Beyond Battle Rating: Understanding Party Strength v. 1.0

        A couple of days ago, a topic was posted in the General Discussion titled BR is BS (it can be found here) There were some interesting comments and I was going to reply but rather than write a lengthy reply that would get lost in the comments, I decided to post a new topic under Strategy. I will expand this post as more information becomes available.

        What is Battle Rating?

        A good starting point in discussing the strength of a Party or Team is to look at the base Battle Rating. The Battle Rating is calculated for each member of the Party or Team and then added together to get the groups Battle Ratting. For a Party, this is number that is displayed in the top left corner of the screen when you are not in battle. In the Team Arena, only the Battle Ratings for the main characters, Heroes and Angels are used to calculate the Team\'s Battle Ratting.

        There are other factors to consider besides Battle Rating when assessing the strength of a Party or a Team. These factors include:
           1) Angels
        2) Healers
            3) Venue

        An examination of these factors is included in the comments below.

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        1) Angels
        Angels are the most powerful weapons in a battle. After an Angel attacks, the course of the battle can swing dramatically. At higher levels, Angels can decimate an opponent in a single blow. but if you look at an Angels Battle Rating, it may be the lowest of any member of the party. How can this be? There are a couple of factors.
       

        First, BR is based not only on offensive power but defensive strength. Since Angels van not be attacked directly, they have no need for defense.  

        Second, the contribution of the Angel\'s Halo is not included in the base BR. You can see the contribution that the Angel\'s Halo makes to the Battle Rating by noting the difference in the Party\'s Battle Rating when in battle and when it is not. At higher levels, this can start to grow to a substantial effect.

        In PvP battles, a third factor comes into play, Angel Agility. Agility determines the order in which Angels attack. Due to the destructive power of Angel attacks, being the first to attack can often be decisive in the outcome of a battle.  Angel Agility naturally increases with the Angel\'s level, but can also be increased by increasing the Angel\'s Aegis.

        In team Arena battles, having your Team\'s Angels attack first can be the key to victory. For example, last weekend, a couple of friends and I formed a team. Our Battle Rating was 259K. we were winning all our battles until the last one. Then we met a team from S1 with a 252K Battle Rating. We were beating that team quite handily in the beginning but ended up losing the battle. Why? They had 3 level 50 Angels, and our Angels were in the mid-40s. All 3 of their Angels attacked and wiped us out before a single one of our Angels could attack them.An one of the Team members noted afterwards, we would have won the battle if their Angels had been equal to ours.

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        2) Healers

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3) Venue

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