🦸 Champions Online Character Planner
Plan archetype or freeform heroes with super stats, powers, advantages, energy unlocks, roles, and survivability versus offense balance.
| Role | Main ask | Defense need | Energy need |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid | Solo balance | Medium | Medium |
| Ranged Damage | Boss pressure | Low | High |
| Melee Damage | Close burst | Medium | Medium |
| Tank | Threat hold | Very high | Medium |
| Support | Team uptime | High | Medium |
The calculator raises survival requirements for tank, support, cosmic, and PvP planning.
| Unlock | Trigger idea | Stat fit | Framework fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thermal Reverb | Clinging Flames | REC/END | Fire |
| Molecular SA | Cooldown use | INT | Gadget/Mix |
| Killer Instinct | Ranged crits | EGO/DEX | Munitions |
| Ionic Reverb | Negative Ions | END/REC | Electricity |
| Overdrive | Maintains | END/INT | Power Armor |
Unlock mismatch is the fastest way for a good-looking power list to feel starved.
| Package | Must include | Planner input | Warning sign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bossing | Ranked ST | Single target | No debuff |
| Mob clear | Reliable AoE | Area package | Long setup |
| Survival | Block plus heal | Layers/heals | No panic key |
| Energy | Unlock loop | Unlock/stat | Builder spam |
| Role play | Passive match | Passive/role | Mixed signals |
Freeform builds can cross frameworks, but the planner rewards a clear combat engine.
| Stat | Typical job | Best role | Pairs with |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEX | Crit chance | DPS | EGO/INT |
| CON | Health | Tank | STR/PRE |
| PRE | Healing | Support | INT/CON |
| REC | Equilibrium | Hybrid | END/CON |
| INT | Cooldowns | Utility | DEX/PRE |
Talent synergy should support all three super stats instead of overfeeding only one number.
The Champions Online character planner allow players to calculate the effectiveness of a specific character build. A character build include four components: the role, the framework, the super stats, and an energy unlock. The planner calculates the effectiveness of each of these components so players can avoid guessing the effectiveness of a given character build.
Instead, the planner evaluates each component of the character build to determine a fit score for that specific character build. Players begins with choosing a role for there champion. For instance, players can choose a ranged damage role that requires high uptime on main attacks and high energy to sustain the character or a tank role that have defensive layers to protect them from damage.
How to Use the Champion Planner
The planner determines the requirement for each of these roles by evaluating the passive abilities, defensive buttons, and the self-healing features for each of these role types. For instance, using a passive like Defiance instead of the glass-cannon passive will change the fit score for the character build. In addition to the role, another component that players must define is the energy unlock.
Each energy unlock will only work if the character completes specific action. For instance, the energy ability Thermal Reverberation will only work if the character has clinging flames on they body or Killer Instinct will only work if the character land critical hit. If the super stats and energy unlock do not match the character’s powers, the character will suffer from energy starvation.
The planner will evaluate whether or not the energy unlock match the framework of the character. In some instances, due to these mismatches, a character may have low energy stability. There are two main categories for champions in Champions Online: the freeform hero and the archetype.
Freeform heroes provides players with the flexibility to create any type of champion within the game. However, they also punish players if they make scattered or poorly choices within the character build. Archetype champions offer less flexibility than the freeform heroes but offer built-in safety net that work in favor of the champion.
The planner will adjust the players expectations for archetype champions according to the chassis the player choose for the champion. Some of the mistake players can make while creating a champion include focusing on only one specific component of the champions abilities. For instance, players may focus on single target damage but ignore the need for a champion with defenses to handle combat with numerous enemies.
Another mistake would be to create a champion with the Presence and healing tools for a support role but without ensuring that their energy unlock matches the trigger for the framework selected for their champion. The planner can help prevent these mistakes by providing separate readouts of the champion that determine in which area the character is struggling. To assist players with these components of champion creation, the planner include several reference tables.
These reference tables include the expectations of the pressure for each role. For instance, tanks have higher requirements for survival than other champions since they are expected to take the bulk of the damage in a fight. Ranged damage champions do not have to have as high requirement for damage mitigation because their primary role does not require them to take as much damage as other champion role.
Despite the detailed information available on the planner, players must still test their champion in the game to determine if their champion will perform as expected in the game. The information on the planner is provided as a target for players to aim for when building their champion. Finally, the content players focus on for their champion will change the requirements of their character build.
For instance, solo leveling will have different requirements for defensive stats than cosmic content or PvP. This is due to the different challenges of each of these content types. For instance, for solo content, a character will have lower defensive stat requirements since the player will be the only opponent the champion need to defeat but for cosmic content or PvP, there will be higher requirements for both the defensive stats of a champion and their energy.
The champion planner will adjust for these content types, allowing players to understand the expectations of each type of content. Thus, the same champion could receive different fit score based on the champions pressure target for alerts versus lair content. The champion character planner is a tool that players can use to adjust their champions choice.
For example, if a player chooses a champion and inserts their choices into the planner, they will receive readouts regarding the effectiveness of each component of the champions build. Based on these readouts, the player can make adjustments to the champions energy unlock, passive, or stat spread. Through playing the game and creating champions with the planner, players will become familiar with the combination of frameworks and energy engines for champions.
Furthermore, the player will understand how the defensive layers a champion features will impact their survivability in-game. Therefore, the champion planner will give players a clear understanding of the trade-offs they must make in creating champions in Champions Online.
