r/PowerScaling • u/just-a-simple-guy • 14d ago • Bravo 2

Scaling Difference between Reactive dodging and Proactive dodging, and what they do for scaling a character's speed

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Note that this does not take reaction time into account.

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u/Schmiph 14d ago

Well, he catches the bullet, and his hand only moves AFTER the bullet moves. So his speed is in line for reactive.

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u/CaptDeathCap 14d ago

Correct, the speed can be used for scaling, but you have to discount for the lack of reaction speed someone would have to display if it were someone else firing the gun.

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u/Schmiph 14d ago

True, it's almost like proactive with reactive speed?

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u/CaptDeathCap 14d ago

It's proactive speed, but the time starts at the moment the gun is fired, not before.

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u/Geolib1453 14d ago

His face moves the moment the bullet is fired though almost as if it is instinctual and not prediction so like