Damage cap?

[Dovah]

Does Rebirth have a damage cap? Just curious, really.

[Coin]

At some point dmg upgrages will give you less benifit, but no solid cap, only soft cap.

[Gravelord Niko]

Getting Brimstone and Polyphemus together isn't the cap, at least. It oneshots pretty much everything but I could still see improvements against the few things it didn't kill later on after getting Cricket's Head and Pentagram.

[Santi]

There is no dmg cap is this game. there is however a soft cap, where dmg ups will give you less benefits. that happens because the dmg formula has a square root, which means it will keep growing but the more it grows the less benefits will make.

[Dovah]

I know of the soft cap in the origional, i'm just asking if there's a cap in rebirth.

[Santi]

Pretty sure the dmg formula didnt change in rebirth. So no, there's not a dmg cap in rebirth.

[Dovah]

Right, thanks. It just seemed I was doing the same ammount of damage after getting a lot of ups late game, so I thought there might be a cap.

[DarkTwinge]

This is mostly covered, but to explain in further detail:

Most stats in the game are not capped - Speed and Tear Rate are the only ones that are (though Shot Speed does have a minimum).

Most damage increases are put into a formula where every single increase is less effective than the last, but still helpful. The in-game stat screen will show you at max 7/7 damage at a mere 10.50 damage; Poly alone on Isaac will bring your damage to 15.00, or Ipecac to 43.50.