Move anywhere in the arena — WASD / arrow keys, or the left thumb-stick on touch.
Attack with 4 moves — left click, right click, Shift + left click and Shift + right click (the keys JKL; still work), or tap the move buttons. Moves auto-aim at your opponent.
Swap monsters mid-fight with the SWAP button or Q. The battle keeps going while your next monster is thrown in, and swapping has an 8 second cooldown.
Change moves on the team screen: tap a monster, then one of its moves, and pick another it can learn. Your choices are remembered.
Dodge! White circles mark where an attack will land. Beams charge before they fire.
Types matter. Super-effective hits deal double damage. Matching your monster's type adds a bonus.
Status: PAR slows and may freeze you in place, BRN burns and weakens, PSN wears you down, FRZ locks you briefly.
Online: one player hosts and gets a 5-letter code, the other joins with it. Each of you sees the arena from your own side.
2 Players on one keyboard: Player 1 moves with WASD, attacks with RTFG and swaps with Q. Player 2 moves with the arrow keys, attacks with IOKL (or numpad 1–4) and swaps with P. On a phone or tablet, Player 2 sits across the table and gets their own controls. Gamepads work too.