Quote Originally Posted by 416to305 View Post
Side question, when it says something "Delivers an attack with a potency of 170", is that 170 HP it delivers, or I assumed it meant it's more of a way to compare it to say one that says delivers 100 from myself, but is more of a ratio? Was just wondering since as mentioned when I get Fire up there it will be like 134, 159 etc, haven't seen it over 170 yet so was wondering if that's what that meant. Thanks!!!
Like other people said, it's just a measure of scaling. So, five ticks of Thunder dot (35x5) would be about the same as a completely unbuffed Fire (170). It also lets us use a definite number when comparing actions and rotations. Even if sometimes the difference in potency is so tiny it doesn't really matter.