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Alphas
Floor leaders and Alpha House masters: charges, danger and different recruitment rules.
A floor leader
An Alpha is larger and stronger than ordinary wild Pokémon. From the second floor it may guard a room with two escorts. Inspect its titles and allies. Red tiles announce a charged attack: leave them before impact. Sleep, distance and corridors help control the fight.
Recruiting on a floor
Defeating it with the controlled Pokémon can trigger an offer where recruitment is allowed. Sleep helps and level advantage adds a small bonus; a Friend Bow does not improve an Alpha’s chance. Its rate differs from an ordinary species.
The House master
An Alpha House first sends a pack, then its master. While the Alpha stands, healing is halved and revival blocked. Only the Alpha may join after victory.
Its verdict starts at 8 %, adds bonuses for no knockouts, a swift win and earlier Alpha Houses won without a recruit. Sleep doubles the result, capped at 25 %. The verdict screen explains the bonuses. This formula does not apply to floor Alphas; ordinary Houses have yet another recruitment promise.
The ordinary ×6 recruitment combination does not apply to Alphas.
See also
- DungeonsAlpha HousesFirst the pack, then the Alpha: a solo challenge with special healing and recruitment rules.
- PokémonPokémon with titlesExtra battle rules, counters and effects that change after recruitment.
- PokémonEvery way to recruitBattles, conversations, floor friends, requests, Monster Houses, special encounters, the Crucible, gifts and the weekly dungeon.
