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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' chance to hit.

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

The Dark Blast (Power Set) powerset is available as a primary set for Corruptors, or as a secondary set for Defenders. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level as Primary	Level as Secondary	Effect
	Dark Blast	1	1	Ranged, Moderate DMG(Negative), Foe -To-Hit
	Gloom	1	2	Ranged, High DoT(Negative), Foe -To-Hit
	Moonbeam	2	4	Sniper, Extreme DMG(Negative), Foe -To-Hit
	Dark Pit	6	10	Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe Disorient
	Tenebrous Tentacles	8	16	Ranged (Cone), Minor DoT(Negative), Foe Immobilize, -To-Hit
	Night Fall	12	20	Ranged (Cone), Moderate DoT(Negative), Foe -To-Hit
	Torrent	18	28	Ranged (Cone), Minor DMG(Negative), Foe Knockback
	Life Drain	26	35	Ranged, Minor DMG(Negative), Foe -To-Hit, Self Heal
	Blackstar	32	38	PBAoE, Extreme DMG(Negative), Foe -To-Hit, Self -Recovery

Powers

The following are powers in the Dark Blast powerset.

Blackstar

You can unleash a devastating blast of negative energy around yourself, dealing massive damage and severely reducing affected foes' chance to hit. This power leaves you drained of endurance and unable to recover endurance for a while.

Damage	Extreme (Negative)
Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	32 (Corruptor)
	38 (Defender)
Effects	Point Blank Area of Effect
	Foe -To-Hit
	Self -Recovery
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff

Dark Blast

A long range blast of dark energy. Deals moderate negative energy damage and reduces a target's chance to hit.

Damage	Moderate (Negative)
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	1 (Corruptor)
	2 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe -To-Hit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff

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	6 (Corruptor)
	10 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect)
	Foe Disorient
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Disorient Duration
Set Categories	Stuns

Gloom

Gloom slowly drains a target of life, while reducing his chance to hit. Slower than dark blast, but deals more damage over time.

Damage	High Damage over Time(Negative)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	1 (Corruptor)
	1 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe -To-Hit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff

Life Drain

You can tap the power of the netherworld to steal some life from a target foe and reduce his chance to hit. Some of that stolen life is transferred to you in the form of hit points.

Damage	Moderate (Negative)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	26 (Corruptor)
	35 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe -To-Hit
	Self Heal
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Heal
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Healing/Absorb
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate Healing
	Accurate ToHit Debuff

Moonbeam

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

Damage	Extreme (Negative)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	2 (Corruptor)
	4 (Defender)
Effects	Sniper
	Foe -To-Hit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Reduce Interrupt Time
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Sniper Attacks
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff

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 chance to hit.

Damage	Moderate Damage over Time(Negative)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	12 (Corruptor)
	20 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
	Foe -To-Hit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff

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 chance to hit.

Damage	Moderate Damage over Time(Negative)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	8 (Corruptor)
	16 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
	Foe Immobilize, -To-Hit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Immobilization Duration
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	Immobilize
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff

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 chance to hit.

Damage	Minor (Negative)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	18 (Corruptor)
	28 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
	Foe Knockback
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
Set Categories	Knockback
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff

External Links

• Dark Blast (Power Set) for Corruptors at Titan Network's RedTomax
• Dark Blast (Power Set) for Defenders at Titan Network's RedTomax