Military Assault

Overview

Miliary Assault is a power set that is that is a primary for Guardians and a secondary set for Dominators.

"Your mastery of Military Assault allows you to destroy your enemies with brutal precision. Blast your foes with powerful attacks from you military grade assault rifle and pummel them with brutal close quarters combat techniques. Your attacks can also inflict a variety of debilitating effects on your foes, including stunning them, reducing their defenses, knocking them down, or slowing their movement."

Power Table

Military Assault is available as a primary set for Guardians and as a secondary set for Dominators. The following table shows the levels at which each power is available:

	Power	Level as Primary	Level as Secondary	Effect
	Single Shot	1	1	Ranged, Minor Damage (Lethal), Foe: -Defense
	Pummel	1	2	Melee, Minor Damage (Smashing), Foe: Disorient
	Burst	2	4	Ranged, Moderate DoT(Lethal), Foe -DEF
	Heavy Burst	6	10	Ranged (Cone), High Damage over Time (Lethal), Foe: -Defense
	Build Up	8	16	Self, +DMG, +To Hit
	Shin Breaker	12	20	Melee, Superior DMG (Smash), Foe -Speed, -Defense
	Spinning Strike	18	28	Melee (Targeted AoE), Heavy Dmg (Smash), Foe Knockdown
	Sniper Round	26	35	Sniper, Extreme DMG(Lethal), Foe Knockback
	Incendiary Round	32	38	Ranged, High DMG (Lethal/Fire), Minor Splash DMG (Fire DoT)

Powers

Build Up

Greatly boosts your attacks for a few seconds. Slightly increases chance to hit.

Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	16 (Dominator)
	8 (Guardian)
Effects	Self +Damage, +To-Hit
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Buff
Set Categories	To Hit Buff

Burst

Quickly fires a Burst of rounds at a single target at long range. Damage is average, but the firing rate is fast. Can also reduce the target's Defense.

Damage	Moderate Damage over Time(Lethal)
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	4 (Dominator)
	2 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe -Defense
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Defense Debuff
	Accurate Defense Debuff

Heavy Burst

Fires a Heavy Burst of rounds at foes in a long cone in front of the user. Can also reduce the targets' defense.

Damage	High Damage over Time (Lethal)
Recharge	Medium
Minimum Level	10 (Dominator)
	6 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
	Foe: -Defense
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	Defense Debuff
	Accurate Defense Debuff

Incendiary Round

You load and fire a blazing Incendiary Round from your Assault Rifle, dealing High Lethal and Fire damage to your target. The burst of white-hot shrapnel can also set ablaze all foes in a small area around the target, causing them to take Minor Fire damage over time.

Damage	High Damage (Lethal/Fire)
	Minor Splash Damage Over Time (Fire)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	38 (Dominator)
	32 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage

Pummel

You can smash your opponents in close combat with the butt of your sub-machine gun to deal moderate smashing damage. Pummel has a high chance to disorient your foe for a brief time.

Damage	Moderate Damage (Smashing)
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	2 (Dominator)
	1 (Guardian)
Effects	Melee
	Foe: Disorient
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Disorient Duration
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Stuns

Shin Breaker

You execute a quick but powerful kick targeting your foe's leg in an attempt to cripple their movement. Shin Breaker deals Superior Smashing damage and moderately reduces your target's movement speed and defense for a short time.

Damage	Superior(Smashing)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	20 (Dominator)
	12 (Guardian)
Effects	Melee
	Foe -SPD, -DEF
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
Set Categories	Defense Debuff
	Melee Damage
	Slow Movement

Single Shot

A quick single shot from your Assault Rifle. Quite accurate and can reduce the target's defense.

Damage	Minor Damage (Lethal)
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	1 (Dominator)
	1 (Guardian)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe: -Defense
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Defense Debuff
	Accurate Defense Debuff

Sniper Round

You load and fire a high-velocity Sniper Round from your Assault rifle. This round is very accurate and has a very long range, and deals Extreme Lethal damage and can knock down its target. Like most sniper attacks, you must take your time to aim, so this attack can be interrupted. If you have more than 97% To-Hit, this attack becomes instant-cast.

Damage	Extreme (Lethal)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	35 (Dominator)
	26 (Guardian)
Effects	Sniper
	Foe Knockback
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Interrupt Time
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Sniper Attacks
	Knockback

Spinning Strike

You execute a spinning attack that first strikes with your fist and finally your heel hitting your foe and all enemies immediately nearby. Spinning Strike deals Heavy Smashing damage and has a high chance to knockdown foes.

Damage	Heavy(Smashing)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	1 (Dominator)
	1 (Guardian)
Effects	Melee (Area of Effect)
	Foe Knockdown
	Combo Level: 0
	Special: Foe Terrorize
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Knockback
	Targeted AoE Damage

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes Freedom. It is provided for historical purposes.

• This set was added to the game for Dominators and Guardians in Rebirth Issue 2