Combat

In Combat, all weapon attacks excluding basic melee and ranged attacks are classified as either Interrupts or Block Breakers.

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In Combat, all weapon attacks excluding basic melee and ranged attacks are classified as either Interrupts or Block Breakers.
Interrupting attacks disrupt attacks that are Vulnerable to Interrupt but are Vulnerable to Block.
Blocks disrupt Interrupting attacks but are Vulnerable to Block Breaking.
Block Breakers break Blocks but are Vulnerable to Interrupt.
When hit by a counter mechanism that the player is currently vulnerable to, they are knocked down and take some damage, creating a rock-paper-scissors scenario. Counter damage is based on Precision.
Most Basic attacks are not Interrupts or Block Breakers and are not Vulnerable to Interrupt but may be Vulnerable to Block after a number of hits. Some slower Basic ranged attacks are Block Breakers and are Vulnerable to Interrupt.
A small icon over a player or NPC's head shows which combat mechanism they are using.

**Combat triangle**Full-size image | SourceDC Universe Online Wiki contributors; game artwork belongs to its respective owners.

Block Breaker / Vulnerable to Interrupt

A player using Pulse Beam, a block breaking attack.

**A player using , a block breaking attack.**Full-size image | SourceDC Universe Online Wiki contributors; game artwork belongs to its respective owners.

Block Breaker / Vulnerable to Interrupt

Interrupts / Vulnerable to Block

A player using Lunging Right, an interrupting attack.
Cheetah interrupting a player's attack.

**A player using , an interrupting attack.**Full-size image | SourceDC Universe Online Wiki contributors; game artwork belongs to its respective owners.

**An opponent blocks an interrupting attack.**Full-size image | SourceDC Universe Online Wiki contributors; game artwork belongs to its respective owners.

**interrupting a player's attack.**Full-size image | SourceDC Universe Online Wiki contributors; game artwork belongs to its respective owners.

Interrupts / Vulnerable to Block

Knockdown

Stun

Juggle

Push

Vulnerable to Interrupt

Usable While Controlled

Damage Prevention

Positioning

Unconditional Self Heals

Supercharge Generator Powers

Weapon Buff Powers

Supercharge Powers

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Supercharge Powers
Power	Tree	Cost	Type
Atomic Blast	Atomic	5000	Offensive
Energize	Atomic	5000	Defensive
Radiation Burn	Atomic	10000	Offensive
Mass Density	Atomic	5000	Defensive
Sacrifice	Celestial	5000	Defensive
Consecrated Ground	Celestial	10000	Defensive
Cursed Idol	Celestial	5000	Offensive
Life Drain	Celestial	5000	Offensive
Earthquake	Earth	5000	Offensive
Envelop	Earth	5000	Defensive
Entomb	Earth	5000	Offensive
Meteor Shower	Earth	10000	Offensive
Group Transducer	Electricity	5000	Defensive
Invigorate	Electricity	10000	Defensive
Megavolt	Electricity	5000	Offensive
Circuit Breaker	Electricity	5000	Offensive
Eternal Flame	Fire	5000	Defensive
Fireball Barrage	Fire	5000	Offensive
Reignition	Fire	5000	Defensive
Volcanic Calamity	Fire	10000	Offensive
Anesthetic	Gadgets	5000	Defensive
Asphyxiation Gas	Gadgets	5000	Offensive
Battle Drone	Gadgets	5000	Utility
Bunker Buster	Gadgets	10000	Offensive
Blizzard	Ice	5000	Offensive
Deep Freeze	Ice	5000	Offensive
Freeze Ray	Ice	5000	Offensive
Hibernation	Ice	5000	Defensive
Ice Elemental	Ice	5000	Shapeshifting
Strafing Run	Light	10000	Offensive
Ballistic Assault	Light	5000	Offensive
Group Shielding	Light	5000	Defensive
Restore	Light	5000	Defensive
Bolt Barrage	Mental	10000	Offensive
Bastion	Mental	5000	Defensive
Mass Hysteria	Mental	5000	Offensive
Convalesce	Mental	5000	Defensive
Active Protection System	Munitions	5000	Defensive
Biggun	Munitions	10000	Offensive
Mounted Turret	Munitions	5000	Offensive
MRE	Munitions	5000	Defensive
Carnivorous Plants	Nature	5000	Offensive
Chaotic Growth	Nature	10000	Offensive
Insectoid Form	Nature	2500	Shapeshifting
Primal Wolf Form	Nature	2500	Shapeshifting
Gorilla Form	Nature	5000	Shapeshifting
Canine Form	Nature	2500	Shapeshifting
Rampage	Nature	5000	Offensive
Regeneration	Nature	5000	Defensive
Temporal Vortex	Quantum	5000	Offensive
Closed Loop	Quantum	5000	Defensive
Event Horizon	Quantum	5000	Defensive
Oblivion	Quantum	10000	Offensive
Mangle	Rage	5000	Offensive
Berserk	Rage	5000	Offensive
Vindictive	Rage	5000	Defensive
Infuriate	Rage	5000	Utility
Arbiter of Destiny	Sorcery	5000	Shapeshifting
Baleful Transmogrification	Sorcery	5000	Offensive
Grand Summoning	Sorcery	10000	Offensive
Polymorph	Sorcery	5000	Utility
Transcendence	Sorcery	5000	Defensive
Call of the Deep	Water	10000	Offensive
Whirlpool	Water	5000	Offensive
Tranquil Pool	Water	5000	Defensive
Flood of Power	Water	5000	Utility
Perfect Poise	Acrobatics	2500	Defensive
Devastating Flip	Acrobatics	2500	Utility
Dustoff	Flight, Skimming	2500	Defensive
Vacuum Bubble	Flight	2500	Utility
Gale	Skimming	2500	Utility
Metabolic Boost	Superspeed	2500	Defensive
Speed Drain	Superspeed	2500	Utility
Dash Attack	Superspeed	2500	Defensive
Word of Power	Iconic Powers	5000	Utility
Pheromone Bloom	Iconic Powers	2500	Defensive
Clown Box	Iconic Powers	5000	Defensive

