diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0629cf1ad..0c126bae0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -518,21 +518,19 @@ if(NOT ENABLE_MINIMAL_LIB)
 	find_package(TBB REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
-if(ENABLE_LUA)
-	find_package(luajit)
+find_package(luajit)
 
-	if(TARGET luajit::luajit)
-		message(STATUS "Using LuaJIT provided by system")
-	else()
-		message(STATUS "Cannot find LuaJIT! Fallback to using usual Lua.")
-		find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
-		if(Lua_FOUND)
-			add_library(luajit::luajit UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-			set_target_properties(luajit::luajit PROPERTIES
-				INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-			set_target_properties(luajit::luajit PROPERTIES
-				IMPORTED_LOCATION "${LUA_LIBRARIES}")
-		endif()
+if(TARGET luajit::luajit)
+	message(STATUS "Using LuaJIT provided by system")
+else()
+	message(STATUS "Cannot find LuaJIT! Fallback to using usual Lua.")
+	find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
+	if(Lua_FOUND)
+		add_library(luajit::luajit UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+		set_target_properties(luajit::luajit PROPERTIES
+			INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+		set_target_properties(luajit::luajit PROPERTIES
+			IMPORTED_LOCATION "${LUA_LIBRARIES}")
 	endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 85e1c95a8..a0eaeffc7 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ endif()
 
 set_target_properties(vcmi PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "VCMI_DLL=1")
 target_link_libraries(vcmi PUBLIC
-	minizip::minizip ZLIB::ZLIB TBB::tbb
+	minizip::minizip ZLIB::ZLIB TBB::tbb luajit::luajit
 	${SYSTEM_LIBS} Boost::boost Boost::thread Boost::filesystem Boost::program_options Boost::locale Boost::date_time
 )
 
diff --git a/lib/battle/DamageCalculator.cpp b/lib/battle/DamageCalculator.cpp
index 6aa4e5483..fbd9b579f 100644
--- a/lib/battle/DamageCalculator.cpp
+++ b/lib/battle/DamageCalculator.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,110 @@
 #include "../IGameSettings.h"
 #include "../VCMI_Lib.h"
 
+#include <lua.hpp>
+
+class LuaExpressionEvaluator : boost::noncopyable
+{
+	lua_State * luaState = nullptr;
+	const std::string expression;
+	int compiledReference = -1;
+
+	void compile();
+	void registerLibrary();
+public:
+	LuaExpressionEvaluator(const std::string & expression);
+	~LuaExpressionEvaluator();
+
+	void setVariable(const std::string & name, double value);
+	double evaluate();
+};
+
+void LuaExpressionEvaluator::registerLibrary()
+{
+	const auto & luaMax = [](lua_State * state)
+	{
+		lua_Number a = luaL_checknumber(state, 1);
+		lua_Number b = luaL_checknumber(state, 2);
+		lua_pushnumber(state, std::max(a,b));
+		return 1;
+	};
+
+	const auto & luaMin = [](lua_State * state)
+	{
+		lua_Number a = luaL_checknumber(state, 1);
+		lua_Number b = luaL_checknumber(state, 2);
+		lua_pushnumber(state, std::min(a,b));
+		return 1;
+	};
+
+	const auto & luaClamp = [](lua_State * state)
+	{
+		lua_Number a = luaL_checknumber(state, 1);
+		lua_Number b = luaL_checknumber(state, 2);
+		lua_Number c = luaL_checknumber(state, 3);
+		lua_pushnumber(state, std::clamp(a,b,c));
+		return 1;
+	};
+
+	const luaL_Reg registry[] = {
+		{ "max", luaMax },
+		{ "min", luaMin },
+		{ "clamp", luaClamp },
+		{ nullptr,	nullptr }
+	};
+
+	lua_pushvalue(luaState, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX);
+	luaL_setfuncs(luaState,registry,0);
+}
+
+LuaExpressionEvaluator::LuaExpressionEvaluator(const std::string & expression)
+	: expression(expression)
+{
+	luaState = luaL_newstate();
+	registerLibrary();
+	compile();
+}
+
+LuaExpressionEvaluator::~LuaExpressionEvaluator()
+{
+	lua_close(luaState);
+}
+
+void LuaExpressionEvaluator::setVariable(const std::string & name, double value)
+{
+	lua_pushnumber(luaState, value);
+	lua_setglobal(luaState, name.c_str());
+}
+
+void LuaExpressionEvaluator::compile()
+{
+	int result = luaL_loadstring(luaState, expression.c_str());
+
+	if (result)
+	{
+		logGlobal->error("Lua compilation failure: %s", lua_tostring(luaState,-1));
+		lua_pop(luaState,1);
+	}
+
+	assert(result == LUA_OK);
+	compiledReference = luaL_ref(luaState, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
+}
+
+double LuaExpressionEvaluator::evaluate()
+{
+	lua_rawgeti(luaState, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, compiledReference);
+	int errorCode = lua_pcall(luaState,0,1,0);
+	if (errorCode)
+	{
+		logGlobal->error("Lua evaluation failure: %s", lua_tostring(luaState,-1));
+		lua_pop(luaState,1);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	double result = lua_tonumber(luaState,-1);
+	lua_pop(luaState,1);
+	return result;
+}
 
