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Guide to Guides

Acemace

By Acemace,
Posted on: 2005-03-21 16:25 in Player Guides

 

Posted

We have lots of lovely guides, but they tend to creep down the forum or
disappear into the bottom and get lost. This thread, is an attempt to keep
an index of handy guides in one place.

The only guidelines we should use for this index is that the guides and
posts linked should be based on what is, not what ought to be.

Also Everyone should endeavor to put their guides on the
FAQ/GUIDE board rather than other boards where possible! Other boards have
autowipe functions that will eventually remove guides if they have no
activity and no one should loose their hard work to the ravenous
forum!


+ Other indexes and compilations +
FoP Library Database -by Moncro (the Fellowship of Paragon)
City of Heroes Resource Center - by Ishin Ryu and Artphobia

+ Hero Planners +
Designer Hero - by RonLHiler
Hero Builder by Sherk Silver
CoH Planner by Verxion

+ Forum Guides +
Search Feature Guide - by ZealotOnAStick - (use it, search rocks!)
How to Complain - A Primer - by Boondocker
Guild to getting yourself a forum Avatar - by Viga_Axe

+ Jargon +
Guide to Jargon & Abbreviations - by Dark_Shield
Noobers Guide to CoH Abbreviation and Jargon - by Dark_Shield
Official Noob Guide to Abbreviations and Jargon - by Discobug

+ Respec +
RESPEC 101: So you wanna be a NEW hero? - by Sir_Payens
A Respec / Respecification Guide - by AnotherDeadHero
Respec Trial Guide – lvl 33-42 (Total Spoilers) - by Karon
Location of all three respec contacts

+ + Power Set Guides + +

General/pool
Levelling Chart by AnotherDeadHero
Invis FAQ? - info added by sleepy_laughter
Power Pool Attacks, damage, at level 6! -by _Sinnyil_
Leadership pool-by _Sinnyil_
The Teleport FAQ - by DarthKex
Teleportation Tips - by Grotus
Endurance Costs for Toggle Powers - by Vennom
Epic Power Pools / Ancillary Power Pools (A Complete List) - by AnotherDeadHero

Tanker (guide)
FoP Collection of Tanker Guides
Initiating battle: a guide for the large team tank by Venarr
A Beginner's Guide to Tanker Primaries 1.0 by Paradoxe
Not in the Face: An Invulnerability Guide - by Goldenstar
Inv/SS Build - Post Issue #2 (Final) - by Krunch
The Cuddles Build: Issue 3 Invuln/SS
Lady Tara's I3 Invulnerable/Super Strength Tanker
Weathering the Storm: My guide for Inv/SS Tankers - by Iron_Vixen
Inv/SS How to Build Superman 2.0 - by ThornKiller
The Supertank! (Inv/SS/Flight Build) - by Vox_Populi
It's Krunch time! Revising Krunch v2 for Issue 3
Pulverizor's INV/EM Guide
Brick And Mortar - A Post 34, I3, Inv/EM Build by da5id
"I wanna be Mighty!" Inv/EM guide - by Foo007
Inv / EnMelee post-Issue 3 by Foo007
Invul/Axe - by Major_Kreissack
Fiery Aura, A Fire Tank Primary Guide by Moot Point
Fire/Fire Tank Guide 1.0 by Mephe
Yet Another Burn Tanker Guide (v2.2) by Train_Wreck
Spiral's Fire / Super Strength Tanker Guide
A guide to making a Fire/EM tanker by GladDog
Fire / Ice Tanker guide, v. 0.8 - by Saccade
Dynamo Frosts Ice Armour Faq - by Dynamo Frosts
Ice / Energy Melee Guide (Long) - by Kyrin
Guide to my thoughts on Stone Armor by Rexpendable
Stone/SS by Mauiman

Controller (guide)
(and be sure to check the defender guides for your secondaries!)