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Retains Stealth

Trivia

The icons for combat counter mechanisms is not considered part of the User Interface and will still appear even if it is turned off.
Some special NPCs may be vulnerable to interrupt without using a vulnerable to interrupt attack, allowing you to interrupt them all the same, including Xa-Du in The Last Son of Krypton while walking towards a yellow sun projector.

Gallery

**The previous effect of a player Block Breaking.**Full-size image | SourceDC Universe Online Wiki contributors; game artwork belongs to its respective owners.

**The previous effect of a player interrupting an attack.**Full-size image | SourceDC Universe Online Wiki contributors; game artwork belongs to its respective owners.

**The previous effect of an opponent knocked down by block.**Full-size image | SourceDC Universe Online Wiki contributors; game artwork belongs to its respective owners.

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Weapon	Block Breakers
Bow	Flurry Shot, Long Draw, Trick Shots
Brawling	Stomp Smash
Dual Pistols	Full Auto, Magnum Round, Slip Shot
Dual Wield	Charged Double Throw, Encircling Throw
Hand Blaster	Charged Blast, Meteor Blast, Power Discharge, Pulse Beam, Scissor Kick, Solar Flame
Martial Arts	Enhanced Shuriken, Heavy Shuriken, Shuriken Storm
One-Handed	Focused Blast
Rifle	Flamethrower, Grenade Launcher, Mortar, Rolling Barrage
Shield	Heavy Sidearm Throw, Overhand Throw, Sidearm Throw
Staff	Focused Spin
Two-Handed	Hammer Throw, Mega Smash
Gorilla Form	Stomping Rage
Primal Wolf Form	Lupine Darts, Primal Burst

