Stamina

Many fighting games have a resource besides health, often called stamina, meter or energy, that limits how often a fighter can use strong options. It turns every exchange into a question of spending versus saving.

BOTVBOT’s rules table gives each move’s stamina: Jab −4, Heavy −14, Dodge −6, Feint −2, Block +6, Recover +22. A Feint that breaks a Block also strips 15 stamina, and a staggered fighter loses 10 extra.

If a fighter cannot pay for its move it is exhausted: the move is replaced, the fighter gains 10 stamina and takes 1.25× damage. The rules list running out of gas as one of the three ways fights are actually lost.

Stamina also breaks ties: if a round goes the full 12 exchanges with HP level, higher remaining stamina wins it. So a plan should know its numbers, for example when to stop throwing Heavies and when to Recover.