Defender

Defender
Primary	Buff
Secondary	Ranged
Inherent	Vigilance
Base HP	1017.4
Max HP	1606.4
Primary Sets	17
Secondary Sets	15
Epic Power Pools	9
Modifiers (at level 50)   Melee Ranged Damage Scale 0.550 0.650 Damage Buff 0.100 0.125 Defense Buff 0.100 0.100 ToHit Buff 0.100 0.125 Damage Debuff 0.125 0.125 Defense Debuff 0.125 0.125 ToHit Debuff 0.125 0.125 EndMod 1.250 0.125 Fear 1.490 1.490 Heal Other 133.862 133.862 Heal Self 101.735 Immobilize 1.490 1.490 Knockback 2.077 2.077 Sleep 1.490 1.490 Slow 1.250 1.250 Stun 1.490 1.490 Taunt 1.030 1.030 Threat Level 1.0 1.0
Limits (at level 50)   Max Min Damage Resistance 75% -300% Status Resistance 10,001.01% -300% Status Protection N/A N/A Damage 400% 10% Defense 175% -100% ToHit 200.35% -100% Recharge Rate 400% -75% Regeneration 2000% 0% Recovery 625% 0% Stealth (PvE) 200 ft -180 ft Stealth (PvP) 571.5 ft -180 ft Perception 1260.6 ft 0 ft Range 500% 25%

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:

• Cold Domination
• Dark Miasma
• Electrical Affinity
• Empathy
• Force Field
• Kinetics
• Marine Affinity
• Nature Affinity
• Pain Domination
• Poison
• Radiation Emission
• Sonic Resonance
• Storm Summoning
• Thermal Radiation
• Time Manipulation
• Traps
• Trick Arrow

* 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:

• Archery
• Assault Rifle
• Beam Rifle
• Dark Blast
• Dual Pistols
• Electrical Blast
• Energy Blast
• Fire Blast
• Ice Blast
• Psychic Blast
• Radiation Blast
• Seismic Blast
• Sonic Attack
• Storm Blast
• Water Blast

* 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.

Ancillary Power Pools

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

Patron Power Pools

• Leviathan Mastery
• Mace Mastery
• Mu Mastery
• Soul Mastery

* Patron Power Pools require villain alignment to obtain.

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

• Archetypes
• Defender Strategy
• Offender

External Links

• Summary and Analysis of Defender Powersets
• Archetypes documentation on official City of Heroes site
• Official City of Heroes Manual as a zipped PDF file