Psionic Mastery

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Overview

Psionic Mastery is one of the Ancillary Power Pools available to Controllers, Dominators and Sentinels.

You have mastery over psionics and the mind to blast your foes, increase your power, and to add some much needed armor and defense. (Controller and Dominator)

You have advance Mastery over your psionic abilities and are able to control your foes and aid your allies with them. (Sentinel)

Power Tables

The following tables show which powers are available and at what level:

Controller

Power Level Effect
Mental Blast 35 Ranged, Moderate DMG (Psionic), Foe -Recharge
Indomitable Will 35 Self +Res (Disorient, Hold, Sleep, Fear), +DEF (Psionics)
Mind Over Body 41 Toggle: Self +Res (Smash, Lethal, Psionics)
World of Confusion 41 Toggle: PBAoE, Minor DoT (Psionic), Foe Confuse
Psionic Tornado 44 Ranged (Targeted AoE), Moderate DoT (Psionic), Foe Knockback

Dominator

Power Level Effect
Link Minds 35 PBAoE Team +To-Hit, +DEF (All), +RES (Psionic)
Indomitable Will 35 Self +Res (Disorient, Hold, Sleep, Fear), +DEF (Psionics)
Mind Over Body 41 Toggle: Self +Res (Smash, Lethal, Psionics)
World of Confusion 41 Toggle: PBAoE, Minor DoT (Psionic), Foe Confuse
Psionic Tornado 44 Ranged (Targeted AoE), Moderate DoT (Psionic), Foe Knockback

Sentinel

Power Level Effect
Mass Hypnosis 35 Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe Sleep
File:Mentalcontrol MindProbe.pngMind Probe 35 Melee, High DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge
Dominate 41 Ranged, Moderate DMG(Psionic), Foe Hold
File:Mentalcontrol psionicshockwave.pngPsychic Shockwave 41 PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Psionic), Foe Disorient -Recharge
File:Mentalcontrol mindlink.pngLink Minds 44 PBAoE Team +To Hit, +DEF (All), +RES (Psionic)

Powers

The following are powers in the Psionic Mastery powerset.

MentalControl Command.png Dominate

Painfully tears at the mind of a single foe. Dominate deals Psionic damage and renders a foe helpless, lost in their own mind and unable to defend themselves.

Damage Moderate (Psionic)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level Archetypeicon sentinel.png 41 (Sentinel)
Effects Ranged
Foe Hold
Enhancements Enhance Accuracy
Enhance Damage
Reduce Endurance Cost
Enhance Hold Duration
Enhance Range
Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories Ranged Damage
Holds

PsionicMastery IndomitableWill.png Indomitable Will

Activating this power greatly boosts your resistance to sleep, disorient, fear and hold effects for 90 seconds. Indomitable Will also grants a high defense to psionic based attacks.

Recharge Very Long
Minimum Level Archetypeicon controller.png 35 (Controller)
V archetypeicon dominator.png 35 (Dominator)
Effects Self +Resistance (Disorient, Hold, Sleep, Fear), +Defense (Psionics)
Enhancements Enhance Defense Buffs
Reduce Endurance Cost
Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories Defense

PsionicMastery LinkMinds.png File:Mentalcontrol mindlink.png Link Minds

Your Mind Link Power will enable you to link the minds of all your teammates who are near you for the next 90 seconds. This shared link improves your teams chances to hit foes, your defensive abilities and dramatically reduces psionic damage. (Dominator)

Your Mind Link Power will enable you to link the minds of all your teammates who are near you for the next 90 seconds. This shared link improves your team's chance to hit foes, your defensive abilities and reduces psionic damage. (Sentinel)

Recharge Very Long
Duration 90 Seconds
Minimum Level V archetypeicon dominator.png 35 (Dominator)
Archetypeicon sentinel.png 44 (Sentinel)
Effects Team Personal Area of Effect
+To-Hit, +Defense (All), +Resist (Psionic)
Enhancements Enhance Defense Buffs
Enhance ToHit Buff
Set Categories Defense
To Hit Buff

MentalControl MassHypnosis.png Mass Hypnosis

Hypnotizes a group of foes at a distance and puts them to Sleep. The targets will remain asleep for some time, but will awaken if attacked. This power deals no damage, but if done discreetly, the targets will never be aware of your presence.

