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Overview

Illusion Control is a standard power set that is a primary set for Controllers.

"You can manipulate light and sound to manifest all sorts of Illusions, aiding your allies as well as deceiving your foes."

Power Table

The Illusion Control power set is available as a primary set for Controllers. The following table shows the level at which each power is available:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Spectral Wounds	1	Ranged, High DMG(Psionic), +Special (Illusionary Damage Heal-Back)
	Blind	1	Ranged, Moderate DMG(Psionic), Foe Hold, +Special (AoE Sleep)
	Deceive	2	Ranged, Foe Confuse
	Flash	6	PBAoE, Foe Hold
	Superior Invisibility	8	Toggle: Self Stealth, +DEF(All)
	Group Invisibility	12	PBAoE, Team Stealth, +DEF(All)
	Phantom Army	18	Summon Decoys: Ranged Minor DMG(Energy/Special (Illusionary Damage Heal-Back))
	Spectral Terror	26	Summon Terror: Ranged, Fear
	Phantasm	32	Summon Phantasm: Ranged, Moderate DMG(Energy)

Powers

Blind

Painfully Blinds a single targeted foe so severely that they are rendered helpless. Blind is so bright that additional foes may also be blinded, though they will not take any damage, and attacking them will free them from the effects.

Damage	Moderate (Psionic)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	1 (Controller)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe Hold
	+Special (Area of Effect Sleep)
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Hold Duration
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Sleep Duration
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Holds
	Sleep

Deceive

You can Deceive an enemy into believing his friends are not who they appear to be. If successful, the enemy will ignore you and attack their own allies. If you Deceive someone before they have noticed you, your presence will continue to be masked. You will not receive any Experience Points for foes defeated by a Deceived enemy.

Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	2 (Controller)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe Confuse
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Confusion Duration
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Confuse

Flash

Generates a brilliant flash of light around you that blinds nearby foes. Flashed foes are rendered helpless and unable to defend themselves.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	6 (Controller)
Effects	Point Blank Area of Effect
	Foe Hold
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Hold Duration
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Holds

Group Invisibility

Makes you and all teammates around you Invisible. While Invisible, you and your teammates are almost impossible to detect. Even if discovered, Group Invisibility grants a bonus to your Defense to all attacks, although you will lose some of your defense bonus if you attack. Group Invisibility has no movement penalty.

Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	12 (Controller)
Effects	Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect
	Team Stealth, +Defense(All)
Enhancements	Enhance Defense Buffs
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Defense

Phantasm

You can construct a powerful entity composed of pure light. Although made of light, the Phantasm is tangible and has powerful Energy attacks. The Phantasm can also fly and summon duplicates of itself. The duplicates are intangible, and cannot be harmed. The duplicates' attacks deal illusory damage similar to that dealt by Spectral Wounds. Only the original Phantasm can be healed and buffed. Type "/release_pets" in the chat window to release all your pets.

Editor's Note: The real Phantasm is slightly resistant to Lethal and Energy damage, but vulnerable to Negative Energy damage. The duplicates have a strong taunting effect on critters.

Damage	Moderate (Energy)
Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	32 (Controller)
Effects	Summon Phantasm: Melee
Phantasm Powers	DecoyPhantasm (Pet, Summon Decoy Phantasm)
	Energy Torrent (Ranged, Cone Energy/Smashing, Foe Knockback)
	Fly (Auto: Flight)
	Power Bolt (Ranged, Energy/Smashing, Foe Knockback)
	Resistance (Auto: Self Res( L10 E20 N-40 ))
Decoy Phantasm Powers	Energy Torrent (Ranged, Cone Energy/Smashing, Foe Knockback, Taunt)
	Fly (Auto: Flight)
	Power Bolt (Ranged, Energy/Smashing, Foe Knockback, Taunt)
	Translucency (Auto: Self Untouchable, Intangible, +Threat Level, +Res(Healing))
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Flight Speed
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Pet Damage
	Knockback
	Recharge Intensive Pets

Phantom Army

You can fabricate 3 Phantom heroes around a targeted foe. These Phantoms are not real, and are indestructible. Their attacks are similar to Spectral Wounds. Though they deal damage, it is illusory and will heal if the victim survives long enough. Phantoms are short lived and cannot be buffed or healed.

Editor's Note: The Phantoms have a strong taunting effect on critters.

Damage	Minor (Energy/Special (Illusionary Damage Heal-Back))
Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	18 (Controller)
Effects	Summon Decoys: Ranged
	Ranged Minor Damage (Energy/Special)
Decoy Powers	Decoy (Auto: Self Intagible, Res(Self Healing) +Threat Level)
	Fire Blast (Ranged, Psionic DMG, Foe Taunt)
	Fire Sword (Melee, Psionic DMG, Foe Taunt)
	Hurl (Ranged, Psionic DMG, Foe Taunt)
	Ice Blast (Ranged, Psionic DMG, Foe Taunt)
	Ice Sword (Melee, Psionic DMG, Foe Taunt)
	Lightning Bolt (Ranged, Psionic DMG, Foe Taunt)
	Power Bolt (Ranged, Psionic DMG, Foe Taunt)
	Punch (Melee, Psionic DMG, Foe Taunt)
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Pet Damage
	Recharge Intensive Pets

Spectral Terror

You can create an illusion of unspeakable Terror. The manifestation is so horrible that it caused most foes to tremble helplessly in terror. The Spectral Terror may also Terrify individual foes, causing them to run away in panic.

Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	26 (Controller)
Effects	Summon Terror: Ranged, Fear
Spectral Terror Powers	Cloak of Fear (Auto: PBAoE Fear, -To Hit)
	ResistAll (Auto: Self Untouchable)
	Terrify (Ranged, Foe Fear, -To Hit)
	Translucency (Auto: Self Immobilize, Intangible, Untouchable, Res(Self-Heal)
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Fear Duration
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Fear

Spectral Wounds

Spectral Wounds convinces the target that he has taken severe damage. The illusion is so convincing that the victim can fall from the Spectral Wounds. However, the damage is not real, and if the victim survives long enough, the illusion will fade and some of the wounds will heal.

Damage	High (Psionic)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	1 (Controller)
Effects	Ranged
	+Special (Illusionary Damage Heal-Back)
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage

Superior Invisibility

You can bend light around yourself to become completely Invisible. While this power is active, you are all but impossible to detect, and have an extremely high Defense bonus to all attacks. Superior Invisibility is the only toggle invisibility power that allows you to attack while it is active, although you will lose some of your defense bonus if you do so. Superior Invisibility cannot be used with any other self affecting Concealment type power.

Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	8 (Controller)
Effects	Toggle: Self Stealth, +Defense(All)
Enhancements	Enhance Defense Buffs
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Defense

Notes

• While Phantom Army and the Decoy used by Phantasm are immune to most forms of damage and status effects, there are a few exceptions:
  • Falling Damage
  • Unique damage from Hamidon and the Mitochondria
  • Damage caused by destroyed Weapons Caches and Containment Chambers in the Lambda Sector Trial
  • Damage caused by destroyed Bunker doors in the Keyes Island Reactor Trial
  • Damage caused by destroyed Drawdown Terminals in the Keyes Island Reactor Trial
  • Obliteration Beam, which can also hold Decoys as well as damage them, in the Keyes Island Reactor Trial
  • Whirlwind Blast attack used by Maelstrom in the TPN Campus Trial

Historical

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

• This set has been in the game for Controllers since Issue 0.

External Links

• Illusion Control for Controllers at Titan Network's RedTomax