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== Overview ==
  
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==What Is Fear?==
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'''Fear''' is a [[Status Effect]]. A mob or player under the affects of a Fear power will cower in terror for the duration of the power. [[NPC]] enemies have a chance to run a short distance or stand still and cower. Most importantly, while Fear is in effect, the target cannot attack unless it is attacked first. Then the target can either perform one counter-attack, or run away for 10 seconds, after which it will go back to cowering until the Fear effect wears off. Fear does not [[detoggle]] its target.  Fear effects of this type are labeled Terrorize in the real numbers display and under the health bar hen affected by it.
  
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''Fear is the mind-killer.  Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.'' 
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--Frank Herbert
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Or, in terms of CoX game mechanics, '''Fear''' is a [[status effect]], like disorient, or knockback.  An enemy under the affects of a Fear power will cower.  A player who is Feared is immobilized.  Mobs sometimes run a short distance, but mostly stand still and cower.  Fear also causes an accuracy debuff.  Most importantly, while Fear is in effect, the target cannot attack unless it is attacted first.  Then the target can perform one counter-attack, after which it will go back to cowering until the Fear effect wears off.  Note that, unlike a hold, Fear does not detoggle its target.
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== How to tell if a power uses fear ==
  
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[[File:Fear.png|32px]] Most fear power icons include a skull, seen at left.
  
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==What Powers Cause Fear?==
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=== Examples ===
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Anyone can obtain a fear inflicting power through the power pools, but there are also a few fear inducing powers scattered among the primaries and secondaries for scrappers, brutes, stalkers, defenders, controllers, and dominators.
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* [[List of Powers that use Fear]]
  
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The third and fourth powers of the presence pool are fear powers.  Like with any Power Pool, players must take either the first or second power in the pool in order to have access to the third power, and must take two of the first three powers before taking the fourth.  
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{{PowerBox|Icon=DarkMiasma FearsomeAura.png|Name=[[Dark Miasma#Fearsome Stare|Fearsome Stare]]|Effect=Ranged (Cone) Foe Fear Mag 3
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|Desc=The sixth power in the [[Dark Miasma]] power set for [[Defender]]s, [[Corruptor]]s, and [[Mastermind]]s.}}
  
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{{PowerBox|Icon=Manipulation_Intimidate.png|Name=Intimidate|Effect=Ranged single target.  Mag 2-3.
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{{PowerBox|Icon=ShadowFighting TouchOfFear.png|Name=[[Dark Melee#Touch of Fear|Touch of Fear]]|Effect=Melee Foe Fear Mag 3
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|Desc=The third power in the Presence power pool.  Causes 8 seconds of mag 2 fear, plus a 30% chance of mag 3.  Recharge time is 30 seconds.}}
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|Desc=A power from the [[Dark Melee]] power set for [[Scrapper]]s, [[Tanker]]s, [[Brute]]s, and [[Stalker]]s.}}
  
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{{PowerBox|Icon=Manipulation_InvokePanic.png|Name=Invoke Panic|Effect=PBAoE.  Mag 2.
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== History ==
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|Desc=The fourth power in the Presence power pool.  Causes 8 seconds of mag 2 fear.  Recharge time is 60 seconds.}}
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This effect did not exist until around [[Issue 3]] when it replaced the [[Afraid]] effect in several powers.
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{{PowerBox|Icon=ShadowFighting_TouchOfFear.png|Name=Touch of Fear|Effect=Mag 2?.  Melee, single target.
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|Desc=Scrappers, Brutes, and Stalkers have access to this power from the Dark Melee attack powerset.}}
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{{PowerBox|Icon=DarkArmor_FearfulAura.png|Name=Cloak of Fear|Effect=Mag 2?.  PBAoE Toggle power
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== See Also ==
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|Desc=Scrappers, Brutes, and Stalkers have access to the Dark Armor defensive powerset.}}
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* [[Status Effect]]
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* [[Afraid]]
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* [[Avoid]]
  
