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New Updated Kinetics Guide 2.0 with updated numbers for Transference and Transfusion. Changes from the previous guide are marked with a * and listed at the bottom.

All effect's number effects are BASE UNENHANCED numbers. This should let you accurately figure your effect from these powers after applying enhancements.

Remember, controller effects are only 75-80% as effective as the base effect numbers listed in the thread.

Kinetics - The Defender's Guide v2.0
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Transfusion (Level 1) - Transfusion is a AE heal power that is centered around the target. The area is fairly large and extends slightly beyond the visible effect. Transfusion has one of the fastest activation times and recharges of all the AE heals. This is to compensate for the to-hit roll and target-centered nature of the power. Get this power.

Stats:
Healing effect: The base healing number for Transfusion is 17. Add +3 per level from 1-10. +4 per level from 11-20. +5 per level from 21-30. +6 per level from 31-40.
Endurance Debuff: The target of this power will lose 20pts* of endurance. This effect will vary depending upon the relative level of the mob compared to yours.
Endurance Cost: 7.5
Activation: 1s
Recharge: 8s
Range: 60
Base Accuracy: 90%
Duration: Instant
Enhancers Available: +ACC, +END Drain, -END, +Heal, +Range, -Rec

Siphon Power (Level 1) - Siphon Power is a combination damage debuff/buff. It is a single target power and after landing a successful hit will provide a AE damage buff to all those around the user. The AE portion of this power covers a decent area and takes some practice to get it to affect the most teammates possible. Siphon Power is one of the great staples of the Kinetics set and I highly recommend learning how to use both the buff and debuff portion of this power to maximum effect. Get this power.

Stats:
Damage Buff: The buff of Siphon Power is an even 20% to the base damage of an attack power. Other than time limitations and the maximum cap on a damage power there is no stacking limit to the amount of times this buff can be applied to a hero. This buff also stacks with the buff from Fulcrum Shift.
Damage Debuff: The debuff portion of siphon power is a 25% reduction in damage. This can be stacked on a target multiple times and the maximum debuff to a target's damage dealing potential is 90%.
Endurance Cost: 15
Activation: 2s
Recharge: 20s
Range: 80
Base Accuracy: 75%
Duration: 30s
Enhancers Available: +ACC, -END, +Range, -REC

Repel (Level 2) - Repel is a personal force field that will automatically knockback any enemy that touches its area of effect. Repel has use as both a personal/team protection power and as a lockdown power against dangerous enemies. This is one of those odd powers. I have used it before and found it effective for 'bowling' enemies. Back someone into a corner and they stay off their feet. But it IS a big drain on endurance.

Stats:
Knockdown Buff: The field is slightly larger than melee range and therefore is good, although not complete, protection from melee damage. The power has a continous endurance cost and will also use a small amount of extra endurance each time the field knocks an enemeny down. Note that enemies resistant or immune to knockback will ignore Repel.*
Endurance Cost: 1.5 per pulse
Activation: 1s
Recharge: 20s
Range: Melee
Base Accuracy: n/a
Duration: Toggle
Enhancers Available: -END, +Knockback, -REC

Siphon Speed (Level 6) - Siphon Speed is a combination speed debuff/buff. Like most kinetics powers it requires a successful hit against an enemy target and then provides the user with a boost to his speed. This power has great use as both a travel power and a excellent long duration snare. This power combined with Inertial Reduction can eliminate the need for a Kineticist to take a pool travel power. A useful power IMO, not mandatory, but effective at slowing a single target while boosting your own speed. It will enhance all movement from running to flight.

Stats:
Speed Buff: Siphon Speed provides a movement speed buff that applies to all movement powers, except Teleportation. This will increase ground movement to a speed slightly faster than base Super Speed.
Speed Debuff: Siphon Speed debuffs the target's movement speed considerably. Speed can only be reduced to a minimum of 10% of the creature's top speed.
Endurance Cost: 11.5
Activation: 5s
Recharge: 60s
Range: 80
Base Accuracy: 75%
Duration: 60s
Enhancers Available: +ACC, -END, +Range, -REC, +Run

Increase Density (Level 8) - Increase Density is a ally targetted buff to damage resistance and protection from effects. This is the first of kinetic's two ally targetted buffs. It provides decent protection as a resistance power, but where it really shines is as a means to remove and protect from ill effects from mobs such as ink men and abberants. Increase Density has a slight disadvantage in that it slows the movement speed of the target slightly. Many suggest waiting until late in your career to take ID, around level 20 when mobs that use effects become more prominent. Personally I recommend taking this power shortly after it becomes available as it will trivialize clockworks, a very common enemy until you reach 20. Personally I would take it after Siphon Speed to offset the slow effect, but then I don't plan on getting a normal travel power at 14.

Stats:
Resistance Buff: Increase Density provides a base of 25% resistance against Smashing and Energy damage. Note that a character's damage resistance cannot exceed 90%.
Effects Buff: Increase Density provides a strong buff against Disorient, Hold, and Immobilization effects. It also frees the target from these effects if they are active when hit with this power.
Speed Debuff: Increase Density debuffs the target's movement slightly.
Endurance Cost: 12
Activation: 2s
Recharge: 3s
Range: 70
Base Accuracy: n/a
Duration: 60s
Enhancers Available: -END, +Range, -REC, +RES

Speed Boost (Level 12) - Speed Boost is the second ally targetted buff in the kinetics line. This power has several beneficial effects which include an increase in movement speed, an increase in endurance recharge, and a reduction to power recharge rates. This power is one of the staples of the kinetics line and is your first "high demand" grouping power. Take this power as soon as it becomes available. Get this power.

