Does confuse count as Containment?


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Does Confuse cause containment and extra damage?


 

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No it does not. And neither does Fear.


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Originally Posted by Sandolphan View Post
Well it doesn't set up containment, but it surely does 'extra' damage.
Don't mislead the poor person . . .

My Illusion/Radiation guide has a long section on Confusion and how it works and why it is awesome.

Containment applies only if a controller does damage directly to a foe who is Held, Stunned, Slept or Immobilized. The controller does not have to be the one who applied the mez effect. For example, if a Archery Blaster hits a foe with Stun Arrow, and then a Gravity Controller hits that foe with Propel, the Propel will do double damage. However, controller pets and pseudo-pets do not get Containment. So the attacks from the Electric Gremlins and */Storm's Lightning Storm do not get Containment even if the foe is held.

Confusion powers do not get Containment. However, if a Confused Foe does some damage to another foe, and then you and/or your team and/or your pets do some of the damage, then you and your team get some of the XP for the foe damage by the Confused Foe. For example, you see a Confused Foe attacking one of his buddies, and you attack, too. If you do half the damage and half was done by the Confused Foe when your target is defeated, then you get 80% of the XP even though you only did 50% of the damage.

The "extra" damage is damage does by Confused Foes. You get credit for some of that extra damage as long as you do some of the damage. If the Confused Foe fully defeats the targetted foe without any help from you, your pets or your team, then you and your team do not get any XP since you didn't earn any.


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