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{{PowerBox|Icon=MentalControl_Terrify.png|Name=Terrify|Effect=Mag 2?.  Ranged cone.
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|Desc=Controllers and Dominators have access to the Terrify power through the Mind Control powerset.  It inflicts minor damage as well as causing fear.}}
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{{PowerBox|Icon=DarkMiasma_FearsomeAura.png|Name=Fearsome Stare|Effect=Mag 2?.  Ranged cone.
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[[Category:Status Effects]]
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|Desc=This power is available to Defenders, Corruptors, and Masterminds through the Dark Miasma set, but not Controllers.  Note that the Dark Servant pet in Dark Miasma can not cast Fearsome Stare.  Also note that Petrifying Glare in the same powerset is not a fear power; it is a hold.}}
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{{PowerBox|Icon=Illusions_spectralTerror.png|Name=Spectral Terror|Effect=Mag 2?  PBAoE?
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|Desc=Controllers, but not Dominators, have access to the Illusion powerset, which includes Spectral Terror.}}
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{{PowerBox|Icon=StormSummoning_Tornado.png|Name=Tornado|Effect=Mag 1?
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|Desc=Storm Defenders can cast Tornado.  One of the minor side-effects of this power is that is sometimes causes fear.}}
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==What Powers Protect Against Fear?==
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There are a lot of powers which offer resistance to Fear.
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* tactics gives fear resistance.
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* so does dark armor (obsidian shield).
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* break frees work on it.
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* there is a 1 hour minor fear resistance buff available from the empowerment station in a sg base.
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* empathy's clear mind protects against fear.
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* so does stimulant from medicine pool.
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* shadowfall gives resistance (dark miasma, defenders, controllers, masterminds) toggle aoe.
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* stalker ninjitsu Kuji-In Rin gives fear resistance.
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* clarity from defender sonic resonance gives fear defense (also available to corruptors and controllers).
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* indomitable will (ancillary pool power for controllers) has fear resistance.
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Latest revision as of 03:00, 16 July 2012

Overview

Fear is a Status Effect. A mob or player under the affects of a Fear power will cower in terror for the duration of the power. NPC enemies have a chance to run a short distance or stand still and cower. Most importantly, while Fear is in effect, the target cannot attack unless it is attacked first. Then the target can either perform one counter-attack, or run away for 10 seconds, after which it will go back to cowering until the Fear effect wears off. Fear does not detoggle its target. Fear effects of this type are labeled Terrorize in the real numbers display and under the health bar hen affected by it.

Magnitude, Resistance, Protection

Except for Slows, all status effects work the same way. The target has both Resistance and Protection. In order for the attack to take effect, it must have a big enough Magnitude to overcome the Protection. Once the Protection is overcome, the duration of the effect depends on the target's Resistance. Attacks can stack in order to overcome a target's Protection. No Slow Protection exists, only Resistance.

PVE: Minions have a Protection of 1. Lts are 2. Bosses are 3. Elite Bosses are 6. The Purple Triangles of Doom on an Archvillain or Hero add 50 to all but Sleep while they are up. Some specific enemies are resistant to fear.

PVP: As of Issue 13, Protection does not exist in PVP, only Resistance.

How to tell if a power uses fear

Fear.png Most fear power icons include a skull, seen at left.

Examples

DarkMiasma FearsomeAura.png Fearsome Stare Ranged (Cone) Foe Fear Mag 3
The sixth power in the Dark Miasma power set for Defenders, Corruptors, and Masterminds.
ShadowFighting TouchOfFear.png Touch of Fear Melee Foe Fear Mag 3
A power from the Dark Melee power set for Scrappers, Tankers, Brutes, and Stalkers.

History

This effect did not exist until around Issue 3 when it replaced the Afraid effect in several powers.

See Also

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Status Effects
Main Articles
Confuse · Disorient · Fear · Hold · Immobilize · Knockback · Placate · Repel · Sleep · Slow · Taunt
Powers that use...
Confuse · Disorient · Fear · Hold · Immobilize · Knockback · Placate · Repel · Sleep · Slow · Taunt
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