Ironclad Sentinel
Knowledge compounds.
Who they are
Every fighter who falls in the Library becomes a page. The Ironclad Sentinel does not collect bodies — he collects techniques. By the time you face him, he has read the moves of every challenger who came before you, and INT scales with every round he spends watching yours.
They say if you stand still long enough in his domain, you can hear the books whispering counters in voices that sound vaguely like your own.
The Library of Leech
Books line every surface — floor to ceiling, wall to wall. Some float in mid-air, their pages turning on their own. The ink seems to move, rearranging itself as you watch — every entry a record of a defeated fighter, every paragraph a counter to a move someone once thought was original. Training dummies are arranged in the corners, shaped like past challengers, the wounds in their stuffing matching techniques carved into the wood.
Strengths
Leech drains 15% of every hit he lands as healing. The longer he stands, the harder he is to put down — and Accumulated Wisdom means his INT scales with rounds elapsed, so his ability damage compounds while you're trying to grind him out.
Resistant to strikes (-20%), so brute-force shapes lose the most efficient damage line.
Weaknesses
Weak to STR despite the strike resistance — high STR overcomes the -20% modifier, and his low base STR (6) means he can't trade. Counter does +20% damage. Lean on counter for offense, abilities for finishing damage, and don't let the fight grind past round seven.
Signature moves
Leech
Drains 15% of damage dealt as HP. Every strike that lands also extends the fight.
Accumulated Wisdom
INT scales with rounds elapsed. The longer you stay, the smarter the room gets.
Card traits
- Leech. Drains 15% of damage dealt as HP
- Accumulated Wisdom. INT scales with rounds elapsed
The Scholar archetype
Scholars treat the arena like a library. Every move you make is a citation, filed away, returned to you sharper next round. Knowledge here is not metaphor — it is the weapon.