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title: 'Power Scaling Terms Explained | How to Power Scale'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=b5q43qJDE9g'
video_id: 'b5q43qJDE9g'
date: 2026-06-14
duration_sec: 329
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# Power Scaling Terms Explained | How to Power Scale

> Source: [Power Scaling Terms Explained | How to Power Scale](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b5q43qJDE9g)

## Summary

This video explains key power scaling terms used in versus debating, such as attack potency, speed, durability, and other factors like intelligence, range, and stamina. The host uses examples from anime and his own story to illustrate how to scale characters based on feats and statements.

### Key Points

- **Attack Potency (AP) vs Destructive Capacity (DC)** [00:16] — AP is the energy a single attack can produce, not necessarily its destructive output. Example: Bang from One Punch Man has Mountain level AP because he can harm Elder Centipede, a mountain-sized monster, even if his punches don't destroy mountains.
- **AP Scaling for Characters Without Destructive Feats** [00:58] — AP is used to scale characters like Goku, who lack direct destructive feats but can damage characters who have such feats. This allows scaling beyond planetary levels.
- **Speed Categories** [01:22] — Speed includes attack, combat, reaction, travel, and flight speed. These may correlate differently depending on the series.
- **Durability and Newton's Third Law** [01:50] — Durability often scales to AP via Newton's third law: if a character can exert force without harming themselves, they should be as durable as their attack. Example: Bang.
- **Intelligence, Range, and Stamina** [02:28] — These factors are crucial in close matchups. Intelligence should be based on feats, not just IQ. Range is the reach of attacks, and stamina is endurance for prolonged battles.
- **Scaling Example: Diamond** [03:20] — Diamond is a Speedster with light-speed scaling based on dodging a light beam and statements. Her AP is scaled from an opponent who could end the world (multi-continental) and a feat of destroying an island.

### Conclusion

Power scaling involves analyzing attack potency, speed, durability, and other attributes using feats and statements. The video demonstrates how to scale a character from the host's own story, emphasizing the importance of consistent evidence.

## Transcript

hey everyone it's your boy Zev here and
today I'm going to be explaining all the
power scaling terms in this one
comprehensive video I'll be using some
definitions and examples from different
websites so just Buckle in and let's
enjoy don't forget to leave a like
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video starting with arguably the most
important term we have attack potency
attack potency not to be confused with
DC or to start the capacity is the
amount of energy or distracted capacity
a single attack can't produce a good way
to break this confusing line of
reasoning down is using a character like
bang for one punch man bank has the
power to harm and damage Elder centipede
a mountain sized monster with an equally
durable shell this would give bang
Mountain level AP but it doesn't mean
that this same Punch or attack has been
shown to destroy a mountain or even
could just harm those with durability or
AP or distract capacity Feats similar to
that AP is basically the damage or
energy equivalent of a destructive feat
we use AP mainly because not every
character has destructive Feats to give
them proper scaling for example if we
only use destructive Feats of people
like Goku and Dragon Ball Z not super he
wouldn't have any solid Feats based on
who he defeats making it hard to argue
him above even planetary in the blue
Saga when we look at who he's able to
damage and what those same characters
can destroy and withstand will use AP
scaling to give Goku his proper scaling
and ranking the most commonly used chart
comes from verses about a Wiki and every
single chart with its energy amounts
required to achieve are in the
description speed is simple it doesn't
need much breakdown as a topic but does
have some subsections speed is of course
how fast a character can move within a
given period of time while speed is
usually a general topic it doesn't have
to be broken down into categories unless
a series specifically States or makes it
clear there are different types of
speeds the categories are attack combat
reaction travel and flight speed in most
verses you can correlate combat and
attack speed with reaction speed while
other categories vary but overall this
is a series by series basis another
self-explanatory category durability is
the amount of force or energy a
character can withstand without pretty
much dying or being severely injured in
a lot of series character's durability
will scale to their attack policy by
using Newton's third law but like all
things this will vary on a series to
series basis
essentially if someone can exert a force
without harming themselves they should
be as durable as the attack refer back
to the bang example in terms of AP
from here we can get into terms like no
selling tanking or withstanding which
all account for someone taking little to
no damage or having little to no effect
on themselves from an attack scaling
their durability to or above set attack
our last two self-explanatory categories
are things like intelligence range and
stamina these factors are most important
in close matchups and versus battles
where small differences can make the
difference for who wins the battle
of course intelligence is how smart a
character is which can vary per series
and shouldn't be matched merely off IQ
or just blatant statements and it's more
so something you want to go off of
intelligent Feats range is of course
range how far a person can attack or
reach with their attacks hacks or magic
depending on what series is and stamina
of course is the endurance or longevity
someone can battle or fight or exert
their full AP over a give us at a time
now I like to go into things like hacks
resistances and you know different
dimension scaling and tiering but I
think I'm going to say that for a
different video however for fun I'll be
asserting a character from a story I'm
working on and I will show you exactly
how to scale them and this will also
help you guys scale characters from
other actual series or maybe even your
own if you don't care for this feel free
to leave a like and sub before clicking
off the video if not buckling because
this is going to get really interesting
for this power scaling example I'll be
using my character Diamond a modified
blessed human hybrid to show how
statements and fees can scale for each
category in the story red diamond is
considered the Speedster of the verse it
stated multiple times that if she moved
at top speeds during a rescue mission
while carrying a hostage the houses
themselves would disintegrate from her
speeds this is hard to calculate but we
do know she scales above the speed of an
attack described as a beam of light that
came from a literal star along with a
lot of consistent statements we can get
diamond speed to at least light speed
moving to AP focus on how I scale this
using other people's Feats since Diamond
has yet to show her full power in the
series
Diamond faces off against a character
named Peridot who she states could end
the world whether this is surface wiping
destroying or killing all organic life
this will at bare minimum be a
multi-continental feat it's implied that
she was simply going to wipe away the
entire Village however which was only
Island size and was defeat a stronger
character was casually prepared to do as
we said earlier if there are no
contradictions you can safely give her
durability equal to her attack potency
which would land her either at Island
level to multi-continental depending on
your interpretation I can go more in
depth about things like hacks but I'll
stop here for the sake of making a
separate video about these topics for
you all to enjoy
if you guys enjoyed this type of video
and like you know the more educational
stuff about power scaling and not me
just telling you who beat two leave a
like and comment down below what I
should talk about next I think the next
video I will go over things like hacks
resistances and uh probably dimensional
tiering since those are things people
don't really understand you know
different levels of infinity and stuff
like that but if you enjoyed this video
and maybe watch your own video made look
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the video that you know I made today all
the things I use in this video it's your
boy's there so I think oh peace thanks
for watching
thank you
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