Defender

Overview

The Defender is a support specialist. This archetype is effective with ranged attacks, though not quite on par with the Blaster. Instead, the Defender's true worth shines in the area of their powerful buffing and debuffing powers. Defenders are the premier helpers in the game—they are the best at strengthening their teammates' abilities (buffing) and weakening foes (debuffing). They aren't built for lengthy hand to hand combat, though they aren't fragile, either. The Defender needs to keep an eye both on his teammates and the enemy—in order to see which requires his attention.

The Defender's powersets are:

Primary: Buff/Debuff
Secondary: Ranged

The Defender has low hit points and low damage.

Powersets

Primary Powersets

A Defender's primary powersets are designed specifically for buffing or debuffing. They are:

• Dark Miasma
• Empathy
• Force Field
• Kinetics
• Radiation Emission
• Sonic Resonance
• Storm Summoning
• Trick Arrow

Secondary Powersets

A Defender's secondary powersets are designed for ranged attacks. They are:

• Archery
• Dark Blast
• Electrical Blast
• Energy Blast
• Psychic Blast
• Radiation Blast
• Sonic Attack

Ancillary Power Pools

• Dark Mastery
• Power Mastery
• Psychic Mastery
• Electricity Mastery

Inherent Power

• Vigilance

External Links

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