FoP Collection of Controller Guides
Controller Corner (a compendium)
The Vision Thing: Controllers -by pmccall
5 Best Solo Controller Builds - by pmccall
To All New Controllers - by Repojam
So you think you want to be a Controller (Guide) - by MasterD
Magnitude - or, why Johnny can't hold Dr. Vahzilok
cforce's Guide to Confusion v.1.0
Guide to Controlling with Fire and Forcefields 1.0 - by Breville
Unreall's Guide to Illusion Pets - by Unreall
Pre-32 Solo Build: Illusion / Radiation Controller - by Massive_Jotun
A Guide to Illusion-Radation by Hanged_Man
Illusion-Empathy Controller: Defender in Denial - by Kallah
Desyncher's Post I3 Ill/Rad Guide 0.5
The Dominatrix Template for Illusion / Storm Summoning Controller -by Dominatrix
So, You Want to #1 (Guide to Ill/Kin Controlling) by VicW22
Uberness, Thy Name is Illusion! Ill/Kin Guide v2.0 - by Spectral_Ops
A Guide to Singularity v1.0 - by Scrapulous
Brev's Guide to Fire and Forcefields
Fire Control and Radiation Emission Guide - by Cyion
Foxmaiden's Guide to the Fire/Radiation Controller
Controller Guide: Gravity/Force Field - by ChastityBelt
Grav/FF controlling: Zen and the art of knockback - by Doctor_Gravity
Everything you ever wanted to know about Grav/Rad: - by Shallow
Teflon Shugenja's Gravity/Storm Control Guide - by teflonshugenja
Grav/Storm Controller Guide - by Zloth
Snowlock's Ice/Storm Controller Guide Version 2.0!-by snowlock
Mind/Storm Control: A guide for the insane - by Mrhood
The Unofficial Stategy Guide for Controllers - by Ubah_Weasel47
Chaos Bringer Controller Guide (Illusion/Storm) - by SantressV
Gravity/Radiation: A Level 50 Overview - Atomic Kitty
Thief!'s Guide to Gravity/Kinetics - by ThiefoftheDream
Slotting fire pimps, I did lots of math and stuff! - by Booom
Foxmaiden's Guide to the Fire/Kinetics Controller by Sakura_Kitsuki
Ice / Rad Controller Guide By Lopp Syded
Strategies to playing an ICE/FF CONTROLLER - v.0.9 - By Scorpio Goddess
Frost's Ice/Empathy Controller Guide version 1.1
Kaigame's Guide to Earth Controlling
Mind Control/Empathy Guide (Support) - by Enantiodromos
Idiot's Guide to Mind Control and Radiation by Genetic
Hedon's Guide to Mind control and Telekinesis

Defender

** GENERAL
Before You Make a Defender (Cuddles) [I5]
An Offender's Guide to Defender Primaries (CosmicAvatar) [I3]
The Compleat Defender Ancillary Pools (DodgerTA) [I3]
Regarding Defenders (JusticeZero) [I3]
Neem's Guide to choosing your Defender (Capt_Neem) [I3]
Guide to Anchor Powers (FAQ & Screenshots) (Deadboy_champion) [I2]

** DARK MIASMA
The Dark/Dark Defender's Bible (Issue 5) (BlackestNight) [I5]
Dark Miasma - A Defender's Guide V1.0 (Ladioss_Sopp) [I3]
D3 Guide v1.0 (Ogunsan) [I2]
Dark/Dark Defender (Not So) Mini-Guide (Dreamwraith) [I2]
The Dark/Energy Guide or How to be a DeD 1.0 (Wytch) [I2]
Breakdown of Dark Blast attacks level 40+ (Agent_Unknown) [I2]
Dark Miasma/Electrical Blast Guide (Steel_Angel) [I2]
Dark Miasma & Dark Blast Guide (KalythR) [I1]

