diff --git a/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.ts b/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.ts
index 17fb938..66cc083 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/database/seeds/vertical-slice.seed.ts
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
       level: 1,
       maxHp: 45,
       attack: 5,
-      armor: 0,
+      armor: 1,
       flavorText: 'Scrawny and quick, it feeds on whatever the fires left.',
       // Pure baseline combat: no telegraph, no status effect, short fight.
       abilities: {},
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
       level: 1,
       maxHp: 55,
       attack: 7,
-      armor: 0,
+      armor: 1,
       flavorText:
         'It stopped waiting for scraps a long time ago. Its bites do not close.',
       // Introduces Bleeding: every third round its bite also opens a wound
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
       monsterCategory: MonsterCategory.HUMANOID,
       level: 2,
       maxHp: 75,
-      attack: 9,
-      armor: 5,
+      attack: 12,
+      armor: 7,
       flavorText:
         'This one has done it before, and winds up the swing where you can see it.',
       // Reinforces telegraphing: winds up a Heavy Strike every third round,
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
       monsterCategory: MonsterCategory.HUMANOID,
       level: 2,
       maxHp: 85,
-      attack: 11,
-      armor: 6,
+      attack: 15,
+      armor: 7,
       flavorText:
         'Burned armor, a burned face, and no interest at all in your reasons.',
       // The rare encounter: no new subsystem, just the known telegraph on a
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
       monsterCategory: MonsterCategory.HUMANOID,
       level: 2,
       maxHp: 70,
-      attack: 10,
+      attack: 12,
       armor: 3,
       flavorText:
         'Light on their feet and already backing away from the fight they started.',
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
       monsterCategory: MonsterCategory.BEAST,
       level: 3,
       maxHp: 80,
-      attack: 12,
+      attack: 17,
       armor: 2,
       flavorText:
         'The fire took its coat and left the cracks glowing underneath.',
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
       monsterCategory: MonsterCategory.HUMANOID,
       level: 3,
       maxHp: 120,
-      attack: 14,
-      armor: 10,
+      attack: 16,
+      armor: 14,
       flavorText:
         'Plated, patient, and entirely willing to wait behind their guard.',
       // The fight this location is built around: the telegraph the player
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ export async function seedVisibleVerticalSlice(
       level: 4,
       maxHp: 160,
       attack: 17,
-      armor: 12,
+      armor: 16,
       flavorText:
         'Whoever gave the order to watch this road is standing in front of you.',
       // The elite (slice §5): the veteran's two mechanics on tighter
diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/combat/sprites/raider-scout-620.png b/apps/web/public/images/combat/sprites/raider-scout-620.png
index eb8295a..09b21cb 100644
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diff --git a/apps/web/public/images/combat/sprites/raider-veteran-620.png b/apps/web/public/images/combat/sprites/raider-veteran-620.png
index 9487bf5..8c1ec1e 100644
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