User blog comment:Dry63/Alpha Pack Threat Level/@comment-101.114.163.19-20130712102659/@comment-4091815-20130712153101

It's an exponential thing.

Alpha gains strength for each pack member added to the pack.

Beta gains strength by being in a pack - the larger the pack the stronger each individual becomes.

Alpha absorbs all the strength that the beta has naturally, plus the added strength it got by being in a pack.

Alpha gets exponentially stronger with each beta absorbed.

The whole is stronger than the sum of its parts.