** EMPATHY
Empathy/Psychic Blast - A Defender's Guide (The_Laughing_Man) [I5]
Opinionated Guide to Healing(Fire_Cat) [I4]
Empath Bind Guide (Red_Fall) [I4]
Jovani's Empath Guide version 1.0 (Jovani) [I4]
In Depth Guide to Empathy Defenders V2.0 (Tenthletter1979) [I3]
Empathy - A Defender's Guide - v1.0 (LadyMage) [I3]
Empathy Guide - (Panzer_Kunst) [I2]
Advanced Guide to Empathy Defenders Tactics and Strategy (Auriel) [I2]
An Empath Guide (Panzer_Kunst) [I1]

** FORCE FIELD
A Comprehensive Guide to Force Fields V3.0 (Bionexus) [I3]
FF/EB Offender Guide v4 (CDN_Guardian) [I3]

** KINETICS
Kinetics - A Defender's Guide V5.0 (Ladioss_Sopp) [I5]
Kin/Elec Meleefender Guide v3.0 (Issue 5 Update) (Quason) [I5]
Kinetics: A Different Look V2.0 (LuchadorFuerte) [I5]
Kinetics/Radiation Blast Guide Ver.1.0 (Energizing_Ion) [I3]
A Defender's Guide to Offensive Sapping (Hockey_Parent) [I3]
Kinetics/Psychic Offender Guide (SyphonStrike) [I2]
Kinetics Guide for Non-Defenders (KineticKat) [Pre-I1]

** RADIATION EMISSION
DodgerTA's Rad/Rad 2.1: A Twink's Guide (DodgerTA) [I3]
Comprehensive Guide to Radiation Emission v2.0 (SoulHealer) [I2]
Why I Like Rad/Rad -- A Guide (Rayaguas1) [I2]
The Afflicted's Rad/Rad Starter Guide (TheAfflicted) [I1]
The Radiation/Electrical Defender (Erratic) [I1]
THE Rad/Dark Defender Post (ChaoticDNA) [Pre-I1]

** STORM SUMMONING
Hero of a Thousand Roles: A Storm/Dark guide V1.1 (Daibanchou) [I3]
A Guide to Storm Summoning Powers (v1.1) (ZealotOnAStick) [I1]

** TRICK ARROW
Trick Arrow: GP's Guide for Defenders (Goofy_Parrot) [I5]

** SONIC RESONANCE
Sonic/Sonic Defender Guide (Scarlett) [I5]

** SECONDARIES
The Defensive Defender's Guide to Secondaries (Ladioss_Sopp) [I2]
Comprehensive Guide to Psychic Blast v1.0 (SoulHealer) [I1]


