When an adjacent friendly character makes a close combat attack, this character modifies that adjacent friendly character’s damage value by +1.
•04-23-2013 Article: Obviously anyone with Flurry or the Duo Attack or Multiattack abilities will love Empower as the damage boost isn’t limited to once per turn. The duration of the bonus is limited to the attack, though, so you can’t ”save” the bonus from the first attack and try to stack it for the second attack. Speaking of stacking, though, Empower can be used at the same time as many other power (like Super Strength, Close Combat Expert, or even with another Empower character) to modify the damage value for even greater impact.•04-23-2013 Article: It is worth keeping in mind that a locked damage value can’t be further modified, so Empower will have no effect when the attacker uses Blades/Claws/Fangs or Quake. And lastly, Steal Energy works any time the character deals damage to an opposing character with a close combat attack, so Empower will only make Steal Energy more effective!Read more: http://heroclix.com/heroclix/a-whole-new-world-invincible-and-empower/#ixzz2RIRXBQAt