Tenacity vs Potency
Hello fellas.
I apologize if there is another threat with the same subject and clear answers but from a quick search I did in the forums I found a great deal of confusion and different opinions on how the potency vs tenacity works. Can someone from the developer team confirm that this is actually how this works?
This is the chance an ability has TO HIT.
1st. check: The ability hit percentage. For instance the "Power of the dark side" ability (EP's AOE stun) has 70% chance to hit. IF it succesfully passes the 1st check it moves to the 2nd.
2nd. check: There is a starting 100% potency on an ability. Then, the potency that a toon has (the percantage shown in the toon's stats tab) is added to that 100% potency. For example if my Darth Nihilus has +70% potency (this includes the starting potency of Dark Nihilus), that makes 170%. And the chance to hit, is that 170% minus the %tenacity the toon has (again what is shown in that toon's stats tab). So if the enemy Vader has 100% tenacity it would appear that the "Drain Force" ability has a 70% chance to hit. If on the above example the Vader had 70% tenacity there would be a 100% chance the "Drain Force" ability would hit. So again, IF it succesfully passes the 2nd check it moves to the 3rd.
3rd. check: There is a build in 15% chance to resist an ability. So even if the ability passes check number 1 and check number 2, there is still a 15% chance the "Drain Force" would be resisted. And any percantage of tenacity less than 70% on Vader is waisted because there will still be a minimum of 15% to resist.
A discussion below would, of course, be most welcome.
I apologize if there is another threat with the same subject and clear answers but from a quick search I did in the forums I found a great deal of confusion and different opinions on how the potency vs tenacity works. Can someone from the developer team confirm that this is actually how this works?
This is the chance an ability has TO HIT.
1st. check: The ability hit percentage. For instance the "Power of the dark side" ability (EP's AOE stun) has 70% chance to hit. IF it succesfully passes the 1st check it moves to the 2nd.
2nd. check: There is a starting 100% potency on an ability. Then, the potency that a toon has (the percantage shown in the toon's stats tab) is added to that 100% potency. For example if my Darth Nihilus has +70% potency (this includes the starting potency of Dark Nihilus), that makes 170%. And the chance to hit, is that 170% minus the %tenacity the toon has (again what is shown in that toon's stats tab). So if the enemy Vader has 100% tenacity it would appear that the "Drain Force" ability has a 70% chance to hit. If on the above example the Vader had 70% tenacity there would be a 100% chance the "Drain Force" ability would hit. So again, IF it succesfully passes the 2nd check it moves to the 3rd.
3rd. check: There is a build in 15% chance to resist an ability. So even if the ability passes check number 1 and check number 2, there is still a 15% chance the "Drain Force" would be resisted. And any percantage of tenacity less than 70% on Vader is waisted because there will still be a minimum of 15% to resist.
A discussion below would, of course, be most welcome.
