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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
The '''Defender''' tends to help his allies, and attack his foes, from a distance. The Defender excels at powers that assist friends, but can also hinder his enemies. The Defender is able to attack at quite a range, however, the Defender is not built for hand to hand. He might be able to dodge a few attacks, but the Defender won't last for long.
The Defender's power sets are:
'''Primary''': Buff<br />
'''Secondary''': Ranged
{{ATStats|survive=4|melee=2|ranged=6|control=4|support=10|pets=2}}
== Power Sets ==
{{section columns
| heading 1 =
=== Primary Power Sets ===
| section 1 =
A Defender's primary power sets are designed specifically for buffing or debuffing. They are:
{{Category Listing|Defender Primary}}
{{PMarket Purchase|time}}
{{PMarket Purchase|nature}}
| heading 2 =
=== Secondary Power Sets ===
| section 2 =
A Defender's secondary power sets are designed for ranged attacks. They are:
{{Category Listing|Defender Secondary}}
{{PMarket Purchase|br}}
{{PMarket Purchase|dp}}
{{PMarket Purchase|water}}
| heading 3 =
=== Ancillary Power Pools ===
| section 3 =
* [[Dark Mastery]]
* [[Electricity Mastery]]
* [[Energy Mastery (Corruptor/Defender)|Energy Mastery]]
* [[Fire Mastery (Blaster/Corruptor/Defender)|Fire Mastery]]
* [[Ice Mastery (Corruptor/Defender)|Ice Mastery]]
* [[Psionic Mastery (Corruptor/Defender)|Psionic Mastery]]
| heading 4 =
=== Patron Power Pools ===
| section 4 =
* [[Leviathan Mastery#Corruptor / Defender|Leviathan Mastery]]
* [[Mace Mastery#Corruptor / Defender|Mace Mastery]]
* [[Mu Mastery#Corruptor / Defender|Mu Mastery]]
* [[Soul Mastery#Corruptor / Defender|Soul Mastery]]
<span style="font-size:.75em;">&#42; [[Patron Power Pools]] require [[Villain (Alignment)|villain]] [[alignment]] to obtain.</span>
}}
=== Inherent Power ===
* [[Inherent Powers#Vigilance|Vigilance]] gives Defenders an endurance discount when teammates are injured and a damage boost when solo or in small teams.


''From the City of Heroes Manual''
== Historical ==
{{Historical|type=section|reason=change}}


The Defender's powers focus on healing allies, increasing their buffing abilities and decreasing foes' debuffing abilities. The Defender has little offensive or defensive punch of his own, but can radically increase the effectiveness of even the smallest team up, and he and the Blaster have the only ranged attacks.
* Defenders have been in the game since [[Issue 0]], originally as a City of Heroes [[archetype]]. Their original primary powersets were Dark Miasma, Empathy, Force Field, Kinetics, Radiation Emission, and Storm Summoning. Their original secondary powersets were Dark Blast, Electrical Blast, Energy Blast, Psychic Blast, and Radiation Blast.
* Dark Mastery, Electricity Mastery, Power Mastery and Psychic Mastery were added to the game in [[Issue 3]].  
* Sonic Resonance, Trick Arrow, Archery and Sonic Attack were added to the game in [[Issue 5]].
* Cold Domination and Ice Blast were [[Power Set Proliferation|proliferated]] to Defenders in [[Issue 12]].
* Assault Rifle and Traps were proliferated to Defenders in [[Issue 16]].
* Dual Pistols was added to the game on March 2, 2010 as an early feature of [[Going Rogue]] to those who prepurchased.
* The [[Patron Power Pools]] were made available to Defenders in [[Issue 18]].
* Beam Rifle and Time Manipulation were added to the game in [[Issue 21]].
* Thermal Radiation and Fire Blast were proliferated to Defenders in Issue 21.
* Water Blast was added to the game on July 10, 2012.
* Nature Affinity was added to the game on August 21, 2012.
* Flame Mastery, Pain Domnination, and Poison were proliferated to Defenders in [[Issue 25]].
* Electrical Affinity was added to the game in [[Issue 26 Page 5|Issue 26, Page 5]].
* Seismic Blast was added to the game in [[Issue 27 Page 3|Issue 27, Page 3]].


