Status Ailments
Status Ailments are the combat currency at the heart of DragonSword: Awakening's combat system. Every one of the game's nineteen Heroes has a distinct Status Ailment kit, and stacking those ailments on a target is the main thing the player is trying to do in a fight.
How the Loop Works
The Hero applies Status Ailments through their basic attacks and ailment-specific moves.
Stacked ailments open windows for Active Skills to trigger bigger effects.
Devastating combos close with Signal Skills that consume or convert the stacked ailments into huge damage.
Why It Matters
Because each Hero brings different Status Ailments to the table, party composition and solo Hero choice both come down to which ailments and which Signal Skills the player wants to be chaining into.
