Halving
"Each time this Monster hits a target, the target's attack is cut in half (rounded down)."
Can be Cleansed
Notable Rulesets
| Top 3 Rulesets | Bottom 3 Rulesets |
| Armored Up - with 2 additional armor and reduced attack, your opponent will struggle to deal significant damage. | Wands Out - Currently, no magic monsters with Halving exist - rendering this ability unusable per this ruleset. |
| Aimless - with all monster having the scattershot ability, use Halfling Alchemist to reduce as many attacks as possible. Be sure to protect him from opportunity, sneak, and snipe attacks! | Fire & Regret - with Halfling Alchemist being only one of the three options available as a ranged attack monster with 1 armor and 1 health, will be forced to take damage from attacks they deal out. Weigh whether including them in your lineup is worth the risk! |
| What Doesn't Kill You - Prevent your opponent from fully using the enrage ability to their advantage by halving their attacks! | Explosive Weaponry - If you choose to use Halving alchemist in this ruleset, be sure that they are protected well enough to get an attack in! Conversely, Arkemis the Bear's ability to Protect all members of the team with extra armor and halve opponent's attacks can make him really valuable within this ruleset! |
Notable Abilities
| Top 3 Abilities | Bottom 3 Abilities |
| True Strike - ensure that your halving attack lands - despite any attempts by your opponent to evade it. | Cleanse - If your opponent plays a monster with cleanse, your attempts to halve attack the monster in the first position may come to naught. Use abilities such as snipe and opportunity to avoid this. |
| Redemption - further hamper your opponent upon your halving monsters death by doing 1 damage to all enemy monsters | Immunity - If your opponent plays a monster with Immunity, be aware that negative status effects will not impact it. This includes halving. |
| Bloodlust - Halving is a great counter to bloodlust. Halving their attack will reduce the likelihood of death occurring - further triggering the bloodlust ability. | Blind - If your opponent plays a monster with Blind, your attacks have an additional 15% chance of missing. Your attacks must land in order for halving to take effect. |
Remarkable Interactions
- Halving remains even after the monster wielding it dies.
- Halving has a 100% chance of activation (if the attack does not miss).
- Halving impacts all attack types - Ranged, Magic, and Melee.
- Halving does not stack - regardless of the amount of time the monster is hit with a Halving attack
- Fun Fact: This ability is a tribute to bitcoin's halving.
No Summoners with Halving Exist
Monsters with Halving:
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- Halfling Alchemist - Level 1
- Arkemis the Bear - Level 4
- Trapp Falloway - Level 4
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