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== Overview ==
Several player and [[critter]] characteristics are restricted to certain '''limits'''. Buffs or debuffs beyond those points produce no additional effects, although they will work to offset later powers trying to apply the opposite effect.

== Damage Resistance ==
=== Maximum ===
Maximum total Resistance (per damage type) for players is different for each Archetype.

{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! [[Archetype]]
! Maximum Resistance
|-
|[[Tanker]], [[Brute]]
|90%        
|-
|[[Peacebringer]], [[Warshade]]<br />
[[Arachnos Widow]], [[Arachnos Soldier]]
|85%
|-
|all others
|75%
|-
|}

Most critters have a maximum Resistance of 90%. The following are exceptions and have a maximum of 100%:

* [[Giant Monster]]s
* certain [[Hero]]es/[[Archvillain]]s
* the [[Hamidon]] and its Mitochondria
* [[Soldiers of Rularuu#Bosses|Rularuu Bosses]] (may reach 200%)
* anything that needs to be immune to all or most types of damage, such as practice Rikti Drones in [[Outbreak]] (invulnerable), [[Trick Arrow#Oil Slick Arrow|Oil Slicks]] (vulnerable to fire and energy only), fires in the [[Hellion Arson]] zone event (vulnerable to cold and extinguishers only), etc.

=== Minimum ===
Players and critters have a minimum Resistance of -300%.

== Debuff Resistance ==
=== Maximum ===
With the exception of damage debuff and resistance debuff (resisted by [[Limits#Damage Resistance|Damage Resistance]]), debuff resistances have the following maximums:

{| class="wikitable"
!| Defense
|| 95%
|-
!| Healing
|| 100%
|-
!| Movement Speed
|| 100%
|-
!| Recharge Rate
|| 100%
|-
!| ToHit
|| 95%
|}

Note that while most will refer to it as debuff resistance, the same attribute will resist buffs as well (defense debuff resistance resists both defense debuffs and defense buffs). However, the vast majority of buffs are non-resistable, allowing them to ignore these resistances.

Debuff resistances function exactly as damage resistance, subtracting a percentage from the base value of the debuff. Thus, an [[Ice Armor]] [[Tanker]] with 100% slow resistance will run through stacked caltrops from [[Knives of Artemis]] without blinking an eye, and a [[Super Reflexes]] [[Scrapper]] with 95% defense debuff resistance has near-perfect protection from [[Cascading Defense Failure]].

=== Minimum ===
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== Status Effect Resistance ==
=== Maximum ===
Players have a hard status resistance cap of 10,001.01%, which translates to 0.99% mez duration in the [[Combat Attributes|Combat Attributes Window]]. Because player status resistance buffs do not generally exceed 216.25% (for example, [[Radiation Emission#Accelerate Metabolism|Accelerate Metabolism]]), it is unlikely that the cap will ever be reached in normal gameplay.

This was changed in [[Issue 13]]; previously, the cap was 100% resistance, resulting in 50% duration. The change was in part due to the change to status protection in PvP, necessitating a higher resistance cap.

Note that the resistance cap for both [[Placate]] and [[Taunt]] remains at 100%, even after I13.

=== Minimum ===
Players and critters apparently have hard minimum status effect Resistances of -300%. There are very few powers in the game that debuff status effect Resistances, however. This is good, since the game's formulas produce infinite status durations at -100% Resistance and negative durations below that.

== Status Effect Protection ==
There is essentially no upper limit to how much magnitude protection a player or critter can have to [[Status Effect]]s.

== Damage ==
=== Maximum ===
Maximum total Damage for players depends on Archetype and (usually) level.

