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Dark Blast (Power Set)

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Overview

Dark Blast summons the powers of the Netherworld to defeat your foes. The draining effects of most of these powers can reduce your targets' Accuracy.

Dark Blast is one of the powersets. It is a Corruptor primary power set and a Defender secondary power set in City of Heroes.

Power Tables

Corruptor

The Dark Blast powerset is available as a primary set for Corruptors. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

Power Level Effect
DarkCast DarkBlast.png Dark Blast 1 Ranged, Minor Damage (Negative), Foe -ACC
DarkCast SoulDrain.png Gloom 1 Ranged, Moderate DoT (Negative), Foe -ACC
DarkCast Moonbeam.png Moonbeam 2 Sniper, Extreme Damage(Negative), Foe -ACC
DarkCast DarkPit.png Dark Pit 6 Ranged, AoE, Foe Disorient
DarkCast TenebrousTentacles.png Tenebrous Tentacles 8 Ranged (Cone), Minor DoT(Negative), Foe Immobilize, -ACC
DarkCast NightFall.png Night Fall 12 Ranged (Cone), Moderate DoT(Negative), Foe -ACC
DarkCast Torrent.png Torrent 18 Ranged (Cone), Minor Damage (Negative), Foe Knockback
DarkCast LifeDrain.png Life Drain 26 Ranged, Minor Damage (Negative), Self Heal, Foe -ACC
DarkCast Blackstar.png Blackstar 32 PBAoE, Extreme Damage(Negative), Self -Recovery Foe -ACC

Defender

The Dark Blast powerset is available as a secondary set for Defenders. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

Power Level Effect
DarkCast DarkBlast.png Dark Blast 1 Ranged, Minor Damage (Negative), Foe -ACC
DarkCast SoulDrain.png Gloom 2 Ranged, Moderate DoT (Negative), Foe -ACC
DarkCast Moonbeam.png Moonbeam 4 Sniper, Extreme Damage(Negative), Foe -ACC
DarkCast DarkPit.png Dark Pit 10 Ranged, AoE, Foe Disorient
DarkCast TenebrousTentacles.png Tenebrous Tentacles 16 Ranged (Cone), Minor DoT(Negative), Foe Immobilize, -ACC
DarkCast NightFall.png Night Fall 20 Ranged (Cone), Moderate DoT(Negative), Foe -ACC
DarkCast Torrent.png Torrent 28 Ranged (Cone), Minor Damage (Negative), Foe Knockback
DarkCast LifeDrain.png Life Drain 35 Ranged, Minor Damage (Negative), Self Heal, Foe -ACC
DarkCast Blackstar.png Blackstar 38 PBAoE, Extreme Damage(Negative), Self -Recovery Foe -ACC

Powers

The following are powers in the Dark Blast powerset.

DarkCast Blackstar.png Blackstar

You can unleash a devastating blast of Negative Energy around yourself, dealing masive damage and severly reducing affected foes' Accuracy. This power leaves you drained of Endurance and unable to recover Endurance for a while.

Damage Extreme Damage (Negative)
Recharge Very Long
Minimum Level V archetypeicon corruptor.png 32 (Corruptor)
Archetypeicon defender.png 38 (Defender)
Effects PBAoE
Effects Foe -ACC
Effects Self -Recovery
Enhancements

DarkCast DarkBlast.png Dark Blast

A long range blast of dark energy. Deals moderate Negative Energy damage and reduces a target's Accuracy.

Damage Moderate Damage (Negative)
Recharge Fast
Minimum Level V archetypeicon corruptor.png 1 (Corruptor)
Archetypeicon defender.png 2 (Defender)
Effects Ranged
Effects Foe -ACC
Enhancements

DarkCast DarkPit.png Dark Pit

Envelops a targeted foe and any nearby enemies in a pit of Negative Energy. The attack deals no damage, but Disorients all affected foes for a good while.

Recharge Slow
Minimum Level V archetypeicon corruptor.png 6 (Corruptor)
Archetypeicon defender.png 10 (Defender)
Effects Ranged
Effects Area of Effect
Effects Foe Disorient
Enhancements

DarkCast SoulDrain.png Gloom

Gloom slowly drains a target of life, while reducing his Accuracy. Slower than Dark Blast, but deals more damage over time.

Damage High damage over time (Negative)
Recharge Moderate
Minimum Level V archetypeicon corruptor.png 1 (Corruptor)
Archetypeicon defender.png 1 (Defender)
Effects Ranged
Effects Foe -ACC
Enhancements

DarkCast LifeDrain.png Life Drain

You can tap the power of the Netherworld to steal some life from a target foe and reduce his Accuracy. Some of that stolen life is transferred to you in the form of Hit Points.

Damage Moderate Damage (Negative)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level V archetypeicon corruptor.png 26 (Corruptor)
Archetypeicon defender.png 35 (Defender)
Effects Ranged
Effects Foe -ACC
Effects Self Heal
Enhancements

DarkCast Moonbeam.png Moonbeam

An extremely long range and accurate beam of Negative Energy that deals tremendous damage and reduces the target's Accuracy. This is a sniper attack, and like most sniper attacks, is best fired from a distance as it can be interrupted.

Damage Extreme Damage (Negative)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level V archetypeicon corruptor.png 2 (Corruptor)
Archetypeicon defender.png 4 (Defender)
Effects Sniper
Effects Foe -ACC
Enhancements

DarkCast NightFall.png Night Fall

Unleashes a cone shaped burst of particles from the Netherworld. All targets within the modest range of this power take Negative Energy damage and have reduced Accuracy.

Damage Moderate damage over time (Negative)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level V archetypeicon corruptor.png 12 (Corruptor)
Archetypeicon defender.png 20 (Defender)
Effects Ranged (Cone)
Effects Foe -ACC
Enhancements

DarkCast TenebrousTentacles.png Tenebrous Tentacles

You can create a cone shaped rift to the Netherworld that allows its native creatures to slip their oily Tentacles into our reality. These creatures will snare all foes within range, Immobilizing them while the Tentacles drain their life and reduce their Accuracy.

Damage Moderate damage over time (Negative)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level V archetypeicon corruptor.png 8 (Corruptor)
Archetypeicon defender.png 16 (Defender)
Effects Ranged (Cone)
Effects Foe -ACC
Effects Foe Immobilize
Enhancements

DarkCast Torrent.png Torrent

You summon a wave of mire that sweeps away foes within its arc. The attack deals minimal Negative Energy damage, but sends foes flying and reduces their Accuracy.

Damage Minor Damage (Negative)
Recharge Slow
Minimum Level V archetypeicon corruptor.png 18 (Corruptor)
Archetypeicon defender.png 28 (Defender)
Effects Ranged (Cone)
Effects Foe Knockback
Enhancements


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