Crowd Control Terminology - Some Help Please...

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Hello, can someone please explain to me the differences between the various crowd control effects such as hold, fear, sleep, stun and confuse? Do some of these effects break upon taking damage?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

[Archived Post]

Hello, can someone please explain to me the differences between the various crowd control effects such as hold, fear, sleep, stun and confuse? Do some of these effects break upon taking damage?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

Hopefully someone will fill in the blanks, but holds make the target completely incapacitated; fear lowers damage done (I think it is supposed to do more like a periodic hold maybe, but I personally haven't seen anything); sleep is a (long?) hold that breaks on damage; confuse makes the character act randomly or attack other people; and I think stun is a quick interrupt? (haven't had any powers that stun).

Then there are roots also which hold the person in place (can't move) but can still use attacks.

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From what I've experienced with Confuse it seems more like a Charm effect. The caster goes invisible for the duration and you can't target or attack them. I don't know if this was actually Confuse or was a different effect only NPC's can apply, someone else will have to confirm/clarify.