How to play Emoji Battle

Showing 105 of 105 abilities

• 🔥During clash

  Overheat

  Windfury, wins ties it would otherwise draw by striking twice.

• ⚡️Before clash

  Strike First

  Charge, gains +2 power before every clash it fronts.

• ☠️After clash

  Venom

  Poisonous, anything that survives a clash with it is poisoned and dies at round end.

• 🔁On defeat

  Rebirth

  Returns to the back of the team once per round at half power.

• 🛡️Before clash

  Bulwark

  Shields itself once per round, soaking the next defeat.

• 🩸After clash

  Lifesteal

  Heals (gains power) each time it wins a clash.

• 🎯Before clash

  Mark

  Marks the enemy front; marked emoji take double damage from effects.

• 💥On defeat

  Last Blast

  Deathrattle, saps power from whoever defeated it.

• 📣On entry

  Rally

  All allies gain +1 power when it enters.

• 🌫️During clash

  Phase

  Dodges the first clash it would lose, once per round.

• 🤫Before clash

  Hush

  Silences the enemy front, disabling its special for the round.

• ❄️Before clash

  Frostbite

  Freezes the enemy front solid - it loses its next clash.

• 🪞During clash

  Mirror Ward

  Once per round, reflects a super-effective hit back, surviving and removing the attacker.

• 🧊During clash

  Encase

  Intangible, cannot be removed by type advantage for its first clash.

• 💪Before clash

  Pump

  Buffs itself before the clash.

• 🐛→🦋Round end

  Metamorphosis

  After surviving 2 clashes, evolves into a stronger form (🐛→🦋).

• 🥚→🐣Round end

  Hatch

  After surviving a clash, hatches into a chick (🥚→🐣).

• 🃏Round end

  Wildcard

  Chaotic, randomly gains or loses power each clash.

• 🧛On entry

  Drain Three

  Steals up to 3 power from a random enemy when it enters.

• ☯️On entry

  Balance

  While in play, type advantages are disabled for everyone.

• 🙃On entry

  Upside Down

  While in play, the LOWER power wins power tiebreaks.

• 😅On entry

  Cold Sweat

  Gains +1 power to itself on entry (😅).

• 🧟→⚰️On defeat

  Reanimate

  When defeated, leaves behind a coffin that can rise again (🧟→⚰️).

• 🧨On entry

  Demolition

  Blows up every fighter over power 5 on both sides - itself included (🧨).

• 🕳️On entry

  Sinkhole

  Swallows one random fighter from each side of the field - itself included in the draw (🕳️).

• 🧲On entry

  Magnetize

  Steals up to 2 metal emoji from the enemy team (🧲).

• 🦠On defeat

  Infect

  If it loses, the victor is infected and turns into a microbe (🦠).

• 🧑‍🚒On entry

  Extinguish

  Removes all fire emoji from the field (🧑‍🚒).

• 🔄On entry

  Reverse Ring

  While in play, the type ring spins backwards: every type beats what it normally loses to (🔄).

• 💀On entry

  Sudden Death

  While in play, any clash that falls to a power tiebreak becomes a mutual KO (💀).

• 🎰On entry

  Jackpot

  Re-rolls the whole board: every fighter on both sides becomes a random emoji (🎰).

• 🪄On entry

  Polymorph

  Hexes the enemy front into a weak random creature, stripping its stats and special (🪄).

• 🪞On entry

  Mirror Match

  Copies the enemy front, turning your front into an identical clone (🪞).

• 👽On entry

  Abduction

  Beams the enemy front off the field and vanishes along with it (👽).

• 🌪️On entry

  Type Storm

  Re-rolls the types of every fighter on the board, scrambling all matchups (🌪️).

• ✨On entry

  Wild Magic

  Fires one random effect on entry: buff, debuff, freeze, or polymorph (✨).

• 🎲Round end

  Reroll

  Each clash it survives, re-rolls its own power across the whole 0-11 band (🎲).

