Speed

Speed is simply how fast a character can move in a given amount of time. There are five types of speed used for VS purposes: **Attack Speed**, **Combat Speed**, **Reaction Speed**, **Travel Speed**, and **Flight Speed**. The term "**Speed**" normally refers to **Combat Speed**.

### Attack Speed

The speed at which an attack moves. For example, X character is hypersonic, but he can do an attack that is a natural beam of light, the speed for the attack is different from the speed of the user, hence the attack would be lightspeed even if its user isn't.

### Combat Speed

The speed at which a character can fight.

### Reaction Speed

Reaction speed is the speed at which a character can react to an event or action. This usually only grants a short movement upon reaction, whereas several movements at the same speed switch it to combat speed.

For example, let's say that character A shoots at character B with a gun and character B dodges. That is reaction speed. Keep in mind, sometimes a person aim dodges and it is not as good of a feat.

As another example, let's say that character A uses a minigun on character B, but the minigun takes a second or two to charge up and Character B sees this. If Character B dodges it is considered aim dodging since he/she knew that the attack was going to happen.

Reaction speed is reacting to an attack that you don't know is going to happen, or at a very close range. The reaction speed of a character also tends to be higher than its movement speed.

### Travel Speed

The speed at which a character or object can move by running, or through similar means that do not involve flight or teleportation.

### Flight Speed

The speed at which a character or object flies a certain distance, like going from the earth to the sun for example.

High flight speed logically requires similar reaction speed in order to manoeuvre when approaching different objects.

As such, we have generally assumed that the characters' regular reaction or combat speeds are roughly equivalent to their flight speeds, unless this is clearly contradicted.

### Conversion

You can use this calculator to convert from one speed unit to another.

## Speed Levels

**Infinite** (The ability to move infinite distance in finite time without the aid of teleportation.)

**Immeasurable** (The ability to move at a speed unbound by linear time entirely, and thus cannot be measured using the basic speed formula. Can be achieved via an attack hit before its launched through sheer speed and or dodging an attack that has already hit.)

**Irrelevant** (Being so fast that the concept of speed is irrelevant. Speed qualitatively beyond the concept of distance, exceeding the entirety of the speed formula itself. Note while it is uncommon, it isn't impossible to achieve this speed while not being **1-A+** or above.)

## Further Explanation/Clarification

### Immeasurable Speed via FTL Travel

A common misconception in power scaling is that when a character has Immeasurable Speed via FTL travel, they should be just seen as FTL. However, this is often due to then misunderstanding of what the FTL tier is meant to represent. When someone says that a character is SoL or FTL, it means they are capable of traveling/moving at speeds equal to or greater than 299,792,458 meters per second. It is NOT referring to what is required in order to overcome the plank constant and/or to break the theory of special relativity. However, some verses use this as a requirement in order to move beyond linear time. In special relativity, it is theorized that the closer you reach the Speed of Light, the slower time is as a result until it reaches a complete stop; and as you approach faster than light speeds you begin to time travel. This has then spawned the misconception that if other characters from other fictional verses that are capable of moving at FTL speeds are placed within these verses that have this rule, that they would logically then have Immeasurable Speed because they are capable of surpassing what is considered the Speed of Light. However, when scaling we do not treat FTL itself as being Immeasurable Speed, because without any feats demonstrating that they have movement beyond linear time, then we wouldn't assume that they do. To be clear, movement beyond linear time is Immeasurable Speed, not the FTL tier itself.

### Timeless Void

To keep it simple. Moving within a Timeless Void (a place where time doesn't flow) does **not** grant the character any additional speed tiers.