Inkcarp

Common, Sonnet creature. Gene quality 25%.

Level 1. Stage 1 of 3.
Season 1.

First discovered by curly-lemur-19

Combat stats

HP Health points. At 0 HP this creature faints and the next teammate steps in.: 39
Attack Strength of its hits. Damage also depends on the target’s Defense, family matchup, arena, move, traits and critical hits.: 20
Defense Reduces incoming damage. Higher Defense softens hits; it does not subtract this number directly from Attack.: 12
Speed The faster active creature acts first each round. Ties alternate between the attacking and defending team.: 13

Abilities

Special move

Couplet

One hit at 1.5× normal-hit power. Then heals 15% of its maximum HP. Fires automatically after 2 normal attacks. A Perfect press in Claude adds 30% power.

Passive traits

Thick Hide: Takes 10% less damage

Genes

HP gene: 1/15 · -10.4%
Attack gene: 9/15 · +2.4%
Defense gene: 3/15 · -7.2%
Speed gene: 2/15 · -8.8%

About genes

Its four genes each range from 0 to 15 and change one stat by up to 12%. The score averages their points into a percentage, not a damage bonus. Their effects are already included in the stats shown.

Battle guide

Matchups & damage

Sonnet matchups

Sonnet normally hits Haiku for 1.5× damage and Opus for 0.67×. Topsy-Turvy reverses these matchups. In its own family’s arena, it deals 10% more damage (20% with Homebody).

How damage works

A normal hit starts from Attack × Attack ÷ (Attack + the target’s Defense). It then changes with family matchup, arena, move, traits, the day’s rule, 85–100% variation and critical hits. A critical hit normally deals 1.5× damage. There is no single fixed damage value for a card.