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An Empowerment is a type of ability that increases an agent's power or stats.

Summary[]

An empowerment upgrades an agent in some way. This can include increasing an agent's stats or giving them more powerful utility, such as new weapons. Most empowerment tools only buff the agent that casts the ability, though some are able to empower allies.

General Empowerment abilities[]

Brimstone icon Brimstone:

Stim Beacon
C(PC) • L1(PS5) • Xbox LB button (Xbox X/S)
Stim Beacon

INSTANTLY toss down a stim beacon. Upon landing, it creates a field that grants players a Combat Stim and a Speed Boost.

Uses: 1 Uses 1 Cost:Credits icon 200 Duration: Duration 12 s Buff: Buff +10% Equip speed, +10% Fire rate, +10% Reload speed, +10% Recovery speed, +10% speed boost

Clove icon Clove:

Pick-me-up
C(PC) • L1(PS5) • Xbox LB button (Xbox X/S)
Pick-me-up

ACTIVATE to absorb the life force of a fallen enemy that Clove damaged or killed, gaining haste and temporary health.

Uses: 1 Uses 1 Cost:Credits icon 200 Windup: Windup 0.7 s Duration: Duration 10 s Buff: Buff +15% speed boost, 50 Overheal HP max

Iso icon Iso:

Double Tap
E(PC) • (PS5) • Xbox B button (Xbox X/S)
Double Tap

INSTANTLY start channeling your focus. Once focused: gain a shield which absorbs one instance of damage from any source, reload more quickly, and enter a flow state during which downed enemies you kill or damage spawn an energy orb. Shooting this orb refreshes your flow state and your existing shield, or grants another.

Uses: 1 Uses 1 Cost:Free Windup: Windup 1 s Duration: Duration 12 s Buff: Buff +25% Reload speed

KAYO icon KAY/O:

NULL/cmd
X(PC) • L1+ R1(PS5) • Xbox LB button + Xbox RB button (Xbox X/S)
NULL-cmd

INSTANTLY Overload with polarized radianite energy that pulses from KAY/O in a massive radius. Enemies hit with pulses are Suppressed for a short duration. While overloaded, KAY/O gains Combat Stim and can be re-stabilized if downed.

Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8 points Windup: Windup Stabilization: 1.5 s, Revive: 1.55 s Duration: Duration Overload: 12 s, Downed: 15 s Health: Health 850 HP (Downed) Buff: Buff +10% Equip speed, +10% Fire rate, +10% Reload speed, +10% Recovery speed Debuff: Debuff 4 s Suppression per pulse

Reyna icon Reyna:

Empress
X(PC) • L1+ R1(PS5) • Xbox LB button + Xbox RB button (Xbox X/S)
Empress

INSTANTLY enter a frenzy, gaining a Combat Stim that increases firing, equip and reload speed dramatically. Gain infinite charges of Soul Harvest abilities.

Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦ 6 points Buff: Buff +10% Equip speed, +10% Fire rate, +10% Reload speed, +10% Recovery speed

Veto icon Veto:

Evolution
X(PC) • L1+ R1(PS5) • Xbox LB button + Xbox RB button (Xbox X/S)
Evolution

Veto icon Evolution INSTANTLY begin to fully mutate, gaining a combat stim, regeneration, and becoming IMMUNE to all forms of debuffs.

Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 7 points Windup: Windup 1 s Healing: Healing 40 HP/s Buff: Buff +10% Equip speed, +10% Fire rate, +10% Reload speed, +10% Recovery speed

Weapon Equip[]

Weapon equips are empowerment tools that give the agent a new weapon to use. These are powerful upgrades over standard weapons and as such are usually granted by Ultimates only. These upgrades can be temporary or permanent. Nearby enemies cannot hear when you equip most of these weapons, with the exception of Raze's Showstopper Showstopper.

Chamber icon Chamber:

Headhunter
Q(PC) • R1(PS5) • Xbox RB button (Xbox X/S)
Headhunter

ACTIVATE to equip a heavy pistol. ALT FIRE with the pistol equipped to aim down sights.

Ammo: Ammo 8 bullets max. Cost:Credits icon 100 per bullet Damage: Damage 159 Head, 55 Body, 46 Legs

Tour De Force
X(PC) • L1+ R1(PS5) • Xbox LB button + Xbox RB button (Xbox X/S)
Tour De Force

ACTIVATE to summon a powerful, custom sniper rifle that will kill an enemy with any direct hit to the upper body. ALT FIRE to aim down sights. Killing an enemy creates a lingering field that Slows players caught inside of it.

Ult Points:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8 Ammo: Ammo 5 Windup: Windup 2.3 s Damage: Damage 255 Head, 150 Body, 127 Legs Debuff: Debuff 4 s 50% Slow

Jett icon Jett:

Blade Storm
X(PC) • L1+ R1(PS5) • Xbox LB button + Xbox RB button (Xbox X/S)
Blade Storm

EQUIP a set of highly accurate throwing knives. FIRE to throw a single knife and recharge knives on a kill. ALT FIRE to throw all remaining daggers but does not recharge on a kill.

Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8 points Damage: Damage 150 Head, 50 Body, 42 Legs

Neon icon Neon:

Overdrive
X(PC) • L1+ R1(PS5) • Xbox LB button + Xbox RB button (Xbox X/S)
Overdrive

Unleash Neon's full power and speed for a short duration, regaining all her fuel and a slide charge. FIRE to channel the power into a deadly lightning beam with high movement accuracy.

Ult Points:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8 Duration: Duration 20 s min. Damage: Damage 54-30 Head, 18-10 Body, 15-8 Legs (with falloff))

Raze icon Raze:

Showstopper
X(PC) • L1+ R1(PS5) • Xbox LB button + Xbox RB button (Xbox X/S)
Showstopper

EQUIP a rocket launcher. FIRE to shoot a rocket that does massive area damage on contact with anything.

Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8 points Windup: Windup 1.4 s Duration: Duration 10 s Damage: Damage 30-150 (Min. outer radius-Inner radius)

Sova icon Sova:

Hunter's Fury
X(PC) • L1+ R1(PS5) • Xbox LB button + Xbox RB button (Xbox X/S)
Hunter's Fury

EQUIP a bow with three long-range, wall-piercing energy blasts. FIRE to release an energy blast in a line in front of Sova, dealing damage and Revealing the location of enemies caught in the line. This ability can be RE-USED up to two more times while the ability timer is active.

Cost:♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 8 points Duration: Duration 6 s Damage: Damage 80 Debuff: Debuff 1 s real-time Reveal