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# Melee and Ranged Combat

#### Ranged Attack

●      An avatar must not be adjacent to the target avatar.

●      Ranged attacks also consume 1 energy.

●      The defending avatar does not fire back at the attacker.

| <p><em><code>Allowing ranged counter attacks means defenders can “exceed” their normal range.Ranged attacks has lower damage.</code></em><br><em><code>Since multiple enemies can attack a single target reduced ranged damage keeps the hit-to-kill count steady.</code></em><br></p> |
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