The Defender is a suitable archetype for grouping, though soloing is possible.  Difficult, but possible.  However, the tremendous usefulness of Defenders' powers should guarantee that they will always be able to find a team up to adventure with.
== See Also ==
* [[Archetypes]]
* [[Defender Strategy]]
* [[Offender]]


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://www.alteredgamer.com/city-of-heroes/5617-coh-city-of-villains-guide-to-the-defender-archetype/ Summary and Analysis of Defender Powersets]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20121025125321/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/game_info/archetypes/hero_archetypes.php Archetypes documentation] on official City of Heroes site
* [ftp://ftp.coh.com/CoH_Manual.zip Official City of Heroes Manual] as a zipped PDF file


* [http://www.cityofheroes.com/documentation/quickstart02.html Creating a Hero] section of manual on official City of Heroes site
* [ftp://ftp.coh.com/CoH_Manual.zip Official City of Heroes Manual] as a zipped PDF file


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Latest revision as of 19:00, 23 February 2024

Defender
Archetypeicon defender.png
Primary Buff
Secondary Ranged
Inherent Vigilance
Base HP 1017.4
Max HP 1606.4
Primary Sets 17
Secondary Sets 15
Epic Power Pools 10
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Overview

The Defender tends to help his allies, and attack his foes, from a distance. The Defender excels at powers that assist friends, but can also hinder his enemies. The Defender is able to attack at quite a range, however, the Defender is not built for hand to hand. He might be able to dodge a few attacks, but the Defender won't last for long.

The Defender's power sets are:

Primary: Buff
Secondary: Ranged

Defender Stats
Survivability
4
Melee Damage
2
Ranged Damage
6
Crowd Control
4
Support
10
Pets
2

Power Sets

Primary Power Sets

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

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

Secondary Power Sets

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

* Beam Rifle used to require purchase on the Paragon Market.
* Dual Pistols used to require VIP status, purchase on the Paragon Market, or purchase of Going Rogue.
* Water Blast used to require purchase on the Paragon Market.

Inherent Power

  • Vigilance gives Defenders an endurance discount when teammates are injured and a damage boost when solo or in small teams.

Historical

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

  • Defenders have been in the game since Issue 0, originally as a City of Heroes archetype. Their original primary powersets were Dark Miasma, Empathy, Force Field, Kinetics, Radiation Emission, and Storm Summoning. Their original secondary powersets were Dark Blast, Electrical Blast, Energy Blast, Psychic Blast, and Radiation Blast.
  • Dark Mastery, Electricity Mastery, Power Mastery and Psychic Mastery were added to the game in Issue 3.
  • Sonic Resonance, Trick Arrow, Archery and Sonic Attack were added to the game in Issue 5.
  • Cold Domination and Ice Blast were proliferated to Defenders in Issue 12.
  • Assault Rifle and Traps were proliferated to Defenders in Issue 16.
  • Dual Pistols was added to the game on March 2, 2010 as an early feature of Going Rogue to those who prepurchased.
  • The Patron Power Pools were made available to Defenders in Issue 18.
  • Beam Rifle and Time Manipulation were added to the game in Issue 21.
  • Thermal Radiation and Fire Blast were proliferated to Defenders in Issue 21.
  • Water Blast was added to the game on July 10, 2012.
  • Nature Affinity was added to the game on August 21, 2012.
  • Flame Mastery, Pain Domnination, and Poison were proliferated to Defenders in Issue 25.
  • Electrical Affinity was added to the game in Issue 26, Page 5.
  • Seismic Blast was added to the game in Issue 27, Page 3.

See Also

External Links