Military Assault

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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	Todo
	Spinning Strike	18	28	Todo
	Sniper Round	26	35	Todo
	Incendiary Round	32	38	Todo

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

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

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

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