The level is you, in the league: quicker legs, a wider window, and a curve that pays on the way up

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

src/profile.js

@@ -89,14 +89,22 @@ export function award(kind, n = 1) {
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
+// The level's buffs, through existing dials only: level 1 is the shipped game (factor 1, the
+// untouchable baseline) and the caps stay honest. FRONT-LOADED (sqrt of the level fraction,
+// 2026-08-29): Oliver plays at level ~20 and the buffs must be felt on the way up, not only at
+// the cap — the xp curve itself is fast-early for the same reason. At level 20 the fraction is
+// ~0.62 of the cap value; linear gave 0.39.
+// Read at the dial sites: meleeCooldown's floor, the parry's reach/arm, hurtPlayer's grace (the
+// gore trio), and — THE LEAGUE PAIR (his league-4 report: "autorun schlicht zu langsam, timing
+// zu tight") — gameplay.assistK's legs and trySwing's contact window, league modes only.
 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
+  const f = Math.sqrt((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
+           run: 1 + 0.15 * f,      // the league autorun's legs, up to +15%
+           window: 1 + 0.20 * f }; // the league contact window, up to +20% — cleaner timing too:
+                                   // quality is centre-normalised, so the same ms error scores higher
 }
 
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