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# Creating an Enemy
### Creating the Character & Setting up the Components
1. Create a new blueprint derived from **Soulslike Enemy (B\_Soulslike\_Enemy).**
2. Assign your character mesh & the relevant Animation Blueprint you'd like to use:
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If your character is Epic skeleton compatible, you can use the Animation Blueprint & the Animation Blendspace provided by Soulslike Framework.
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3. **(Optional)** If your character will be using weapon(s), add a **Child Actor Component** to your Mesh. Select the world actor **(derived from B\_Item\_Weapon\_AI)** for the weapon you'd like your enemy to use:
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For more information about creating **AI Weapons**, check out our guide on [Creating & Editing Weapons for AI](/workflow/creating-and-editing-items/creating-and-editing-weapons.md#creating-editing-weapons-for-ai).
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4. **(Optional)** Setup your loot table for the enemy under the **AC\_LootDropManager** component. For more information, [read about the Loot Drop Manager component here](/components-managers/shared-components/loot-drop-manager.md).
5. Setup movement speed & stats/attributes for your enemy under the **AC\_StatManager** component. Additionally, you can override any stat/attribute you want and adjust their values from this component. For more information, [read about the Stat Manager component here](/components-managers/shared-components/stat-attribute-manager.md).
6. Setup AI behavior for your enemy under the **AC\_AI\_BehaviorManager** component. For more information, [read about the AI Behavior Manager component here](/components-managers/ai-only-components/ai-behavior-manager.md).
7. Finally, setup combat related data for your enemy under the **AC\_AI\_CombatManager** component. For more information, [read about the AI Combat Manager component here](/components-managers/ai-only-components/ai-combat-manager.md).
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If your Enemy character will not be using a weapon, ensure that you fill in the **Unarmed** category correctly under **AC\_AI\_CombatManager.**
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### Creating AI Abilities
Soulslike Framework uses a data-asset based, scored ability system for every enemy's abilities. To create new abilities, click on the Soulslike Framework dropdown and select the **AI Ability Creator**:
For each ability, you can define the corresponding **montage**, its **score** (weight based), its **cooldown** and custom **rules**. For more information on creating montages & utilizing notifies, [check out our Setup Custom Montages](/getting-started/quickstart/setup-custom-montages.md) page.
After creating the ability, do not forget to assign it to your enemy's **AC\_AI\_CombatManager!**
### Advanced: New/Custom Ability Rules
The framework provides two rules - **Distance (FAiRuleDistance) & Stat (FAiRuleStat)**. These rules are structures that contain relevant data. They are located in **/SoulslikeFramework/Structures/AI/Rules.**
With the use of **Instanced Structures,** you can create your own rules by creating a new structure with the relevant data and adjusting the **EvaluateAbilityRule()** function inside **AC\_AI\_CombatManager.**
#### Example #1 - Target (player) Stat Rule
For this example, we'll create a rule which is **capable of checking any Stat of the player**. Start by duplicating the **FAiRuleStat** rule and rename it appropriately (or just create a new struct):
Next, adjust the EvaluateAbilityRule() function to take into consideration this new rule we created:
Finally, utilize the rule in any AI Ability you have:
After the player's health drops below 95%, enemy can no longer execute the ability - thus strafing randomly.
#### Example #2 - Input Reading Rule
For this example, we'll create a rule that is **capable of reading player input**. Start by creating a new structure and name it appropriately - lets say **FAiRulePlayerInput**:
For this rule, we want to keep track of the actions the player is executing. We can retrieve this from the [AC\_InputBuffer ](/components-managers/player-specific-components/input-buffer.md)component of the player. We will bind to the **OnInputBufferConsumed** delegate in the Input Buffer Component to detect when an action has been performed. You can do this anywhere you like, but for this example, we'll do it inside [AC\_AI\_BehaviorManager](/components-managers/ai-only-components/ai-behavior-manager.md)'s **SetTarget()** method:
Now that we're keeping track of the recently triggered actions of the player, we can utilize this new property we created (**MostRecentPlayerActionInput**) on the [AC\_AI\_CombatManager](/components-managers/ai-only-components/ai-combat-manager.md)'s **EvaluateAbilityRule()** method:
Add the new rule to the AI ability you want to use: