Specialists
Specialists are the same CryptoKitties-NFT in your gang who are trained in special skills. The cost to play a specialist will depend on the effect the skill has on the game.
To train your cat, it must fit certain requirements:
- You need a manual to instruct the Kitty*
- The kitten must have a genetic predisposition to be a certain type of specialists
A manual is a special kind of resource that player receives as rewards in PVE campaigns, tournaments and during account progression. This is an ERC-20 token that we transfer to your ethereum wallet.
Genetic predisposition is a necessary combination of your crypto kitten’s genes. This is similar to the recipe of fancy cats in CryptoKitties.
*To facilitate the gameplay in the KotoWars Alpha, you don’t need to train specialists using the manual.
Existing types of specialists:
| Type | Effect | Battlefield | Arena Cost | SE cost | Recipe | Badge | Example View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healer | Heals your champion on the amount of HP equal to specialist's defense** Can attack | Yes | 3 | 2 | Cloudwhite Pouty |  |  |
| Poisoner | Applies damage to the opponent inflicting 3 damage points per round Stacks up | No | 2 | 2 | Spangled Scarlet |  |  |
| Herbalist | Cures poison and adds regeneration healing 1 health point per round Stacks up | No | 2 | 2 | Hintomint Emeraldgreen |  |  |
| Magician | Draws 3 cards from your deck | No | 3 | 3 | Ganado Beard |  |  |
| Archer | Deals damage to all enemies before player’s action phase. Damage/HP depend on parameters Doesn't attack itself | Yes | 3 | 3 | Henna Wonky |  |  |
| Charmer | Enemies betray their champions for this kitty | No | 4 | 2 | Allyouneed Flapflap |  |  |
| Hypnotist | Has a chance to hypnotize the enemy before their attack Doesn't attack itself | Yes | 3 | 3 | Caffeine Belch |  |  |
| Sniper | Deals a huge amount of damage (42) via a single shot | No | 2 | 2 | Fox Camo |  |  |
| Vexillary | Inspires two random ally. Inspired ally gets +2 attack Can attack | Yes | 3 | 4 | Razzledazzle Buzzed |  |  |
Cat parameters:
**“Healer” is a specialist who heals your champion on the amount of HP equal to their defense. This is important because defense and attack depend on cat’s fur cattribute: the more defense cat gets the less attack they have.
The best healers are:
- Cloudwhite + Pouty + Ragdoll (1–15) — heals the champion by 15 hp
- Cloudwhite + Pouty + Persian (1–15) — heals the champion by 15 hp
More combative healers:
- Cloudwhite + Pouty + Lykoi (9–7) — heals the champion by 7 hp
- Cloudwhite + Pouty + Chartreux (6–10) — heals the champion by 10hp
***”Mad Archer” is a specialist who deals damage to all enemies before player’s action phase. Attack and defense of MadArcher follow the formula based on attack and defense characteristics of its fur.
Attack:
- 1-5: 1
- 6-10: 2
- 11-15: 3
Defense:
- 1-5: 5
- 6-10: 10
- 11-15: 15
Some examples:
- Savannah Mad Archer will be 3-5
- Cymric Mad Archer will be 2-10
- Toyger Mad Archer will be 1-15
There is a special search input in the Gang Builder where you can enter the cattributes and find corresponding kitties.
You can read more about the basic principles here