{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Archetype
! Maximum Damage
|-
|Brute
|775%        
|-
|Blaster, Corruptor,<br />Scrapper, Stalker
|210% at level 1
----
500% at level 21+
|-
|all others
|200% at level 1
----
400% at level 21+
|-
|}

Notes:

# Attacks do 100% damage to start with (i.e. base, or 1x normal), not 0%. The amount of Damage bonus needed to reach the cap is 100% less than the cap itself.
# [[Enhancement]]s count as damage buffs. If a character has +95% in damage enhancements, then, considering point number one, the character has 195% total damage buff.
# These maximums apply only to effects that increase the amount of damage an attack delivers. Reductions to an enemy's Resistances can cause that enemy to suffer damage beyond these maximums. So can effects that cause attacks to deliver damage more than once, such as [[Inherent Powers#Containment|Containment]], [[Inherent Powers#Scourge|Scourge]], and [[Inherent Powers#Critical Hit|Critical Hit]].
# The [[Brute]] damage cap is set significantly higher than the other Archetypes to accomadate the mechanics of the [[Inherent Powers#Fury|Fury]] inherent power, which functions by applying a Damage buff that scales proportionally with the Brute's Fury level.

=== Minimum ===
Players and critters have a minimum damage of 10%.

== Defense/ToHit ==
This section is largely academic. No attack can have less than a 5% or more than a 95% chance of hitting. So although there are  limits to how far a player's or critter's ToHit and Defense can be adjusted, these adjustments almost always drive the final chance of hitting to one of its own limits before the cap on total buffs/debuffs is reached.

=== Maximum Defense ===
Maximum total Defense for players depends on Archetype and level.

{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Archetype
! Maximum Defense
|-
|Brute, Tanker
| +100.43% at level 1
----
+225.05% at level 21+      
|-
|Peacebringer, Scrapper, Stalker, Warshade
| +97.76% at level 1
----
+200.38% at level 21+     
|-
|Blaster, Controller, Corruptor, Defender, Dominator, Mastermind
| +95.00% at level 1
----
+175.00% at level 21+     
|-
|}

Maximum total Defense for critters depends on rank and level.

{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Critter Rank
! Maximum Defense
|-
|Minion
| +24.06% at level 1
----
+77.37% at level 21+      
|-
|Lieutenant, Sniper
| +90.25% at level 1
----
+131.25% at level 21+     
|-
|Boss, Elite Boss, AV/Hero, Pet
| +95.00% at level 1
----
+175.00% at level 21+     
|-
|}

=== Minimum Defense ===
Players and critters have a minimum Defense of -100%.

=== Maximum ToHit ===
All players and critters have a maximum ToHit that varies from +95% at level 1 to +200.35% at level 50 (and, for critters, up to +211.10% at level 55). Counting against these maximums, however, is the innate +75% that all players get and the +50% that all critters get as part of the game's internal basic attack mechanics.

=== Minimum ToHit ===
Players and critters have a minimum ToHit of -100%.

== Recharge Rate ==
=== Maximum ===
Players and critters have a maximum recharge rate bonus of +400%, which cuts recharge time to 1/5th of normal.

=== Minimum ===
Players and critters have a maximum recharge rate penalty of -75%, which increases recharge time to 4x normal.

== Movement Speed ==
=== Maximum ===
{{#lsth:Travel Powers|Travel Speeds}}<!-- Update the Travel Powers "Travel Speeds" section to update this page. -->

=== Minimum ===
Players and critters have maximum run, flight, and jumpspeed penalties of -90%.

== Health Regeneration ==
=== Maximum ===
Maximum total Regeneration for players depends on Archetype and (sometimes) level.

{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Archetype
! Regeneration
|-
|Scrapper, Stalker
|2,200% at level 1
----
3,000% at level 20+
|-
|Brute, Tanker
|2,100% at level 1
----
2,500% at level 20+
|-
|all others
|2,000%
|-
|}

Maximum total Regeneration for critters depends on rank and (sometimes) level.

{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Critter Rank
! Regeneration
|-
|Minion
| 506.64% at level 1
----
884.20% at level 10+
|-
|Lieutenant, Sniper
| 1,900% at level 1
----
1,500% at level 20+ (yes, it decreases)
|-
|Boss, Elite Boss, AV/Hero, Giant Monster
| 2,000%     
|-
|}

=== Minimum ===
Players and critters have a minimum Regeneration of 0%. It is not possible to cause something to lose health by debuffing its Regeneration to a negative value.

== Endurance Recovery ==
=== Maximum ===
Maximum Recovery Rate depends on archetype. 
Numbers were tested using the ingame "Real Numbers"
{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Archetype
! Recovery
|-
|Controller, Dominator, Mastermind
|12.51% / second (750% of base)
|-
|Defender
|10.42% / second (625% of base)
|-
|All Others
|8.34% / second (500% of base)
|-
|}

=== Minimum ===
Players and critters have a minimum Recovery of 0%. It is not possible to cause something to lose endurance by debuffing its Recovery to a negative value.

