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Overview

Empathy is one of the powersets. It is a Defender primary powerset and a Controller secondary powerset in City of Heroes.

Empathy gives you the ability to heal and aid allies as well as yourself. Empathy has no offensive powers, but its heals and buffs are unmatched.

Power Tables

Defender

The Empathy powerset is available as a primary set for Defenders. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Healing Aura	1	PBAoE, Team Heal
	Heal Other	1	Ally Heal
	Absorb Pain	2	Ally Strong Heal, Self Moderate Damage (Special)
	Resurrect	6	Ally Resurrect
	Clear Mind	8	Ally Resist Disorientation, Hold, Sleep, Immobilization, Fear, Confution, +Perception
	Fortitude	12	Ally +Defense (All), +Damage, +Accuracy
	Recovery Aura	18	PBAoE, Ally +Recovery
	Regeneration Aura	26	PBAoE, Ally +Regeneration
	Adrenaline Boost	32	Ranged, Ally +Endurance, +Regeneration, +Recharge, Resist Slow

Controller

The Empathy powerset is available as a secondary set for Controllers. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Healing Aura	1	PBAoE, Team Heal
	Heal Other	2	Ally Heal
	Absorb Pain	4	Ally Strong Heal, Self Moderate Damage (Special)
	Resurrect	10	Ally Resurrect
	Clear Mind	16	Ally Resist Disorientation, Hold, Sleep, Immobilization, Fear, Confution, +Perception
	Fortitude	20	Ally +Defense (All), +Damage, +Accuracy
	Recovery Aura	28	PBAoE, Ally +Recovery
	Regeneration Aura	35	PBAoE, Ally +Regeneration
	Adrenaline Boost	38	Ranged, Ally +Endurance, +Regeneration, +Recharge, Resist Slow

Powers

The following are powers in the Empathy powerset.

Absorb Pain

Dramatically heals an ally's wounds. This power has only a tiny endurance cost, but it requires you to sacrifice some of your hit points. Absorbing someone's pain can be quite dramatic, and afterwards you will be briefly unable to heal your own wounds by any means.

Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	2 (Defender)
	4 (Controller)
Effects	Ally Strong Heal
	Self Moderate Damage (Special)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Heal

Adrenaline Boost

Dramatically increases an ally's endurance recovery, hit point regeneration and attack rate for 90 seconds. Also grants the target high resistance to slow effects.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	32 (Defender)
	38 (Controller)
Effects	Ranged
	Ally +Endurance, +Regeneration, +Recharge
	Ally Resist Slow
Enhancements	Enhance Endurance Modification
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Heal

Clear Mind

Frees an ally from any disorientation, hold, sleep, fear, confusion, and immobilization effects and leaves them resistant to such effects for a good while. Also, grants target clearer perception to see hidden foes. Protection will improve with multiple applications and as you advance in level.

Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	8 (Defender)
	16 (Controller)
Effects	Ally Resist Disorient, Hold, Sleep
	Ally Resist Immobilize, Fear, Confusion
	Ally +Perception
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate

Fortitude

Fortitude immensely enhances a single ally's accuracy, damage, and defense to all attacks.

Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	12 (Defender)
	20 (Controller)
Effects	Ally +Defense (All)
	Ally +Damage, +Accuracy
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Buff
	Enhance Defense Buffs

Heal Other

Heals a single targeted ally. You cannot use this power to heal yourself.

Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	1 (Defender)
	2 (Controller)
Effects	Ally Heal
Enhancements	Enhance Range
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Heal

Healing Aura

Healing Aura restores some hit points to you and all nearby heroes. Healing Aura is not as potent as Heal Other, but can heal multiple targets at once.

Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	1 (Defender)
	1 (Controller)
Effects	Point Blank Area of Effect
	Team Heal
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Heal

Recovery Aura

The Recovery Aura dramatically increases the endurance recovery rate of all nearby heroes for a limited time. Emitting this aura costs you a lot of endurance, and it takes a long time to recharge.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	18 (Defender)
	28 (Controller)
Effects	Point Blank Area of Effect
	Ally +Recovery
Enhancements	Enhance Endurance Modification
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate

Regeneration Aura

The Regeneration Aura dramatically increases the healing rate of all nearby heroes for a limited time. Emitting this aura costs you a lot of endurance, and it takes a long time to recharge.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	26 (Defender)
	35 (Controller)
Effects	Point Blank Area of Effect
	Ally +Regeneration
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Heal

Resurrect

Resurrects a fallen ally with full hit points and endurance. The resurrected target is left protected from experience point debt for 20 seconds.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	6 (Defender)
	10 (Controller)
Effects	Ally Resurrect
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate

External Links

• Empathy for Controllers at Titan Network's RedTomax
• Empathy for Defenders at Titan Network's RedTomax