Power Set Proliferation

Noun

Powerset Proliferation

1. Refers to the addition of new powersets for all non-epic Archetypes during the release of Issue 12: Midnight Hour and Issue 16: Power Spectrum. The added powersets are as follows:

Blaster Psychic Blast (Issue 12) Mental Manipulation (Issue 12) Radiation Blast (Issue 16) Brute Battle Axe (Issue 12) War Mace (Issue 12) Super Reflexes (Issue 12) Claws (Issue 16) Corruptor Electrical Blast (Issue 12) Storm Summoning (Issue 12) Archery (Issue 16) Trick Arrow (Issue 16) Controller Plant Control (Issue 12) Thermal Radiation (Issue 12) Cold Domination (Issue 16) Dominator Earth Control (Issue 12) Electricity Assault (Issue 12) Earth Assault (Issue 16) Defender Cold Domination (Issue 12) Ice Blast (Issue 12) Assault Rifle (Issue 16) Traps (Issue 16) Mastermind Storm Summoning (Issue 12) Thermal Radiation (Issue 16) Scrapper Fiery Melee (Issue 12) Fiery Aura (Issue 12) Electric Melee (Issue 16) Electric Armor (Issue 16) Stalker Electric Melee (Issue 12) Electric Armor (Issue 12) Broadsword (Issue 16) Tanker Dark Armor (Issue 12) Dark Melee (Issue 12) Electric Melee (Issue 16) Electric Armor (Issue 16)

Future Possibilities

Blaster

• Primary
  • Dark Blast (Blasters are not supposed to have a heal, so Life Drain may need to be removed/changed)
• Secondary
  • Dark Manipulation (May be delivered with Dark Blast in the same way Mental Manipulation came with Psychic Blast)

Brute

• Primary
  • Broad Sword
  • Ice Melee (Some feel that the slows in the set interfere with Fury production)
  • Katana/Ninja Blade (Said to be too elegant even though Brutes have Dual Blades)
  • Martial Arts (Said to be too elegant)
  • Spines (Said to be too elegant)
• Secondary
  • Ice Armor (Some feel that the slows in the set interfere with Fury production)
  • Ninjitsu
  • Regeneration

Corruptor

• Primary
  • Psychic Blast
• Secondary
  • Force Field
  • Poison

Controller

• Secondary
  • Dark Miasma (Some feel that Dark Miasma is too control oriented for a Controller to use)
  • Poison (It has been stated that Poison is too villainous for heroes, so it may get the same treatment as Empathy/Pain Domination)
  • Traps

Dominator

• Primary
  • Illusion Control (Some feel that Illusion Control does not benefit enough from Domination)

Defender

• Primary
  • Poison (It has been stated that Poison is too villainous for heroes, so it may get the same treatment as Empathy/Pain Domination)
  • Thermal Radiation
• Secondary
  • Fire Blast (It was said that Defenders were not going to get fire or guns, but that seems to have changed with Issue 16)

Mastermind

• Secondary
  • Cold Domination
  • Kinetics
  • Radiation Emission
  • Sonic Resonance

Scrapper

• Primary
  • Battle Axe (Said to be too unsophisticated)
  • Energy Melee
  • Ice Melee
  • Stone Melee (Said to be too unsophisticated)
  • Super Strength (Some feel that Rage would be too powerful for a Scrapper)
  • War Mace (Said to be too unsophisticated)
• Secondary
  • Energy Aura
  • Ice Armor
  • Ninjitsu
  • Stone Armor

Stalker

• Primary
  • Battle Axe (Said to be too unsophisticated)
  • Fiery Melee
  • Ice Melee
  • Stone Melee (Said to be too unsophisticated)
  • Super Strength (Said to be too unsophisticated)
  • War Mace (Said to be too unsophisticated)
• Secondary
  • Fiery Aura
  • Ice Armor
  • Invulnerability
  • Shield Defense (It was stated that Stalkers will not be getting Shield Defense)
  • Stone Armor

Tanker

• Primary
  • Energy Aura
  • Ninjitsu
  • Regeneration (Some feel that Regeneration would under preform on a Tank)
  • Super Reflexes
• Secondary
  • Broad Sword
  • Claws
  • Katana/Ninja Blade (Said to be too elegant even though Tanks have Dual Blades)
  • Martial Arts (Said to be too elegant)
  • Spines (Said to be too elegant)

See Also

• Issue 12
• Issue 16