What counts as combat speed?

[MicDaniel]

What counts as Combat Speed?

I would like to know what are the requirements for a characters to be given a Speed at which they can fight at.

 

[Lina_Shields]

Combat speed refers to how fast a character can move at during a combat situation.

Keep in mind that when we refer to combat speed, we refer to situations where a character moves in short bursts/quick movements as opposed to travel speed, where a character moves at a constant speed over a longer period of time.

Basically, if a couple objects are coming at you really fast, and you react to and deflect those objects, that is your combat speed.

 

[MicDaniel]

Thank you, does it also work vice versa?

Like your moving extremely fast and Dodges objects back to back while moving at that constant speed?

 

[Alakabamm]

Combat speed - as distinguished from regular speed - occurs only in short bursts or intervals, as Crazy stated.

To clarify, a character than can run 10 km in 10 seconds has a regular speed of 1 km/s, whereas someone that can move 1m in 0.001 seconds has a combat speed of 1 km/s.

HOWEVER, to be combat speed and not reaction speed in that second example, the movement needs to not be singular (as in, it cannot be a single jump, stride, etc) and instead be complicated in some manner.

 

[MicDaniel]

@Alakabamm So would Someone piloting a jet moving at super sonic speeds while maneuvering back to back obstacles in close range count as combat speed?

 

[Alakabamm]

hmm...maybe? Depends on how they dodged and how close they were each time. That can be calculated, maybe

 

[Lina_Shields]

From my observation, to qualify for combat speed, the character would have to make multiple movements after reacting to an object moving towards him/her at a relatively close distance (1 to 10m)

Ex: If your character in a jet back dodges a bunch of rocks ahead while travelling at full speed, that qualifies for combat speed.

Another example would be a guy deflecting multiple bullets with his sword, as it would require multiple body movements to deflect all the bullets moving towards him.

Just remember that combat speed = how fast a character can fight and react to things.

 

[Gemmysaur]

Pretty much this is my interpretation.

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