Dark_Seraphim

My alkaloid heals for 188 at the moment, enough to keep my Evil Archangels (Grave Knights) alive most of the times, and enough to heal up a Fallen Angel (Zombie) when he has taken a beating. With 2 recharges in it it replenishes very fast.

Twilight grasp depends on 1) hitting the enemy 2) Enemy is present 3) you being right next to your minnions, where you DEFFINATLY don't want to be later on in levels :P

NB seems like a waste to me, -spd -recharge... dumb :P Wouldn't bother with that.

Yeah, the Heal in the Fallen Angels is...changeable, but when they have DE on, and that will happen trust me, they will heal for alot more (tested last night he healed for 79 on a hit) but that would come to at least 105 or so with 1 SO in it, so at times it would help. Another TO hit enhancement wouldn't really do much IMHO, so rather use a heal there, in case

Wait till you hit 24 You'll start having alot of fun with 2 Grave Knights! hehe

NOTE TO ALL!
This is a RP story for my character, not a reflection of my faith or a condecention of belivers! DO NOT get offended, I beg of you, and I'm sorry if someone gets offended by the content of this FICTION.
NOTE TO ALL!

Otherwise, enjoy the story of my character the Dark Seraphim, a Damned Angel. Any comments are appreciated

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”Holy Holy Holy is the Lord of Hosts” the Seraphim’s chanted at the throne of God. Rahiel looked over at Husiel, his face covered by his wings as opposed to, his feet wrapped with his other wings and hovering above the shining white marble floor with the last two. He turned his head to Orius, her song as intoxicating as the summer morning breeze over the mountains of Earth, her hair so bright and wonderful to gaze upon as humans would gaze upon a hoard of treasure, her movement was even more graceful than a pack of gazelles striding over the savannah, she was the epitome of beauty.
The music passed into the void, silence gathered in the throne room as the Seraphim’s ended their praise, for now. Rahiel unfolded his wings and descended down upon the floor, now he was to go and sit by the throne and await the new souls that were to enter Heaven. He drew his sword and placed it in front of him, raised his wings up two above his head, two out to the side and two wrapped his feet. Orius stood by his side as always as the first souls started to enter the hall.
One by one they were sorted into their respective places, but Rahiel didn’t think to look upon them, as he had seen them all before, they all looked the same, small, insignificant, almost puny.
A Cherub, Joili, stood up from besides the throne where they continue to praise God, she went over to Rahiel and spoke: “Rahiel, God wishes for you to gather a lost soul, it haven’t come as foretold”. Without hesitation Rahiel spread his wings and flew with great speed to the exit. Exiting the gates of God’s Hall, he saw the sun caressing the white marble buildings that covered the domain of Heaven, he saw the people wandering about as innocent sheep in God’s domain just waiting for the end of time, but they were happy.
He exited trough the gateway and appeared just a few hundred miles above Earth, what a beautiful sight, he stopped to gaze upon the wonder that God created many million years ago, had it really been that long? He knew it had been long since he had had the pleasure of gaining access to an assignment to Earth, but then again, God doesn’t listen to the humans anymore.
Rahiel located the problem, in Paragon City, a soul was being held back by some sort of contraption, he flew in to investigate. Entering the big city, he flew over a monument of some sort, a man carrying the Earth on his back, apparently a significant glorification of another person, another God? If so, that would be against God’s will, but did he even care anymore, all he did was take the souls in and let them regain some false image of being alive, alive… Rahiel didn’t feel alive, all but in two instances, when looking upon Orius and when gazing down upon Earth in all its glory, it should be his.
As he came closer, the immediate problem became obvious, the Circle of Thorns, again they try to manipulate the cosmos and change the fate of many, this could not happen, at least not to this soul, so was God’s command and it must be followed without questioning, just as the time where Rahiel was sent to destroy Babylon’s walls, no questions were asked, God’s way of playing games, God’s way of amusing himself, God’s selfish ways.
Standing only a few hundred yards from the site where the Guardians were conducting the ritual overseen by an Agony Mage, Rahiel could see the innocent soul being dragged from the body of a young woman to a red crystal that emanated from the ground. Rahiel flew next to the Agony Mage and materialized behind him; the Guardians stopped chanting and looked terrified up on the Agony Mage. He turned to Rahiel, Rahiel removed the wings before his eyes and spoke: “God has seen your demise, God has seen your pain, God will relive you from this world trough me, God is the will and God shall be obeyed” the Agony Mage responded: “You might destroy me, but I know what you are, I know what you want and what you keep deep inside of you, be sure of that”. Rahiel’s eyes filled, not with pity or resolution, but with hatred, never had he felt this feeling, never had he been so satisfied and content in his million years of existence, he raised his sword and struck down upon the Agony Mage, cleaving him in one mighty strike. Letting out a shout of anger he charged the Guardians who tried to flee before him, but all did they end up in the dust.
Rahiel moved to the crystal where the young woman’s soul had taken refuge, he put his hands on the shard and a feeling of resolve came flowing into his veins, his every being became stronger and filled with a passion for more, he had just absorbed the innocent soul.
Never could he return now, the Angels would hunt him down for his defiance towards God, this he knew, but he did not care anymore, he waited, for these Angels that God would send he could defeat, for he was the Dark Seraphim, he is the one to rule Earth. His only regret in this world, his only sorrow, his only pain, that haunts him every minute of every day is that he shall never look upon the glory of his Orius, his only care in this wretched time.
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Created this "new" build, I will apply it to my character once I do the second respec. ALTHOUGH, I'm NOT fond of the idea that I won't have any offensive capabilities but debuffs at all, and then again, the 25 damage (when I occationaly hit) or dot of 5x4 damage isn't really doing anything either way... SO, I've descided to listen to people and take debuffs

