Stamina

## Introduction

**Stamina** is the measure of a character's ability to remain active, exert themselves for long periods of time, and power through harsh circumstances.

This general statistic encompasses a number of different traits and characteristics that operate differently, and that can thus differ within a single character. Because of this and the inherent variability of stamina, it is difficult to create a comprehensive and consistent universal ranking system for these feats, although some guidelines can be established. Because of this, **it is best to explain and source examples of a character's stamina feats rather than simply state a generalized rating**.

The different traits covered under this characteristic in this wiki include;

* **Energy exertion:** Meaning, for how long characters can continue to exert themselves and fight, potentially even without food, water, or rest, bordering on Self-Sustenance at times. Some characters can continue to fight for hours at a time, and extreme cases can fight for much longer without stopping - days, weeks, months, years, even centuries in some cases. Some fights may be harder and more strenuous than others, however, so these can't always be directly compared.
	+ For example, Thor (Marvel Comics)waged a war for 2 years without food or sleep.
* **Pain tolerance:** How much a pain a character can endure, and how well they can persevere and continue to function through said pain.
* **Injury tolerance:** How much actual damage a character can withstand and continue to act in spite of it. It is common in fiction to see characters continue to fight despite grievous injuries, such as broken or missing limbs, heavy blood loss, and organ damage. Extreme cases may resemble Type 2 Immortality, with characters temporarily pushing on through injuries that should have killed them. However, as long as an injury remains lethal, it is not actually Type 2 Immortality.
	+ For example, Lancer (Fate/stay night) and other Servants with Battle Continuation can temporarily keep fighting even after taking lethal injuries such as being stabbed through the heart or, in some cases, being decapitated.

Often times, many of these stamina feats occur as a result of strong willpower, potentially Supernatural Willpower in some cases. In these cases, mental exhaustion and the breaking of someone's will can be major contributing factors for the degree of stamina as well.

Just because a character has exceptional stamina in one category doesn't mean that they have exceptional stamina in another, although injury and pain tolerance tend to go hand-in-hand to some degree. For an extreme example, Androids Android 17 and Android 18 from Dragon Ball have access to an infinite pool of energy, but this only really applies to their ability to exert themselves - it doesn't mean anything for their ability to withstand pain and injuries, which in turn may interfere with their ability to properly use their energy. And although injury and pain tolerance are certainly related, being able to withstand extreme pain doesn't necessarily mean that you can withstand potentially lethal injury and the effects that it will have on your body beyond simple pain.

Stamina is also mostly related to one's own physique, the way it stores and burns energy and how it reacts to external factors. This is usually the product of aspects such as training, lifestyle, physiology and more, featuring differences even among the members of the same species, and thus it heavily depends on the single individual.
For these reasons it is recommended to not scale stamina between characters that are comparable or superior to each other in terms of statistics such as Attack Potency, Durability etc.
It should be allowed only when levels of stamina are explicitly defined as common and natural traits shared by members of the same species or group, or through direct statements, feats and evidences of the characters being comparable in such aspect.

Please note that characters that are mechanical or undead should not automatically be assumed to possess infinite stamina, unless this trait has been clearly defined within the series or by the lore.

## Basic Guidelines

To reiterate, these are only basic guidelines and should not be treated as a replacement for proper explanations, sources, and justifications. Please avoid generic terms such as "high" or "very high" and so on, as well.

**Below Unfit**: Said characters have virtually no stamina at all and find it difficult to lift a finger.

**Unfit**: Such characters live an unhealthy lifestyle and find it taxing after completing basic tasks. Walking is difficult and exercise is near impossible to do without collapsing immediately.

**Average**: Comparable to the average human who does little exercise but is able to walk a mile or two before becoming exhausted.

**Above Average**: This kind of person able to jog reasonable distances before becoming tired. Are able to exercise on a regular basis and complete a full workout routine with some difficulty.

**Athletic**: Are able to compete in sports/marathons and are able to last the full duration of the game/course, albeit by breaking a sweat.

**Peak Human**: Can compete in sports/marathons and are the top of their game. This kind of person pushes themselves to the limit of their ability in every workout.

**Superhuman**: Marathons are considered basic workouts and are relatively easy to complete. Can probably skip the odd day of rest if necessary.

**Godlike**: Characters are able to stay active for days if not weeks on end without the need for rest or sleep.

**Godly**: These characters do not really need to sleep or rest at all and can stay active for months on end without needing rest.

**Virtually Inexhaustible**: Sleep is a very rare occasion and is probably only needed once a year in order to recover.

**Nigh-Infinite**: Sleeping isn't necessary if avoiding long lasting workouts. Theoretically no rest of any kind is needed as long as there is nothing serious to exhaust this type of person. This type of character can go on fighting for hundreds of years, if not higher. Their upper limit is extremely high numerically (although not infinite).

**Infinite**: This person doesn't need to rest or sleep full stop. This person may or may not be able to sleep, but can choose to if desired. This usually applies to mechanoids, although this should not be automatically assumed unless it is directly stated.

**Irrelevant**: This being transcends the need for rest, due to the fact that they are not bound by the concept of stamina. Only applies to **1-A** characters and above.