• 🩸Round end

  Soul Siphon

  Each clash it survives, drains 2 power from the enemy front and adds it to itself (🩸).

• 🪙During clash

  Chaos Coin

  Flips a coin in each clash: heads it wins, tails it loses, ignoring type and power (🪙).

• 🧯On entry

  Fire Extinguisher

  Douses the field on entry: removes every fire enemy. Counters fire aggro (🧯).

• 🧹Before clash

  Dispel

  Strips the enemy front's accumulated buffs back to base and silences it. Counters buff stacking (🧹).

• 🐱Before clash

  Pounce

  Cat-and-mouse: removes a rodent enemy front (🐭🐀🐹) before it can clash (🐱).

• 🔱Round end

  Caltrops

  Thorns: each clash it survives, the enemy front loses 2 power. Counters bruisers (🔱).

• 🗣️On entry

  War Cry

  Lets out a battle roar on entry: every enemy loses 1 power.

• 🧍On entry

  Bodyguard

  Shields the ally right behind it, granting them +2 power on entry.

• 🔧On entry

  Tinker

  Tunes up the gadgets: every object ally gains +1 power.

• 🔇On entry

  Purge

  Silences every enemy with 8 or more power, disabling their specials. Counters legendaries.

• 🧽On entry

  Exterminator

  Clears out the chaff: removes every enemy with 2 or less power. Counters swarms.

• 🚪On entry

  Gate Crash

  Storms in and scrambles the enemy's formation on entry.

• 👻On entry

  Séance

  Summons a friendly ghost behind the front (👻).

• 😤Before clash

  Taunt

  Goads the enemy front, sapping 1 power before each clash it fronts.

• 🌀Before clash

  Wind Up

  Builds momentum, gaining +1 power before every clash.

• 🥶Before clash

  Chill Touch

  Freezes a fire-type enemy front before it can clash. Counters fire aggro.

• 💨Before clash

  Smokescreen

  Silences a stronger enemy front before the clash. Counters bullies.

• 🦏During clash

  Thick Skin

  Once per round, shrugs off a loss decided on power.

• 🍀During clash

  Gambler's Luck

  A 1-in-4 chance to dodge any loss it would take.

• 🗡️During clash

  Assassin

  Once per round, strikes down an enemy front still at its untouched base power.

• 🏆After clash

  Trophy Hunter

  Gains +3 power after defeating an enemy of 8 or more power.

• 💢After clash

  Aftershock

  After winning a clash, the next enemy front takes 1 damage.

• 😇On defeat

  Martyr

  When defeated, inspires the whole team with +2 power.

• 🧿On defeat

  Curse

  Curses its killer, silencing their special. Counters special stacking.

• ➗On defeat

  Splitter

  Splits into two half-power copies on defeat (they can't split again this round).

• 👻On defeat

  Vengeful Ghost

  On defeat, saps 2 power from a random enemy.

• 🌲Round end

  Evergreen

  Cleanses debuffs before each clash, restoring itself to base power.

• 🐺Round end

  Pack Leader

  Gains +1 power per animal ally when it enters (up to +3).

• 🕯️Round end

  Slow Burn

  Each clash it survives, every enemy loses 1 power.

• 🦜On entry

  Mimic

  Parrots the enemy front's special, copying it for itself. If there's nothing to copy, it puffs up +2 instead (🦜).

• 🧠On entry

  Mind Control

  Steals the enemy front's special outright - it gains the ability and the foe forgets it. Counters special-reliant fronts (🧠).

• 🔊On entry

  Echo

  Amplifies the team: copies the strongest ally's special onto itself so the ability fires from two fighters (🔊).

• 🪓During clash

  Cleave

  Chops straight through a shield: strips the enemy front's shield so a winning hit lands. Counters shield stacking (🪓).

• 🧼On entry

  Cleanse

  Washes the team clean of poison, freeze, silence, and marks, and heals the weakest ally. Counters poison and control (🧼).

