The Superhero Database Classification number, or SHDB Class, is a number that represents the overall 'power' of a character. All traits of a character are used for calculating the Classification.
What it DOESN'T mean
This doesn't mean that a higher class would always beat a lower class character. But the bigger the difference in Class is, the more obvious it is who'll win in a fight.
How is this calculated
( INT^1.3 + (STR*0.5 )^2 + (SPE*0.5)^2 + DUR^1.6 + (POW + (SPS*SPL))^2 + COM^1.8 ) ^ TIER
Super Power Score and Level
Every Super Power has a score (SPS) that is used to calculate the Class. Each Super Power also has 3 levels (SPL). The level is set when connecting that Super Power to a character. The level determines the final score, of the Super Power, being used in the calculation.
The Investiture of a Shard permeates all three Realms; Physical, Cognitive, and Spiritual; but the majority of the Shard is contained within the Spiritual Realm,[fn 1] and is thus not bound by the ordinary laws and limitations of time and space, and where all places are compounded into one.[12][13] Due to this, the power of a Shard is omnipresent,[7][14][15][16][17][16][18] and is immanent through,[18][19][20] reality. That is to say, all things; mind, soul, and body alike; are of one substance, and that substance is the body of Shards.[citation needed] Due to this omnipresence of the power, a Vessel could possibly feel its Shards presence on every world in the cosmere, though they are not capable of using all of the power or having awareness of all of it simultaneously.[16]