Difference between revisions of "Mind Control"

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Overview

Mind Control is one of the powersets. It is a Controller primary powerset in City of Heroes and a Dominator primary powerset in City of Villains.

You can manipulate and control your opponent's mind. Since mental powers directly affect the mind, most tend to be very accurate, and thus very useful against higher level foes. Few foes can resist psionic powers, but creatures without minds, like machines and robots, are resistant to many of the effects.

Power Table

The Mind Control powerset 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
	Mesmerize	1	Ranged, Moderate Damage (Psionic), Foe Sleep
	Levitate	1	Ranged, Moderate Damage (Smash)
	Dominate	2	Ranged, Moderate Damage (Psionic), Foe Hold
	Confuse	6	Ranged, Target Confuse
	Mass Hypnosis	8	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect), Foe Sleep
	Telekinesis	12	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect), Foe Hold, Repel
	Total Domination	18	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect), Foe Hold
	Terrify	26	Ranged (Cone), Minor Damage (Psionic), Foe Fear (Special)
	Mass Confusion	32	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect), Foe Confuse

Powers

The following are powers in the Mind Control powerset.

Confuse

You can confuse an enemy, forcing him to believe his friends are not who they appear to be. If successful, the enemy will ignore you and attack his own allies. If you confuse someone before he has noticed you, your presence will continue to be masked. You will not receive any experience points for foes defeated by a confused enemy.

Recharge	14 seconds
Minimum Level	6 (Controller)
	6 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged
	Target Confuse
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Confusion Duration
	Enhance Accuracy
Set Categories	Confuse

Dominate

Painfully tears at the mind of a single foe. Dominate deals psionic damage and renders a foe helpless, lost in his own mind and unable to defend himself.

Damage	Moderate
	Brawl Index 2.78 Psionic Damage
Recharge	9.5 seconds
Minimum Level	2 (Controller)
	2 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged
	Moderate Damage (Psionic)
	Foe Hold
Enhancements	Enhance Hold Duration
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy
Set Categories	Holds
	Ranged Damage

Levitate

You can send a single target violently into the air, then slam him to the ground for smashing damage. This power can bring flying foes to the ground.

Damage	Moderate
	Brawl Index 3.67 Smashing Damage
Recharge	8 seconds
Minimum Level	1 (Controller)
	1 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged
	Moderate Damage (Smash)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy
Set Categories	Ranged Damage

Mass Confusion

You can cause mass confusion within a group of foes, creating chaos. All affected foes within the area will turn and attack each other, ignoring all your allies. If you confuse your foes before they noticed you, your presence will continue to go unnoticed. You will not receive any experience points for foes defeated entirely by confused enemies.

Recharge	4 minutes
Minimum Level	32 (Controller)
	32 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect)
	Foe Confuse
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Confusion Duration
	Enhance Accuracy
Set Categories	?

Mass Hypnosis

Hypnotizes a group of foes at a distance and puts them to sleep. The targets will remain asleep for some time, but will awaken if attacked. This power deals no damage, but if done discreetly, the targets will never be aware of your presence.

Recharge	47.33 seconds
Minimum Level	8 (Controller)
	8 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect)
	Foe Sleep
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Sleep Duration
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Accuracy
Set Categories	Sleep

Mesmerize

Mesmerize painfully assails a target with psychic energy, rendering him unconscious. The target will remain asleep for some time, but will awaken if attacked.

Damage	Moderate
	Brawl Index 2.78 Psionic Damage
Recharge	8 seconds
Minimum Level	1 (Controller)
	1 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged
	Moderate Damage (Psionic)
	Foe Sleep
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Sleep Duration
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy
Set Categories	Sleep
	Ranged Damage

Telekinesis

Lifts a foe, and any nearby foes, off the ground and repels them. The targets are helpless, unable to take action, and will continue to hover away, picking up any passing targets, as long as you keep this power active. Keeping up this level of concentration costs a lot of endurance.

Recharge	1 minute
Minimum Level	12 (Controller)
	12 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect)
	Foe Hold
	Repel
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	None

Terrify

This power terrifies foes within a cone area in front of you, causing them to tremble in fear uncontrollably. The effect is so frightening and overwhelming that the target takes real damage from the physiological response to this psionic attack.

Damage	Minor
	Brawl Index 2.78 Psionic Damage
Recharge	42.33 seconds
Minimum Level	26 (Controller)
	26 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
	Minor Damage (Psionic)
	Foe Fear (Special)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Fear Duration
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage
	Fear

Total Domination

Tears at the mind of a target foe and those near him. Total Domination renders all affected foes helpless, lost in their own minds and unable to defend themselves.

Recharge	4 minutes
Minimum Level	18 (Controller)
	18 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect)
	Foe Hold
Enhancements	Enhance Hold Duration
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Accuracy
Set Categories	Holds

External Links

• Mind Control for Controllers at Titan Network's RedTomax
• Mind Control for Dominators at Titan Network's RedTomax