Controller

Controller
Primary	Control
Secondary	Buff
Inherent	Containment
Base HP	1017.4
Max HP	1606.4
Primary Sets	12
Secondary Sets	16
Epic Power Pools	5
Modifiers (at level 50)   Melee Ranged Damage Scale 0.550 0.550 Damage Buff 0.080 0.100 Defense Buff 0.090 0.075 ToHit Buff 0.080 0.100 Damage Debuff 0.100 0.100 Defense Debuff 0.100 0.100 ToHit Debuff 0.100 0.100 EndMod 1.100 1.100 Fear 1.863 1.863 Heal Other 117.799 117.799 Heal Self 101.735 Immobilize 1.863 1.863 Knockback 2.077 2.077 Sleep 1.863 1.863 Slow 1.250 1.250 Stun 1.863 1.863 Taunt 1.030 1.030 Threat Level 1.0 1.0
Limits (at level 50)   Max Min Damage Resistance 75% -300% Status Resistance 10,001.01% -300% Status Protection N/A N/A Damage 400% 10% Defense 175% -100% ToHit 200.35% -100% Recharge Rate 400% -75% Regeneration 2000% 0% Recovery 750% 0% Stealth (PvE) 200 ft -180 ft Stealth (PvP) 571.5 ft -180 ft Perception 1260.6 ft 0 ft Range 500% 25%

Overview

The Controller is at the same time the weakest and yet the most powerful of the archetypes. The Controller has few offensive attacks and possesses few hit points. But the Controller has access to a range of powers and abilities that no one else does. Armed with these powers, a Controller can affect the behavior of villains, from freezing them in place, to putting them to sleep, to routing them away. Armed with such abilities, the Controller is the backbone for any super group, but the Controller depends upon their teammates for protection.

The Controller's power sets are:

Primary: Control
Secondary: Buff

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* Controllers require VIP status, purchase on the Paragon Market, or 13 Reward Tokens in the Paragon Rewards Program.

Power Sets

Primary Power Sets

• A Controller's primary power sets are designed specifically for control. They are:
  • Darkness Control
  • Earth Control
  • Electric Control
  • Fire Control
  • Gravity Control
  • Ice Control
  • Illusion Control
  • Mind Control
  • Plant Control
  • Wind Control
  • Symphony Control
  • Arsenal Control

* Electric Control used to require VIP status, purchase on the Paragon Market, or purchase of Going Rogue.

Secondary Power Sets

• A Controller's secondary power sets are designed for buffing or debuffing. They are:
  • Cold Domination
  • Darkness Affinity
  • Empathy
  • Force Field
  • Kinetics
  • Nature Affinity
  • Poison
  • Radiation Emission
  • Sonic Resonance
  • Storm Summoning
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Time Manipulation
  • Trick Arrow
  • Pain Domination
  • Traps
  • Electrical Affinity

* Time Manipulation used to require VIP status or purchase on the Paragon Market.

Ancillary Power Pools

• Fire Mastery
• Ice Mastery
• Primal Forces Mastery
• Psionic Mastery
• Stone Mastery

Patron Power Pools

• Leviathan Mastery
• Mace Mastery
• Mu Mastery
• Soul Mastery

Inherent Power

• Containment
• An additional perk enjoyed by Controllers is a chance of getting an extra point of magnitude on the Status Effects that nearly all their primary powers cause. The word "Overpower" appears above affected enemies when this happens. This inherent is not represented by a power icon.

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.

• Controllers have been in the game since Issue 0, originally as a City of Heroes archetype. Their original primary powersets were Earth Control, Fire Control, Gravity Control, Ice Control, Illusion Control, and Mind Control. Their original secondary powersets were Empathy, Force Field, Kinetics, Radiation Emission, and Storm Summoning.
• Fire Mastery, Ice Mastery, Primal Forces Mastery, Psionic Mastery and Stone Mastery were added to the game in Issue 3.
• Sonic Resonance and Trick Arrow were added to the game in Issue 5.
• Plant Control and Thermal Radiation were proliferated to Controllers in Issue 12.
• Cold Domination was proliferated to Controllers in Issue 16.
• Electric Control was added to the game with Going Rogue.
• The Patron Power Pools were made available to Controllers in Issue 18.
• As of Issue 21, access to Controllers requires VIP status, purchase on the Paragon Market, or 13 Reward Tokens in the Paragon Rewards Program.
• Poison was proliferated to Controllers in Issue 21.

See Also

• Archetypes

External Links

• Archetypes documentation on official City of Heroes site
• Official City of Heroes Manual as a zipped PDF file