Plant Control

Overview

You can call forth and control the power of plants and flora to control your foes. Animate and control vines, roots and spores to entrap, entwine and utterly dominate your foes. Many Plant Control powers are only effective if the target is near the ground. Plant Control is a primary powerset for Controllers and Dominators.

Power Tables

Controller/Dominator

The Plant Control power set is available as a primary set for Controllers and Dominators. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

Power	Level	Effect
Entangle	1	Ranged, Moderate DoT(Smash/Lethal), Foe Immobilize
Strangler	1	Ranged, Moderate DoT(Smash), Foe Hold
Roots	2	Ranged (Targeted AoE), Minor DoT(Smash/Lethal), Foe Immobilize
Spore Burst	6	Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe Sleep
Seeds of Confusion	8	Ranged (Cone), Foe Confuse
Spirit Tree	12	Place Tree: PBAoE, Team +Regen
Vines	18	Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe Hold
Carrion Creepers	26	Summon Creepers: Ranged (Location AoE), Foe -SPD, -Fly, -Jump
Fly Trap	32	Summon Fly Trap: Ranged, Control, Special

Powers

The following are powers in the Plant Control powerset.

Carrion Creepers

You can create a Creeper patch at a targeted location. The patch will snag foes, slowing their movement, and preventing them from jumping or flying. Additionally, a Creeper Vine will burst from under each live and defeated foe in the area and start attacking your enemies. Creeper Vines do minimal damage, but they can knock down your enemies and its poisonous thorns can slow your foes.

Note: Carrion Creepers (the power itself) summons a Carrion Creeper Patch which is invisible, untargetable, 2 minute duration, and follows you (via the ground with limited jumping ability, Carrion Creeper Patch cannot fly) with the following powers and pet summons below:

Powers

Bramble (Auto, PBAoE 20ft, -Fly, -Runspeed, -Maxrunspeed, -Jumpheight)

Carrion Creepers (Pet, summon Carrion Creeper Patch on every enemy corpse within range every 10 seconds)

Powers

Entangle (Ranged, AoE, DoT(Smash), DoT(Lethal), Immobilize, -Knockback, -Fly)
ResistAll (Untouchable)
Self Destruct (after 2 seconds)

Vines (Pet, summon Carrion Creeper Vine on every enemy within range every 10 seconds with 50% chance)

Powers

Resistance (Auto, Self +Res(Toxic, Psionic), Self +Def (Psionic)
Self Destruct (after 15 seconds)
Vine Smash (melee, Smash, DoT(Toxic), Knockdown, Slow, -Fly, -Runspeed, -Maxrunspeed, -Jumpheight)
Vine Thorns (ranged, Lethal, DoT(Toxic), Slow, -Fly, -Runspeed, -Maxrunspeed, -Jumpheight)

Recharge Very Long Minimum Level 26 (Controller) 26 (Dominator) Effects Summon Creepers: Ranged (Location Area of Effect) Foe -Speed, -Fly, -Jump Enhancements Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Immobilization Duration Enhance Knockback Distance Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Enhance Slow Set Categories Ranged AoE Damage Immobilize Slow Movement Knockback

Entangle

Immobilizes your target by Entangling their feet in a twisted mass of thorny roots. The roots do smashing and lethal damage to the target over time. More resilient foes may require multiple applications to Immobilize. Entangle can immobilize flying targets, if they are near the ground when attacked.

Damage Moderate Damage over Time(Smashing/Lethal) Recharge Fast Minimum Level 1 (Controller) 1 (Dominator) Effects Ranged Foe Immobilize Enhancements Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Immobilization Duration Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Set Categories Ranged Damage Immobilize

Fly Trap

You can summon a giant carnivorous Fly Trap plant beast. Fly Trap may be an understatement, as this plant beast has a taste for flesh. The Fly Trap will viciously attack any nearby foes, biting, hurling poisonous Thorns, and even casting its own Entangle Roots. The Fly Trap will fight by your side and can be healed and buffed like any teammate.

