Today’s question isn’t directed at yours truly, but comes from the CO forums, though you’ll here it echoed there many many times in various ways.

Malkior writes:

I’ve got A question on stats and how they relate to powers.

According to Characteristic Focus powers are based on stats. as it states things like “It will also increase the efficacy of your powers based on your total (stat)”. So I look at my powers, mouse over them, but it does not say what states they are based off of. So I look at my stats, but it does not say what power types the stat effects. So how can I know what effect what and how? thank you.

Sound familiar?  Sure does, because we answered that in our last What the Flip, Skip.

But there’s more.  After the friendly Nogitsune covered the matter, Cale_Knight goes on to say:

Some kind of master list detailing what powers use what stats for scaling would be immensely helpful.

Hark!  Mine ears doth ring.  It certainly would, Cale.  You didn’t state your answer in the form of a question, but we have marvelous parting gifts for you.  Crank up the feed!

Most powers don’t scale.  Well, they do, but in a casual leveling up kind of way that requires about as much personal attention as a fake house plant.  No, we came here for scaling of the characteristic variety.  And there aren’t many, but when you’re trying to get that added edge, they’re worth knowing.

This may not be a complete and full list, though it is to the best of my understanding.  It’s a new game, we’re learning new things all the time, and things do change.  But, I’ll do my best.

Strength

  • All melee powers.  This isn’t true scaling.  Rather, strength just gives up to a 20% smacking bonus, just for being a burly dude.  It should be noted that while Ego Blades from Telekinesis are “melee” abilities, they are odd in that they don’t get this bonus.
  • Invulnerability (Power Armor) – The initial damage reduction is Strength based.  At lower levels, this is the weaker part of Invulnerability, but at high levels of Strength, it is what let’s Invulnerable sorts be “immune” to quick, weak attacks.
  • Enrage (Might) – The damage bonus from stacks of Engraged granted by this skill increase with Strength.  Don’t confuse this with other skills that claim to offer Enraged, as the icon and bonus seem different.  My personal testing seems to show that only Enrage the Might power scales with strength.  Not the others.

Dexterity

  • All Stealth granting powers.  This is actually just an innate trait of Dexterity.
  • Ice Form (Ice) – The bonus to elemental resistances.  This includes a small resistance to fire and toxic damage, and a large resistance to ice.  Also, Ice Form triggers an effect called Cold Snap on a critical hit, which improves the power of the Shatter Ice power.  While this isn’t exactly Dexterity based scaling, Dexterity does increase your critical hit chance.
  • Killer Instinct (Munitions) – Critical hits trigger this ability, which is based on Dexterity.
  • Focus of the Unleashed Tempest (Martial Arts: Dual Blade) – Another power that is triggered by critical hits.
  • Lightning Reflexes (Martial Arts) – The bonus to both Dodge and Avoidance are Dexterity based.  It’s generally considered necessary to have lots of Dexterity for this power to show its potential.

Constitution

  • Invulnerability (Power Armor) – After the flat damage resistance, the damage is reduced by a percentage, influenced by Constitution.  Seems to scale pretty quickly.
  • Ego Form (Telekinesis) – The physical damage reduction.  The reduction is small, but since Constitution also increases your hit points, you’re getting two defense increases for the price of one.
  • Defiance (Might) – Improves the effect of the stacking damage resistance buffs.  Scales well, making it a much more durable power than people give it credit for.  Defiance advice: Start the fight defensive until the buffs stack up.  Block for great justice!
  • Shadow Form (Shadow) – The bonus to paranormal resistances.  This includes a small resistance to ego and magic damage, and a large resistance to dimensional damage.
  • Resurgence (Supernatural) – Improves the amount by which Regeneration is bolstered.

Intelligence

  • No powers specifically scale with Intelligence, though damaging pets and summons all benefit and achieve extra damage from Intelligence.  Important to note: The healing beam on Field Drones doesn’t scale with Intelligence, but does scale with Presence, being as it counts as healing.

