However, unlike many other MMOs, the DC Universe Online stats sometimes only effect your strength in PvE (versus the computer) and others which only effect your strength in PvP (versus other players).

To help make light of this confusion, you will find a list of all the stat types and what they do in this DC Universe Online stats guide.

General Stats

General stats are the type of stats that are meaningful in both PvP and PvE. These stats are the best to get because they are used in all parts of the game, whereas other stats are only useful on occasion.

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Health

Health (also known as HP or Hit Points) in other games is the amount of damage your character can take before dying. In DC Universe Online, this is a very useful stat, since your hero or villain will be taking damage both in instances and in PvP.

In many other games, only tanks worry about Health, but in this game, maximizing your character’s health is very useful.

Power

Power is simply the currency for using your abilities (powers). This slowly regenerates over time and when using normal attacks with your weapon. You will need to fire off a lot of shots to get a full power bar, so be sure not to waste your abilities.

Might

Increases the damage of your powers. Your damage will go up by 1% for every 4 might you have. This will depend partially on your class. If you are using your powers mostly to do damage, Might is a good stat for you. However, if you are using your powers mostly for control or healing purposes, it will not be as useful.

Restoration

Restoration is just like might but improves healing powers instead of damage. For every 4 restoration you have, it improves your healing by 1%. This is good for any character with healing abilities as you will need to heal both when doing the boss battles and in PvP.

Vitalization

Vitalization increases the rate at which you gain power back . 10 Vitalization increases power generation by 1%. This is actually a fairly small amount and is ideal for control powers. If you are primarily dealing damage or healing with your powers, you will want to focus on might and restoration, respectively.

Precision

Precision increases your weapon’s damage per second rating (also known as DPS). Every 10 Precision will increase your DPS by 1. This means that a slower weapon like a two-hander might get a few extra damage per swing whereas faster weapons like dual pistols might only get a fraction of a damage added per hit.

Precision is not a bad stat, but it depends on how you deal most of your damage. If you rely a lot on your powers for damage, Vitalization is better than Precision. If you rely on your weapon for a good portion of your damage, you will want to increase Precision.

Player vs. Enemy (computer) Stats

Defense

Defense is only used in PvE battles and is the only DC Universe Online stat to be PvE only. Defense mitigates the amount of damage you take, but you need a lot of it to make a difference. It is based on level; at level 30 you will need 71 defense to add up to 1% mitigation while at level 1 you only need 15.

In other words, a level 30 player with 71 defense will take 99 damage from an attack that would hit a player with 0 defense for 100 damage. You will need a lot of defense for the effect to be noticeable.

Player vs. Player Stats

Dominance

Dominance is one of the DC Universe Online Stats that is very important in PvP. This determines how much damage you can deal to a player who is controlled before they manage to break free. If your dominance is very high, you will be able to do a lot of damage to a stunned player before they become unstunned.

Toughness

Toughness is exactly like defense but is effective versus other players. Once again, 71 toughness is required for 1% mitigation at level 30, which is quite high. Only 15 Toughness is needed for 1% mitigation at level 1.

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These chilly powers are used by the aforementioned Mister Freeze, but also by Killer Frost and Ice in the DC Universe, and are used in the game for tanking purposes. Players will have to break through your cold exterior if you choose Ice powers.

In DC Universe Online, Ice has two tech trees, and their very similar to the fire trees. Cryogenics is about turning yourself into a chilly killing machine, and Storm — the second power — is about directing the ice to create a frosty foe.

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Ok, enough with the puns. Let’s look at the DC Universe Online Ice powers:

Cryogenics starts off with by boosting your resistances with a coat of ice around your character’s body. While fire is about hurting enemies near you, Ice is about protecting yourself.

Cryogenics also has skills that hurls ice blocks at enemies, and even a skill that transforms yourself into an abominable snowman with completely new weapon skills and powers.

The aforementioned Snowman is one of the three Supercharge moves that cryogenicists have at their disposal. It uses an entire meter to transform into the Ice Elemental, but the other two, Freeze Ray and and Hibernation only use half of the meter.

