Dark Blast (Power Set)

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
	Dark Blast	1	Ranged, Minor Damage (Negative), Foe -ACC
	Gloom	1	Ranged, Moderate DoT (Negative), Foe -ACC
	Moonbeam	2	Sniper, Extreme Damage(Negative), Foe -ACC
	Dark Pit	6	Ranged, AoE, Foe Disorient
	Tenebrous Tentacles	8	Ranged (Cone), Minor DoT(Negative), Foe Immobilize, -ACC
	Night Fall	12	Ranged (Cone), Moderate DoT(Negative), Foe -ACC
	Torrent	18	Ranged (Cone), Minor Damage (Negative), Foe Knockback
	Life Drain	26	Ranged, Minor Damage (Negative), Self Heal, Foe -ACC
	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
	Dark Blast	1	Ranged, Minor Damage (Negative), Foe -ACC
	Gloom	2	Ranged, Moderate DoT (Negative), Foe -ACC
	Moonbeam	4	Sniper, Extreme Damage(Negative), Foe -ACC
	Dark Pit	10	Ranged, AoE, Foe Disorient
	Tenebrous Tentacles	16	Ranged (Cone), Minor DoT(Negative), Foe Immobilize, -ACC
	Night Fall	20	Ranged (Cone), Moderate DoT(Negative), Foe -ACC
	Torrent	28	Ranged (Cone), Minor Damage (Negative), Foe Knockback
	Life Drain	35	Ranged, Minor Damage (Negative), Self Heal, Foe -ACC
	Blackstar	38	PBAoE, Extreme Damage(Negative), Self -Recovery Foe -ACC

Powers

The following are powers in the Dark Blast powerset.

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	32 (Corruptor)
	38 (Defender)
Effects	PBAoE
Effects	Foe -ACC
Effects	Self -Recovery
Enhancements

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	1 (Corruptor)
	2 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged
Effects	Foe -ACC
Enhancements

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
Effects	Area of Effect
Effects	Foe Disorient
Enhancements

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	1 (Corruptor)
	1 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged
Effects	Foe -ACC
Enhancements

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	26 (Corruptor)
	35 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged
Effects	Foe -ACC
Effects	Self Heal
Enhancements

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	2 (Corruptor)
	4 (Defender)
Effects	Sniper
Effects	Foe -ACC
Enhancements

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	12 (Corruptor)
	20 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
Effects	Foe -ACC
Enhancements

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	8 (Corruptor)
	16 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
Effects	Foe -ACC
Effects	Foe Immobilize
Enhancements

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	18 (Corruptor)
	28 (Defender)
Effects	Ranged (Cone)
Effects	Foe Knockback
Enhancements

External Links

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