Scrapper (guide)
Dark Armor Writeup (long post) - by elnino79
3 tested builds: DM/INV, BS/INV, DM/DA - by TheConfessor
Claws - by Elvish
Satori's Master of MA/SR Guide to the Martial Arts - Super Reflexes Scrapper - by Kyx2000
My Observations: Regenerations and Spines v. 2.0 - by Thornkiller
FoP Library Collection of Scrapper Guides
Dark Melee/Dark Armor FAQ V1.0 - by SoulGrind
DM/DA Scrap-Controller v2 by elnino79
DM/DA Scrap-Controller Build v2 in Detail (long) - by MasterHung
Guia de Scrappers en espanol - by Fushicho
Spines/DA: The Dust Bunny's AoE Guide - by Romance
City of Heroes Regeneration FAQ - Compiled by HeroicFedifensor (heroic)
Comprehensive Guide to DM/Invul, v3.0 - by Leprechauna
Katana/Regen Guide for Issue 2 by StoneTemplePilot
Guide to MArtial Arts & Dark Armour by Chick
Regen and Power Pool Guide, v3.0 by Elvish
Amauros' guide to Super Reflexes Scrapper 2.0 by Amauro
7th's Invincible Spines Guide by 7th
Scrapper Hybrid Katana/inv by Kitanajade
Nai the Slayers Guide to Broadsword/Dark Armour (the Cursed Knight/ Anti Paladin) V2
Divine Avalanche Scrapper Guide, Version 1.0 - by Phantom_Duelist
Martial Arts - A Comprehensive Guide v3.1 - by Tulzar
Claws / Regen : Hero Blueprint - by GhostTiger
Martial Arts / Super Reflexes - The Advanced Guide - by tpull
Scrapper Claw/SR build guide - by Your_Ad_Here
Gideon Fontaine's "Togglelude" MA/SR build
Issue 3 Post-Integration Claw/Regen Scrapper guide by Serrated_Edge
Spines/Super Reflexes Single-Target Scrapper Guide by Dannyp
The Dark Armor Numbers Guide: (Issue 3) by Romance
Claws/Regen pre-35 Guide by Paradoxic
Yet Another Claws Guide by Bloodwill
The Paradoxe: A Flying Kat/Inv Scrapper Guide 1.1
A New Player's Guide to the Post-Winter-Lord World by Amberyl
MARTIAL ARTS – EXTENSIVE/REGENERATION GUIDE v3.1 by RisingPhoenix
Casual Broadsword/Regeneration build by Nunix
Grey Wind's Guide to the Offensive Kat/SR Scrapper
Dark Melee/Dark Armor FAQ V1.0 by SoulGrind
Katana/Dark Armor - A Guide by Guardian_Gaz
Master Hung's Dark Armor Guide Updated for I3
Thoughts of a level 50 Spines Scrapper (Long) by Screwloose
Dark Armor: Scary Scraptroller Template (Fear) by GhostCaT
The Complete Guide to Dark Melee and Regeneration by Alyssa

Blaster

** GENERAL
Revolver Law's Guide to Trip Mines (I5) (Revolver Law) [I5]
Before You Make a Blaster (Cuddles) [I4]
Blasting and Surviving: A Teaming Guide (BlackSly) [I3]
Guide to Blaster Status Attacks (Deadboy_Champion) [I3]
Blaster Ancillary Pools (Overview) (Deadboy_Champion) [I3]
Epic Power Pools / Ancillary Power Pools (AnotherDeadHero) [I3]
Dispelling Common Myths About Blasters (AaronZ) [I2]
Guide to Blaster's Defense (CRasch) [I2]
Energy Manipulation: The Complete Guide (Pulsewave) [I2]
A Powerleveler's Guide to Blasters (RSRobinson) [Pre-I1]

** ARCHERY
<none found>

** ASSAULT RIFLE
SYN's Guide to AR/Ice Manipulation (Post-I5) (Synfoola) [I5]
The AR/Elec Guide to Ultimate Destruction (Stormwind_Rider) [I4]
The All Range AR/Fire Blaster Guide (Jotto) [I4]
Freedom Fury's Issue 3 AR/Dev Guide (Freedom Fury) [I3]
Assault Rifle/Fire/Fire Mastery Blaster (Bayani) [I3]
Assault Rifle/Devices Damage Guide (MrBurke) [I2]
AnswerTron's Guide to AR/Energy (AnswerTron) [I2]

** ELECTRICAL BLAST
Diary of a Hero: Electric/Energy Blaster's Guide (Pulsewave) [I4]
The Stormfist Blaster (RockPython) [I3]
Mystic’s Guide to the Elec/Elec Blaptroller (Mystic_Amethyst) [I4]
Electric/Devices Guide V1.0 (Muldamai) [I3]
Voltmeter's Guide to Electric Blast Primary (Volt) [I3]
Electrical Blast: The Complete Guide (Pulsewave) [I2]

** ENERGY BLAST
Dr. Opie's Energy/Energy Blaster Seminar (Bunny_Man) [I5]
Bean Sidhe's Guide to E² Blasters (v2.0, Issue 4) [I4]
SnipeFu's Definitive Guide to Energy Blasters V3.0 (SnipeFu) [I2]
Group-Playing an Energy Blaster 101 (Davodd) [I1]

