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Revision as of 18:19, 15 August 2009
Overview
Many video games which give the player a variety of abilities will use icons or symbols to allow players to identify individual powers at a glance, City of Heroes included. However, unlike many of these games, City of Heroes not only uses these icons to quickly denote individual powers, but also to convey the effects and usage of the powers.
A power icon in City of Heroes has three important components: the inner symbol, the border, and the color. The inner symbol indicates one or more of the powers' effects. The border indicates whether the power requires a target to use and whether it affects an area or a single target. Most powers' borders do not, unfortunately, indicate whether the power affects teammates or enemies; this information must be extrapolated by looking at the inner symbol (i.e. if the inner symbol denotes a positive effect, the power most likely affects allies or the caster) The color of an icon indicates the power set that the power belongs to; every power set has its own unique combination of background and foreground colors, although some colors are shared between primary or secondary power sets and Ancillary Power Pools with similar themes, though never within the same archetype. This is done to reduce the footprint of the City of Heroes installation; by having Frozen Armor use the exact same icon in the Ice Armor, Cold Mastery, and Ice Mastery sets, one icon file provides the art for 3 powers, reducing the size of the City of Heroes install.
Borders
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An icon without a border indicates that the power only affects the caster. | Reconstruction, Unyielding |
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The power is single target; it will only affect the currently targeted entity. | Deflection Shield, Power Blast |
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The power affects the target, as well as every valid target (up to the target's target limit) within a conical area in front of the caster. The exact dimensions of the cone area depend on the power. | Shadow Maul, Breath of Fire |
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The power does not require a target; it affects every valid target (up to the power's target limit) within a spherical area centered on the caster. The exact radius of the sphere depends on the power. | Inferno, Healing Aura |
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The power affects the current target, as well as every valid target (up to the power's target limit) within a spherical area centered on the target. The exact radius of the sphere depends on the power. | Exploding Arrow, Snow Storm |
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The power does not require a target; it affects every teammate within a spherical area centered on the caster, including the caster itself. | Assault, Group Invisibility |
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The power affects every target (up to the power's target limit) in a spherical area centered around the targeted teammate. The targeted teammate may or may not be affected, depending on whether the power's effect is a positive or negative one. | Disruption Field |
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The power summons a separate entity at a selected location. Some powers allow the caster to choose the location, while others simply summon the new entity at the caster's feet. | Animate Stone, Summon Striker |
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The power affects every valid target (up to the power's target limit) within a spherical area centered around a location. Some powers allow the caster to choose the location, while others automatically set the location to be the same as the caster's at activation. | Spirit Tree, Burn |
Inner Symbols
Damage
The following symbols denote powers meant primarily for dealing damage.
Symbol | Description | Example | Notes |
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Generic damage power | Fire Ball | A generic symbol, can indicate a melee or ranged power. |
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A melee attack that deals minor damage. | Beheader | |
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A melee attack that does damage over time. | Flurry | |
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A melee attack that deals moderate damage. | Punch | |
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A melee attack that deals heavy damage. | Eagle's Claw | |
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An interruptible melee power that does extra damage when hidden. | Assassin's Blade | This symbol is used for Assassin's Strike powers. |
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A ranged attack that deals light damage. | Psionic Dart | |
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A fast ranged attack that deals light damage. | Neutrino Bolt | |
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A ranged attack that deals moderate damage. | Lightning Bolt | |
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A ranged attack that has a shorter-than-normal range, though usually with high damage. | Blaze | |
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A ranged attack that does heavy damage. | Bitter Ice Blast | |
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A "snipe" attack. | Zapp | Snipe attacks are interruptible, very high damage attacks with nearly double the range of normal ranged attacks. |
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A power that does damage to one target and has the chance "jump" to do damage to another target. | Chain Induction | |
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A damage dealing power that deals damage in an area around a defeated target | Fallout | Powers with this symbol are colloquially known as "corpse bomb" powers. |
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Extreme damage. | Nova | Can be used to denote melee or ranged attacks. |
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A power that does damage over time. | Night Fall | |
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A moderate damage melee attack with a (most often elemental) weapon. | Fire Sword | Only used in sets that aren't weapon sets. |
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A high-damage melee attack with a (most often elemental) weapon. | Heavy Mallet | Only used in sets that aren't weapon sets. |
Control
The following inner symbols denote powers that have control effects.
