Illusion Control

Overview

Illusion Control is one of the powersets. It is a Controller primary powerset in City of Heroes. It is the the only set unique to Controllers.

Power Tables

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

	Power	Level	Effect
	Spectral Wounds	1	Ranged, High Damage (Psionic), +Special (Illusionary Damage, Healback)
	Blind	1	Ranged, Moderate Damage (Psionic) Foe: Hold, +Special (Area of Effect Sleep)
	Deceive	2	Ranged, Foe Confuse
	Flash	6	Player Based Area of Effect, Foe: Hold
	Superior Invisibility	8	Toggle: Self Stealth, +Defense(ALL)
	Group Invisibility	12	Player Based Area of Effect, Team Stealth, +Defense(All)
	Phantom Army	18	Summon Decoys: Ranged Minor Damage(Energy/Special(Illusionary Damage, Healback))
	Spectral Terror	26	Summon Terror: Ranged Fear
	Phantasm	32	Summon Phantasm: Ranged Moderate Damage (Energy)

Powers

The following are powers in the Illusion Control powerset.

Blind

Painfully Blinds a single targeted foe so severely that he is 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(AoE Sleep)
Enhancements	Enhance Hold
	Enhance Sleep
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy

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 his 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

Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	2 (Controller)
Effects	Ranged Foe Confuse
Enhancements	Enhance Confuse
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Accuracy

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	Player Based Area of Effect
	Foe Hold
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Hold

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	Player Based Area of Effect, Team Stealth +Defense (All)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Defense

32 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.

Damage	Moderate (Energy)
Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	(Controller)
Effects	Summon Phantasm: Moderate Damage
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Knockback
	Enhance Fly

18 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.

Damage	Minor (Energy/Special)
Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	(Controller)
Effects	Summon Decoys
	Ranged Minor Damage (Energy/Special)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage

26 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	(Controller)
Effects	Summon Terror: Ranged Fear
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance 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.

{{PowerBlock_Damage|High(Psionic) +Special

Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	1 (Controller)
Effects	Ranged
	Special(Illusionary Damage, Healback)
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Range

8 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	(Controller)
Effects	Self Stealth +Defense (All)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance Defense

External Links

• Illusion Control for Controllers at Titan Network's RedTomax