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City of Heroes Guide: Tanker Primary Power Sets
MMORPG.com City of Heroes Correspondent Emmert Hendrick writes this guide to the Tanker's primary power sets.
By Emmett Hendrick on July 09, 2009
Shield Defence
Deflection
Grants a bonus to defence and minor bonus against lethal and smashDamage: N/ARecharge: Fast
Battle Agility
Grants bonus to range and Area of Effect damage and defence debuffs Damage: N/ARecharge: Fast
True Grit
Increase hit points. Grants resist to cold, fire, energy, negative energy and toxic. - No endurance cost, always onDamage: N/ARecharge: N/A
Active Defence
Grants protection from sleep, disorient, fear, immobilize, confusion, repel, knock back, hold and defence debuffDamage: N/AVery Long
Against all Odds
Grants increase in damage for every enemy in MeleeDamage: N/AMRecharge: Slow
Phalanx Fighting
Grants bonus to Melee, range and area of effect defence for each ally in short range. - no endurance cost, always onDamage: N/ARecharge: N/A
Grant Cover
Grants bonus to nearby team mates defence (but not the players) also some resistance to defence and recharge debuffs (player and allies).Damage: N/ARecharge: Slow
Shield Charge
Teleport and knock backDamage: N/ARecharge: Very Long
One with the Shield
Big resistance to all damage, disorient, immobilize, hold, knock back and sleep. Increased endurance rate recovery. Uses little endurance but when over left drained of endurance for a time afterwardsDamage: N/ARecharge: Very Long
Advantages: Some powers require no endurance. Can add bonuses to allies as well as your self.Disadvantages: No Psionic protections, and no self heal or Rez
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Stone Armour
Rock Armour
Grants resistances to smashing and lethal damage - can not be used with Granite Armour.Damage: N/ARecharge: Fast
Stone Skin
Grants Resistance to smashing and lethal damage. - Costs no endurance, always onDamage: N/ARecharge: N/A
Earth's Embrace
Bonus to maximum HP while active and resistance to toxic damage. Damage: N/ARecharge: Very Long
Mud Pots
Area of Effect snare and immobilize with minor Damage over timeDamage: Minor (Damage over time)Recharge: Fast
Rooted
Grants resistance to knock back, sleep hold, disorient and endurance drain. Bonus to HP and HP regeneration. Must be close to the ground to active and slows movement, you can not activate move speed increase of flight powers while activeDamage: N/ARecharge: Fast
Brimstone Armour
Grants a high resistance to fire and cold. Can not be used with Granite ArmourDamage: N/ARecharge: Fast
Crystal Armour
Makes energy and negative energy attacks less likely to hit and grants resistance to defense debuffs. Can not be used with Granite ArmourDamage: N/ARecharge: Fast
Minerals
Grants resistance to Psionic, increase in Perception and a resistance to confusions. Can not use with Granite ArmourDamage: N/ARecharge: Fast
Granite Armour
Almost complete invulnerability and resist to most effects - however no fly or speed powers while active and attacks are slowed and you do less damage while active. Also grants high resistance to defense debuffs. Can not be activated with any other armors in the set or any move/fly powersDamage: N/ARecharge: Slow
Advantages: Granite Armour is almost complete invulnerability. Defense from Psionic attacksDisadvantages: Armour in the set slow and limit travel powers. No self Rez or heal.
Willpower
High Pain Tolerance
Grants slight resistance to all damage types. - Costs no Endurance, always on.Damage: N/ARecharge: N/A
Mind over Body
Grants resistance to smashing, lethal and Psionic damageDamage: N/ARecharge: Fast
Fast Healing
increased healing speed. Costs no Endurance, always onDamage: N/ARecharge: N/A
Indomitable Will
Grants resistance to Sleep, disorient, fear, immobilization, confusion, repel, knock back and hold, also moderate Psionic defenseDamage: N/ARecharge: Fast
Rise to the Challenge
Grants bonus to HP regeneration and decreases accuracy of each foe in MeleeDamage: N/ARecharge: Slow
Quick Recovery
Fast Endurance Recovery. - Costs no Endurance, always on.Damage: N/ARecharge: N/A
Heightened Senses
Grants bonus to defense versus environmental damage and grants a bonus to Perception.Damage: N/ARecharge: Fast
Resurgence
Self Rez, gives bonus to damage and to hit for 90 seconds and then a minus to damage and to hit for a further 45 secondsDamage: N/ARecharge: Very Long
Strength of Will
Big resistance to all damage, disorient, immobilize, hold, knock back and sleep. Increased endurance rate recovery. Uses little endurance but when over left drained of endurance for a time afterwards.Damage: N/ARecharge: Very Long
Advantages: Defenses to all attack types. Increase HP and Endurance regain. Self RezDisadvantages: No self Heal, Defenses are not quite as effective as other power sets
Invunerability: No self heal?
Excuse me are we playing the same game.
D-U-L-L P-A-I-N
yep same error with Earth's Embrace, and saying Stone has no heal.
not to mention the OP mentions lack of kb protection in one but omits it from Dark Armor. Last i checked my DA brute, scrapper, and Take all lacked KB,
other notes:
Makes a point to poitn out Psi resist missing, but never mentions DA is one of the few sets with PSI resist
What about a mention of Willpowers Dammange debuff aura if your gonan mentio nthe buff area of shield?
No mention of Stones movement penelty or the fact Granite doesn't stack?
All very excellent points! However, my favorite thing about the article is that it has several pictures that are all of a shield tanker interspersed with the power sets. At the very least, they should be captioned to diminish confusion. My guess is that the author ran up a tank to level 32 in one of the sets and then is using power descriptions to give a very vague (and occasionally incorrect) feeling for the other sets.
Which is really sad, after all isnt the article supose to be for new tankers not us old vets? So sount it be you know...useful...
Is the author paid for writing this stuff? Because any veteran player could write you better set descriptions in five minutes. Very disappointing article.
Thank you all for the comments.
This is my first ever article so all comments are welcome.
Keep them coming and I'll endeavour to improve.