• 🤝On entry

  Recruit

  Wins over the enemy's weakest fighter, moving it onto the back of your team. Counters swarms (🤝).

• 🐷After clash

  Gluttony

  Devours the fallen: each clash it wins, it absorbs some of the defeated foe's power (🐷).

• 🐗Before clash

  Berserk

  Works itself into a frenzy: +1 before every clash, and +2 more when it's the last fighter standing (🐗).

• 🦨On defeat

  Plague

  Sprays its killer on the way out - the victor is poisoned and dies at round end. Counters aggressive fronts (🦨).

• 🏇Before clash

  Dragon Lance

  Unhorses the great lizards: a 🐉🐲🦖🦕 front is felled outright before the clash (🏇).

• ⛪On entry

  Consecrate

  Holy ground: banishes up to two spooky enemies on entry. Counters the undead (⛪).

• 🏛️On entry

  Revolution

  Topples the crown: enemy royalty (👑🤴👸🫅) is silenced and loses 2 power (🏛️).

• 🥾On entry

  Grounded

  Rubber soles: every electric-typed enemy discharges for -2 on entry (🥾).

• 🌚On entry

  Moonless Night

  Lights out: every light-typed enemy dims for -2 on entry. Counters the ✨ meta (🌚).

• 👮Before clash

  Arrest

  Confiscates the enemy front's special for good - or writes a -2 citation if it has none (👮).

• 🧱On entry

  Breakwater

  Breaks the waves: enemy 🌊💧🌧️☔ are removed on entry. Counters the flood (🧱).

• 🐳On entry

  Whalesong

  A song for the pod: every other water-typed ally swells +2 on entry (🐳).

• 📬On entry

  Special Delivery

  The mail gets through: a random fighter is delivered to the back of your team (📬).

• 🍺On entry

  Liquid Courage

  Bottoms up: +2 power on entry, but silenced for the round - brave and sloppy (🍺).

• 🤫On entry

  Hush Now

  Picks out the enemy's most dangerous voice - their strongest fighter with an ability - and shuts it down for the round. Resolves before anything else happens (🤫).

• 🔇On entry

  Total Silence

  Kills the sound on the whole battlefield: EVERY fighter on both sides is silenced for the round, its own team and itself included. Nothing has an ability any more - it's just power and type (🔇).

• 🥊Before clash

  Knockout

  One clean hit before the clash: the enemy front goes down and is OUT for the rest of the match - that emoji can never be fielded again (🥊).

• ⛔On entry

  Disqualified

  Shows a random enemy the card: it leaves the field and is barred from the rest of the match (⛔).

• ⚠️Trap

  Land Mine

  Springs when it's knocked out. Steps off the pressure plate on the way down: the enemy front is blown off the field with it (⚠️).

• ☣️Trap

  Dead Man's Switch

  Springs when it's knocked out. Its grip goes slack and the whole enemy team catches the blast: -3 to every one of them (☣️).

• 📛Trap

  Booby Trap

  Springs when it's knocked out. Whoever pulls it apart gets what's inside: its killer is poisoned and loses 3 power (📛).

• 🪝Trap

  Bear Trap

  Springs when it scores a knockout. The jaws are still open for the next one: after it takes a fighter down, the incoming enemy front is frozen solid (🪝).

• 🥅Trap

  Snare Net

  Springs when it scores a knockout. Drops the net over the next arrival: after a knockout, the incoming enemy front is silenced for the round (🥅).

• 🎣Trap

  Hook & Line

  Springs when it scores a knockout. Casts into the confusion after a knockout and lands a catch: the enemy's weakest fighter is reeled onto your team (🎣).

• 🛑Trap

  Last Stand

  Springs when it's the last one standing. Alone, and finally dangerous: when it is the last fighter on its side, +4 power and a shield (🛑).

• ⛓️Trap

  Final Gambit

  Springs when it's the last one standing. Nothing left to lose: the last fighter standing drags the enemy front off the field with it (⛓️).