Weapon	Interrupts
Bow	Arrow Fling, Bow Slam, Finishing Volley, Impact Arrow, Kip Up Launcher, Lunging Stab
Brawling	Backfist, Double Fist, Ground Pound, Hammer Fist, Haymaker, Launching Uppercut, Lunging Right, Punt
Dual Pistols	Jump Shot, Lifting Strike, Loft Shot, Lunge Strike
Dual Wield	Dual Flurry, Flying Spin Attack, Stunning Swipe, Ultra Flurry, Whirlwind Overstrike, Whirlwind Strike
Hand Blaster	Fist Slam, Leap Attack, Uppercut
Martial Arts	Axe Kick, Cartwheel Kick, Elbow Drop, Knee Launch, Smoke Bomb, Spinning Punch
One-Handed	Air Launch, Cleave, Flip Slash, Flurry, Quick Chop, Spin Chop, Spin Slash
Rifle	Flip Burst, Overhead Smash, Surprise Volley
Shield	Devastating Kicks, Leaping Stab, Overhead Plate Smash, Shield Uppercut, Spinning Backhand, Spinning Downward Cross, Spinning Upsmash
Staff	Downward Smash Combo, Launching Roundhouse Combo, Leaping Overhead Strike, Martial Flowers, Roundhouse Combo, Sweeping Slice
Two-Handed	Big Scoop, Clobber, Doom Spin, Home Run, Lunging Smash
Gorilla Form	Gorilla Rage, Lunge Attack
Insectoid Form	Leap Attack, Overgrowth
Primal Wolf Form	Double Slash, Feral Stomp, Ferocious Backfist, Hop Claw, Primal Uppercut, Wolf Rush

Weapon	Weapon Combos
Bow	Arrow Fling, Bow Slam, Explosive Shot, Flurry Shot
Brawling	Backfist, Ground Pound, Hammer Fist, Haymaker, Launching Uppercut, Punt
Dual Pistols	Jump Shot, Magnum Round
Dual Wield	Dual Flurry, Encircling Throw, Ultra Flurry
Hand Blaster	Scissor Kick, Solar Flame
Martial Arts	Elbow Drop, Enhanced Shuriken, Spinning Punch
One-Handed	Cleave, Flip Slash, Spin Chop, Spin Slash
Rifle	Mortar, Overhead Smash, Rifle Slam, Rolling Barrage
Shield	Handspring Kick, Heavy Sidearm Throw, Overhand Throw, Shield Uppercut, Spinning Upsmash
Staff	Downward Smash Combo, Leaping Overhead Strike
Two-Handed	Clobber, Doom Spin, Home Run, Mega Smash
Gorilla Form	Continued Rage, Stomping Rage
Primal Wolf Form	Feral Stomp, Ferocious Backfist, Hop Claw, Lupine Darts, Primal Burst

Weapon	Weapon Combos
Bow	Flurry Shot
Brawling	Double Fist
Dual Pistols	Sweep Shot
Dual Wield	Encircling Throw, Stunning Swipe
Martial Arts	Cartwheel Kick, Smoke Bomb, Shuriken Storm
One-Handed	Flurry, Spin Slash
Rifle	Rolling Barrage; Full Supercharge: Flamethrower, Surprise Volley
Shield	Leaping Stab, Overhead Plate Smash, Spinning Downward Cross, Two Footed Slam; Full Supercharge: Sidearm Throw
Staff	Leaping Overhead Strike, Martial Flowers
Gorilla Form	Gorilla Rage
Primal Wolf Form	Double Slash, Hop Claw

Weapon	Weapon Combos
Bow	Finishing Volley, Kip Up Launcher
Dual Pistols	Lifting Strike, Loft Shot
Dual Wield	Flying Spin Attack, Whirlwind Overstrike; Full Supercharge: Whirlwind Strike
Hand Blaster	Meteor Blast, Uppercut
Martial Arts	Knee Launch
One-Handed	Air Launch, Flip Slash
Rifle	Flip Burst
Staff	Launching Roundhouse Combo, Roundhouse Combo
Two-Handed	Big Scoop
Insectoid Form	Overgrowth
Primal Wolf Form	Double Slash, Primal Uppercut, Wolf Rush

Combat

Overview

Block Breaker / Vulnerable to Interrupt

Block Breaker / Vulnerable to Interrupt

Interrupts / Vulnerable to Block

Interrupts / Vulnerable to Block

Knockdown

Stun

Juggle

Push

Vulnerable to Interrupt

Usable While Controlled

Damage Prevention

Positioning

Unconditional Self Heals

Supercharge Generator Powers

Weapon Buff Powers

Supercharge Powers

See also

Retains Stealth

Trivia

Gallery

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Weapon	Weapon Combos
Bow	Impact Arrow
Brawling	Ground Pound
Dual Pistols	Full Auto
Dual Wield	Encircling Throw, Flying Spin Attack
Hand Blaster	Fist Slam, Pulse Beam
Rifle	Grenade Launcher

