GUIDE: Incarnate Abilities

For a guide to all in Issue 19, please see: GUIDE: Issue 19 Beta

Official Web Site info on Incarnate System:

• Incarnate Overview
• Incarnate Alpha Slot Info
• Lore

1. Unlock your Alpha Slot by doing Mender Ramiel's (located in Ouroboros) arc. If you have trouble with EBs soloing, bring Shivans and a HVAS -- or even... other players! (Toons already on the Beta Server probably had their Slot automatically unlocked in I18... and therefore, can't do this arc.)

2. Slot your Alpha Slot with an Alpha Boost. Alpha Boosts are crafted in the Incarnate Window (power tray > powers > incarnate abilities).

a. Look at possible Boosts and determine which one you want. See the three Incarnate Components you'll need.

b. Do the TFs that will get you those three Incarnate Components (listed below in this post). By the time you do two of them, you'll probably get enough Shard drops to craft the third you need.

c. Craft and slot your Alpha Boost.

3. Now you can do the two new Incarnate TFs (Apex and Tin Mage) without suffering a -4 Level penalty. Doing so a few times will probably get you enough Shard drops to craft and slot the Uncommon Boost (Uncommon Boosts require crafting an Uncommon Component which can only come from crafting, it is not a drop or reward).

4. Respec or use your new Third Build to take advantage of your Alpha Boost and the new Inherent Fitness Pool.

5. Start feeling divine.

• The Alpha Incarnate Slot can now be accessed and Incarnate Abilities created to place in those slots. As part of Going Rogue, the Common and Uncommon Alpha Slot abilities are accessible.
• Incarnate Abilities are created using Incarnate Components, which are a new variety of special Salvage which cannot be traded but does not take up Invention Salvage inventory. Higher level Incarnate abilities not only require Components, but also lesser Incarnate Abilities to fuel their creation. There are no “recipes” to be gathered for Incarnate Abilities, they are all accessible from the Incarnate creation window.
• The Alpha Incarnate Slot can be unlocked by any level 50 character with the Going Rogue expansion as a reward available from the following activities / vendors: (this is changed in I19 to doing Ramiel's arc in order to unlock the slot)
  • Statesman Task Force / Lord Recluse Strike Force
  • Imperious Task Force
  • Lady Grey Task Force
  • Dr. Kahn Task Force / Barracuda Strike Force
  • Cathedral of Pain
  • Hamidon
  • Vanguard Merit Vendor
  • Reward Merit Vendor
• Alpha Incarnate Components can be earned from the above activities, with the exception of the Reward Merit Vendor, but only after the Alpha Slot is unlocked.
• In addition, Alpha Incarnate Subcomponents infrequently drop off of player defeats in PVP and almost all level 50+ foes.
• The Incarnate creation system includes conversions that allow you to turn Subcomponents into regular Components, as well as improve your existing Components into higher quality Components.
• Incarnate Abilities can be equipped and unequipped or swapped at any time from the Incarnate UI. There is a short cooldown on swaps, and you cannot swap out an Incarnate Ability that is still recharging

• Boosts work while exemplared to at least Level 44 when they shouldn't work below 50 at all.
• Boosts should affect all builds, but you will have to zone after switching builds for the Boost to affect that build
• If you had a toon on GR Beta for I18, it was granted an automatic Alpha Slot. However, this means you won't be able to do Mender Ramiel's arc. Copy over a fresh toon.

• Your max level City of Heroes character can now unlock the beginnings of the Incarnate System via an Incarnate Introduction Story Arc, accessible from Mender Ramiel in Ouroboros. Following completion of this arc the Alpha Slot is unlocked for the character.
• You can further unleash the power of the Alpha Slot and its Incarnate Abilities by participating in the existing level 50 content:
  • PvP
  • Imperious Task Force (ITF)
  • Statesman's Task Force (STF)
  • Lord Recluse's Strike Force (LRSF)
  • Lady Grey Task Force (LGTF)
  • Reichsman Task Force / Strike Force
  • Hamidon
  • Cathedral of Pain
  • Earning Vanguard Merits

• We have added two task forces for characters who are level 50. These TF's can only be attempted by characters who have unlocked their Alpha Incarnate ability, and should be tackled by characters who have slotted the Alpha slot with a power. Emperor Cole has perfected a debuff that affects characters who have no Alpha Abilities slotted. Characters without an Alpha Ability can still attempt the TF but it will be significantly more challenging.
  • Apex Task Force – see Apex in the Rikti War Zone to thwart an attempted invasion from Praetoria
  • Tin Mage Task Force – see Tin Mage Mark II in the Rikti War Zone to take the battle back into Praetoria

• Incarnate Alpha Slot Unlock (Going Rogue expansion required)
  • Missions for Heroes and Villains provide backstory to the System we're introducing in this issue and then expanding for Issue 20 (Levels 50+)

Has anyone tested to validate if you must unlock the Alpha Slot for each build of a dual build?