• 🚨Trap

  Panic Button

  Springs when it's the last one standing. Hits the alarm when it is the only one left: two reinforcements come running (🚨).

• 🧷Trap

  Spike Pit

  Springs when an ally falls. The ground gives way where an ally fell: -2 to the whole enemy team (🧷).

• 🪢Trap

  Tripwire

  Springs when an ally falls. An ally goes down and the line goes taut: the enemy front is frozen (🪢).

• 🕹️Trap

  Revenge Protocol

  Springs when an ally falls. Losing one of your own trips the protocol: +2 power to every fighter left on your team (🕹️).

• 🔈Trap

  Feedback Loop

  Springs when it's silenced. Silence it and the whole room screams: every enemy on the field is silenced right back (🔈).

• 🔦Trap

  Counter-Ambush

  Springs when it's silenced. Shutting it up only makes it worse: it shrugs off the silence and every other debuff, and gains +3 power (🔦).

• 🛎️Trap

  Alarm Bell

  Springs when it's outnumbered. Rings the moment your side is outnumbered: the whole team takes cover behind a shield (🛎️).

• 🎪Trap

  Send in the Clowns

  Springs when it's outnumbered. When your side is outnumbered the show starts anyway: the enemy formation is scrambled (🎪).

A trap arms quietly the moment its fighter enters — no fanfare, no blurb shown mid-battle — then springs once per round on its own event, not a phase. The wiki documents every trap in full; the battle screen keeps them a surprise until they spring.

1,048 documented combos. Search to browse; JavaScript needed for the full codex.

Showing 0 of 0 combos. Ordered combos need the pieces in a row, in order. Type combos trigger off your fighters' types, so any three Fire emoji will do.

• Wildfire (🔥 + 🌲): Fire spreads through the trees, +2 to your whole team.
• Magma (🌋 + 🔥): Molten payoff, +3 to the front emoji.
• Steam (🔥 + 💧): Scalding steam saps the enemy team, -1 each.
• Deep Freeze (💧 + ❄️): The enemy front freezes solid and can't fight back.
• Blizzard (❄️ + 🌬️): A whiteout freezes the enemy front.
• Thunderstorm (⚡️ + 🌊): Lightning over water shocks them all, -1 each.
• Tsunami (🌊 + 🌊 + 🌊): Three waves wipe the enemy front on entry.
• Avalanche (⛰️ + ❄️): The mountain comes down on the enemy front.
• Acid Rain (☁️ + ☠️): Corrosive rain melts the enemy team, -2 each.
• Sandstorm (🏜️ + 🌬️): Stinging sand blinds the enemy, -1 each.
• Natural Disaster (🌋 + 🌪️): Chaos takes the weakest on each side.
• Bloom (🌱 → 💧 → ☀️): Photosynthesis: +2 to the front emoji.
• Pollination (🐝 + 🌸): A second bee joins the swarm.
• Mushroom Bloom (🍄 + 🍄): Spores everywhere, +2 to the front.
• Greenhouse (🌱 + 🏠): Everything grows, +1 to your animals.
• Werewolf (🌕 + 🐺): Under the full moon, +3 to the front.
• Phoenix Rebirth (🔥 → 🐦 → ✨): Rising from ash, +2 to the front.
• Dragon's Hoard (🐉 + 💰): The dragon guards its gold, +2 to the front.
• Vampire Clan (🧛 + 🧛): Each vampire empowers the others.
• Zombie Horde (🧟 + 🧟): The horde grows stronger together.
• Unicorn Blessing (🦄 + ✨): A blessing of light, +1 to all.
• Kraken Wakes (🐙 + 🌊): Tentacles drag the enemy front under.
• Shark Frenzy (🦈 + 💧): Blood in the water, +3 to the front.
• Pet Pack (🐶 + 🐱): The pack rallies, +1 to all.

On top of the element chart, specific emoji counter specific others — one extra winning pairing when they clash.