Power Set	Powers
Atomic	Geiger Beam
Celestial	Defile, Guardian's Light
Earth	Sandblast
Electricity	Ionic Drain
Fire	Absorb Heat, Fireburst, Mass Detonation, Snuff Out
Gadgets	EMP Pulse, Fear Gas, Implosion Mine, Photon Blast, Thermite Mine
Ice	Arctic Gust, Avalanche, Glacier Flash, Frost Blast
Iconic	Freezing Breath, Heat Vision, Sonic Shout
Light	Light Blast, Minigun
Mental	Mass Levitation, Mass Terror, Terrorize
Munitions	50 Cal, Chain Gun, Five Barrel Minigun, Particle Gun, Railguns, Rocket Launcher, Small Package
Nature	Bloom, Impaling Thorns, Roar
Rage	Channel Hate, Dreadful Explosion, Plasma Retch
Quantum	Energy Expulsion
Sorcery	Final Ruin, Invocation of Renewal, Soul Storm
Water	Torrent

Power Set	Powers
Acrobatics	Grapple Line Attack
Atomic	Atomic Reorganization, Atom Splitter
Celestial	Consume Soul
Earth	Earthen Grip, Epicenter
Electricity	Attract
Fire	Backdraft, Engulf
Flight	Low Pressure
Gadgets	Taser Pull
Ice	Inescapable Storm, Resonating Gale
Iconic	Mesmerizing Lasso
Light	Fan, Grasping Hand
Mental	Telekinetic Pull
Munitions	Net Retractor, Multi-Net Retractor
Nature	Vine Lash
Rage	Eviscerating Chain, Ragebringer, Without Mercy
Quantum	Einstein's Ray
Skimming	Low Pressure
Sorcery	Soul Siphon
Super Speed	Tornado Pull
Water	Ebb

Power Set	Powers
Atomic	Energize, Proton Remedy, Neutrino Blast
Celestial	Guardian's Light, Life Drain, Renew, Virtuous Light
Earth	Envelop, Soothing Sands
Electricity	Arc Lightning, Bio-Capacitor, Bioelectric Surge, Electroburst, Galvanize, Group Transducer, Ionic Drain, Invigorate, Recover
Fire	Absorb Heat, Backdraft, Burning Determination, Burnout, Eternal Flame, Reignition, Stoke Flames
Gadgets	Anesthetic
Ice	Hibernation
Iconic	Pheromone Bloom, Word of Power
Light	Restore, Triage
Mental	Convalesce
Munitions	MRE
Nature	Bloom, Blossom, Carnivorous Plants, Cross Pollination, Flourish, Metabolism, Rampage, Regeneration
Rage	Ire, Severe Punishment, Vindictive
Quantum	Closed Loop
Sorcery	Invocation of Renewal, Offering, Rejuvenate, Transcendence
Super Speed	Metabolic Boost
Water	Blessing of the Depths, Mending Wave, Solace of the Sea, Soothing Mist, Tranquil Pool

Power Set	Powers
Atomic	Unleash Antimatter
Celestial	Sacred Light
Earth	Unstoppable
Electricity	Static Push
Fire	Meteor Strike
Gadgets	Stasis Field
Ice	Impaling Ice
Light	Light Weight Strike
Mental	Horrific Visage
Munitions	Shrapnel Grenade Launcher
Nature	Serpent Call
Rage	Relentless Anger
Quantum	Anomaly
Sorcery	Karmic Suspension
Water	Drown

Power Set	Powers
Atomic	Atom-Powered Assault
Celestial	Anoint
Earth	Reinforce
Electricity	Wired
Fire	Fiery Weapon
Gadgets	Battle Display
Ice	Ice Bash
Light	Inspiration
Mental	Menace
Munitions	Killer Instincts
Nature	Carnage
Rage	Bloodlust
Quantum	Warped Reality
Sorcery	Weapon of Destiny
Water	Pressurize

Power	Power Set
Implosion Mine	Gadgets
Self-Destruct Signal	Gadgets
Suppressor Turret	Gadgets
Thermite Mine	Gadgets
Mass Hysteria	Mental
Hard Light Shield	Iconic
Neo Venom Boost	Iconic
Robot Sidekick	Iconic