Hibernation encapsulates your body in ice and heals you while protecting you from damage, while Freeze Ray deals massive damage to enemies while starting another ice age.

Storm, on the other hand, is a flurry of projectiles. It starts with an attack that drags enemies towards you, but soon expands into with and hail hurling at enemies which freezes enemies in place.

There are also a few techniques that increase defense in this tree, but the most interesting is the power to summon a snow demon that’s resistant to melee attacks. The demon will do your bidding and make the area a little bit cooler.

The two Supercharge moves help control the placement of enemies. The first move, Deep Freeze, encapsulates a single foe into a block of use. This costs one-quarter of the Supercharge meter.

Blizzard is a much more impressive — but more expensive — Supercharge move. The skill costs the entire meter, but surrounds every nearby enemy in an ice storm that stuns and immobilizes them; giving your ice-user the time for any other ability in his arsenal.

Like other versatile powers in the game, Ice works well with both close and long range players, but most of his skill benefit from distance.

The resistance-boosting skills are fantastic, but being far away gives him other great advantages. We recommend mid-range weapons like hand blasts, staffs, bows and rifles for any ice player looking to stick their tongue to a pole.

And with that, you have the DCUO ice powers. Being an ice-power superhero will let you chill out and take damage without worrying about any major ramifications.

The ability to control the area of battle with ice storms is a fantastic addition to any team fighting fast-moving enemies in PvP.

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Using the gifts from the green earth, Nature is all about poison, ivy-whips, and thorns to damage its foes. There are also other powers in this track that make characters shape-shift into primal beasts ready to hunt.

These green thumb-inspired abilities are primarily focused on healing, but they still have the capacity to deal damage. The two specs, Plants and Shapeshifting, are both loaded with interesting skills and abilities.

Plants uses the power of the earth to damage enemies, but its primary focus is healing. The goal is to keep allies as healthy as possible while they dish out damage. The damaging abilities in the tree deals with summoning plants to fight for you and poison-over-time skills. There is also a stun skill to give plant-users some controlling-potential.

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The two plant-based supercharge skills are Chaotic Growth and Carnivorous Plants. Chaotic Growth is a fierce ability that will deal massive damage to enemies close to natures full-force. Carnivorous Plants, on the other hand, is a skill that traps up to eight enemies in place so your party can regroup or get in a few free hits.

Shapeshifting is a much more visually exciting path because it features a lot of transforming. The path starts off with a fear-inducing roar skill, but it immediately develops into transformation skills.

The first two available is a health-regenerating Pterosaur and a power wolf with super-speed. Players will also later to transform into a Gorilla or an insectoid.

The healing potential of Shapeshifters is fantastic. Many of the non-transforming skills are dedication to regenerating and heal-over time and defencive spell. The previously mentioned insectoid form works exclusively for healers who want to ensure their party doesn’t get badly hurt.

The two shapeshifting Superchage skills only use half of the Supercharge meter, but are just as useful as any other Superchage skill, but players should only choose one depending on how they want to develop their character.

One is a general stat-booster that will keep players powerful, and the other is another great heal-over-time skill. Both are useful, especially because they take half the time to use than other Supercharge skills, but players shouldn’t need both of them in the same loadout.

Due to the healing potential of Nature, it’s best that players choose ranged weapons with this power. Healing is a vital skill and doesn’t need to be in the heart of the fray. Shapeshifting does allow for some close-range combat, but distance will ensure that nature-users do what they do best.

Nature is like World of Warcraft’s Druid. Whether you want to be like Poison Ivy with plant-controlled powers, or you want to be like Beast Boy and transform when the crisis demands it, there is a lot of options in the Nature path.

If healing is what calls you to the DC universe, there is no better option for gradual, heal-over-time skills.

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These skill are geared towards characters like Batman or Lex Luthor because they would rather fight with their brains.

Gadgetry uses gadgets (surprise) which are Control-based weapons; meaning that their primary role in a group is to keep their enemies stunned.

In order to maintain this control against other agile players, gadget users must use mines, stealth, and grappling hooks appropriately.

The two specialization paths for Gadgetry are Tricks and Traps. Traps are all about throwing dirt in your enemies eyes. One of the first abilities in this line is the taser-pull– a hookshot attack that stuns enemies and brings them to you.

