GUIDE · COMBAT MECHANICS
Frame delay
Frame delay is the brief interval between starting an attack animation and releasing its projectile or applying its hit.
Overview
Frame delay is the brief interval between starting an attack animation and releasing its projectile or applying its hit.
How this system affects decisions
Combat results depend on more than the printed attack number. Compare the attacker’s damage with the target’s armor and armor class, then account for range, reload, accuracy, and any class-specific bonus; a counter bonus is separate from a unit’s ordinary attack. This is why the same unit can trade well into one target and poorly into another.
How to use this reference
Frame delay is the brief interval between starting an attack animation and releasing its projectile or applying its hit. This rule is easiest to understand by identifying its trigger, the game objects it affects, and the resulting change. Those details determine whether it matters during an opening, a battle, or a custom scenario.
- Focus
- Combat mechanics
- Signature / category
- How it works
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Combat mechanics
- Classification
- Game systems