Introduction

King of the Golden Monocle is a fast paced game full of magic and wonder. The goal of the game is to kill other players or the king to score, and to have the highest score at the end of the game


Game Mechanics

Once KGM starts, each player will spawn randomly around the arena with three items. Two attack weapons and one healing item, all randomly selected. The player with the most points at the end of the game will be the King of the Golden Monocle. To earn points you have to kill people. If you kill someone with higher points than you, you can take up to 7 points from the player you killed. The closer you are to the center, the more points you are earned per kill.

Around the Arena you’ll find gold plates like at the lobby. These are used to maneuver around and get from place to place. But you cannot use items when flying on the plates.

Each item you have has two abilities. One for left click, one for right click. Abilities will cost you mana (but not everything), which will automatically refill to 100 mana. Your mana will be refilled when you spawn.

KGM is a fast-paced game. If you have trouble keeping up with the pace it is suggested you try to stay away from the center of the map, where the most of the battle occurs


Tips

Winning fast

Timing is everything. As soon as the game starts, you want to kill whoever you can, as fast as possible. Once a stable king is established, then attempt to kill them if they aren’t you. This way you will gain lots of point if you slay them, but if you die by their hand you’ll still keep about the same amount of points, vs. if you died against someone with less points than you.

After you are the king, turn to the defensive. Don’t run into the battle without thinking it through. Is it beneficial? If not, try to snipe the players for more points if you need some. If someone with lots of points comes at you, RUN AWAY. ESCAPE. This person is good enough to have killed enough people to gain that many points. If they successfully kill you, then they might get enough points that you can’t easily catch up with them. Be careful with others teaming up on you. You are the king. People will want to kill you just because of the crown. And be careful of sniping, because if someone snipes you and they are above you you might have trouble seeing them because of the crown, gosh darnit XD

Also, remember the points system. Aim for the people who have more points than you if you can, for if they kill you you won't loose many points. But if you kill them, you gain plenty of points in exchange.

Getting lots of kills

To get lots of kills, you have to get the death blow. This doesn’t mean you have to kill steal, but if you can, then do it. Go right ahead. It’s a game, and if people rage, then they’ll get over it in another game or two, don’t worry.

It is suggested to stay wherever your items fight the best. If it’s indoors, stay indoors. If its outdoors, stay outdoors, etc. Read more about this in the Item info and counter attacks section.

Stay in the center of the map, more people are there = more people to slay. If you see someone trying to heal, or standing still, go after them. Chances are they’re healing or backing off with low health, which lets you come it for the death blow.

Sniping people from afar

These sort of people tend to stick above on top of buildings and arches. The items best suited for this are:
  • Arcane bandage (Heal while shooting others and standing in place)
  • Frost Kings stone
  • Healing ale
  • Hydro gem
  • Staff of Permalong

Benefits from sniping are that you can steal kills and not get hurt unless someone sneaks up behind you.