== Stealth and Perception ==
Base Perception for all players is 500 feet. Base PvP Stealth and PvE Stealth are 0.

=== Maximum ===
Maximum total Stealth and Perception for players depend mainly on level, with Stalkers having higher Stealth caps.

{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Attribute
! PvP Maximum
! PvE Maximum
|-
|Stalker Stealth
|480 at level 1
----
1143 at level 50
|49.5 at level 1
----
300 at level 32+
|-
|VEAT Stealth
|440 at level 1
----
857.25 at level 50
|47.25 at level 1
----
250 at level 32+
|-
|other ATs Stealth
|400 at level 1
----
571.5 at level 50
|45 at level 1
----
200 at level 32+
|-
|VEAT Perception
|colspan="2"|499.8 at level 1
----
1260.6 at level 49
|-
|all other ATs, Perception
|colspan="2"|490 at level 1
----
1153 at level 50
|-
|}

=== Minimum ===
Players have a minimum Perception of 0 and a minimum Stealth of -180.

== Range ==
'''Note:''' Melee attacks ignore Range modifiers.

=== Maximum ===
Players and critters have a maximum Range of 500%.

=== Minimum ===
Players and critters have a minimum Range of 25%.

== Hit Points ==
See the [[Hit Points]] article.

== Influence/Infamy ==
A character's inventory for [[inf]] is capped at 2,000,000,000 for [[VIP Player]]s and [[Paragon Rewards Program#Tier 4 Bonus|Tier 4]] [[Premium Player]]s, 1,000,000,000 for [[Paragon Rewards Program#Tier 3 Bonus|Tier 3]] premiums, 500,000,000 for [[Paragon Rewards Program#Tier 2 Bonus|Tier 2]] premiums, and 25,000,000 for all others. It will continue to be earned after that point, but it won't be added to your inventory. (Thus, you can continue making progress towards the inf badges even if you don't have room for it.)

== Aggro ==
The [[aggro]] cap for a single character is 17 enemies. A character can get the attention of others, but only by shedding the aggro of one of their current enemies, either by defeat or by extension: attacking a non-aggroed enemy will release one of the currently-aggroed enemies from the character's aggro list. A character with pets can aggro more than 17 enemies, since the pets have their own aggro list (the limit is unknown at this time).

== AoE target limits ==
*[[AoE]] debuffs, ranged cones, and melee AoE ([[PBAoE]]) powers can affect a maximum of 10 targets.
*Some large PBAoE powers (such as the nuke powers from ranged damage pools) can affect a maximum of 16 targets.
*Ranged AoE damage powers can affect a maximum of 16 targets.
*[[Judgement Slot]] [[Incarnate System|Incarnate abilities]] greatly exceed these numbers, with Ion affecting the maximum of 40 targets.
*All AoE [[Status Effect]]s ([[immobilize]]s, [[hold]]s, [[disorient]]s, et al.) can affect a maximum of 16 targets.
*Melee cones can affect a maximum of 5 targets.
*Taunts (including the [[Tanker]] [[Inherent Powers|inherent]], [[Inherent Powers#Gauntlet|Gauntlet]]) can affect a maximum of 5 targets.
:''See also: [[Patch Notes/2005-08-31|Patch Notes from 2005-08-31]]''

*Buff powers are capped at 255 targets. (Increased in [[Issue 17]]; previously, different powers had different caps.)

== Sources ==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090321043524/http://home.comcast.net/~ksonnad/classes.xls iakona's classes.xls spreadsheet]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080330173951/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Number=5949150 TopDoc's Damage Badge guide]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090311144614/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=4776331 #'s of Perception/Stealth]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080329230810/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=10261896 Re: Guide to (Tohit and) Defense v1.10beta]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090321043524/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=12221755 Issue 13 PvP Powers Changes] by [[Castle (Developer)]]
* [[Patch_Notes/2005-08-31#Powers_-_General|Patch Notes from 2005-08-31]]

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