Ego

  • Personal Force Field (Force) – The rate at which the field’s power “health” recharges.
  • Killer Instinct (Munitions) – Determines the amount of energy this ability returns.
  • Ego Form (Telekinesis) – Determines the increase in damage when using Ego Weaponry, Ego Blade Frenzy, Ego Annihilation and Ego Blade Breach.  The double blades that cause this extra damage can also be obtained temporarily using Kinetic Dart with the Incisive Wit advantage.  It essentially triggers the Ego Surge ability.
  • Ego Surge (Telekinesis) – Similar to Ego Form, scales certain powers with Ego.
  • Telekinesis (Telekinesis) – Determines the size of objects Telekinesis can lift.  The investment necessary is significantly more than Strength requires for similar sized objects.

Presence

  • Almost all healing abilities.  Which ones?  Check the boosch.
  • Increases the health of all summoned pet.
  • Fiery Form (Fire) – The bonus to elemental damage.  This includes fire, ice, and toxic damage.
  • Aura of Arcane Clarity/Aura of Primal Majesty/Aura of Ebon Wrath/Aura of Radiant Protection (Sorcery) – All Sorcery auras scale with Presence.

Recovery

  • Electric Form (Electricity) – The bonus to energy damage resistances.  This includes a small resistance to sonic and particle damage, and a large resistance to electricity.
  • Fiery Form (Fire) – The bonus to elemental resistances.  This includes a small resistance to ice and toxic damage, and a large resistance to fire.
  • Regeneration (Supernatural) – Improves the amount of health regenerated, though it takes a lot to show significant results.

Endurance

  • Electric Form (Electricity) – The bonus to energy damage.  This includes electricity, energy and particle damage.  This makes it appealing to some Gadgeteering and Power Armor powers as well.
  • Personal Force Field (Force) – Improves the amount of damage the force field can absorb.
  • Ice Form (Ice) – The bonus to elemental damage.  This includes fire, ice and toxic damage.
  • Shadow Form (Shadow) – The bonus to paranormal damage.  This includes dimensional, ego, and magic damage.

BOOSCH!

Heals Improved by Presence

  • Bionic Shielding (Gadgeteering) – Scaling looks small compared to the ability’s overall power.  A perfectly fine heal even without Presence.
  • Field Drones (Gadgeteering)
  • Holdout Pistol (Munitions) – Stim Pack advantage.  Though, it should be noted that even with Presence it is a very small heal.
  • Ego Sprites (Telepathy) – Slave Mentality advantage.  Since they were rebalanced, I’m not positive on this anymore.  I can’t seem to reproduce a noticable scaling anymore, but maybe someone can confirm or deny this for me.
  • Empathic Healing (Telepathy)
  • Psionic Healing (Telepathy)
  • Mindful Resources (Telepathy) – Both a healing increase and damage protection increase.
  • Lifedrain (Shadow) – Healing done seems completely unrelated to damage dealt, instead simply being based on Presence.  However, the heal won’t take effect on non-living creatures like undead or robots.
  • Arcane Vitality (Sorcery)

Heals Not on That List

  • Quarry (Archery) – Fair Game advantage offers health for defeating enemies, which is based on Constitution.
  • Circle of Primal Dominion (Sorcery) – Seems to be a non-scaling heal.
  • Bountiful Chi Resurgance (Martial Arts) – Seems to be a non-scaling heal.

And there you go.  The accuracy here may or may not be 100% right, 100% of the time, but it’s a perpetual work in progress, and it should give you a really good idea what you’re doing with your characteristics when it gets down to the nitty gritty.  If you have anything to add, pop a comment or feedback the feed at “skipcocoa at skipcocoa dot net”.  Ask not what Honorable Skip Cocoa can do for you.  Ask what you can do for Honorable Skip Cocoa to help him doing for you.  Such walls of mindless text.  Such late nights.  That’s how much the feed loves you.

And keep on fighting for honor and awesome.