What are Control Powers?
In exchange for the versatility, Control Powers are limited in how high they can advance, in addition to the advancement limits origins. In other words, the Energy Blast that is within a Control Power will never be able to be as advanced as an Energy Blast bought as a Core power in the same hero. There are 40 Control Powers. As with Core Powers, each power within a Control Power has categories that must be advanced to advance the power. Source: COH FAQ • Do all Core Power categories have the same cost? Different powers have different maximums and costs for the same category (Area of Effect, for example, has a larger maximum and/or is cheaper for some powers than it is for others) Source: COH FAQ • So what are skills then? Skills are used to successfully attack and inflict damage with a power, or perform non-combat operations such as lock picking and bomb disarming. Source: COH FAQ • Will skill based characters be able to compete with power based ones? Yes. Our combat system takes into
