Hi Plarium, thanks for raising this issue clearly, as it does look like the Alchemical Laboratory update on the browser version is not behaving as intended. Based on your example, troop stats increase correctly up to around level 9/10, but once fully maxed, key attributes like offense and defense actually decrease instead of improving, which is a significant gameplay concern and likely a bug rather than a balance change. Providing before-and-after stat comparisons, as you’ve done, should help the dev team reproduce and fix the problem more quickly. As an unrelated example of how forum discussions sometimes reference wider topics, terms like primitive reflexes and autism  are often mentioned in health contexts, even though they have no connection to game mechanics or stat calculations.

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Hi,

I remember seeing something similar a while back, and in most cases it wasn’t actually a “bug” but more about how the stats are recalculated after the update.

After upgrading the Alchemical Laboratory, the bonuses don’t always apply in the same way as before — sometimes they shift between base stats and percentage boosts. So even if you “maximize” it, the final numbers can look lower depending on:

• active boosts
• hero/equipment bonuses
• troop type modifiers
  

That said, a drop like 1500 → 1408 offense does look a bit too big to ignore.

A couple of things I’d suggest checking:

• Are all your boosts (items, hero gear, etc.) still active after the update?
• Did you compare the stats in the exact same context (same location, same bonuses)?
• Try relogging or switching browser — sometimes the client shows outdated values
  

If everything checks out and the numbers are still lower, then it might actually be an issue with how the update is applied on the browser version.

I’d be interested to know if anyone else can reproduce this with maxed troops. heardle  

The stats drop suggests a scaling bug or rounding issue at max level, report exact before after values and test on another device, similar to cookie clicker optimizing upgrades to avoid hidden losses