Symbol | Description | Example | Notes |
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Afflicts the target with a Hold control effect. | Dominate | Held targets cannot use powers or move. |
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Afflicts the target with a Disorient control effect. | Screech | Disoriented targets cannot use powers, but can still move, albeit at an extremely reduced rate. Also known as "Stun." |
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Afflicts the target with an Immobilization control effect. | Web Grenade | Immobilized targets cannot move, but can still use powers as normal. |
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Afflicts the target with a Sleep control effect. | Salt Crystals | Sleeping targets cannot use powers or move, but will immediately awake if damaged, healed, or moved. |
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Afflicts the target with a Confuse control effect. | Deceive | Confused targets will attack their allies and buff their enemies. |
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Afflicts the target with a Fear control effect. | Terrify | Feared enemies cannot use powers or move unless they are attacked. |
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Repels affected targets away from the caster. | Force Bubble | |
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Reduces the movement speed of the target. | Caltrops | |
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Increases the recharge time of all the target's powers. | Poison Trap | |
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Reduces the target's movement speed and increases the recharge time of all its powers. | Shiver | "Slow" can refer to a power that reduces movement speed, increases recharge time, or both. "Snare" is used for powers that only reduce movement speed. There is no generally agreed upon term for powers that only increase recharge time. |
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The power can knock down the target, leaving them unable to act until they regain their footing. Some powers are strong enough to send the target flying away from the caster instead of just knocking them off their feet. | Knockdown is just low-grade knockback. A power that normally does knockdown can cause knockback if used on a sufficiently weak target or if slotted for knockback, and a power that normally does knockback can cause knockdown if used against a sufficiently strong target. | |
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The power can cause the target to fall down where they stand, unable to act until they regain their footing. | Energy Torrent | Same notes from above apply. |
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The power can send the target flying straight up in the air. Stronger enemies may only fall down where they stand. | Lift | Same notes as above two symbols apply, with the exception that the target can be sent flying straight up into the air instead of away from the caster. |
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Afflicts the target with a taunt control effect. | Taunt | Taunted targets can only use powers to attack the entity that taunted them. In the event that more than one entity uses a taunt effect on the same target, the target will only be able to attack the entity with the stronger taunt effect. |
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Placates the target. | Smoke Flash | Placated targets cannot attack the caster. Computer-controlled mobs that are Placated will also forget about the caster until the caster aggroes them again. |
Buffs
The following inner symbols denote powers that grant the caster or his allies buffs to various attributes.
Symbol | Description | Example | Notes |
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Increases accuracy or tohit. | Aim | Most powers that buff tohit also buff damage, so the use of this symbol normally means that the power is either an accuracy buff, or the tohit buff is particularly large. |
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Increases damage. | Build Up | |
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Increases defense. | Dispersion Bubble | |
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Increases defense against powers typed "melee". | Ninja Reflexes | |
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Increases defense against powers typed "ranged". | Combat Training: Defensive | |
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Increases defense to powers typed "area of effect" (AoE). | Evasion | |
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Increases defense and tohit. | Invincibility | |
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Increases maximum hit points | Dull Pain | Would seem to indicate a healing over time effect (HoT), but is normally used to indicate a buff to maximum HP. In Issue 13 a power was finally added that actually was a HoT, but only when used by one archetype, and then only in PvE. |
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Healing power; restores lost hit points | Heal Other | |
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Restores lost endurance. | Transference | Also used in the icon for Conserve Power, which reduces the endurance cost of all powers while active. |
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Revives a character from the "unconscious" state. | Resurrection | |
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Large buff to defensive attributes. | Light Form | Typically used for tier 9 powers in defensive power sets. Powers that use this symbol generally grant such a large buff to defenses that the affected character is effectively undefeatable under normal circumstances, hence the colloquial term "god mode power." |
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Increases both offensive and defensive attributes. | Vengeance | |
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Increases the maximum activation range on non-melee powers while active. | Boost Range | Boost Range is the only power that uses this symbol, and indeed that has this effect. |
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Reduces the recharge time of all powers while active. | Hasten | |
