Attack Potency

## Destructive Capacity

Destructive Capacity is the term used to determine the amount of damage a character can produce.

## Attack Potency

Attack Potency refers to the potency of an attack rather than the destructive ability of the attack. A character with a certain degree of attack potency does not necessarily need to cause destructive feats on that level, but can cause damage to characters that can withstand such forces.

Although this technically violates the principle of conservation of energy, as it should logically disperse upon impact, fiction often ignores this fact so in order to accurately assess some characters' strength, it should be overlooked.

Also, kindly remember that Attack Potency is the measure of Destructive Capacity of an attack, and as such, is measured via its energy damage equivalent. Hence, characters that destroy mountains or islands are not automatically mountain or island level, especially if they are small. The attack potency depends upon the energy output of the attack, not the area of effect of the attack.

## Standard Sizes

* **Moon level**: Earth's satellite Moon.
* **Planet level**: The Earth.
* **Dwarf Star level**: OTS 44, a brown dwarf star.
* **Star level**: The Sun.

The values for 4-B and above are obtained from here. The calculation assumes that the blast is omni-directional (spherical), as is generally the case in most fictional occurrences, and that the energy output is sufficient to destroy the entirety of the cosmic structure.

* **Solar System level**: The star system known as the Solar System.
* **Multi-Solar System level**: Instead of doubling the value of Solar System level, the distance between two such systems needs to be accounted for as well. A calculation for energy required to destroy two solar systems was done, with the following assumptions:
	+ Distance between them as the minimum distance between Sun and the next closest star, the Alpha Centauri.
	+ A spherical blast, strong enough to obliterate the contents of both solar systems at the same time.
	+ Hence, the value obtained is the energy required to destroy two solar systems at a realistic distance.

* **Galaxy level**: The Milky Way galaxy
	+ Galaxies in fiction tend to be destroyed completely, not dissociated. Hence, it is far more logical to index a common occurrence of compete obliteration instead of an obscure one like dissociation.

* **Multi-Galaxy level**: Instead of doubling the value of Galaxy level, the distance between two galaxies needs to be accounted for as well. A calc for energy required to destroy two galaxies was done with the assumptions:
	+ Distance between them as the minimum distance between Milky Way Galaxy and the next closest similar-sized galaxy, the Andromeda galaxy.
	+ A spherical blast, strong enough to obliterate the contents of both galaxies at the same time.
	+ Hence, the value obtained is the energy required to destroy two galaxies at a realistic distance.

* **Low Universe level**: Given that the universe's actual size is unknown, we do not know the amount of energy that would be required to destroy all matter within it. As such, the bare minimum value for the observable universe was calculated as a lower border instead. Any greater finite number is also included within this tier, whereas countably infinite numbers are included under Universe level.

**Note**: **Higher Dimensional levels**: These levels are not listed because they are not restricted to the same parameters for energy requirement. The energy for such levels cannot be calculated.