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== Overview ==
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'''Damage''' is a value, in [[Hit Points]], that directly reduces the Hit Point total of a target. If the target is reduced to zero, the target is defeated. Most damage can be decreased via [[Resistance (Mechanics)|resistance]] self-affecting powers, outside buffs, or [[inspirations]].
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== Damage Types ==
=== Smashing Damage ===
: Blunt force attacks. Typified by [[Brawl]] and other bludgeoning attacks.
: '''Examples:''' [[Super Strength]], [[War Mace]]

=== Lethal Damage ===
: Sharp force attacks. Typified by many weapon based attacks using blades and bullets.
: '''Examples:''' [[Broad Sword]], [[Archery]]

=== Fire Damage ===
: An attack employing radical increase of temperature. Often associated with damage-over-time effects.
: '''Examples:''' [[Fire Blast]], [[Fire Control]]
=== Cold Damage ===
: An attack employing radical decrease in temperature. Often associated with slowing of attack and/or movement rate.
: '''Examples:''' [[Icy Assault]], [[Water Blast]]

=== Energy Damage ===
: An attack utilizing raw energy or an energy transfer. Often coupled with Smashing damage and associated with [[Knockback]]/[[Knockdown]].
: '''Examples:''' [[Kinetic Melee]], [[Luminous Blast]]

=== Negative Energy Damage ===
: An attack of anti-energy, typically drawn from the netherworld by "dark" powers. Often associated with reduced [[Accuracy]].
: '''Examples:''' [[Dark Assault]], [[Umbral Blast]]

=== Psionic Damage ===
: An attack upon the mind. When protection from attacks is not comprehensive, protection from this damage type is typically missing. It is often associated with reduction in [[Recharge]].
: '''Examples:''' [[Psychic Blast]], [[Mental Manipulation]]

=== Toxic Damage ===
: Poisonous attacks. The nature of toxins may be either biological or chemical. Toxic damage is unique in the respect that no power currently provides defense to it, so mitigation for toxic attacks is based on resistance to it or defense versus the melee/ranged/AoE nature of the attack. It is often coupled with lethal damage and associated with damage-over-time effects. 
: '''Examples:''' [[Spines]], [[Bane Spider Soldier]]

=== Electrolytic Damage ===
: Unique to [[Hamidon]]. These attacks can not be evaded and may only be resisted through use of [[Essence of the Earth]] inspirations.
: '''Examples:''' [[Hamidon]], [[Devouring Earth#Mitochondria|Mitochondria]]
=== Prismatic Damage ===
: Unique to the [[Crystal Titan]]. These attacks can only be resisted through the use of [[Inspirations#Special Inspirations|Ambrosia]] inspirations.
=== Unique2 Damage ===
: This is the special Radiation damage dealt by the [[Terra Volta]] Reactor Core. It can only be resisted by the Radiation Shield buff.

== Damage Scale ==
The '''Damage Scale''' (also referred to as ''damage scalar'') is a form of comparing attacks across [[archetype]]s (usually at level 50). There is no actual game mechanic that makes use of the damage scales, but they are used in the assignment of damage values for powers. Damage scales are expressed as multipliers relative to [[Blaster]] melee damage, with Blaster melee being expressed as 1.000. For example, if a Blaster uses a melee attack (1.000) and does 50.0 damage, a Brute using the same melee attack (0.750) would do 37.5 (50.0 * 0.750) damage.

'''Notes:'''
* While the melee archetypes are assigned ranged damage scales, these scales are never used. Ranged attacks on melee archetypes use the melee damage scale.
* [[Temporary Powers]] use normalized scales that result in the same damage output regardless of which archetype is using them.

=== Damage Scale by Archetype ===
The following table shows the melee and ranged damage scales for each archetype.

{{ATTable|Heading=! Archetype !! Melee !! Range|Cols=3
|Blaster=1.000 {{!!}} 1.125
|Controller=0.550 {{!!}} 0.550
|Defender=0.550 {{!!}} 0.650
|Scrapper=1.125 {{!!}} ''0.500''
|Tanker=0.800 {{!!}} ''0.500''
|Peacebringer=0.850 {{!!}} 0.800
|PBNova=''N/A'' {{!!}} 1.200
|PBDwarf=1.000 {{!!}} ''N/A''
|Warshade=0.850 {{!!}} 0.800
|WSNova=''N/A'' {{!!}} 1.200
|WSDwarf=1.000 {{!!}} ''N/A''
|Brute=0.750 {{!!}} ''0.500''
|Corruptor=0.750 {{!!}} 0.750
|Dominator=1.050 {{!!}} 0.950
|Mastermind=0.550 {{!!}} 0.550
|MMHench1=0.450 {{!!}} 0.350
|MMHench2=0.550 {{!!}} 0.450
|MMHench3=0.650 {{!!}} 0.550
|Stalker=1.000 {{!!}} ''0.600''
|Arachnos Soldier=1.000 {{!!}} 1.000
|Arachnos Widow=1.000 {{!!}} 1.000
|Pet=1.000 {{!!}} 0.800}}

== Buffs and Debuffs ==
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== Historical ==
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=== Quantum Damage ===
: Formerly used by [[Void Hunters]] and [[Quantum]]-class enemies. These attacks dealt a great deal of un-resistible damage to Kheldians. It was replaced with normal '''Negative Energy Damage''' in the [[Patch Notes/2008-02-12|February 12, 2008]] patch.

== See Also ==
*[[Attack Mechanics]]
*[[Purple Patch]]
*[[Invention Origin Enhancement Proc Damage Scaling]]

== External Links ==

[http://web.archive.org/web/20120904212743/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=115442 Power Data Standardization v2.0 (Issue 7)] by [[User:iakona|iakona]].

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