 VCMI_LIB_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
@@ -208,18 +312,12 @@ int DamageCalculator::getTargetDefenseIgnored() const
 
 double DamageCalculator::getAttackSkillFactor() const
 {
-	int attackAdvantage = getActorAttackEffective() - getTargetDefenseEffective();
+	static LuaExpressionEvaluator evaluator("return clamp((attack - defense) * 0.05, 0, 4)");
 
-	if(attackAdvantage > 0)
-	{
-		// FIXME: use cb to acquire these settings
-		const double attackMultiplier = VLC->engineSettings()->getDouble(EGameSettings::COMBAT_ATTACK_POINT_DAMAGE_FACTOR);
-		const double attackMultiplierCap = VLC->engineSettings()->getDouble(EGameSettings::COMBAT_ATTACK_POINT_DAMAGE_FACTOR_CAP);
-		const double attackFactor = std::min(attackMultiplier * attackAdvantage, attackMultiplierCap);
-
-		return attackFactor;
-	}
-	return 0.f;
+	evaluator.setVariable("defense", getTargetDefenseEffective());
+	evaluator.setVariable("attack", getActorAttackEffective());
+	double result = evaluator.evaluate();
+	return result;
 }
 
 double DamageCalculator::getAttackBlessFactor() const
@@ -308,19 +406,12 @@ double DamageCalculator::getAttackRevengeFactor() const
 
 double DamageCalculator::getDefenseSkillFactor() const
 {
-	int defenseAdvantage = getTargetDefenseEffective() - getActorAttackEffective();
+	static LuaExpressionEvaluator evaluator("return clamp((defense - attack) * 0.025, 0, 0.7)");
 
-	//bonus from attack/defense skills
-	if(defenseAdvantage > 0) //decreasing dmg
-	{
-		// FIXME: use cb to acquire these settings
-		const double defenseMultiplier = VLC->engineSettings()->getDouble(EGameSettings::COMBAT_DEFENSE_POINT_DAMAGE_FACTOR);
-		const double defenseMultiplierCap = VLC->engineSettings()->getDouble(EGameSettings::COMBAT_DEFENSE_POINT_DAMAGE_FACTOR_CAP);
-
-		const double dec = std::min(defenseMultiplier * defenseAdvantage, defenseMultiplierCap);
-		return dec;
-	}
-	return 0.0;
+	evaluator.setVariable("defense", getTargetDefenseEffective());
+	evaluator.setVariable("attack", getActorAttackEffective());
+	double result = evaluator.evaluate();
+	return result;
 }
 
 double DamageCalculator::getDefenseArmorerFactor() const