaranteed.

Executing Defend

Using Defend will block the first Physical or Magical attack that the unit receives but after that, the block is not guaranteed. Also, if the unit uses Defend with a Shield, it is still susceptible to magical attacks and vice versa. In case this happens, Defend fails.