Recharge Long
Minimum Level Archetypeicon sentinel.png 35 (Sentinel)
Effects Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect)
Foe Sleep
Enhancements Enhance Accuracy
Reduce Endurance Cost
Enhance Range
Increase Attack Rate
Enhance Sleep Duration
Set Categories Sleep

PsychicBlast MentalBlast.png Mental Blast

This basic attack does moderate psionic damage, and can slightly reduce a target's attack speed.

Damage Moderate (Psionic)
Recharge Fast
Minimum Level Archetypeicon controller.png 35 (Controller)
Effects Ranged
Foe -Recharge
Enhancements Enhance Accuracy
Enhance Damage
Reduce Endurance Cost
Enhance Range
Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories Ranged Damage

PsionicMastery MindOverBody.png Mind Over Body

When you toggle on this power, you empower your Mind Over Body to become highly resistant to smashing, lethal and psionic damage. You must be level 41 and have Mental Blast or Indomitable Will before selecting this power.

Recharge Fast
Minimum Level Archetypeicon controller.png 41 (Controller)
V archetypeicon dominator.png 41 (Dominator)
Effects Toggle: Self +Resistance (Smash, Lethal, Psionics)
Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost
Increase Attack Rate
Enhance Damage Resistance
Set Categories Resist Damage

File:Mentalcontrol MindProbe.png Mind Probe

Grip the minds of your foe with a Mind Probe. You must be in close proximity to pull off this attack that wrecks havoc on your foes synapses, dealing high Psionic Damage while reducing their attack speed.

Damage High (Psionic)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level Archetypeicon sentinel.png 35 (Sentinel)
Effects Melee
Foe -Recharge
Enhancements Enhance Accuracy
Enhance Damage
Reduce Endurance Cost
Enhance Range
Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories Melee Damage

PsychicBlast PsionicTornado.png Psionic Tornado

Unleashes a whirlwind of psionic energy on a target, tossing nearby foes into the air. The Psionic Tornado damages foes and slows their attack speed. You must be level 44 and have two other Psionic Mastery Powers before selecting this power.

Damage Moderate Damage over Time (Psionic)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level Archetypeicon controller.png 44 (Controller)
V archetypeicon dominator.png 44 (Dominator)
Effects Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect)
Foe Knockback
Enhancements Enhance Accuracy
Enhance Damage
Reduce Endurance Cost
Enhance Knockback Distance
Enhance Range
Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories Ranged AoE Damage
Knockback

File:Mentalcontrol psionicshockwave.png Psychic Shockwave

Psychic Shockwave is a devastating Psionic attack that wracks the minds of all nearby foes. Affected foes may have a reduced attack rate and may be left Disoriented.

Damage Moderate (Psionic)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level Archetypeicon sentinel.png 41 (Sentinel)
Effects Point Blank Area of Effect
Foe Disorient, -Recharge
Enhancements Enhance Accuracy
Enhance Damage
Reduce Endurance Cost
Increase Attack Rate
Enhance Disorient Duration
Set Categories Melee AoE Damage
Stuns

PsionicMastery WorldofConfusion.png World of Confusion

This toggle power allows you to cause psionic damage and cause confusion within a group of foes, creating chaos. The chance of confusing an enemy is lower than then chance of damaging them, and it may take multiple hits to affect stronger opponents. All affected foes within the area will turn and attack each other, ignoring all heroes. You will not receive any Experience Points for foes defeated by Confused enemies. You must be level 41 and have Mental Blast or Indomitable Will before selecting this power.

Damage Minor Damage over Time (Psionic)
Recharge Moderate
Minimum Level Archetypeicon controller.png 41 (Controller)
V archetypeicon dominator.png 41 (Dominator)
Effects Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect
Foe Confuse
Enhancements Enhance Accuracy
Enhance Confusion Duration
Enhance Damage
Reduce Endurance Cost
Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories Melee AoE Damage
Confuse

Historical

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

  • This set was added to the game in Issue 3.
  • World of Confusion was added to this set in Issue 16.
  • This set was made available to Dominators in Issue 18.
  • Issue 21 lowered the level at which the set's powers become available: two changed from 41 to 35, two from 44 to 41, and one from 47 to 44.
  • Psionic Mastery along with 5 new powers were added to Sentinels in Issue 25, though misspelled as "Psionic Masterty"

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