Attacks & evolutions

Every weapon and ability, its numbers per level, and the evolutions it can turn into.

Weapon and abilities

Every attack is either your weapon or a run ability. The weapon is the item in your WEAPON slot: each of the 8 weapon items fires its own attack, and an empty slot fires the Knife. Its run level starts at 1 (2 with VETERAN).
Abilities are picked up from level-up cards. Next to the weapon a run has 5 ability slots; once they are full, combat cards only level up what you own. There are 7 abilities.
An attack goes up to level 8. A combat card adds 1 level; a red combat card (5% chance × (1 + Luck)) adds 2, and is never offered at level 7. A new ability from a red card starts at level 2.
Only the weapon is scaled by its item rarity (×1, ×1.2, ×1.5, ×2 for gray to red), takes flat damage cards and items (Physical DMG, Fire DMG…) and speeds up with Attack Speed. Abilities speed up with Cooldown instead; Orbital Orbs use neither.
Each attack deals fixed shares of damage types. A % damage card (Phys. DMG %, Magic DMG %…) boosts only the matching share, so the tags below tell you which cards help.
Range lengthens flights, reaches and jumps; Area grows radii, orbits and widths. Each goes up to +100% and is offered only while an owned attack uses it.

Distances in the tables are world units (u): one floor tile is 1 unit. Values are base values before stat cards and items.

Weapons

Fired by the item in your WEAPON slot. Paced by Attack Speed, scaled by rarity and flat damage.

Weapon · Item: Dagger

Knife

Physical

The starter weapon, and what you fire with an empty weapon slot. One knife flies at the nearest enemy (12 units/s for 1.2 s) and passes through enemies until it has hit as many as its pierce allows.

Attack Speed
Range and Area do nothing

Knife by level
Lv	Damageper knife	Intervals	Targets
1	8	0.9	1
2	10	0.87	1
3	12	0.84	2
4	14	0.81	2
5	16	0.79	3
6	19	0.76	3
7	22	0.73	4
8	26	0.7	4

Evolves withAttack Speed Blade FrenzyorFan

Weapon · Item: Axe

Axe

Physical

Lobs a spinning axe at the nearest enemy within 6 units. Without a target it flies its reach forward. The axe hits every enemy on its path once, with no target limit.

Attack Speed
Range
Area

Axe by level
Lv	Damageper hit	Intervals	Reachu	Arc heightu	Radiusu
1	14	2	1.8	2	0.4
2	16	1.95	1.9	2.1	0.42
3	19	1.9	2	2.3	0.44
4	22	1.8	2.1	2.5	0.46
5	25	1.7	2.2	2.7	0.5
6	28	1.6	2.3	2.9	0.54
7	32	1.5	2.4	3.1	0.57
8	36	1.4	2.5	3.2	0.6

Evolves withArea Twin AxesorWhirl

Weapon · Item: Bow

Bow

Physical

Fires a fast arrow (30 units/s) at the nearest enemy. It flies through enemies until it has hit its target limit or reached its range.

Attack Speed
Range

Bow by level
Lv	Damageper hit	Intervals	Targets	Rangeu
1	7	0.9	2	9
2	8	0.87	2	9
3	9.5	0.84	3	10.5
4	10.5	0.81	3	10.5
5	12.5	0.79	4	12
6	14	0.76	4	12
7	16.5	0.73	5	13.5
8	19.5	0.7	6	15

Evolves withRange VolleyorRicochet

Weapon · Item: Light Scepter

Light Scepter

Magic67%Light33%

Light strikes the nearest enemy within range, then jumps from enemy to enemy (0.06 s per jump), never back to one it already hit.

Attack Speed
Range

Light Scepter by level
Lv	Damageper hit	Intervals	Targets	Rangeu	Jumpu
1	12	1.9	2	5.5	1.4
2	13.8	1.85	2	5.5	1.5
3	16.2	1.8	3	6	1.6
4	18.6	1.75	3	6	1.7
5	21	1.7	4	6.5	1.8
6	24	1.6	4	6.5	1.9
7	27	1.5	5	7	2
8	30	1.4	6	7.5	2.1

Evolves withLight DMG %ForkorLong Jump

Weapon · Item: Frost Wand

Frost Wand

Magic40%Ice60%

A fan of 3 ice shards (12 units/s) at the nearest enemy. Each shard stops at its first enemy and slows it; all three can hit the same one.