From my testing, recharge enhancements from alpha slot powers do NOT affect Domination, in spite of what Zombie Man has up there. On a Dominator with 117.5% global recharge and the common Spiritual Alpha enhancement (33% recharge), Domination recharges just a hair too late to be perma. Domination needs 123% recharge to be perma, just a little over the 117.5% I have, so I'm concluding that Domination is unaffected by at least the common buffs.

Not Sure if these still apply. But I had copied this from the previous attempt of Incarnates:

Cardiac (Common) - 33% END
Cardiac Radial (Uncommon) - 33% END / 20% RES
Cardiac Core (Uncommon) - 33% END / 20% range
Cardiac Partial Core Revamp (Rare) - 33% END / 20% RES, range
Cardiac Total Core Revamp (Rare) - 45% END / 20% range
Cardiac Partial Radial Revamp (Rare) - 33% END, fear / 20% RES / 10% range
Cardiac Total Radial Revamp (Rare) - 33% END, sleep / 20% RES / 10% range
Cardiac Core Paragon (Very Rare) - 45% END / 20% RES, range
Cardiac Radial Paragon (Very Rare) - 33% END, fear, sleep, intangible / 20% RES

Musculature (Common) - 33% DMG
Musculature Radial (Uncommon) - 33% DMG, DefDebuff
Musculature Core (Uncommon) - 33% DMG, immob
Musculature Partial Core Revamp (Rare) - 33% DMG, immob, DefDebuff
Musculature Total Core Revamp (Rare) - 45% DMG / 33% immob
Musculature Partial Radial Revamp (Rare) - 33% DMG, DefDebuff / 20% ToHitDebuff / 16.5% immob
Musculature Total Radial Revamp (Rare) - 33% DMG, DefDebuff, EndMod / 16.5% immob
Musculature Core Paragon (Very Rare) - 45% DMG / 33% immob, DefDebuff
Musculature Radial Paragon (Very Rare) - 33% DMG, immob, DefDebuff, EndMod, run / 20% ToHitDebuff

Nerve (Common) - 33% ACC
Nerve Radial (Uncommon) - 33% ACC / 20% DEF
Nerve Core (Uncommon) - 33% ACC, hold
Nerve Partial Core Revamp (Rare) - 33% ACC, hold / 20% DEF
Nerve Total Core Revamp (Rare) - 45% ACC / 33% hold
Nerve Partial Radial Revamp (Rare) - 33% ACC, taunt / 20% DEF / 16.5% hold
Nerve Total Radial Revamp (Rare) - 33% ACC, confuse / 20% DEF / 16.5% hold
Nerve Core Paragon (Very Rare) - 45% ACC / 33% hold / 20% DEF
Nerve Radial Paragon (Very Rare) - 33% ACC, hold, taunt, confuse, fly / 20% DEF

Spiritual (Common) - 33% RECH
Spiritual Radial (Uncommon) - 33% RECH, heal
Spiritual Core (Uncommon) - 33% RECH, stun
Spiritual Partial Core Revamp (Rare) - 33% RECH, stun, heal
Spiritual Total Core Revamp (Rare) - 45% RECH / 33% stun
Spiritual Partial Radial Revamp (Rare) - 33% RECH, heal, slow / 16.5% stun
Spiritual Total Radial Revamp (Rare) - 33% RECH, heal / 20% ToHit / 16.5% stun
Spiritual Core Paragon (Very Rare) - 45% RECH / 33% stun, heal
Spiritual Radial Paragon (Very Rare) - 33% RECH, heal, stun, slow, jump / 20% ToHit

45% = (45/3 = 15) + (45/1.5 * 0.15 = 4.5) = +19.5%
33% = (33/3 = 11) + (33/1.5 * 0.15 = 3.3) = +14.3%
20% = (20/3 = 6.67) + (20/1.5 * 0.15 = 2) = +8.67%
16.5% = (16.5/3 = 5.5) + (16.5/1.5 * 0.15 = 1.65) = +7.15%
10% = (10/3 = 3.33) + (10/1.5 * 0.15 = 1) = +4.33%

to clarify, even if you're at the ED cap already, you'll get the amount specified on the right. So for all the +33% damages, even if all your powers are ED-capped, you'll still see an increase of 14.3% at the least. If you aren't ED-capped to an attribute, like END, you could see up to the full 33-45%.

It seems that we only have access to the first three in each category so far. I`m not sure if we will get the others later or if the higher level ones have been scrubbed. I hope not.

Came up as an option but said I was unable to claim that award.

Might be my tired eyes but is the level shift gone now?

Level shift may be in the next slot (Alpha Silent) now.

It perhaps makes more sense to make each slot about sort of thing.

I'm confused. I have a lvl 50 tank and I have purchased Going Rogue but the Mender said I wasn't ready for the arc yet. Any ideas? Could it be a bug or is there some other prereq for a lvl 50 toon? Thanks

Good to see this information! Thanks for continuing it!

Gosh you guys are so lucky, I wish I could transfer my character over so I can do some testing. What a tease!

So does using your Alpha Slot affect the power you've put it in or does it affect all of your powers globally?