Psionic Mastery

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(Psi), Foe -Rech
Indomitable Will	35	Self +Res(Disorient, Hold, Sleep, Fear), +DEF(Psi)
Mind Over Body	38	Toggle: Self +Res(Smash, Lethal, Psi)
World of Confusion	41	Toggle: PBAoE, Minor DoT(Psi), Foe Confuse
Psionic Tornado	44	Ranged (Targeted AoE), Moderate DoT(Psi), 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	38	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
Mind Probe	35	Melee, High DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge
Dominate	38	Ranged, Moderate DMG(Psionic), Foe Hold
Psychic Shockwave	41	PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Psionic), Foe Disorient -Recharge
Link Minds	44	PBAoE Team +To Hit, +DEF (All), +RES (Psionic)

Powers

The following are powers in the Psionic Mastery powerset.

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 38 (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

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 35 (Controller) 35 (Dominator) Effects Self +Resistance (Disorient, Hold, Sleep, Fear), +Defense (Psionics) Enhancements Enhance Defense Buffs Reduce Endurance Cost Increase Attack Rate Set Categories Defense

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 35 (Dominator) 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

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 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

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 35 (Controller) Effects Ranged Foe -Recharge Enhancements Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Set Categories Ranged Damage

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 38 (Controller) 38 (Dominator) Effects Toggle: Self +Resistance (Smash, Lethal, Psionics) Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost Increase Attack Rate Enhance Damage Resistance Set Categories Resist Damage

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 35 (Sentinel) Effects Melee Foe -Recharge Enhancements Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Set Categories Melee Damage

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 44 (Controller) 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

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 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

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 41 (Controller) 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.
• This set was included with the release of Sentinels in Issue 25.
• Issue 27, Page 5 lowered the level at which the third power from Ancillary Power Pools unlocked from level 41 to level 38.

See Also

• Ancillary Power Pools
• Epic Power Set Proliferation
• Controller
• Dominator
• Sentinel

External Links

• Psionic Mastery for Controllers at City of Data v2.0