Attack Speed
Range

Frost Wand by level
Lv	Damageper shard	Intervals	Fan°	Rangeu	Slow%	Slow times
1	4	1.2	24	4.8	20	1
2	4.6	1.18	26	4.8	23	1.1
3	5.3	1.16	28	5.4	26	1.2
4	6.1	1.14	30	5.4	29	1.3
5	7	1.12	32	6	32	1.4
6	8.1	1.1	36	6	35	1.5
7	9.3	1.06	40	6.6	38	1.6
8	10.5	1	44	7.2	40	1.75

Evolves withIce DMG %BoundlessorIce Pierce

Weapon · Item: Venom Staff

Venom Staff

Magic25%Poison75%

Throws a drop of venom at an enemy up to its range away. The pool lasts 3 s and ticks 6 times (every 0.5 s), hitting every enemy inside it each tick.

Attack Speed
Range
Area

Venom Staff by level
Lv	Damageper tick	Intervals	Radiusu	Rangeu
1	2.4	2.4	1	4
2	2.8	2.4	1.05	4
3	3.27	2.4	1.1	4.5
4	3.73	2.4	1.2	4.5
5	4.27	2.4	1.3	5
6	4.8	2.3	1.4	5
7	5.7	2.2	1.5	5.5
8	6.67	2.1	1.6	6

Evolves withPoison DMG %Twin PoolsorSpill

Weapon · Item: Ember Wand

Ember Wand

Magic40%Fire60%

An ember bolt (16 units/s) flies at the nearest enemy and bursts on the first one it touches. Every enemy in the blast, the one struck included, takes one hit.

Attack Speed
Range
Area

Ember Wand by level
Lv	Damageper blast	Intervals	Radiusu	Rangeu
1	14	2.2	0.8	6
2	16	2.15	0.85	6
3	18	2.1	0.95	6.4
4	21	2.05	1.05	6.4
5	24	2	1.15	6.8
6	27	1.9	1.25	6.8
7	31	1.8	1.35	7.2
8	35	1.65	1.45	7.2

Evolves withFire DMG %SparksorInferno

Weapon · Item: Boomerang

Boomerang

Physical

Flies out at the nearest enemy (10 units/s) and comes back to you (12 units/s, at most 2 s), hitting each enemy once on the way out and once on the way back.

Attack Speed
Range

Boomerang by level
Lv	Damageper pass	Intervals	Rangeu	Radiusu
1	6	1.8	4	0.25
2	7	1.75	4	0.25
3	8	1.7	4.5	0.27
4	9	1.65	4.5	0.27
5	10.5	1.55	5	0.29
6	12	1.45	5	0.29
7	13.5	1.35	5.5	0.31
8	15	1.25	6	0.31

Evolves withPhys. DMG %DoubleorMomentum

Abilities

Gained during a run, up to 5 at once. Paced by Cooldown (except Orbital Orbs); rarity and flat damage do not apply.

Ability

Plasma Bolt

Magic

Homing bolts of plasma (9 units/s, 2 s) seek out the nearest enemy. Several bolts leave in a 10° fan.

Cooldown
Range and Area do nothing

Plasma Bolt by level
Lv	Damageper bolt	Cooldowns	Count	Targets
1	14	1.4	1	1
2	17	1.34	1	1
3	21	1.27	1	1
4	25	1.21	2	1
5	30	1.14	2	1
6	36	1.08	2	1
7	43	1.01	3	2
8	52	0.95	3	2

Evolves withCooldown SwarmorArc Leap

Ability

Orbital Orbs

Magic

Orbs circle you (140°/s) all the time, damaging anything they touch. An enemy can take an orb hit once every 0.4 s. They never wait for a cooldown, so neither Attack Speed nor Cooldown affects them.

No cooldown
Area

Orbital Orbs by level
Lv	Damageper touch	Count	Orbitu
1	6	1	1.6
2	8	2	1.71
3	10	2	1.83
4	12	3	1.94
5	15	3	2.06
6	18	4	2.17
7	22	4	2.29
8	27	5	2.4

Evolves withMagic DMG %RingorPulse

Ability

Shockwave

Physical

A pulse of force expands around you in 0.35 s and hits every enemy within its radius once.

Cooldown
Area

Shockwave by level
Lv	Damageper wave	Cooldowns	Radiusu
1	12	3	3.5
2	15	2.89	3.71
3	19	2.77	3.93
4	23	2.66	4.14
5	28	2.54	4.36
6	34	2.43	4.57
7	41	2.31	4.79
8	50	2.2	5

Evolves withArea Double WaveorRepulse

Ability

Laser

Magic60%Light40%

A beam flashes at the nearest enemy for 0.15 s and cuts through every enemy along its length.

