Dictate the course of battle with ingenious mechanical weapons and tools. Characters with the gadget power will find themselves pulling out all manner of devices from their pockets and pouches. On the front lines, a well-placed gadget will help you control not only the enemy but the battlefield itself. Gadget characters are crafty and use their heads to place their devices strategically to achieve victory.
Specializing in Crowd Control abilities, Gadgets is a Power Set available for a character during Character Creation.
Power | Description | Details |
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Dodge |
Press the Block button plus a direction to quickly dart in that direction in order to escape an incoming attack. |
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Block |
Press the Block button plus to reduce damage from incoming attacks.
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Breakout |
Press the Block button plus to immediately regain control of yourself and recover from Knockdown or other Control Effects. |
Innate |
Damage Role |
Press Cycle Power Tray button in order to toggle between roles.
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Control Role |
Press Cycle Power Tray button in order to toggle between roles.
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Taser Pull |
Throw a taser line around your target, electrically discharging it to damage surrounding enemies, and then pulling it toward you. |
Level: 1 |
Fear Gas |
Spray fear gas to Panic enemies and cause damage over time. |
Vulnerable to Interrupt |
Sticky Bomb |
Deploy a device that sticks to enemies and detonates, damaging your target and knocking it up into the air. Enemies near your target are damaged as well. |
Controller Debuff |
Neural Neutralizer |
Activate a protective barrier that affects nearby enemies' synaptic systems, stunning and damaging them at point-blank range. |
Shield |
Vortex Cannon |
Assault the senses of your enemies with a vortex of air, light, and sound, knocking down and damaging them. |
Level: 9 |
Anesthetic |
Initialize a local anesthetic that rapidly regenerates Health for a short time. |
Usable While Controlled |
Defibrillator |
With a jolt, instantly revitalize your group's three most fatigued members, restoring Power. |
Group Power Heal |
Cuff'Em |
Slap handcuffs on your target, damaging and stunning it. |
Retains Stealth |
Surprise Attack |
Catch your target off-guard, heavily damaging and knocking it down. |
Level: 15 |
Stealth |
Cloak your movements in secrecy, enabling special stealth attacks.
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Level: 15 |
Implosion Mine |
Deploy a mine that triggers on enemy contact, emitting a graviton pulse that condenses matter, pulling enemies inward and damaging them. |
Retains Stealth |
Thermite Mine |
Deploy a mine that explodes on enemy contact, damaging them over time and knocking them down. |
Retains Stealth |
Asphyxiation Gas |
Deploy a canister of gas that suffocates enemies within its area of effect, stunning and causing heavy damage over time. |
Level: 17 |
Stasis Field |
Trap your enemies inside a force field, inflicting instant damage. |
Supercharge Generator |
Cryo-Foam |
Blast subzero foam at your enemies, causing damage over time and rooting them in place. |
Controller Debuff |
Battle Display |
Survey the battlefield for enemy weak points through a heads up display, empowering your attacks to deal additional damage. |
Weapon Buff |
Napalm Grenade |
Toss a grenade at your enemies that explodes catching them on fire and damaging them over time. |
Controller Debuff |
Gauss Grenade |
Toss a charged grenade that zaps enemies with a high-intensity electrical burst, damaging them. |
Controller Debuff |
Battle Drone |
Deploy an automated drone to assist your in combat. The Battle Drone revitalizes your group, restoring Power over time. |
Shield |
Suppressor Turret |
Deploy a mobile turret armed with a range of ammunition.
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Level: 24 |
Photon Blast |
Bombard your target with a powerful photonic ray, damaging it and then damaging it again. |
Vulnerable to Interrupt |
EMP Pulse |
Activate an electromagnetic pulse bomb, heavily damaging and stunning nearby enemies. |
Vulnerable to Interrupt |
Cryo-field |
Use an experimental hypothermic device to envelop yourself in a freezing aura that damages enemies over time. |
Level: 27 |
Distract |
Smash a smoke capsule that prevents incoming damage and protects against control effects for a short time. Enemies are detaunted and compelled to seek other targets. |
Shield |
Bunker Buster |
Call down a barrage of rockets, incinerating enemies within the area. Enemies caught in the barrage can be heavily damaged, knocked down and stunned. |
Level: 29 |
Self-Destruct Signal |
Trigger your Holographic Decoy or Stasis Field to self-destruct. |
Usable While Controlled |
Paralyzing Dart |
Throw a dart at your target, releasing a paralyzing toxin to stun it and heavily damage surrounding enemies. |
Controller Debuff |
Holographic Decoy |
Trigger a holographic decoy to intercept some of your incoming damage and to taunt enemies. On initialization, the deployment surprises and stuns nearby enemies. |
Level: 30 |
Gadgets Power Interactions[]
Interaction | Powers |
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Electrifies enemies | |
Burns enemies | |
Inflicts Frostbite |
Cryo-field, Cryo-Foam, Implosion Mine |
Dazes enemies |
Cuff'Em, Holographic Decoy, Stealth, Neural Neutralizer, Stasis Field |
Encases Frostbitten enemies | |
Additional damage to Burning enemies |
Cryo-field, Cryo-Foam, EMP Pulse, Fear Gas, Implosion Mine, Paralyzing Dart, Sticky Bomb, Suppressor Turret |
Additional damage to Dazed enemies |
EMP Pulse, Gauss Grenade, Neural Neutralizer, Paralyzing Dart, Sticky Bomb, Suppressor Turret, Taser Pull, Thermite Mine, Vortex Cannon |
Additional damage to Electrified enemies |
Cryo-field, Cryo-Foam, EMP Pulse, Fear Gas, Implosion Mine, Paralyzing Dart, Sticky Bomb, Suppressor Turret |
Additional damage to Frostbitten enemies |
EMP Pulse, Gauss Grenade, Paralyzing Dart, Suppressor Turret, Sticky Bomb, Taser Pull, Thermite Mine |
Burns Electrified enemies | |
Detonates Encased enemies |
Trivia[]
This power is one of the most commonly used powers in DC Universe Online by Characters.
Gagdets have a large variety of elemental powers like Cryo-field for Ice, and Napalm Greande for Fire.
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- DCUO Blogguide: Gadgets (with loadout suggestions)
See also[]
- Digital Style
- Mechanized Aura Style
- Mechanized Material Style
- Mechanized Material Ball
- Exobyte-Attuned Robot Sidekick
v · e · d Powers
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Tank | Fire - Ice - Earth - Rage - Atomic - Experimental Serums (u) |
Controller | Mental - Gadgets - Light - Quantum - Munitions |
Healer | Nature - Sorcery - Electricity - Celestial - Water |