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You’ll later have access fear gas (like Scarecrow) that will make your foes too scared to fight temporarily. There is also a freezing breath that will stun enemies within the area of affect and prevent them from running away.

There are also Bunker Buster, an AOE damaging skills that deal massive damage, but require massive amounts of charge-time.

Tricks, on the other hand are a little more subtle. That is, until you get to some of the absurd Joker-themed abilities. These skills involve planning; like planting explosives before running into the battle.

Using Traps is where rogue-like stealth maneuvers come into play (although stealth is in the trap line). People can turn invisible, strategically place turrets, then enjoy watching the machines do all the work.

On the more fun side of trickery is the Joker-inspired toys. These gadgets skills can be as simple as a damaging gas, or they can be as crazy as a lead-filled boxing glove on a spring.

One of the final Trick moves, the Clown Box, let’s players hide in a green box (a la Solid Snake in Metal Gear) and surprise foes in a cloud of toxic gasses.

Most of these gadget abilities work well at any range. Players can set up mines, then use the taser Pull to drag their foes through it into close range; leaving a stunned foe damaged and waiting for more.

Some of the best stealth moves, however, do use close-range attacks like back-stab and would work best with a short-range weapon. We recommend Martial arts as the weapon of choice, but single-handed swords or any short range weapon should work fine.

The gadgets power set is a great role for much of DCUO’s PVP. The PVP is about preventing enemy players from moving, and stunning them is the best way to do so.

We’d recommend the Traps tree for its paralyzing ferocity, but Tricks for its surprising kick. Of course, there’s plenty of opportunities to mix and match the two to your heart’s content. The previously mentioned Bunker Buster skill is worth having for every character.

Mastery of both Tricks and Traps is key to pretending to be the Dark Knight himself, or you can pretend to be the Clown Prince of Crime. From extendo-gloves to stealthy robot turrets, Gadgets has something anyone could use if they don’t want real super powers.

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If you want to play a character like Circe or Doctor Light, then Sorcery is the path you will want to go.

Sorcery is a healing and support power, but is also very versatile. For every healing spell in a Sorcerer’s arsenal, there is another spell that will force enemies to come closer to you. This will be the power choice for characters who want to trudge through the DC universe alone.

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The two specs for Sorcerers are Destiny and Summoning. Destiny has it’s own sub-meter that reflects both good and bad karma; depending on if you’re a hero or villain. Building karma on yourself and others adds affects to your characters attacks, like transforming enemies into harmless animals.

Most of the Destiny powers react to the amount of accumulated karma, but there are other spells that heals you and your party, and skills that can both knock back and pull enemies forward; depending on what the situation calls for.

Unlike most other specs, Destiny has three different spells that uses the Supercharge meter (as opposed to the regular two).

The first requires a quarter of the meter that transforms enemies into a harmless animal that allies heal from when they attack it. The second skill requires the entire Supercharge meter and curses an enemy and inflicts massive damage.

Finally, the last Supercharged Destiny is called Arbiter of Destiny. This skill transforms players into a being of incredible powers, but doesn’t allow weapons at all. The Arbiter of Destiny also uses an entire Supercharge meter.

The other spec, Summoning is all about channeling sprites from other dimensions to aid you in battle. These beings range from fiery demons to healing watchers to multipurpose soul wells. There are also long range damaging skills in this line; as well as skills to make nearby objects explode.

Both Supercharged Summoning skills require a full meter. The first skill, Grand Summoning, the three other summons in the game; giving players access to all their powers and skills at once. It also leaves enemies to fight two players instead of one.

The other skill, Transcendence, gradually restores both health and power to you and your party. It’s not as thematically impressive as the other summoning skills, but the option still makes the Sorcerer an intimidating force.

Due to Sorcery’s versatility, most weapons will find a useful place in the arsenal; depending on how the player wants to build the character. Still, we recommend other weapons that are affective at every range like bows and staffs.

Sorcery is a great choice for players who want the most out of their game along. There’s enough options to do more than the classified “support” it was created for. That said, both trees for this power will lead to some impressive DCUO magic.