** FIRE BLAST
Fire/Energy Blaster Guide (Issue 5)(Bayani) [I5]
Flame Like Me! A Complete, Comprehensive Guide to Fire Blasting (Flaming1) [I4]
Hero Breakdown: Fire/Energy Blaster- Alternate Set (Bayani) [I3]
Close Quarters Artillery - Fire/Energy Blaster Guide (Alpha_Grue) [I3]
Fire/Fire Blaster Guide (StarZero) [I2]
Fire/Dev Blaster Guide - L40 in 4 Weeks (Krunch) [I1]

** ICE BLAST
The Ultimate Ice Blast Guide (Xanatos) [I4]
Guide to Ice/Device Blaster (Sweet JP) [I4]
Ice Assassin Guide (BlackDecember) [I4]
Olepi's Ice/Ice Blaster Guide [I3]
Ice/Fire Blaster: A Review 3.0 (PvP included) (Mr Jaytastic) [I3]
A Hasten-Free Ice/Energy Guide (Dark_One) [I3]

** SONIC BLAST
<none found>

Kheldians (guide)
Ferret's Scrapper / Tanker Peacebringer Guide
Guide: Human Melee/Dwarf PB Build - by Vahla
Warshade Three Form Guide *Updated* - by Kyrin
Peacebringer Three Form Guide. Version 2 - by SpongeCake
A Guide to a 2 Forms Build Kheldian/PeaceBringer - by Jonbo298_
The Complete Kheldian Power List - by DarkBoxer
Human Warshade Build/Guide - by Toril
Before you make a Warshade - by Cuddles

+ + Game play Guides + +
The little guide to CoH, v0.9 - by Nova_Ankh
(New) Player Guide - Beta Version (long) - by Roughneck_Doc
Little things I wish i'd known -by NeutronStar
Hints for staying alive - by Moncro
The Complete Idiot's Survival Guide 1.2 by SunderX
Player Etiquette - by - by Demon_Dono
FoP Collection of Hunting Guides By Level
Picking Origins by Desired Enemies - by stageIII
Contact Guide - by RonLHiler
NPC Citizens and their uses - by Sartorius
A Small Guide to Pulling - by Dwimble
Pulling singles in CoH... - by SomeLameDude
Beginner's Guide to DPS and Chains - by Leprechauna
R_M's Comprehensive Rapid XP Gain/Debt Loss Guide by Robotech_Master
R_M's Comprehensive Guide to Powerlevelling by Robotech_Master

+ Soloing/Grouping/SG +
Beginner's guide to soloing - by Moncro
Guide to being a good mentor/sidekick - by Moncro
How to Lead a Team - by Valdis
Guide to Team Invites and Team Search / Seek - by AnotherDeadHero
Guide to Getting a SG Off the Ground - by Moncro

+ Badges/Plaques +

Badges and Plaques Locator -by Grazel
Badges and Plaques Locations and Requirements - by Grazel
FoP Collection of Badge Information
Badge Guide - by RonLHiler
Accolade Hunter's Guide to History and Exploration - by Starfox
Mini Guide to Banisher aka Spirit Mask Badge - by Geoff

+ Enhancements +
FoP Collection of Anything and Everything You Could Ever Want to Know About Enhancements
Universal Enhancement & Store Guide (v1.2) -by ZealotOnAStick
A Guide to Hamidon Enhancements - by Jonbo298_
Awsome Enhancement Chart - by Winged_Nazgul
Improved Enhancement Calculator - by ThornKiller

+ Influence +
Managing Influence - by Moncro

+ Areas/Zones +
The Striga Isle FAQ - by Lady_Sadako
Guide to Cave Missions -by Moncro
The Complete(ly useless) Guide to Outbreak by Kallah
The Perez Park Group XP Guide (long) - by Arcas

+ Missions/Taskforces +
List of Task Forces and Story Arcs - by Ms_America (may contain spoilers)
Positron Task Force Mission for Newbies - by CB_GB
Synapse Task Force Guide - by Juniper_Laine (may contain spoilers)
Numina Task

 

Posted

Kirby sez:
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THUMBS UP!