The Venus Fly Trap is resistant to Smashing, Toxic, and Psionic Damage. It also has a Defense bonus versus Psionic Attacks. It is, however, slightly vulnerable to Negative Energy, Fire, and Cold Damage.

Powers

Entangle (Ranged, AoE, DoT(Smash), DoT(Lethal), Immobilize, -Knockback)

Thorny Darts (Ranged, single target, Lethal, DoT(Toxic), -Def)

Fling Thorns (Ranged, Cone, Lethal, DoT(Toxic), -Def)

Bite (Melee, single target, Lethal, DoT(Toxic), -Def)

Resistance (Auto, Self +Res (Smash, Toxic, Psionic), Self +Def (Psionic), vulnerable (Negative Energy, Fire, Cold))

Recharge Very Long Minimum Level 32 (Controller) 32 (Dominator) Effects Summon Fly Trap: Ranged, Control, Special Enhancements Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Enhance Defense Debuff Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Immobilization Duration Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Set Categories Pet Damage Defense Debuff Recharge Intensive Pets Accurate Defense Debuff

Roots

Immobilizes a group of foes by entangling their feet in a twisted mass of thorny Roots. Roots is slower and does less damage than Entangle, but it can capture multiple foes in one attack. Like Entangle, Roots can immobilize flying targets, if they are near the ground when attacked.

Damage Minor Damage over Time(Smashing/Lethal) Recharge Fast Minimum Level 2 (Controller) 2 (Dominator) Effects Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect) Foe Immobilize Enhancements Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Immobilization Duration Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Set Categories Ranged AoE Damage Immobilize

Seeds of Confusion

You throw a handful of seeds from a rare Baffle plant at your foes. The seeds spread out in a wide cone and release a dusty chaff that contain a number of alkaloids and hallucinogenic compounds. Foes that come into contact with these seeds become violently confused and will turn and attack each other, ignoring you and all your allies. You will not receive any Experience Points for foes defeated entirely by Confused enemies.

Recharge Very Long Minimum Level 8 (Controller) 8 (Dominator) Effects Ranged (Cone) Foe Confuse Enhancements Enhance Accuracy Enhance Confusion Duration Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Set Categories Confuse

Spirit Tree

You can tap into the elusive and powerful energy of the World Tree and extract a Spirit Tree at a targeted location. The Sprit Tree is immobile, but possesses incredible regenerative powers. The Regeneration Rate of you, or your allies, will be greatly increased as long as you are near the Spirit Tree.

Recharge Very Long Minimum Level 12 (Controller) 12 (Dominator) Effects Place Tree: Point Blank Area of Effect Team +Regeneration Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Heal Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Set Categories Healing/Absorb

Spore Burst

You hurl a large fungi pod at your foes. This pod is full of Spores that burst on impact, engulfing the target and all those around him. All affected targets may succumb to the narcotic effect of the Spores and will fall asleep. The targets will remain asleep for some time, but will awaken if attacked.

Recharge Slow Minimum Level 6 (Controller) 6 (Dominator) 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

Strangler

Holds a distant foe by Strangling him with massive root-like vines. The target is held helpless, while he is slowly crushed by the vines.

Damage Moderate Damage over Time(Smashing) Recharge Moderate Minimum Level 1 (Controller) 1 (Dominator) 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

Vines

Creates a field of Strangler Vines that can Hold multiple foes at range. The affected targets are held helpless by the massive root-like vines. Unlike the power Strangler, this power does not deal any damage, but it can Hold multiple foes at once.

Recharge Very Long Minimum Level 18 (Controller) 18 (Dominator) Effects Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect) Foe Hold Enhancements Enhance Accuracy Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Hold Duration Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Set Categories Holds

Historical

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

• This set was added to the game for Dominators in Issue 6.
• This set was proliferated to Controllers in Issue 12.
• Carrion Creepers originally did not properly use slotted enhancements with exception of Recharge. This meant Carrion Creepers' accuracy, damage and slow did not increase despite any slotted enhancements. This was fixed in Issue 14.

External Links

• Plant Control for Controllers at City of Data v2.0
• Plant Control for Dominators at City of Data v2.0