Combat Designer Review

Combat Balance Dashboard

Define a combat scenario, review the highest-risk balance issues, and validate flagged matchups with a focused replay instead of hunting through a generic control bench.

Profiles: 4
Enemy tiers: 4
Baseline: Assault Rifle

Workflow

Combat Balance Dashboard POC

Prototype review

Review summary

Executive balance readout

Total findings

15

Critical blockers

12

Warnings

2

Profiles in spec

0

Profiles out of spec

4

Blocked matchups

0

Review artifact

Scenario overview

Scenario: Combat Balance Dashboard POC
Profiles: 4 | Enemy tiers: 4
Target band: 1.5s - 3.5s
Findings: 15 total (12 critical, 2 warning, 1 info)
Profiles in spec: 0 | Out of spec: 4
Top issue: Scatter Shotgun underperforms against Boss — Scatter Shotgun lands a 33.91s TTK against Boss, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Findings

Ranked issues

15 issues detected
critical

Scatter Shotgun underperforms against Boss

TTK: 30.4

Scatter Shotgun lands a 33.91s TTK against Boss, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Raise effective damage or reduce target mitigation for this matchup.

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critical

Arc Bolt underperforms against Boss

TTK: 27.1

Arc Bolt lands a 30.60s TTK against Boss, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Raise effective damage or reduce target mitigation for this matchup.

arc-boltboss
critical

Assault Rifle underperforms against Boss

TTK: 16.7

Assault Rifle lands a 20.25s TTK against Boss, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Raise effective damage or reduce target mitigation for this matchup.

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critical

Duelist Chain underperforms against Boss

TTK: 14.2

Duelist Chain lands a 17.69s TTK against Boss, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Raise effective damage or reduce target mitigation for this matchup.

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critical

Scatter Shotgun underperforms against Bulwark

TTK: 5.2

Scatter Shotgun lands a 8.74s TTK against Bulwark, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Raise effective damage or reduce target mitigation for this matchup.

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critical

Arc Bolt underperforms against Bulwark

TTK: 3.3

Arc Bolt lands a 6.80s TTK against Bulwark, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Raise effective damage or reduce target mitigation for this matchup.

arc-boltbulwark
critical

Assault Rifle underperforms against Bulwark

TTK: 2.8

Assault Rifle lands a 6.32s TTK against Bulwark, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Raise effective damage or reduce target mitigation for this matchup.

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critical

Duelist Chain underperforms against Bulwark

TTK: 1.9

Duelist Chain lands a 5.38s TTK against Bulwark, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Raise effective damage or reduce target mitigation for this matchup.

duelist-chainbulwark
critical

Arc Bolt kills Grunt too quickly

TTK: 1.5

Arc Bolt lands a 0.00s TTK against Grunt, below the 1.50s floor.

Reduce damage efficiency or raise target durability for this tier.

arc-boltgrunt
critical

Scatter Shotgun kills Grunt too quickly

TTK: 1.4

Scatter Shotgun lands a 0.12s TTK against Grunt, below the 1.50s floor.

Reduce damage efficiency or raise target durability for this tier.

scatter-shotgungrunt
critical

Duelist Chain kills Grunt too quickly

TTK: 1.1

Duelist Chain lands a 0.38s TTK against Grunt, below the 1.50s floor.

Reduce damage efficiency or raise target durability for this tier.

duelist-chaingrunt
critical

Assault Rifle kills Grunt too quickly

TTK: 1.0

Assault Rifle lands a 0.47s TTK against Grunt, below the 1.50s floor.

Reduce damage efficiency or raise target durability for this tier.

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warning

Arc Bolt dominates Grunt

TTK lead %: 100.0

Arc Bolt clears Grunt 100% faster than the next-best profile.

Verify whether this dominance is intentional or rebalance competing profiles for the tier.

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warning

Scatter Shotgun drifts from baseline

Sustained DPS delta %: 58.2

Scatter Shotgun is -58% below Assault Rifle on sustained DPS.

Confirm the archetype intent or close the gap if this is meant to be a lateral alternative.

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info

Arc Bolt drifts from baseline

Sustained DPS delta %: 32.9

Arc Bolt is -33% below Assault Rifle on sustained DPS.

Confirm the archetype intent or close the gap if this is meant to be a lateral alternative.

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Focused review

Scatter Shotgun underperforms against Boss

Scatter Shotgun lands a 33.91s TTK against Boss, above the 3.50s ceiling.

Spec band: 1.5s to 3.5s

TTK

Outliers in context

Delta

Against baseline

Assault Rifle

vs Assault Rifle

+0.0 sustained DPS
Expected DPS 249.9
Burst DPS 249.9

DPS

Focused profile comparison

Mitigation

Tier pressure

Breakpoints

Focused blockers first

ProfileElite
Assault Rifle
26 hits
2.94s TTK
In spec