Cooldown
Range
Area

Laser by level
Lv	Damageper beam	Cooldowns	Lengthu	Widthu
1	20	2.5	12	0.6
2	25	2.4	12.86	0.67
3	31	2.3	13.71	0.74
4	38	2.2	14.57	0.81
5	46	2.1	15.43	0.89
6	56	2	16.29	0.96
7	68	1.9	17.14	1.03
8	82	1.8	18	1.1

Evolves withRange CrossorSweep

Ability

Whip

Physical

Slashes a 120° arc at the nearest enemy in any direction and hits every enemy inside it once.

Cooldown
Range

Whip by level
Lv	Damageper slash	Cooldowns	Reachu
1	12	1.3	2.2
2	14	1.26	2.3
3	17	1.22	2.4
4	20	1.18	2.5
5	24	1.14	2.6
6	28	1.1	2.7
7	33	1.05	2.85
8	40	1	3

Evolves withCrit Damage Twin WhiporLaceration

Ability

Aura

Magic

A disc around you hurts and pushes back every enemy inside it on every tick.

Cooldown
Area

Aura by level
Lv	Damageper tick	Cooldowns	Radiusu
1	4	0.9	1.3
2	5	0.86	1.4
3	6	0.82	1.5
4	7.5	0.78	1.6
5	9	0.74	1.7
6	11	0.7	1.8
7	13	0.67	1.95
8	16	0.65	2.1

Evolves withRegen FlareorFrost

Ability

Lightning

Light

Strikes distinct random enemies on the screen; each strike hits every enemy within its radius once and pushes the others away.

Cooldown
Area

Lightning by level
Lv	Damageper strike	Cooldowns	Count	Radiusu
1	15	2.2	1	0.6
2	18	2.1	1	0.62
3	20	2	2	0.66
4	24	1.95	2	0.7
5	26	1.85	3	0.74
6	30	1.75	3	0.78
7	33	1.7	4	0.84
8	36	1.6	5	0.9

Evolves withCrit Chance StormorChain

Evolutions

An attack can evolve once it is at level 8 and you own its catalyst stat card at any level.
An evolution offer then opens straight away: two crystal cards, one pick is required. It is not a level-up and cannot be rerolled.
Picking one evolution locks the other out for the rest of the run. The attack keeps its level 8 numbers and changes how it works.
If an attack reaches level 8 without its catalyst, the next stat offer is guaranteed to include it.

Knifewith

Attack Speed evolves into one of

Blade Frenzy

Count: 1
Damage: 100%
Fire rate: 1.5×

Still one knife with its full 26 damage, but thrown 1.5× as often: every 0.47 s instead of 0.7 s before Attack Speed. Focuses fire on one line.

Fan

Count: 5
Damage: 30%
Spread: 30°

Exactly 5 knives in a 30° fan at the normal interval, each with 30% of the base damage (7.8). If all five land it matches Blade Frenzy, spread over a crowd.

Axewith

Area evolves into one of

Twin Axes

Count: 2
Damage: 67.5%

Throws two axes in opposite directions, each with 67.5% of the base damage (135% shared by two). Each hits an enemy once per flight.

Whirl

Orbits: 2
Duration: 1 s
Radius: 1.5 u
Damage: 135%

The axe circles you twice in 1 s at 1.5 units (× Range) while you move, hitting each enemy once for 135% of the base damage. Area grows the axe and its contact.

Bowwith

Range evolves into one of

Volley

Count: 3
Spread: 12°
Damage: 45%

Fires three arrows forward in a 12° volley, each with 45% of the base damage (135% shared by three).

Ricochet

Targets: 6
Range: 2 u
Damage: 135%

After a hit the arrow bounces to the nearest new enemy within 2 units (× Range), up to 6 distinct targets, for 135% of the base damage.

Light Scepterwith

Light DMG % evolves into one of

Fork

Targets: 11
Damage: 135%

The chain splits in two at its first jump. The first impact deals 135% of the base damage; the two branches share visited targets and deal half of that each, up to 11 targets in all at level 8.

Long Jump

Range: 3×
Targets: 8
Damage: 135%

Triple jump range (6.3 units at level 8, × Range) and two extra targets: 8 in all. The first impact deals 135% of the base damage, each later jump 5/7 of that.

