Powerful vs. Penetrate

1. Raw Damage

Raw damage is based purely on your strength stat. The more strength you have, the more raw damage you can output. Even if you have 300 strength and your opponent has 1 defense, giving you a 300-to-1 ratio, you won't be able to do thousands of damage, because you simply aren't strong enough. Raw damage is calculated as:

2. Weapon Stat Multiplier

You multiply your weapon stat by 0.1. So a 64.21 sword will multiply your damage by 6.421. A scrawny pistol that has 43.02 dmg will multiply your damage by 4.302.

3. Damage Bonuses

Add all your damage bonuses together — is the opponent eviscerated? Add that up. Do you have Powerful? Add that in. Are you using a shotgun choke? Add that as well. Weapon merits and experience? All added up. Total that all up, then multiply it in.

4. Strength vs. Defense Mitigation

Your opponent will mitigate damage based on their defense — comparing your strength versus their defense:

• • If you have 32× strength compared to their defense → 0% mitigation
• • If they have 14× defense compared to your strength → 100% mitigation
• • Positive ratio (you stronger): 50/LN(32) × LN(ratio) + 50
• • Negative ratio (they stronger): 50/LN(14) × LN(ratio) + 50
• • Equal strength and defense → 50% mitigation

5. Armor Mitigation

Armor blocks damage by whatever percent the armor rating is. If armor is rated 42.40, damage is reduced by 42.40%. The equation: change 42.40 to a decimal (0.4240) and subtract from 1 — so 57.6% of damage goes through.