Initiative serves the sole purpose of enabling your gladiator to attack first in each round of a battle, something that gives an advantage over other gladiators. To understand how initiative works in a battle please read more in the battle basics.
Some key takeaways for the attribute initiative follows below:
- A higher initiative value than your opponent does not mean that you will always gain the initiative in a battle round, but it will greatly increase your chance of attacking first.
- Initiative is extremely important if you are playing with a two-handed weapon. If you do not win the initiative you will most likely try to parry with your two-handed weapon, use up the action for that weapon and never get a chance to attack.