Champions Online - Power Frameworks Guide

Although you can choose any of the Champions Online powers any time you want, your framework will get you started on whatever direction you want to take your champion. With seventeen different frameworks to choose from, how do you narrow it down to just one? Read through our Power Frameworks Guide for help deciding with one is best for your champion. Certain Frameworks can be clicked on for a more in-depth look.

If you're crafting a hero with super strength, then this is the one you want. Might specialties include slow heavy attacks, big knockbacks, and locking their opponents down with stuns and roots. If you're used to MMO terminology, this would be ideal for a "tank" character in Champions Online, the character that takes the brunt of the attack for his friends.

Ice does pretty much what you would expect it to do in Champions Online. It's all about controlling the situation by freezing enemies at will. You can also create explosive ice structures, so you'll be able to dish out a good amount of damage as well.

This is another versatile power framework, as an archer can use specialized arrows to do pretty much anything. Among the effects the arrows can achieve are roots, holds, and stuns, so you can dish out damage in a lot of different ways.

The very nature of gadgeteering makes it another extremely versatile framework. You have a wealth of gadgets at your disposable that range from blasters with different effects and destructive orbital cannons to robots you can summon in battle to fight alongside you.

While the Ice framework helps you control the battlefield, Fire helps you spread chaos like, well, fire! With the different Champions Online powers, you can burn everyone down around you or, better yet, from a distance. Fire is about power and a lot of it.

You have the option to wield two swords, but a champion wielding a single blade can deliver precise, concentrated strikes that wound the foe and leave them hurting long after the attack.

While dual blades may lack the finesse of a single blade, they make up for it with exceptional area of effect damage that will allow you to attack multiple foes at once. You also be good at inflicting damage in critical spots once you acquire the right Champions Online powers.

Telepathy is a fantastic framework for a supporting role, as a telepath excels in healing his allies and incapacitating foes, leaving them open for attack. While telepaths can handle themselves in one-on-one combat, they're much more useful in the background.