Captured Familiar

Captured Familiar is a permanent allegiance buff that indicates a former enemy unit has been converted into a lasting ally. Unlike temporary Charmed, Captured Familiar persists across battles: if the captured unit survives the current encounter, it continues to fight alongside your team in future fights. This creates a powerful recruitment mechanic where powerful enemies can become permanent additions to your roster.

Captured Familiars retain their original stats, abilities, and properties from when they were enemies. This means capturing a strong enemy gives you a powerful ally, while capturing a weak enemy provides a less impactful addition. The captured unit fights under AI control, using its original moveset and behavior patterns now directed against enemies rather than your team.

The Captured Familiar mechanic rewards strategic choice in which enemies to capture, as the captured unit's strength directly translates to ally strength. Capturing enemies with useful abilities, high stats, or strong offensive capabilities maximizes the value of the conversion. The familiar can be lost permanently if it dies in a subsequent battle without Auto Revive, so protecting your captured familiars is important for maintaining your expanded roster.