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phinehas10
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6 years ago

Max Health Changes

I have looked for an answer for this but can't seem to find it. How do changes to max health or max protection work for characters not at full health/protection?

For example, let's say my Malak has max health of 100,000 but is at 70,000 health vs. GAS. GAS hits him for 21,000 and reduces his Max Health by 10% to 90,000. Before reduction he would be at 49,000/100,000 (49% health, yellow), but I notice that after the hit his health bar goes back to green, indicating more than 50% health. That makes sense if his current health is unchanged at 49,000 but his new max health is 90,000 (54%).

Is this how it works, or does a reduction in max health also reduce the amount of current health if the current health is already under the max health? That is, would Malak's health be reduced to 49% of 90,000 in the above scenario?

The question also applies in reverse for max health increases. If Malak's health is full at 100,000, and he gains 10% max health, does he now have 110,000 max health and current health? Or does he have 110,000 max health but still 100,000 current health? Or with Palp's Unique zeta, when he gains 5% max protection, does he actually gain protection, or just the capacity for more protection with protection recovery?

I understand if a character has 100,000 max and current health and it is reduced to 90,000 that it drops to 90,000 current health as well since current health could never be greater than max.

Thanks for any insight.

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  • I've been thinking about this since my Rey and protection gains post earlier. Here's what my best guess is:

    Max Health gains will always "give" health. Example: Nihilus annihilates and gains 50k Max Health will also give him 50k health points.

    Max Health decreases take away from the top but won't take health away unless the amount being subtracted reaches your current health.
    Examples: Nest has 80k Max Health but has 75k current health. Her Max Health is decreased by 10k so her Max Health goes to 70k. Since her current health pool is more than that, she loses 5k bringing her to 70k or 100% health.

    Think of a water bottle. If I have a bottle with 80% water and I take a katana and slice it half, I will lose some water. If I just take the top off, it's "filled" percentage is closer to 100%. It may look like you gained water (going from yellow to green health) but the percentage just changed, not the amount.

    Again... my best guess. Who really knows.
  • "Tanzos2;c-2137848" wrote:
    I've been thinking about this since my Rey and protection gains post earlier. Here's what my best guess is:

    Max Health gains will always "give" health. Example: Nihilus annihilates and gains 50k Max Health will also give him 50k health points.

    Max Health decreases take away from the top but won't take health away unless the amount being subtracted reaches your current health.
    Examples: Nest has 80k Max Health but has 75k current health. Her Max Health is decreased by 10k so her Max Health goes to 70k. Since her current health pool is more than that, she loses 5k bringing her to 70k or 100% health.

    Think of a water bottle. If I have a bottle with 80% water and I take a katana and slice it half, I will lose some water. If I just take the top off, it's "filled" percentage is closer to 100%. It may look like you gained water (going from yellow to green health) but the percentage just changed, not the amount.

    Again... my best guess. Who really knows.


    Good example. I agree with that logic.

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