During the run

Survive the objective

Start with the thing that can end the run now. Identify the enemy or hazard, choose the supported response, and take a detour only when the objective leaves enough room.

Threats

Read the enemy before it ends the run

Separate the stored Enemy record from its rank, control response, mode cap, and Arena appearance.

Diagnose the Enemy that broke the runChoose one failure and rank, inspect one stored field, and test one correction on the same setup.Enemy decisionUpdated Sep 3, 2026Find an enemy recordBrowse 37 current enemies, their stored ranks, control responses, mode caps, and wave appearances.37 EnemiesUpdated Sep 3, 2026
Arena pressure

Avoid the hazard and mode failure state

Each arena and mode can add a separate timing, hazard, or objective that damage alone cannot solve.

Handle one Arena hazard goalChoose the selected Arena event and get one avoidance, contact, timer, or final-boss action.ChallengeUpdated Sep 3, 2026Inspect the selected ArenaBrowse all 5 Arenas, then open one event, final boss, run context, and wave.5 ArenasUpdated Sep 3, 2026
Recovery and growth

Recover without abandoning the objective

Health sources, fatal protection, XP thresholds, and detours answer different run failures.

Choose one recovery actionStart with the first failure and the one source available, then act without assuming a cross-protection order.Failure recoveryUpdated Sep 3, 2026Check the next Team Level thresholdWeigh one selected XP requirement against the risk of leaving the safer objective route.Run growthUpdated Sep 3, 2026