Frost Wandwith

Ice DMG % evolves into one of

Boundless

Damage: 135%

Shards fly all the way to the screen edge and stop at their first enemy, for 135% of the base damage. Range no longer applies to the wand.

Ice Pierce

Targets: 3
Damage: 135%

Each shard hits and slows up to 3 enemies. The first hit deals 135% of the base damage, the two pierced enemies 17.5% each.

Venom Staffwith

Poison DMG % evolves into one of

Twin Pools

Count: 2

Drops two venom pools instead of one, each with the full tick damage. Overlapping pools add up.

Spill

Radius: 1.96 u
Duration: 3 s

The pool keeps growing over its 3 s life up to +50% surface: at level 8 its radius goes from 1.6 to about 1.96 units (× Area).

Ember Wandwith

Fire DMG % evolves into one of

Sparks

Count: 3
Damage: 12%
Range: 3 u

The blast releases three small ember shots that fly 3 units (× Range) and hit the first enemy they touch, each for 12% of the base damage.

Inferno

Duration: 2 s
Ticks: 4
Damage: 9%

The blast leaves a burning patch for 2 s that ticks 4 times, each tick 9% of the base damage to every enemy in it.

Boomerangwith

Phys. DMG % evolves into one of

Double

Count: 2

Throws two boomerangs in opposite directions, each hitting both ways with the full damage.

Momentum

Damage: 150%

The return flight deals +50% base damage: 22.5 instead of 15 at level 8.

Plasma Boltwith

Cooldown evolves into one of

Swarm

Count: 5
Damage: 81%
Spread: 24°

5 homing bolts in a 24° fan instead of 3, each with 81% of the damage (42.1 at level 8).

Arc Leap

Jumps: 1
Range: 3 u
Damage: 70%

A spent bolt does not vanish: it leaps once to the nearest new enemy within 3 units and hits it for 70% of the damage.

Orbital Orbswith

Magic DMG % evolves into one of

Ring

Count: 7
Damage: 96%
Every: 0.35 s

7 orbs instead of 5, each with 96% of the damage, and the same enemy can be hit again after 0.35 s instead of 0.4 s.

Pulse

Damage: 121%
Every: 3 s
Radius: 150%

Orbs deal 121% damage, and every 3 s the orbit swells to 150% of its radius for 1 s.

Shockwavewith

Area evolves into one of

Double Wave

Delay: 0.4 s
Damage: 35%

An echo wave follows 0.4 s later and hits everyone again for 35% of the damage.

Repulse

Damage: 135%
Knockback: 1.5 u

+35% damage, and the wave hurls every enemy it hits 1.5 units away over 0.2 s.

Laserwith

Range evolves into one of

Cross

Count: 2
Damage: 56%

A second beam also fires backwards for 56% of the damage. An enemy is hit at most once per activation across both beams.

Sweep

Spread: 90°
Duration: 0.4 s
Damage: 45%

The beam sweeps a 90° arc in 0.4 s and hits each enemy in it once, for 45% of the damage.

Whipwith

Crit Damage evolves into one of

Twin Whip

Count: 2

Every activation also slashes the opposite way, behind you, with the full damage.

Laceration

Duration: 2 s
Ticks: 4
Damage: 35%

Hit enemies bleed for 2 s: 4 ticks every 0.5 s that together deal 35% of the slash hit.

Aurawith

Regen evolves into one of

Flare

Every: 3 s
Radius: 2×
Damage: 125%

Every 3 s a pulse bursts out to twice the aura radius and hits everyone in it for 125% of the damage.

Frost

Slow: 25%
Duration: 1 s

Every aura tick also slows the enemies in it by 25% for 1 s.

Lightningwith

Crit Chance evolves into one of

Storm

Count: 7

+2 strikes per activation: 7 instead of 5 at level 8.

Chain

Jumps: 2
Range: 2 u
Damage: 40%

Each strike jumps on to 2 nearby enemies within 2 units, hitting each for 40% of the damage.

Catalysts

Which stat card unlocks which evolution. One stat can be the catalyst of several attacks.

Attack SpeedKnife
AreaAxe Shockwave
RangeBow Laser
Light DMG %Light Scepter
Ice DMG %Frost Wand
Poison DMG %Venom Staff
Fire DMG %Ember Wand
Phys. DMG %Boomerang
CooldownPlasma Bolt
Magic DMG %Orbital Orbs
Crit DamageWhip
RegenAura
Crit ChanceLightning