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Increases the rate at which lost hit points are naturally recovered over time. | Instant Healing | |
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Increases the rate at which spent endurance is naturally recovered over time. | Stamina | |
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Increases the duration or strength of mez effects and most buff and debuff effects. | Power Boost | |
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Increases the running speed of the target. | Speed Boost | |
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Increases running speed and jump height | Sprint | This is the Sprint symbol; the only powers that use the symbol are Sprint and its Prestige variations. |
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Increase to jump height and speed. | Inertial Reduction | |
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Increase to jump height and speed. | Super Jump | The only power that uses this symbol is Super Jump. |
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Grants the target the power of Flight. | Fly | |
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Provides a small amount of stealth to the target | Stealth | Powers that use this symbol don't render the target invisible, but the target will be able to get closer to enemies before they aggro. |
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Provides a large amount of stealth to the target. | Superior Invisibility | Powers that use this symbol render the target invisible to most enemies. |
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Renders the target intangible or phased. | Dimension Shift | Intangible targets can't affect or be affected by other targets. Phased targets can only affect and be affected by other Phased targets. |
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Increases resistance to smashing- and lethal-typed damage. | Temp Invulnerability | |
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General symbol for an increase to resistance. | Dark Embrace | |
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Increases resistance to fire- and cold-typed damage. | Sonic Haven | |
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Increases resistance to cold-typed damage, and to a lesser extent, fire-typed damage. | Permafrost | |
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Increases resistance to energy- and negative energy-typed damage. | Glacial Armor | |
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Increases resistance to energy-typed damage. | Murky Cloud | |
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Increases resistance to negative energy-typed damage. | Crystal Armor | |
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Increases resistance to psychic-typed damage. | Minerals | |
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Grants protection to control-type effects. | Practiced Brawler | |
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Power that shapeshifts the target to another form. | Black Dwarf |
Debuffs
The following inner symbols denote powers that debuff enemy targets.
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Debuffs the target's accuracy or tohit. | Hurricane | |
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Debuffs the target's damage. | Darkest Night | |
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Debuffs the target's defense. | Sleet | Since there is no symbol for damage resistance debuff, this defense debuff symbol is (inaccurately) used with powers that debuff resistance. |
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Drains hit points from the target | Life Drain | Kind of a pointless symbol, since "draining HP" is just a way of saying "dealing damage," and a symbol for drains, etc., also exists. |
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Reduces the target's offensive and defensive attributes. | Noxious Gas | |
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Reduces the target's perception. | Smoke | |
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Reduces the rate at which the target naturally recovers spent endurance. | Short Circuit |
Summons
The following inner symbols denote powers which summon an entity to fight alongside the caster.
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Power that summons a single pet. | Fly Trap | |
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Power that summons two pets. | Call Reinforcements | |
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Power that summons three pets. | Zombie Horde | |
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Power that summons a large number of pets. | Gang War | |
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Summons a new pet from a defeated target | Soul Extraction | |
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Summons a pet that primarily uses fear abilities. | Spectral Terror | |
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Summons a pet that primarily grabs and maintains aggro. | Phantom Army | |
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Grants new powers to the targeted pet. | Train Ninjas | |
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Grants new powers to the targeted pet. | Kuji In Zen | Powers granted by powers with this symbol are generally stronger than those from powers with the above symbol. |
Miscellaneous
The following inner symbols do not fit easily into any other categories.
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A power that does something to the target and something else to the caster. | Energy Transfer | An eclectic symbol, it typically indicates a power that damages or heals the caster and heals or damages the target. |
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Power that teleports the caster. | Teleport | |
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Power that teleports the targeted teammate. | Recall Friend | |
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Power that teleports the targeted enemy. | Teleport Foe |
Inaccuracies
Many of the power icons in this game do not follow the guidelines described in this article. Forum-goer Vanden has created an "add on" (data files that replace in-game images or information) that fixes most of the inaccurate icons.