Tribunal

# How it works

«Tribunal» is a single-target physical skill with a range of 40. It is learned by «Paladin», «Temple Knight», «Phoenix Knight» and «Eva's Templar»: levels 1-10 from character level 55 to 74. Requires a sword or a blunt weapon (one-handed or two-handed); with a rapier, ancient sword, spear, fists and other weapons the skill cannot be used. Use time 1.3 seconds, cooldown 4 seconds.

The skill has three parts:

1. A holy attribute strike: the skill's power is added to «P. Atk.», a critical hit and an overhit are possible.
2. Weakening for 30 seconds: the target's «Crit. Rate» drops and the damage it takes from melee weapons grows. It lands with a chance that depends on the target's «MEN».
3. Provocation for 3 seconds: a player in the target is forced to target the paladin and cannot change the target; a monster gets a large portion of hate.

The weakening and the provocation are applied only if the strike hit and dealt damage.

Skill levels

# Damage

The damage is calculated as for an ordinary physical skill:

damage = 76 × («P. Atk.» + power) × soulshot / target's «P. Def.»

1. A soulshot doubles the sum of «P. Atk.» and power.
2. If the target holds a shield and blocks the strike, the shield's defense is added to its «P. Def.». A perfect block leaves 1 point of damage and prevents the weakening from being applied.
3. The result is multiplied by the target's defense against your weapon (the weakening of «Tribunal» from a previous use gives × 1.12 - × 1.20), by the weapon's damage spread (as a rule, ±10% for swords, ±20% for blunt weapons), by the PvP damage and defense bonuses and by physical skill boosts. The paladin's physical skill boosts: «Patience» - with a 10% chance after taking a hit × 1.2 for 7 seconds; «Fighter's Will» (from level 81) - with a 3% chance on a hit «Physical Pose» × 1.2 for 10 seconds; together they give × 1.44.
4. Then +93 is added from «Olf's T-shirt» enchanted to +7 or higher.
5. Then everything together, including these +93, is multiplied by the holy attribute multiplier (see «Holy attribute and damage»), and on a critical hit - also by 2. Critical power, and the buffs and stones for it, do not change the damage of a critical «Tribunal» .

Example: «P. Atk.» 3 000, power 1 841, soulshot, target's «P. Def.» 2 500: 76 × (3 000 + 1 841) × 2 / 2 500 = 294 damage, 589 on a critical hit.

Damage without PvP and attribute multipliers, with a soulshot: level 10 / enchant +30 on power

# Critical hit chance

The critical hit chance of «Tribunal» does not depend on the paladin's «Crit. Rate»:

chance = 10% × «STR» bonus × target's resistance to critical hits

The «STR» bonus is taken from the character's full «STR» - with dyes, set and jewelry. Buffs and stones for critical hit chance do not affect this chance.

Critical hit chance by the paladin's «STR»

# Weakening for 30 seconds

If the weakening has landed, for 30 seconds the target's:

1. «Crit. Rate» drops by 30% / 40% / 50% (levels 1-5 / 6-9 / 10 and any enchant). The base part of the chance is reduced - the part that comes from «DEX» and the weapon.
2. The damage the target takes from melee weapons grows by 12% / 16% / 20%. This works for all attackers, not only for the paladin: both for ordinary hits and for physical skills.
3. With the crit damage weakening enchant: the power of the target's critical hits drops by 5-15% (see «Enchant»).

Repeated use: if the new roll succeeds, the weakening is applied anew and the 30 seconds start again; if it fails, the old weakening stays until it ends.

It is removed by debuff cleansing skills (for example «Cleanse» , «Soul Cleanse» ) and by death.

# Weakening chance

The base weakening chance is 80% (with the chance enchant - up to 100%). It is multiplied by three multipliers, and the result is never below 10% or above 90%:

chance = base chance × «MEN» multiplier × level multiplier × holy attribute multiplier

1. «MEN» multiplier: 2 - the target's «MEN» bonus, no more than 1 and no less than 0.10. The target's full «MEN» is taken - with dyes, set and jewelry. The higher the «MEN», the lower the multiplier.
2. Level multiplier: 1.02 × (1 + (skill level - target level) / 100). The skill level is 74 at level 10, from 76 to 85 with enchant (see «Enchant»).
3. Holy attribute multiplier: 1 + (holy attack - target's holy defense) / 1000. Holy attack here is the weapon's attack attribute if it is holy, plus 20 from the skill (21-50 with the holy attack enchant). If the weapon has no holy attribute, the 20 from the skill are not added, and the target's holy defense lowers the chance.

Example: enchant +15 on power, a level 85 target with «MEN» 30, attributes equal. 80 × 0.65 × 0.969 = 50.4%.

Chance against a level 85 target, attributes equal

Level multiplier

Holy attribute multiplier: enchant +15, a level 85 target with «MEN» 30

# Enchant

The enchant opens from level 76 after skill level 10. There are four routes. Any route raises the skill level in the chance calculation (from 74 to 76-85) and immediately gives the level 10 weakening: target's «Crit. Rate» -50%, melee weapon damage to it +20%.

1. On power: power 1 881 at +1, then +40 for each step, 3 041 at +30.
2. On chance: base weakening chance 80% at +1, 90% at +15, 100% at +30. The final chance does not go above 90%, so after +15 the route helps only against targets with high «MEN».
3. On crit damage weakening: the weakening additionally lowers the power of the target's critical hits by 5% at +1 and up to 15% at +30.
4. On holy attack: the skill's holy attribute is 21 at +1, 50 at +30 instead of 20. It raises both the damage (the attribute multiplier) and the weakening chance.

The enchant does not change the MP cost.

Enchant steps

# Holy attribute and damage

The damage of «Tribunal» is holy. Attribute power = 20 from the skill (21-50 with the holy attack enchant) + the weapon's attack attribute if it is holy. The target's holy defense is subtracted from it; a negative difference counts as zero - the damage does not become lower than normal.

Without a holy weapon, the 20 from the skill are almost always covered by the target's holy defense, and the multiplier is 1. With a holy weapon the damage grows noticeably.

Damage multiplier by attribute difference

# Counterattack and reflection

The range of «Tribunal» is 40, exactly melee, so against a target under «Counterattack» the skill gets answered: with a 90% chance the paladin takes damage of 1189 × the target's «P. Atk.» / the paladin's «P. Def.», × 2 if «Tribunal» landed as a critical hit. The paladin still deals the full strike and weakening. Details are on the «Counterattack» page.

The target's skills that reflect physical skills do not send back «Tribunal» : the damage and the weakening still go to the target.

# Tested on the server

The calculation was checked against real player fights on the server from 5 to 16 October 2026: 477 hits of «Tribunal» on players from 7 paladins, level 10 and enchants +27 on power, +10, +12 and +15 on crit damage weakening.

What the fights showed

# Specifics of our server

The skill's logic is as close as possible to the official High Five servers (PTS). Nobody knows for certain how the official server calculates the chance and damage inside, so where the data leaves a choice, on our server the rule is set explicitly:

1. The weakening chance depends on the target's «MEN», level and holy defense. Resistance to mental attacks and general debuff resistance do not change it.
2. The weakening time is always 30 seconds, it is not shortened by the target's resistance.
3. A critical hit of «Tribunal» is exactly × 2, critical power does not change it.
4. A repeated use replaces the weakening only when the roll succeeds.