Archetype Enhancements

Overview

Archetype Enhancements (ATEs or AEs) are sets of all-unique and attuned enhancements, one set per standard archetype while EATs have one set for both archetypes. All of the enhancements can only be slotted by a single archetype (or "set of archetypes" for EATs) depending on the name of the set. Each set contains a special enhancement tailored to that AT's role (Stalkers have a chance for hide, Kheldians get a changing bonus based on current form). Archetype Enhancements are also called Archetype Specific Enhancements (ASEs), Archetype Origin Enhancements (ATIOs, ATOs, or AOs) - note this is technically a misnomer - or are referred to by the actual archetype (for instance, Blaster Enhancements).

Each enhancement has a level 10 minimum requirement, but as an attuned enhancement, the enhancement portion will increase as the character's level increases. The enhancement portion is affected by exemplar as normal. Set bonuses will operate down to level 7.

Note that Archetype Enhancements are not Inventions: they do not need to be crafted. Once claimed from the "Character Item" tab of the Email Window, they appear in the character's enhancement tray and are ready to be slotted if they match the character's archetype.

Players can both trade and email the standard Archetype Enhancements; however, the Superior versions are Account Bound and can only be emailed to the player's own global name.

Availability

Archetype Enhancements are available from the following sources:

• Rarely and very rarely in Super Pack #1, Heroes and Villains
• Reward Merit Vendors for 400 (non-special pieces) or 500 (special pieces) Reward Merits plus 25 million inf
• Astral Christy for 50 (non-special pieces) or 500 (special pieces) Astral Merits plus 25 million inf

Superior Enhancements

Enhancement Catalysts can be applied to the standard enhancements to raise them up into Account Bound "Superior" versions with higher enhancement values, bigger set bonuses, and a better special enhancement bonus. However, catalyzing an ATE will also increase the minimum level requirement to 50, similar to Purple IOs. To catalyze a whole standard set into a Superior set, a player must have six Enhancement Catalysts, as each piece must be catalyzed separately.

Standard and Superior enhancements of the same type are mutually exclusive; a character cannot slot both Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage and Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage (Superior). This means that set bonuses are limited; a character can get the first and second set bonuses twice (by slotting three standard pieces and three Superior pieces), or the first set bonus twice and the second and third set bonus once (by slotting two and four pieces), but cannot get the third, fourth, and fifth bonuses from both sets. Note that the set bonuses for the standard and Superior versions are different; the Superior version grants higher bonuses.

Enhancement Listing

The following table lists each archetype's enhancement set, and includes the archetype-specific bonus that the special enhancement grants. The final column is the average times per minute the proc chance has to fire (Procs Per Minute, or PPM); if nothing is listed, it functions more like a global.

Archetype	Enhancement Set Name	Special Enhancement Bonus	PPM
Blaster	File:AO Blasters Wrath.png Blaster's Wrath	X [X]* fire damage** by the slotted power	4/min [5/min]*
Brute	File:AO Brutes Fury.png Brute's Fury	increases Fury generation from all powers by 10% [15%]*
Controller	Will of the Controller	X [X]* psionic damage** by the slotted power	4/min [5/min]*
Corruptor	Malice of the Corruptor	X [X]* negative energy damage** by the slotted power	4/min [5/min]*
Defender	File:AO Defenders Bastion.png Defender's Bastion	72HP [107HP]* PBAoE heal*** by the slotted power	4/min [5/min]*
Dominator	Ascendency of the Dominator	X% [X%]* damage buff by the slotted power	3/min
Mastermind	Command of the Mastermind	40' radius buff that increases henchmen AOE defense by 10% [15%]*
Scrapper	File:AO Scrappers Strike.png Scrapper's Strike	increases chance to critically hit by all powers by 20% [40%]*
Stalker	File:AO Stalkers Guile.png Stalker's Guile	go into hide when attacking with the slotted power	4/min [5/min]*
Tanker	Might of the Tanker	increase damage resistance by X% [X%]* by the slotted power (stacks 3 times)	5/min [6/min]*
Hero EAT	File:AO Kheldians Grace.png Kheldian's Grace	Human form: 3% [X%]* enhanced damage resistance     Nova form: 9% [X%]* damage buff     Dwarf form: +10% of Dwarf Form boost [X]* increased maximum hitpoints
Villain EAT	Dominion of Arachnos	cause terrorize and X% [X%]* damage debuff when attacking with the slotted power	4/min [5/min]*

* Blue numbers inside square brackets indicate the Superior version's special enhancement bonus.
** The damage dealt by these procs are not affected by set bonuses and will not inherit any click buffs.
*** The heal in Defender's Bastion is not affected by set bonuses but will inherit any click buffs.