Mugging/Battle System

Newb here.  I'm contemplating my character build, but am still unfamiliar with the system.  

1. Is an 'evade' build possible, where I just pump dexterity and hope to escape?  Or will the battle always go until someone is defeated?
2. Can you overbuild strength, hoping for that 1 turn kill, or is speed so important that without it, you never hit?

Closest thing to what you are talking about is what we call Hanks Ratio 

You basically pick 3 stats, usually it's Str/speed and then you pick either Def or Dex

Dex is the cheaper long term option, Def has less weaknesses, but costs a lot more to be more effective

Once you have your 3 picked out, you pick a stat to be your whore stat, you pump this one close to 50% of your total and keep the other 2 about even behind it

Mugs guide

This guide goes into more detail

Edit 

To answer your questions

1. Sort of, fights stalemate after 25 turns, you can attempt an escape if you dodge a hit, but it's kind of pointless because it only works if you are the attacker

2. Yes, kind of, but you would need insanely high strength and a powerful weapon, not really doable for the majority of players 

Besides going balanced, there's two popular builds for stats known as Baldr and Hank ratios that tak advantage of special gyms (the best gyms in the game barring going drug-free, which will end up net less stats if you're not chugging Xanax) - this is most often done with one defensive stat high and one low, so yesish high dex is somewhat viable 

At your age it's best to train whatever your current gym is best in, as special gyms won't unlock until halfway through the heavyweight gyms, and going imbalanced early will make you fall behind quickly, usually at a minimum you want either 10m or 100m (or even 1b, depending who you ask)

Given that eventually heavies are fighting primarily either dex or def whores, both stats are important - if you only have 100m SPD it's impossible to hit anyone with over 6.4b dex (64x the opp SPD and dex sets all hit chance to 0), conversely if you have 100m str anyone over 1.4b def you'll do 0 DMG always, so really you'll need both 

All this being said, you're always going to fight better with 4 balanced stats against someone of your same total stats, but the ratios would allow you to get higher numbers quicker with the special gyms, so you'll usually be better (or at least roughly equal) to those the same age/training habits of someone who goes balanced 

How do I find people my level to attack or mug?

Here's a guide with a target list

Dont worry about their levels, it shows their stats in the list, get better stats than them and beat them over and over and you will level fast. Don't bother mugging it's less exp and they don't have any money

Okay, so I've mostly been focusing on Crimes and Gym so far with my energy and nerve.  Might start getting into mugging ... is there a way to scout a player to see his stats before attacking him?

Yeah you can pay people for scouts it’s a job perk

I recommend getting TornTools.

It'll show stat ranges depending on the Profile page (see Picture below).

Rank triggers for BS:

(see Wiki Ranks - Rank triggers)

With TornTools you can also set Values you want compare.

This is important after you reach 200m BS. I compare E refills, Xanax, stat enhancer taken as well as the age (activity).

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