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Being Mental is about throwing mind bullets at enemies, but it’s also about using telekinesis to throw anything else players can get their hands on.

Mental powers are all about control like Gadget powers. This, however is done with less stun-based skills and more with fear and immobility. Many of the skills are about confusing enemies into attacking other teammates, or by throwing your enemies in the air like a Jedi.

The two specs for Mental players is Telekinesis and Illusion. Telekinesis is about lifting opponents in the air, or picking up objects to throw at enemy players.

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Early skills are about throwing enemies around with psychic energy, but this extends into immobilizing enemies and making them spontaneously burst into flames. There are also a few good defensive skills in this line to keep players feeling fresh.

There are two Supercharged telekinesis skills. The first, Bolt Barrage, uses half of the meter to blast nearby enemies with brain-busters; causing devastating damage.

The other, Bastion, is a protective move that covers you and your party with a helpful telekinetic bubble. The bubble prevents damage for a short amount of time. This ability uses a full Supercharge meter.

The other skill spec, Illusion, is all about making opponents think they’re fighting something else. The first skill in the tree is a fantastic ranged attack that hits multiple enemies, but it soon grows into stealth moves and techniques that make enemies cower in fear.

There are also two attacks that convinces enemies to attack other enemies, both of which work well against computer-controlled characters.

Illusion also has two Supercharge moves. Both use the entire Supercharge meter. Mass Hysteria, the first move, increases your damage and makes other illusions more powerful. The other skill, Psychic Shield, engulfs you and your party from all damage.

Mass Hysteria is probably a better choice because of its immediate and obvious combo potential. The ability to boost your spells supersedes a Mentalist’s defensive capabilities.

A Mentalist has no business in close range. Their abilities all work at a distance; away from harm. Their abilities cater well to those far enough away from and treats that they can plan what spells to cast upon their foes. There is also the out-of-combat stealth move that shows the overall planning intent of the Mental role.

Due to this distant intention of the power, we would recommend players use equally long-range weapons. hand blasts immediately comes to mind, and can be used well at short range (if necessary). Other options are rifles and dual-wielding pistols, but hand blasts is a much more versatile decision for a control-role.

If you want to capitalize in illusory fear, or simply like controlling enemies, then the Mental role is madly available. The ideal Mental player must enjoy keeping enemies from controlling their own actions, but can also have fun planning mind-manipulating spells.

It is a supernatural power, but being Mental is a definite perk in the DC Comics Universe.

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But enough with the fire puns and let us get to what makes fire so cool!

Fire is a Tanking role. It’s used to absorb damage, and stay in the brunt of combat. To do so, it uses two different talent lines: Immolation and ignition.

Essentially, immolation is about setting yourself on fire, and ignition is about setting other things on fire. Both are fantastic depending on how you want to develop your characters.

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Immolation starts off simple; a flame-engulfing skill that damages enemies near you. This quickly expands to other skills that also engulf yourself in flames.

Other powers include a flaming boulder for your character to throw, a knockback-style flaming push, and a giant volcano coming up out of nowhere.

The volcano pretty much makes the tree amazing on its own, but it requires a full Supercharge meter, and supercharge grows with every tiresome punch against villains.

There’s an interesting Immolation crowd-control tactic where players can use their skills that cause knockback, use the characters one heal-over-time ability, then they use the fiery AOE skill to damage their foes as they stand up.

You’re left to heal and regroup as your foes are left gasping for breath.

Ignition is the ranged alternative to the fire track. Most of these powers are about throwing Jerry Lee Lewis’ great balls of fire around. There are also moves in this spec that knock the opponent down; enabling a few free hits while they stand up.

There is also an attack that absorbs other fire attacks, and one that doubles your health, and heals you every time you get hit. In other words, you become an eternal flame at level 8. This skill also requires an entire Superchage to use, much like the Volcano.

Both spec trees are fantastic, but the best one to use changes depending on what kind of character you want to build. A gun-toting character would best use his fire powers in Ignition because he has no desire for enemies to get close to him.

On the other hand, a tough, brawling character wouldn’t want to waste his time throwing fireballs when he could be dealing damage up-close and personal.