• 🐱→🐭The cat corners the mouse. 🐱 counters 🐭.
• 🐶→🐱The dog chases the cat up a tree. 🐶 counters 🐱.
• 🐭→🐘The elephant panics at the mouse. 🐭 counters 🐘.
• 🦅→🐍The eagle strikes from above. 🦅 counters 🐍.
• 🐍→🐸The snake swallows the frog. 🐍 counters 🐸.
• 🐸→🪰One flick of the tongue. 🐸 counters 🪰.
• 🕷️→🪰Caught in the web. 🕷️ counters 🪰.
• 🐺→🐑The wolf takes the flock. 🐺 counters 🐑.
• 🦊→🐔The fox raids the henhouse. 🦊 counters 🐔.
• 🐔→🐛Pecked off the leaf. 🐔 counters 🐛.
• 🐦→🐛The early bird. 🐦 counters 🐛.
• 🦈→🐟Blood in the water. 🦈 counters 🐟.
• 🎣→🐟Hook, line and sinker. 🎣 counters 🐟.
• 🐻→🍯The bear raids the hive. 🐻 counters 🍯.
• 🐝→🐻A hundred stings send it running. 🐝 counters 🐻.
• 🦇→🦟Echolocation never misses. 🦇 counters 🦟.
• 🦁→🦓The hunt on the savanna. 🦁 counters 🦓.
• 🧄→🧛One clove clears the room. 🧄 counters 🧛.
• ☀️→🧛Daylight ends the night shift. ☀️ counters 🧛.
• 🔦→👻Light leaves nowhere to haunt. 🔦 counters 👻.
• 🧹→🕸️Swept away in one pass. 🧹 counters 🕸️.
• ✂️→📄Scissors cut paper. ✂️ counters 📄.
• 📄→🪨Paper wraps rock. 📄 counters 🪨.
• 🪨→✂️Rock breaks scissors. 🪨 counters ✂️.
• 🪤→🐭The oldest trick in the book. 🪤 counters 🐭.
• 🧯→🔥Out in a single blast. 🧯 counters 🔥.
• 🚒→🔥The engine arrives first. 🚒 counters 🔥.
• 💧→🔥Doused on contact. 💧 counters 🔥.
• 🔥→☃️Melted before it can wave. 🔥 counters ☃️.
• ☂️→🌧️The rain never lands. ☂️ counters 🌧️.
• 🗡️→🐉The lance finds the gap in the scales. 🗡️ counters 🐉.
• 🛡️→⚔️The wall outlasts the blade. 🛡️ counters ⚔️.
• 🧲→🤖Magnets scramble the circuits. 🧲 counters 🤖.
• 🐊→🦩Ambush at the waterline. 🐊 counters 🦩.
• 🦉→🐭Silent wings at night. 🦉 counters 🐭.
• 🐬→🦑Pods hunt in echoes. 🐬 counters 🦑.

The food chain

Class-level rules read off each card's own tags, so every tagged card participates without hand-curation.

1. person counters animal — tamed, leashed, and outsmarted
2. animal counters food — it never stood a chance on the plate
3. food counters person — the snack always wins
4. animal counters bug — snapped up in one bite
5. bug counters food — the picnic is already lost
6. spooky counters person — fear does half the work
7. fantasy counters spooky — legends are what ghosts are afraid of

• 🤖

  Play the AI

  Four difficulty tiers, from a gentle warm-up to a genuine challenge.

• 🛋️

  Pass & play

  Hand the phone back and forth for a local duel — no connection needed.

• 💬

  iMessage

  Async turns in a real iMessage thread — reply whenever you're free.

• 👥

  Group chats

  Confirm-to-play lobby, then everyone battles everyone at once.

• 🏆

  Game Center

  Achievements and leaderboards, opt-in like everything else.

• 📜

  Match history

  An opt-in record of your past battles, yours to keep or clear.

• 🗣️

  Siri

  “Start a battle,” “look up a fighter,” or ask for your daily fighter — hands-free.