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.
Tactics
Slip through the shadows and employ cunning tactics to manipulate the battlefield!
Specializing in this tree grants +5% Critical Attack Damage and +1 Stealth.
Controller Role : In the Controller role you gain 350 Vitalization, your Dominance is increased by 100% and the strength of all Controller effects is significantly magnified.
Player versus Player: The following rules take effect in PVP arenas: The Health restoration effect of Anesthetic and Power restoration effect of Battle Drone are reduced. Passive damage and damage over time effects have reduced damage or duration against players. No bonus Vitalization is gained in Controller role. In Damage role, EMP Pulse and Paralyzing Dart will not deal heavy damage when used immediately after unstealthing or using Distract. Also in Damage role, triggering the Power refund advanced mechanic also triggers Interrupt vulnerability.
Power | Description | Cast |
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Tier 1 | ||
Throw a taser line around your target, damaging, stunning, and pulling it toward you. |
200 | |
Tier 2 | ||
Spray fear gas to Panic enemies and cause damage over time. |
230 | |
Cloak your movements in secrecy, enabling special stealth attacks:
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With a jolt, instantly revitalize your group's three most fatigued members, restoring Power. Also increase your Might and Precision for a short time. |
300 | |
Tier 3 [Requires level 8] | ||
Call down a barrage of rockets, incinerating enemies within the area. Enemies caught in the barrage can be heavily damaged, stunned, rooted, and knocked down. |
50% SC | |
Survey the battlefield for enemy weak points through a heads up display, and heal yourself over time. |
275 | |
Deploy an automated drone that bombards enemies, damaging and knocking them down. The Battle Drone also revitalizes your group, restoring Power over time. When the Battle Drone is knocked out, it will instantly revitalize you and nearby group members, restoring Power. |
35% SC | |
Tier 4 [Requires level 12] | ||
Toss a charged grenade that zaps enemies with a high-intensity electrical burst, damaging and stunning them. |
300 | |
Blast subzero foam at your enemies, causing damage over time and rooting them in place. |
300 | |
Tier 5 [Requires level 16] | ||
Activate a protective barrier that affects nearby enemies' synaptic systems, stunning and damaging them at point-blank range. |
395 | |
Throw a dart at your target, releasing a paralyzing toxin to damage and stunning it and nearby enemies. |
360 | |
Use an experimental hypothermic device to envelop yourself in a freezing aura that damages enemies over time. On initialization, the device also stuns and damages nearby enemies. |
350 |
Devices
Employ a variety of dangerous contraptions to bring down your foes.
Specializing in this tree grants +1% Critical Attack Chance and +35 Power.
Controller Role : In the Controller role you gain 350 Vitalization, your Dominance is increased by 100% and the strength of all Controller effects is significantly magnified.
Player versus Player: The following rules take effect in PVP arenas: The Health restoration effect of Anesthetic and Power restoration effect of Battle Drone are reduced. Passive damage and damage over time effects have reduced damage or duration against players. No bonus Vitalization is gained in Controller role. In Damage role, EMP Pulse and Paralyzing Dart will not deal heavy damage when used immediately after unstealthing or using Distract. Also in Damage role, triggering the Power refund advanced mechanic also triggers Interrupt vulnerability.
Power | Description | Cast |
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Tier 1 | ||
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 stunned and knocked away. |
200 |
Tier 2 | ||
Intimidation |
Use an Intimidation Modulator to intimidate your foes, empowering your attacks to deal additional damage and sometimes cause enemies to cower, stunning them. |
250 |
Holographic Decoy |
Trigger a holographic decoy to intercept some of your incoming damage and to taunt enemies. On initialization, the deployment stuns nearby enemies. |
250 |
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. |
250 |
Tier 3 [Requires level 8] | ||
Anesthetic |
Initialize a local anesthetic that prevents incoming damage, rapidly regenerates Health, and protects against control effects for a short time. |
35% SC |
Suppressor Turret |
Deploy a mobile turret armed with a range of ammunition. |
325 |
Asphyxiation Gas |
Deploy a canister of gas that suffocates enemies within its area of effect, stunning and causing heavy damage over time. |
50% SC |
Tier 4 [Requires level 12] | ||
Vortex Cannon |
Assault the senses of your enemies with a vortex of air, light, and sound, damaging, knocking down, and possibly stunning them. |
300 |
Stasis Field |
Trap your target inside a force field, causing damage over time. |
300 |
Tier 5 [Requires level 16] | ||
Napalm Grenade |
Toss a grenade at your enemies that explodes, knocking them down and catching them on fire. |
360 |
Photon Blast |
Bombard your target with a powerful photonic ray, damaging and stunning it. |
350 |
EMP Pulse |
Activate an electromagnetic pulse bomb, stunning and damaging nearby enemies. |
350 |
Advanced Mechanic
Gadgets's Advanced Mechanic can be achieved by using 3 different power interactions.
Gadgets Advanced Mechanic example:
- Battle Display activates Battle Awareness for power restoration
- Sticky Bomb Dazes opponent and returns power
- Cryo-Foam inflicts Frostbite on opponent and returns power
- Gauss Grenade Electrifies opponent and returns power
- EMP Pulse or Paralyzing Dart causes additional damage due to 3 interactions and returns power
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See Also
- Digital Style
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 |