Stats:
Speed Buff: Speed Boost increases the target's movement speed to all movement powers, except teleportation, by a significant amount. The ground speed is slightly less than base Super Speed.
Endurance Buff: Speed Boost will improve the target's endurance regeneration by a base of 30%. For Reference the base end regeneration rate is 1.66 end/sec.
Recharge Buff: Speed Boost provides a 30% reduction to the recharge time of the target's powers. Recharge reduction uses the X/(1+Y) formula, where X is base recharge and Y is the total amount of reduction expressed as a decimal.*
Endurance Cost: 11
Activation: 1s
Recharge: 2s
Range: 50
Base Accuracy: n/a
Duration: 120s
Enhancers Available: -END, +END Recovery, +Range, -REC, +Run

Inertial Reduction (Level 18) - Inertial Reduction is a AE movement power. It will provide all characters within the AE at the time of casting with the Super Jump power. This is a great personal travel power and can be very useful to your group as IR is faster than Flight and able to clear obstacles better than Super Speed. Unlike actual Super Jump, IR takes no endurance to use after the initial cost. Get this power if you plan on not getting the usual travel power. Plus you can show people how much fun Super Jump is... right Pacey?

Stats:
Leaping Buff: IR grants all affected by it with the equivalent of the Super Jump power. All other leaping powers will stack with IR, but the effect is not highly noticable with SJ as you will hit the movement cap.*
Endurance Cost: 34
Activation: 2s
Recharge: 60s
Range: PBAoE
Base Accuracy: n/a
Duration: 60s
Enhancers Available: -END, +Jump, -REC

Transference (Level 26) - Transference is a targetable endurance drain/endurance heal much like transfusion. Like transfusion this power is centered around the target and has to hit the target in order to function. This power is one of the most powerful abilities in the Kinetics line and combined with Fulcrum Shift give Kinetics probably the best top of the line powers of any defender set. If you can survive from 20 to 26 without taking Stamina, this power will alleviate any endurance problems you might have had otherwise. Get this power.

Stats:
Endurance Buff: All allies around the target will instantly receive a base of 40pts* of endurance when this power goes off.
Endurance Debuff: The target of this power will lose around 50pts of endurance. This effect scales with the relative level of the mob to the user.*
Endurance Cost: 4
Activation: 3s
Recharge: 30s
Range: 60
Base Accuracy: 90%
Duration: Instant
Enhancers Available: +ACC, -END, +END Drain, +END Recovery, +Range, -REC

Fulcrum Shift (Level 32) - Fulcrum Shift is the crowning power of Kinetics and delivers upon its' promise of "dramatically turning the tide of any battle". This power acts as a mass Siphon Power. The target of this power and enemies within the AE get hit with a Damage Debuff. In return you, all allies in the Area of Effect and all allies within an Area around you receive one Damage Buff per enemy affected by Fulcrum Shift. Just a small cluster of enemies can easily add 100% damage to your whole group and if you hit the right clusters its possible to stack icons from one side of the screen to the other. This power's effect also stacks with those of Siphon Power. This power can easily make every member of your team hit the +damage cap for their powers. Get this power.

Stats:
Damage Buff: Fulcrum Shift provides one +20% damage buff per enemy affected by this power.
Damage Debuff: Each target affected by Fulcrum Shift suffers a 25% reduction in his damage dealing. The target's damage cannot be reduced to less than 10% of his original damage.
Endurance Cost: 22.5
Activation: 2s
Recharge: 60s
Range: 60
Base Accuracy: 65%
Duration: 30s
Enhancers Available: +ACC, -END, +Range, -REC

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*Changes from v1.0 to v2.0

-- Corrected a few spelling errors.

-- Transfusion: Changed the section on Endurance drained from 25pts to 20pts. Added note about end drain scaling with mob level.

-- Repel: Changed the implication that Repel provided complete protection from melee. Reformatted section to match the rest of the guide.

-- Speed Boost: Added a short explanation of recharge reduction.

-- Inertial Reduction: Moved some part of the description to a section on Leaping Buff. Added information about stacking with other leaping powers.

-- Transference: Upped the endurance gained base from 30 to 40 and upped the endurance drained from 30 to 50, this reflects more extensive testing of the power. Also added note about end drain scaling with mob level.

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There it is, the new updated Kinetics - A Defender's Guide. Please feel free to comment and peruse. As always I will update this guide as more information becomes available.

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Boxing: Dmg=10(9.65), Cost=5, Act=1, Rchg=3
Kick: Dmg=12(11.72), Cost=5.5, Act=2, Rchg=3
Jump Kick: Dmg=12 or 13(?)*, Cost=6.5, Act=3, Rchg=3
Air Superiority: Dmg=13(12.7), Cost=7.5, Act=2, Rchg=4
Flurry: Dmg=16(13.76)/2x8(1.72x8), Cost=6.5, Act=3, Rchg=3

Secondary effects:

Boxing: Disorient (very rare)
Kick: Knockback (rare)
Jump Kick: Knockback (common)
Air Superiority: Knockdown (very common)
Flurry: Disorient (very rare)

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