Regression System Guide
Understanding death, lives, and the Clone battle
Death has consequences - learn how to minimize them
💀 What is Regression?
Regression is Excry's death penalty system. Unlike most games where you simply respawn, Excry punishes death with:
- • Limited Lives: You have 4 lives total
- • Clone Battle: After 4 deaths, fight your clone to continue
- • Stat Loss: Losing to your clone causes temporary attribute reduction
- • Progress Loss: Death can cost hours of grinding
🎮 The 4-Life System
How Lives Work
Every player starts with 4 lives. Each death consumes one life.
Lives 1-3: Safe Zone
When you die with 2+ lives remaining:
- • Respawn at nearest checkpoint
- • Lose 1 life
- • Keep all items and progress
- • No stat penalties
Life 4: Danger Zone
When you're on your last life:
- • Screen has red vignette effect
- • Warning indicator appears
- • Next death triggers Clone battle
- • Play extremely carefully!
No Lives: Clone Battle
When all 4 lives are depleted:
- • Forced into Clone battle arena
- • Must defeat your clone to continue
- • Win = Restore all 4 lives
- • Lose = Regression penalties
👤 The Clone Battle
What is the Clone?
Your Clone is an exact copy of your character with all your stats, skills, and equipment.
Clone Characteristics:
- • Same Level: Matches your current level
- • Same Stats: Identical Vitality, Agility, Affinity, Psionics
- • Same Class: Uses your class skills
- • Same Weapon: Wields your equipped weapon
- • AI Controlled: Uses advanced combat AI
Battle Mechanics:
- • Arena: Isolated 1v1 arena, no escape
- • No Items: Cannot use healing items
- • No Help: Cannot summon allies
- • Win Condition: Reduce Clone's HP to 0
- • Lose Condition: Your HP reaches 0
How to Beat Your Clone
✅ Winning Strategies:
- • Perfect Parries: Clone can be parried like any enemy
- • Bait Attacks: Let Clone attack first, then counter
- • Use Terrain: Arena has walls for Wall-Combos
- • Stamina Management: Clone has same stamina limits
- • Patience: Don't rush, wait for openings
❌ Common Mistakes:
- • Panic attacking (Clone will parry you)
- • Wasting stamina on failed dodges
- • Trying to trade hits (you'll both die)
- • Forgetting your own weaknesses
- • Not using your class skills
📉 Regression Penalties
What Happens if You Lose?
Losing to your Clone triggers Regression - a temporary weakening of your character.
Regression Effects:
1. Attribute Reduction
All stats (Vitality, Agility, Affinity, Psionics) reduced by 10-20%
2. Skill Lockout
Some advanced skills become temporarily unavailable
3. Experience Penalty
Lose a portion of your current level progress
4. Weakened State
Visual indicator shows you're in Regression
Recovery:
Regression is temporary. You can recover by:
- • Gaining experience (kills, quests)
- • Waiting (real-time recovery over hours)
- • Using special recovery items (if available)
- • Winning your next Clone battle
🛡️ Death Prevention Strategies
Before Combat
- • Stock up on healing items
- • Check your life count
- • Repair equipment
- • Save at checkpoints
- • Know your escape routes
During Combat
- • Don't fight when low on lives
- • Retreat if overwhelmed
- • Use defensive skills
- • Heal before HP is critical
- • Avoid risky areas
Build Choices
- • Invest in Vitality for HP
- • High Agility for escapes
- • Defensive talents
- • Resurrection skills (if available)
- • Balanced builds over glass cannon
Smart Gameplay
- • Learn enemy patterns
- • Master parry timing
- • Don't get greedy
- • Know when to run
- • Play with friends for backup
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is Regression permanent?
No! Regression is temporary. You can recover your stats and skills through gameplay. It's not permadeath.
Q: Can I avoid the Clone battle?
No. Once all 4 lives are depleted, the Clone battle is mandatory. The only way to avoid it is to not die 4 times.
Q: What if I keep losing to my Clone?
You'll enter deeper Regression each time. Eventually, you may need to create a new character or wait for recovery. Practice combat mechanics to improve.
Q: Do lives regenerate?
Lives do NOT regenerate naturally. The only way to restore lives is to win a Clone battle, which restores all 4 lives.
Q: Can I practice against my Clone?
No practice mode exists. The Clone battle only happens when you've lost all lives. Practice combat on regular enemies instead.