Alpha Slot Abilities

Overview

Alpha Slot Abilities are universal enhancements placed in the Alpha Slot of the Incarnate System. The Alpha Slot Abilities apply to all of your powers which would accept an enhancement of that type. Each tree begins with a Boost ability which can then be upgraded into three more tiers - Core/Radial Boost, Revamp, and Paragon. Each enhancement has two recipes, one using Shards, one using Threads; it is a common mistake not to scroll down to see the other recipes.

Alpha Ability Details

Universal Enhancements

The Alpha Slot Incarnate Abilities give their aspect enhancement to every power that a character has that can utilize it. A power can utilize it if it slots the same type of basic enhancement. For instance, if a character has a Alpha ability that reduces endurance costs, then every power that can take an Endurance Discount Enhancement would utilize the Alpha's endurance discount, too.

If a character has an Alpha Ability that increases Fear duration, then Touch of Fear would be increased, but Power Bolt would not, since it does not have Fear.

If a power cannot slot a certain enhancement (such as Recharge in Mind Link), the boost does not apply to that power.

Powers can be enhanced by more than one aspect if they are applicable; Electric Fence can benefit from Musculature's Alpha Slot primary aspect, Damage, and also the Immobilize and Endurance Modification aspects.

Abilities come in four rarity levels. The higher the rarity level, the more Incarnate Components are needed to create them. Components to create them are gathered through defeating enemies, Task Forces/Strike Forces, and most other activities.

Common
Uncommon
Rare
Very Rare

Part of the bonuses given by Alpha slotted abilities bypass Enhancement Diversification, even if a character's power is slotted to the final threshold. Depending on rarity, the Alpha enhancements will bypass ED with anywhere from one-sixth to two-thirds of the Alpha enhancement.

To calculate the total enhancement value use the following method:

1. Add up the values of all enhancements in the power plus the portion of the Alpha Enhancement that is affected by ED.
2. Apply ED to this value.
3. Add the portion of the Alpha Enhancement that is not affected by ED for the total enhancement value.

Examples

Example 1: A character's power slotted with three Recharge Single-Origin Enhancements will have 99.9% increased attack rate pre-ED which becomes approximately 94.9% once ED is applied without the Alpha Slot.

• Slotting a common Spiritual Alpha Slot ability (33% increased attack rate) ignores ED for ¹⁄₆ of its effects but ED is still applied to the remaining ⁵⁄₆. The power therefore has a total ED affected enhancement value of 99.9% + ⁵⁄₆ * 33% = 127.4% which after ED is approximately 99.1%. The remaining ¹⁄₆ of the Alpha Slot's enhancement is added to this giving a final enhancement value of 99.1% + ¹⁄₆ * 33% = 104.6%
• Slotting a very rare Spiritual Alpha Slot ability (45% attack rate, stun, and healing) ignores ED for ²⁄₃ of its effects but ED is still applied to the remaining ¹⁄₃. The power therefore has a total ED affected enhancement value of 99.9% + ¹⁄₃ * 45% = 114.9% which after ED is approximately 97.2%. The remaining ²⁄₃ of the Alpha Slot's enhancement is added to this giving a final enhancement value of 97.2% + ²⁄₃ * 45% = 127.2%

Example 2: A character's power slotted with 2 Recharge Single-Origin Enhancements will have 66.6% increased attack rate which since it is less than 70% is not affected by ED so remains at 66.6%.

• Slotting a common Spiritual Alpha Slot ability (33% increased attack rate) ignores ED for ¹⁄₆ of its effects but ED is still applied to the remaining ⁵⁄₆. The power therefore has a total ED affected enhancement value of 66.6% + ⁵⁄₆ * 33% = 94.1% which, since it is greater than 70% is affected by ED resulting in approximately 90.9% post-ED. The remaining ¹⁄₆ of the Alpha Slot's enhancement is added to this giving a final enhancement value of 90.9% + ¹⁄₆ * 33% = 96.4%
• Slotting a very rare Spiritual Alpha Slot ability (45% attack rate, stun, and healing) ignores ED for ²⁄₃ of its effects but ED is still applied to the remaining ¹⁄₃. The power therefore has a total ED affected enhancement value of 66.6% + ¹⁄₃ * 45% = 81.6% which, since it is greater than 70% is affected by ED resulting in approximately 80.4% post-ED. The remaining ²⁄₃ of the Alpha Slot's enhancement is added to this giving a final enhancement value of 80.4% + ²⁄₃ * 45% = 110.4%

Level Shift

Rare and very rare Alpha Slot abilities apply a Level Shift, which effectively increases the character's combat level when participating in any content, even exemplared down to level 45. Level Shifts do not function when exemplared below level 45.

Alpha Ability Types

Agility

Agility primarily deals with increasing the power of Endurance and Recovery modifying abilities. Agility also increases Recharge, Defense and the speed of some Movement abilities.

Alpha	Enhancements	ED Bypass	Level Shift
Agility Boost	33%	1⁄6	—
Agility Core Boost	33% 33%	1⁄3	—
Agility Radial Boost	33% 20%	1⁄3	—
Agility Total Core Revamp	45% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Agility Partial Core Revamp	33% 33% 20%	1⁄2	+1
Agility Partial Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 20% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Agility Total Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 20% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Agility Core Paragon	45% 33% 20%	2⁄3	+1
Agility Radial Paragon	33% 33% 20% 33% 33% 33%	2⁄3	+1

Cardiac

Cardiac primarily deals with reducing Endurance costs. Cardiac also increases Range, Damage Resistance, Absorb and some Status Effect durations.

