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⚔️ Virus Resistance – PvP Focus

In Season 1 – The Crimson Plague, Virus Resistance isn’t just for PvE. It also plays a major role in player-vs-player combat, especially in city wars, Military Base fights, and cross-zone battles.

📌 Without proper resistance, your troops will take massive extra damage and perform poorly — even against weaker opponents.

🔥 Where PvP Resistance Applies

  • City wars (when capturing or defending cities)
  • Military Base (Outpost) combat
  • Base attacks (defense/offense)
  • Garrisoning or rallying in alliance wars

🧬 What Does Virus Resistance Do in PvP?

When you’re fighting another player, the system checks your Virus Resistance. If it’s too low:

  • Your troops receive combat debuffs (reduced ATK/DEF/HP)
  • You lose more units per battle
  • Your squad underperforms even at high power
  • You become nearly useless in city fights

📊 PvP Resistance Thresholds

Virus ResistancePvP Effect
0–3,000Heavily debuffed (unusable in war)
3,000–6,000Still weak in PvP
6,000–9,999Viable but suboptimal
10,000✅ Full PvP effectiveness, no debuff

✅ You need 10,000 Virus Resistance to avoid ALL PvP debuffs — anything below that weakens your army.

💡 Why It Matters

  • War Leaders must be at 10k resistance to lead rallies and city captures
  • Even backup or filler players should aim for 6,000+ to avoid being a liability
  • In cross-server wars, enemies will focus low-resistance targets

🛡️ Who Needs Max PvP Resistance?

RoleResistance RequiredNotes
War Leader / Rally Lead10,000 ✅Non-negotiable
PvP Frontline (T10 users)9,000–10,000Strong performance
Garrison / City Support6,000+Minimum for participation
Backline Farm Base3,000+May still get raided

🔧 How to Reach 10,000 Resistance

  • Max your Virus Research Institute (Lv30)

  • Use Immune Protein only for VRI until capped

  • Farm Mutant Crystals from:

    • Genetic Recombination
    • Doomsday Kill
    • Plague Crisis

  • Maintain 3–4 Protein Farms to support upgrades

🧑‍🚀 Player Type Advice

🧑‍🌾 F2P

  • Cap VRI before switching to War Leader
  • Avoid PvP roles if under 6,000 resistance
  • Stick to Engineer until VRI is Lv25+

💳 Light Spender

  • Prioritize VRI to Lv30 before investing in troop buffs
  • Can switch to War Leader once resistance and power are solid
  • Only garrison/capture cities with >9k resistance

🐳 Whale

  • Resistance cap should be hit by Week 3
  • Lead PvP operations confidently with full Virus Resistance
  • Begin secondary troop path planning after VRI is done

✅ Summary

  • PvP Virus Resistance is required to avoid combat debuffs
  • 10,000 resistance = No PvP penalties
  • VRI is the only way to raise resistance — max it early
  • Do not lead or join wars without proper resistance — it hurts the team

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