We recommend that Ignition users work with long-range weapons like Bows or dual pistols, and that Immolation users stick with their fists, single-handed or double-handed weapons.

With that, fire is a hot tanking tool. Ignition specialists wont die without severely wounding their foes, and immolation users will make give other short-range fighters a run for their money.

If you want to keep your part stoked on health, there are a few options but the fire-users strength lies in his damage-dealing potential. So, if you want to play as a Starfire or Human Torch-like character, there is no better option than fire powers.

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In our last part, we talked about how easy it is to climb the ranks of DC Universe Online.

The progressive layout of the game caters to those who want to quest instead of grind. But what if you are the kind of player that wants every possible point in the game? Well, we have got you covered .

There are several different kinds of questing experiences that an aspiring hero or villain should be aware of:

The first is the narrative quest (that is what I am calling them, they probably have a cooler name). These quests are given to you by either your mentor or a key player in the DC Universe. These quests will show up in your log by being at the required level or by finishing the previous quest in the tree.

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The other kind of quest — the kind I said in the first part of the DCUO leveling guide I would talk about later — is the side-quest. Players can find police officers or thugs around the world (usually standing on a nearby building) that will have players kill X many mobs or destroy some nearby enemy equipment.

Players will have to actually have to look for these guys in order to do the quest. Most of the time, you will have to do a similar task in the narrative quest, so be on the lookout early and kill two birds with one stone. More quests means more experience.

As far as integrating side-quests into this DCUO Leveling guide, be sure to look for these as you are following the story-line but do not waste time going way out of your way to find and complete these quests.

There are also little questions marks floating around the world waiting for players to inspect them. These are multi-part detective/research markers, and there are experience bonuses for finding all of them in an area. It can be a slow and tedious process, but most are found while doing the narrative quests.

Other sources of experience come from Arenas and Alerts. The former are toe-to-toe battles against other players in an arena. It is pretty standard for an MMO, but the fast pace of this game leads to some intense struggles against others. These are fun but do not provide as much experience as other options mentioned in this DCUO Leveling guide.

More interesting than that is the Legends Arena. This is where players can play as their favorite DCUO characters against other DCUO characters. Each character has their own pre-built tech tree so skill trumps equipment in these fights. This mode can also be called World of Batmans.

Finally, there are Alerts. Alerts are essentially instances, but they take on a more-open scale to fit the feeling of the game. These quests can be a bit slow, but the rewards are often worth it, and it gives players a chance to fight the really cool DC bad guys (like Poison Ivy and Clay Face).

There are new arenas and alerts each day; letting players experience something new regularly, but the best experience comes from following the narrative quests.

If you remember one thing from this DCUO leveling guide, remember that the best experience points come from avoiding the Villains (or heroes, depending on your political opinion) and doing exactly what your mentor tells you to.

The take-away point from this DCUO Leveling guide is that you want to stick to the storyline to level up quickly. If you focus exclusively on the narrative quests while doing the side quests you run into, you will be raiding in legendary armor in no time.

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It is a battle, but you can use this DC Universe Online leveling guide to speed up the process!

Fortunately, leveling is not that bad in DC Universe Online. The game is much more action-packed and combat focused than the run-of-the-mill World of Warhammer Online Craft. This pace leads to some of the fastest  leveling imaginable, especially when you use the strategies in this DC Universe Online Leveling Guide.

The average player will have no problem getting to Level 30. DCUO is set up that the major quests are delivered to your main menu; eliminating the need for players to hunt tirelessly for their quest-givers who offer a kind donation of cash and useless armor — unless you really want to (more on that later in the DC Universe Online Leveling Guide).

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With the quests brought to you, there is not any excuse not to know where to go and level up. In fact, players start getting quests in both Gotham and Metropolis around level eight; leading to a long-list of quests that will never get finished shortly after the game begins.

If you want to keep your character in Gotham and fight Batman’s superstitious and cowardly lot, there is plenty of opportunities to do so without having to leave the town of eternal night. With that said, it is my recommendation in this DC Universe Online Leveling Guide to level up primarily in Metropolis.

