Max Health

Max Health

Max Health is a Vitality Stat that is derived from base health and other stat bonuses. There are three common ways in which max health is modified:

• Base Health Gain
• % Increased Base Health
• Bonus Health

Base health gain occurs every time the player gets a power increase and varies significantly from hero to hero. For example, Kelvin receives +45 base health every power increase while Haze receives only +27 base health. % Increased Base Health is implicitly added to every vitality item depending on tier according to the table below. Bonus health is usually obtained from items and modifies a hero's max health after base health increases.

Implicit Health Bonuses

Item Tier	% Increased Base Health
1	11
2	14
3	17
4	20

Calculating Max Health

Max health is a straightforward calculation relating base health, % increased base health, and bonus health. A hero's base health changes throughout the game as power increase thresholds are met. Meanwhile, % increased base health and bonus health will be applied by items and status effects. To calculate max health at a given point in time the following formula is used:

${\text{Max Health}}={\text{Base Health}}*(1+\%{\text{Increased Base Health}})+{\text{Bonus Health}}$

Some important things to note about this calculation:

• Bonus health is not increased by the % increased base health bonuses
• Negative bonuses to health, such as being afflicted by Siphon Bullets will be calculated along with positive health bonuses additively
• Negative % Max Health such as the modifier on Glass Cannon is applied to the final max health value and will reduce all health after final calculations