Alpha	Enhancements	ED Bypass	Level Shift
Cardiac Boost	33%	1⁄6	—
Cardiac Core Boost	33% 20%	1⁄3	—
Cardiac Radial Boost	33% 20%	1⁄3	—
Cardiac Total Core Revamp	45% 20%	1⁄2	+1
Cardiac Partial Core Revamp	33% 20% 20%	1⁄2	+1
Cardiac Partial Radial Revamp	33% 10% 20% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Cardiac Total Radial Revamp	33% 10% 20% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Cardiac Core Paragon	45% 20% 20%	2⁄3	+1
Cardiac Radial Paragon	33% 20% 20% 33% 33% 33%	2⁄3	+1

Intuition

Intuition primarily deals with increasing Hold Duration. It can also increase Defense Debuff, Range, Damage, To Hit Debuff and Slow.

Alpha	Enhancements	ED Bypass	Level Shift
Intuition Boost	33%	1⁄6	—
Intuition Core Boost	33% 33%	1⁄3	—
Intuition Radial Boost	33% 20%	1⁄3	—
Intuition Total Core Revamp	45% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Intuition Partial Core Revamp	33% 33% 20%	1⁄2	+1
Intuition Partial Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 20% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Intuition Total Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 20% 20%	1⁄2	+1
Intuition Core Paragon	45% 33% 20%	2⁄3	+1
Intuition Radial Paragon	33% 33% 20% 33% 20% 33%	2⁄3	+1

Musculature

Musculature primarily deals with increasing Damage. It also modifies Immobilization Duration, Defense Debuff, Endurance Modification, ToHit Debuff and Run Speed.

Alpha	Enhancements	ED Bypass	Level Shift
Musculature Boost	33%	1⁄6	—
Musculature Core Boost	33% 33%	1⁄3	—
Musculature Radial Boost	33% 33%	1⁄3	—
Musculature Total Core Revamp	45% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Musculature Partial Core Revamp	33% 33% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Musculature Partial Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 33% 20%	1⁄2	+1
Musculature Total Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 33% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Musculature Core Paragon	45% 33% 33%	2⁄3	+1
Musculature Radial Paragon	33% 33% 33% 20% 33% 33%	2⁄3	+1

Nerve

Nerve primarily deals with increasing Accuracy. It can also increase Hold Duration, Defense Buff, Confuse Duration, Threat and Fly Speed.

Alpha	Enhancements	ED Bypass	Level Shift
Nerve Boost	33%	1⁄6	—
Nerve Core Boost	33% 33%	1⁄3	—
Nerve Radial Boost	33% 20%	1⁄3	—
Nerve Total Core Revamp	45% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Nerve Partial Core Revamp	33% 33% 20%	1⁄2	+1
Nerve Partial Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 20% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Nerve Total Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 20% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Nerve Core Paragon	45% 33% 20%	2⁄3	+1
Nerve Radial Paragon	33% 33% 20% 33% 33% 33%	2⁄3	+1

Resilient

Resilient primarily deals with increasing Damage Resistance. It can also increase Immobilize Duration, Threat Effectiveness, Absorb, Stun Duration and ToHit Buffs.

Alpha	Enhancements	ED Bypass	Level Shift
Resilient Boost	20%	1⁄6	—
Resilient Core Boost	20% 20%	1⁄3	—
Resilient Radial Boost	20% 33%	1⁄3	—
Resilient Total Core Revamp	33% 20%	1⁄2	+1
Resilient Partial Core Revamp	20% 20% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Resilient Partial Radial Revamp	20% 10% 33% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Resilient Total Radial Revamp	20% 10% 33% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Resilient Core Paragon	33% 20% 33%	2⁄3	+1
Resilient Radial Paragon	20% 20% 33% 33% 33% 33%	2⁄3	+1

Spiritual

Spiritual primarily deals with increasing Recharge Rate. It can also increase Stun Duration, Healing, ToHit Buff, Slow Movement and Jump.

Alpha	Enhancements	ED Bypass	Level Shift
Spiritual Boost	33%	1⁄6	—
Spiritual Core Boost	33% 33%	1⁄3	—
Spiritual Radial Boost	33% 33%	1⁄3	—
Spiritual Total Core Revamp	45% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Spiritual Partial Core Revamp	33% 33% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Spiritual Partial Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 33% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Spiritual Total Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 33% 20%	1⁄2	+1
Spiritual Core Paragon	45% 33% 33%	2⁄3	+1
Spiritual Radial Paragon	33% 33% 33% 33% 20% 33%	2⁄3	+1

Vigor

Vigor primarily deals with increasing Heal Rate. It can also increase Accuracy, Endurance Cost, Fear Duration, Sleep Duration and Confusion Duration.

Alpha	Enhancements	ED Bypass	Level Shift
Vigor Boost	33%	1⁄6	—
Vigor Core Boost	33% 33%	1⁄3	—
Vigor Radial Boost	33% 33%	1⁄3	—
Vigor Total Core Revamp	45% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Vigor Partial Core Revamp	33% 33% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Vigor Partial Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 33% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Vigor Total Radial Revamp	33% 16.5% 33% 33%	1⁄2	+1
Vigor Core Paragon	45% 33% 33%	2⁄3	+1
Vigor Radial Paragon	33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33%	2⁄3	+1

Historical

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

• Tiers 1 and 2 of the original Alpha abilities were added with Issue 19: Cardiac, Musculature, Nerve, and Spiritual.
• Tiers 3 and 4 of the originals were added with Issue 19.5.
• An additional four abilities were released with Issue 21.5: Agility, Intuition, Resilient, and Vigor.

External Links

• Official Incarnate Lore
• Official Alpha Slot details