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. --- Thomas Jefferson
Formerly known as YFNDBA

 

Posted

Awesome. I was wondering when it'll be updated. Somebody send Cuppa a cookie.

 

Posted

Awesome updated Guide to Guides

This space is intentionally left blank.

 

Posted

Sweet, my guide made the list! Brought back from the depths of obscurity!

 

Posted

I know there's probably some IP issues or something involved (isn't there always, see Marvel vs NCsoft) but can we get a link to the Hero Builder?

 

Posted

I wouldn't mind having my planner on the list.

-Verxion

 

Posted

Verxions planner should be on the list too.

Also whatever happened to my "Soloing a Blaster is not hard!" guide that I wrote like just after Issue two. It was still here until the last cleaning, just wondering what happened to it. It had alot of great information on soloing from blasters all over the forums.

 

Posted

Guide to posting - Pt. 1

Red text on blue backgrounds should generally be bolded.

It is a color contrast issue.

Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net

Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.

 

Posted

Thanks Cuppa for maintaining that list!

 

Posted

The Ishin Ryu / Artphobia site no longer has anything CoH related on it. All of the content has been moved to another site which is under new management:

http://www.cityofheroesonline.com/

Goodbye and thanks for all the fish.
I've moved on to Diablo 3, TopDoc-1304

 

Posted

Exported from version 1.5A of CoH Planner
http://joechott.com/coh

Archetype: Controller
Primary Powers - Ranged : Gravity Control
Secondary Powers - Support : Force Field

01 : Personal Force Field defbuf(01) defbuf(3) defbuf(3) endred(25)
01 : Lift rng(01) dam(5) dam(5) endred(21)
02 : Crush recred(02) dam(7) dam(7) endred(23) immdur(23)
04 : Gravity Distortion recred(04) dam(9) dam(9) recred(13) endred(25)
06 : Propel recred(06) dam(11) dam(11) recred(13) endred(27)
08 : Crushing Field recred(08) dam(15) acc(27) recred(29)
10 : Force Bolt recred(10) dam(15) recred(29) acc(42)
12 : Deflection Shield endred(12) defbuf(17) recred(31)
14 : Insulation Shield recred(14) defbuf(17) recred(31)
16 : Detention Field recred(16) acc(19) recred(31)
18 : Dimension Shift recred(18) acc(19) recred(33)
20 : Gravity Distortion Field recred(20) acc(21) recred(33)
22 : Dispersion Bubble defbuf(22) recred(33)
24 : Hover endred(24) fltspd(34) endred(42)
26 : Fly endred(26) fltspd(34) endred(43) fltspd(43) endred(43) fltspd(45)
28 : Jump Kick acc(28) dam(34) acc(40) dam(40) acc(40) dam(42)
30 : Super Jump endred(30) jmp(36) endred(37) jmp(39) endred(39) jmp(39)
32 : Flurry recred(32) acc(36) dam(37)
35 : Super Speed runspd(35) endred(36) runspd(37) endred(45) runspd(45) endred(46)
38 : Recall Friend inttim(38) inttim(46) inttim(46) recred(48) recred(48) endred(48)
41 : Teleport endred(41) rng(50) endred(50) rng(50)
44 : Wormhole recred(44)
47 : Singularity recred(47)
49 : Repulsion Field recred(49)

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01 : Brawl enhancement(01)
01 : Sprint enhancement(01)
02 : Rest enhancement(02)

 

Posted

Is there a way to emport your data from the COH planner to the game. Can you please reply to badmanbam16@yahoo.com please thank you