Iron Guard

Iron Guard
Iron Guard in battle.
Level	14 ~ 21 16 ~ 19 (Legend)
Race	Zombie
Zone	Thunder Labs - Stage 4/Wave 1, 3 - Stage 6/Wave 1 - Stage 8/Wave 3 - Stage 9/Wave 1 - Training (2/5 Fights)
Allies	Hammertron Tempest Raven Mad Doctor Samurai Spark Zombie (Training)

Iron Guard is a Normal enemy unit in Sonny (2017). They're encountered in Thunder Labs.

Attributes

Attribute Notes:

• Values in bold can be encountered in a Legend run (no training), no bold means that these values are only available in training fights.
  • Italic values cannot be encountered in training despite being coded in the game due to Sonny's level being +1 higher than the zone level when entering a new zone, on a legend run.
• Buffs cannot reduce Power/Defense/Speed below 1. This also applies to Vitality but it normally cannot be modified in battle.
  • For Defense specifically, this means that the Damage taken Mod becomes ~200% while both breached and exposed. See this this page for more info.
• Visible Power/Defense/Speed is rounded to nearest integer. If the actual value ends exactly in ".5", then it will be rounded to nearest even integer. Visible (Max) HP is rounded up.
• Abilities can also have Hit./Crit. Bonuses, which are listed under the Abilities section.
• Only Physical Defense is shown because the other elemental defenses are not used at all on units. They can still get non-physical elemental defense from certain abilities.

	Base	Mod		Lvl 13	Lvl 14	Lvl 15	Lvl 16	Lvl 17	Lvl 18	Lvl 19	Lvl 20	Lvl 21
Power	0	1.2		564.01	637.96	715.98	798	883.96	973.8	1067.46	1164.89	1266.05
Defense	0	1.1		517.01	584.8	656.31	731.5	810.3	892.65	978.5	1067.82	1160.54
Speed	0	0.7		329.01	372.14	417.65	465.5	515.64	568.05	622.68	679.52	738.53
Vitality	0	1.2		564.01	637.96	715.98	798	883.96	973.8	1067.46	1164.89	1266.05
Max HP from Vitality (7*Vitality)				3948.09	4465.72	5011.85	5586	6187.71	6816.57	7472.2	8154.23	8862.33
Visible Max HP from Vitality				3949	4466	5012	5586	6188	6817	7473	8155	8863
Visible Power				564	638	716	798	884	974	1067	1165	1266
Visible Defense				517	585	657	732	810	893	978	1068	1161
Visible Speed				329	372	418	466	516	568	623	680	738
Damage Taken Mod from Defense				68.066%
... while Breached (-50% Defense)				131.25%
... while Exposed (-75% Defense)				165.625%
Hit. Bonus	25%
Crit. Chance	15%
Stun Resist	0%
Focus Drain Resist	0%
Physical Defense	0%

Abilities

• Attack
• Counter
• Rage

Attack	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Physical	Basic Attack	Melee	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
		100% Power
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
		30%		100%
	Reaction		Notes

Counter	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Physical	Passive
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	Reaction		Notes
Counter	Aura Description			Aura Notes
	This unit gains 25 Focus whenever hit by an attack.

Rage	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Lightning	Active	Ranged	Self
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	6
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	3	100%	500%	100%
	Reaction		Notes
			Version 2.
Berserk	Caster Buff Description
	Power increased by 300%.
	Caster Buff Polarity	Caster Buff Charges	Caster Buff Duration	Caster Buff Notes
	Positive		1	+1 duration when first applied. Duration ticks down once after being applied.

A.I. Ability Order

A.I. Notes:

• The A.I. prefers to use the topmost item in the left list, which is ranked according to the abilities' total scaling and A.I. score bonuses. For attacks specifically, their cooldown also plays a part in the rankings (the longer the cooldown, the higher it goes).
  • When an ability's Max HP Threshold condition is met and it's off cooldown, then that ability is added to the left list, in most cases to the top.
  • If an ability cannot be used due to being on cooldown, incl. silences, then the A.I. moves down the list to the next ability. If no abilities are available, then the A.I. skips their turn.
  • The A.I. will also not use healing abilities with 100% HP Threshold if all their teammates have full HP.
• The A.I. does have a chance of not following the list and instead picking a random ability. The chance depends on it's A.I. type and the difference in total scaling & A.I. Score Bonuses.
• It might also pick a different ability if the valid target(s) has:
  • Increased elemental defense against an element one of their available abilities has.
  • High Defense and the A.I. has access to an ability that deals piercing damage.
• The A.I. prefers targeting units with low HP% (both attacks & heals) and a high Damage Taken Mod (only attacks). Buffs that increases damage/healing taken also affect the targeting priority.
• Again, the A.I. has a chance of targeting a random unit instead. The chance depends on it's A.I. type, the difference in HP% & difference in Damage Taken Mod.

A.I. Type	This unit has the A.I. type "Normal". They tend to follow the list and targeting priority, but can sometimes switch it up with a random ability or target.
Phases	Ability Preference List	HP Threshold Abilities	Passive Abilities
Phase 1	- Rage (3rd turn & onward) - Attack		- Counter

Tactics

Avoid using multi-strike abilities again Iron Guards, as they can gain turns rapidly this way. The exception is if the Iron Guard has low HP and the ability can kill them.

Trivia

• Iron Guard is the only enemy unit in Thunder Labs that lacks a Lightning element attack.