Talk:Nyx (Warframe)/@comment-24.156.7.207-20140519005326/@comment-5919625-20140607204925

I believe Power Strength affects the baseline damage threshold for Absorb. At Rank 3, Absorb has a 200 base damage threshold (meaning it will do AT LEAST 200 damage). With a maxed Intensify, that base threshold increases to 260.

The thing about Absorb now, is that that base damage threshold increases per second (i.e. 200, 400, 600...), meaning increasing Power Stength could, in theory, add up.

However, building Absorb for Power Strength is not ideal, since as the enemies get stronger, you will rarely find yourself detonating Absorb for the base damage.