That said, Metropolis houses both Superman’s and Wonder Woman’s quest zones, so players will have to jump around less to experience the Meta and Magic quest lines. Anybody who does not want to experience the quests for characters who do not mentor them will not be down-trodden, however.

Much like in WoW where Gnomes don’t have to do Night Elf starter content, DCUO will be able to keep players happy with their desired teacher.

If you find yourself still unsure about where the forces of evil are sitting around waiting for justice to strike, the game has two ways to show you where to go. The first is a minimap with a compass. This little bad boy will take you to whatever area your primary quest is.

The other asset to this action-MMO is the Booster Gold kiosks. DC’s ego-centric superhero has been gracious enough to place his charming mug and voice around both towns, letting you know about every major location in the DC Universe. These locations are also swimming with generic thugs waiting for the beating.

For quick leveling, it is best not to try to grind outside of quests. For example, the early-level content (let’s say level 7-11) reward players with roughly 7 experience points. Completing quests, however rewards over 600 experience points. That’s roughly 85 thugs in place of a simple quest.

Also, the level 7-11 area in Gotham is really close to the Villain spawn-point. It’s hard not to spend more than five minutes there comfortably.

In our next part, we’ll look at some real guidelines and locations for getting the big experience points while still enjoying the feel of the game. There’s a lot to the DC Universe, and no one wants you to miss it.

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This highly anticipated game which will be officially released for the PS3 and PC (sorry but no Xbox) worldwide on January 11 is the most talked about game coming from DC.

Getting a chance to try out the game before its release gives you that advantage of familiarization over other players. The number of hours you logged while playing the game will give you the needed experience to advance further into the game.

What makes DC Universe Online different from the rest of the MMORPG games today is that it uses a physics based combat system. This means that your superhero character actually performs based on the boundary of their powers.

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If you have a character that is strong you can lift objects such as cars or buses and hurl it at your enemies. Fire based superheroes can summon meteors and smash it at your opponents. There are countless ways for you to make an attack in a physics based game making this an exciting combat platform.

Knowing what you can use in a game is the first strategy any player must know to be able to win. Your chosen character would have specific superpowers which they can use in a game. The power you chose will eventually be the deciding factor on how the game will be played.

Here is a rundown of the powers and their description to help you get started.

Fire Based

Immolation:  By choosing this power, fire surrounds your body. This is a good power of choice to deal damage to enemies close by. If you are a person who likes a close range combat system ( swords, knives, fist) then this is the perfect choice.

Ignition:  Want to stay at a safe distance yet be able to deal damage to your enemies? Ignition lets your character summon fire based spells and create damage using ranged attacks.

Ice Based

Cryogenics: Ice forms around your character that acts as a defense against attacks. If ever an attack gets through, your attacker will often get frozen in their tracks making them a sitting duck. Best strategy for characters with this power is for them to absorb all damage from a boss while your team mates do the attack.

Storm: You control arctic blasts which can either push or pull in your en enemies. This power is flexible enough to be used by ranged or melee based attackers.

Mental Based

Telekinesis: If you love playing mage type characters in other games then this power is for you. Your offensive force of will is deadly enough to send your enemies flying.

Illusion: This power works best if you are going against a player and not the computer. You can create illusions to trick your enemy which leads to an exciting attack for you.

Nature Based

Shapeshifting: You have the ability to change in to any beast you desire. You can confuse your opponent by initially attacking in bear form then shifting in the middle of battle in wolf form.

Plants: You use different plants to heal your team mates and poison your enemies. Although you will have a weaker attack with this power you will be useful in group play with your great healing powers.

Sorcery Based

Summoning: This power can help you summon pets to help you in the game. This is great if you play the game in solo mode however if you are doing a player vs. player game then this power comes at a disadvantage due to the poor computer AI of your summoned pets.

Destiny: This power is best used in group play. You can either increase the amount of damage your group deals or reduce the damage of your enemies.

Gadgets Based

Tricks: These are normal looking devices that are visible in plain sight used to gain the upper hand over your enemies. This is best used in a player vs. player combat system.

Traps: These are hidden devices that lure your enemy and deal damage to them. This is best used in a player vs. player combat system.