Leadership

Overview

Leadership is a power pool accessible to all Archetypes. The Leadership powers grant various bonuses to you and to all teammates, including pets, that are within range and in line-of-sight of the center of the effect. The first three powers are toggle PBAoEs centered on the character using them. The final power is a click AoE centered on a defeated teammate.

Power Tables

The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Maneuvers	4	Toggle PBAoE Team +DEF(All)
	Assault	4	Toggle PBAoE Team +DMG Res(Taunt, Placate)
	Tactics	14	Toggle PBAoE Team +ACC Res(Confuse, Fear) +Perception
	Vengeance	14	Click Targeted AoE Team +DMG +ACC +DEF(All) Res(Effects)

Powers

Assault

While this power is active, you and your nearby teammates deal more damage and are resistant to Taunt and Placate.

Minimum Level	4 (All Archetypes)
Recharge	Slow
Effects	Toggle
	Point Blank Area of Effect (60 feet radius)
	Teammate +Damage, Resist(Taunt, Placate)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	None

Maneuvers

A good leader knows how to protect his team. While active, this power increases the Defense of yourself and all nearby teammates to all attacks.

Minimum Level	4 (All Archetypes)
Recharge	Slow
Effects	Toggle
	Point Blank Area of Effect (60 feet radius)
	Teammate +Defense
Enhancements	Enhance Defense Buffs
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Defense

Tactics

While this power is active, your chance to hit and that of all your nearby teammates is increased. Your advanced Tactics also protect you and your team from Confuse and Fear effects, as well as your Perception so you can detect Stealthy foes. Purchasing Tactics requires the user to be level 14 and possess Maneuvers or Assault.

Minimum Level	14 (All Archetypes)
Recharge	Slow
Effects	Toggle
	Point Blank Area of Effect (60 feet radius)
	Teammate +ToHit, +Perception, Protect(Confuse),
	Resist(Confuse, Fear, -Perception)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Buff
Set Categories	To Hit Buff

Vengeance

The loss of a comrade enrages the team. When a teammate is defeated in combat, activate this power to grant you and your teammates a bonus to chance to hit, Damage and Defense to all attacks. A Vengeful team has no fear, and Vengeance protects you and your Teammates from Fear effects. It also gives you and your team great resistance to Sleep, Hold, Disorient, Immobilize, Confuse, Taunt, Placate and Knockback. You must be at least level 14 and have two other Leadership powers before selecting Vengeance. This power does not stack with multiple castings.

Vengeance cannot target defeated pets. Vengeance is unique in that its buffs will not apply to a character who already has a Vengeance buff active from a different character. (Its heal is not a buff and always applies.) You can, however, have multiple Vengeance buffs trigger simultaneously - if a defeated team mate is Recalled and multiple players have Vengeance queued to trigger, all of the multiple Vengeance buffs will stack. This is often used in Lord Recluse's Strike Force and Statesman's Task Force to provide a suitable buff to damage to take out multiple concurrent Heroes/AVs.

Minimum Level	14 (All Archetypes)
Recharge	Very Slow
Duration	2 minutes
Effects	Click
	Area of Effect (60 feet range, 100 feet radius)
	Teammate +Defense, +ToHit, +Damage, Heal,
	Protect(Fear, Knockback, Knockup, Repel),
	Resist(Fear, Disorient, Sleep, Immobilize, Hold, Confuse, Taunt, Placate)
Enhancements	Enhance Defense Buffs
	Enhance Heal
	Enhance Range
	Enhance ToHit Buff
Set Categories	Defense
	Healing/Absorb
	To Hit Buff

Archetype Differences

As with many pools, the effects of the different Leadership powers vary in strength depending on the Archetype of the character using them. The Leadership pool has more variance than any other pool, though, especially for Vengeance.

Toggle Effects By Archetype

Archetype	Maneuvers	Assault	Tactics: ToHit	Tactics: Perception
Defender	3.500% Def	18.75% Dmg	12.5%	252.5 at level 14 – 432.5 at level 50
Arachnos Soldier, Arachnos Widow	3.500% Def	15.00% Dmg	10.0%	202.0 at level 14 – 346.0 at level 50
Controller, Corruptor	2.625% Def	15.00% Dmg	10.0%	202.0 at level 14 – 346.0 at level 50
Peacebringer, Warshade	2.625% Def	13.50% Dmg	9.0%	181.8 at level 14 – 311.4 at level 50
Dominator, Mastermind	2.625% Def	11.25% Dmg	7.5%	151.5 at level 14 – 259.5 at level 50
Blaster, Brute, Scrapper, Stalker, Tanker	2.275% Def	10.50% Dmg	7.0%	141.4 at level 14 – 242.2 at level 50

Vengeance Effects By Archetype

Archetype	Defense	Damage	ToHit	Resist	Heal
Arachnos Soldier, Arachnos Widow	25.00%	35.00%	35%	69.2%	7.5%
Blaster	17.5%	43.75%	26.25%	55.36%	8.0%
Brute	18.75%	35%	35%	69.2%	6.43%
Controller	22.5%	28%	28%	55.36%	11.6%
Corruptor	21.25%	29.75%	29.75%	55.36%	9.0%
Defender	25%	35%	35%	55.36%	13.2%
Dominator	21.25%	29.75%	29.75%	55.36%	11.6%
Mastermind	22.5%	28%	28%	55.36%	14.7%
Peacebringer, Warshade	18.75%	31.5%	31.5%	62.28%	9.0%
Scrapper	18.75%	43.75%	35%	69.2%	7.2%
Stalker	18.75%	35%	35%	69.2%	8.0%
Tanker	25%	35%	35%	86.5%	5.14%

Historical

This section contains information that no longer applies to the current version of City of Heroes Freedom. It is provided for historical purposes.

• Issue 21 reduced the first two powers (Assault and Maneuvers) from level 6, to each unlocking at level 4. The third power (Tactics) still requires level 14 and a single power prerequisite. Issue 21 also reduced the fourth power (Vengeance) to level 14, though it still requires two power prerequisites.

External Links

Leadership Pool at RedTomax.com