The leagues, phase 4: the duel learns, tin tiers by league, level buffs, the board wears the badge

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/profile.js

@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ export function award(kind, n = 1) {
   return amt;
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------- the level is you ----
+// Phase 4's defensive buffs, through existing dials only: level 1 is the shipped game (factor 1)
+// and the cap stays honest — a maxed profile survives volleys better, it does not stop dying.
+// Read at the dial sites (meleeCooldown's floor, the parry's reach/arm, hurtPlayer's grace).
+export function bonus() {
+  const f = (levelAt(prof.xp) - 1) / (LEVEL_CAP - 1);
+  return { melee: 1 - 0.25 * f,   // the swish floor drops to 75% — panic scales with mastery
+           parry: 1 + 0.25 * f,   // the parry reaches a quarter further
+           grace: 1 + 0.35 * f }; // a volley needs a third longer to land twice
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------- the promotion ----
 // A cup win that moved the league parks its ceremony here (beats.cupWon writes, main.maybeRestart
 // consumes once the summary is tapped away). Module-local and consumed-on-read, the same shape as