I know that the dark empowerment has 4 of the same SO, but rather than end reduction, the extra 3% takes it down to half recharge rate (90 rather than 180) so deffinatly worth it for that skill.

Could have put extra slots in envenom and weaken, but I didn't feel like it, maybe after level 40

I'm currently at level 32 and just got Dark Empowerment... !!

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Exported from Ver: 1.6.4.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name: Dark Seraphim 40
Level: 40
Archetype: Mastermind
Primary: Necromancy
Secondary: Poison
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01) --> Zombie Horde==> Dmg(1)Dmg(5)Dmg(5)Acc(7)Acc(9)Heal(11)
01) --> Alkaloid==> Heal(1)Heal(3)Heal(3)EndRdx(7)EndRdx(9)Rechg(11)
02) --> Envenom==> Acc(2)
04) --> Weaken==> Acc(4)
06) --> Enchant Undead==>
08) --> Hover==> Empty(8)
10) --> Swift==> Run(10)
12) --> Grave Knight==> Dmg(12)Dmg(13)Dmg(13)Acc(15)Acc(15)Heal(17)
14) --> Fly==> Fly(14)Fly(17)Fly(21)EndRdx(21)EndRdx(23)
16) --> Elixer of Life==> Rechg(16)
18) --> Soul Extraction==> Rechg(18)Rechg(19)Rechg(19)Hold(23)Acc(34)Acc(37)
20) --> Group Fly==> EndRdx(20)
22) --> Hurdle==> Jump(22)
24) --> Stamina==> EndRec(24)EndRec(25)EndRec(25)
26) --> Lich==> Dmg(26)Dmg(27)Dmg(27)Acc(29)Hold(31)Fear(31)
28) --> Paralytic Poison==> Hold(28)Hold(29)Hold(31)Rechg(33)Rechg(34)Range(34)
30) --> Recall Friend==> IntRdx(30)
32) --> Dark Empowerment==> Rechg(32)Rechg(33)Rechg(33)Rechg(40)
35) --> Poison Trap==> Sleep(35)Sleep(36)Sleep(36)Acc(36)Acc(37)EndDrn(37)
38) --> Noxious Gas==> Hold(38)Hold(39)Hold(39)Rechg(39)Rechg(40)Rechg(40)
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01) --> Sprint==> Run(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Supremacy==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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"AbM" (arrest by minions)

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ehm... my zombies cry "braaaiiins" my grave knights say "aggressive!" and have a huge sword and my lich goes "I'll bring swift destruction to $target" they do NOT arrest ANYONE.

My minions kill, might be you pansy heroes that waste time arresting, but as far as I go, I destroy my enemies (they are lying on the ground, not in handcuffs!)

Please...

Yeah, the thorns are a bi... to get tru

But.. there is a trick to it.. before you enter the last bit, have everyone but the leader log off, the leader then enters the mission and everyone else logs back on (give it a 2 min window or something) And boom, you will have VERY few thorns to deal with

That way you can get 8 people tru the respec, easy as pie

(( DID it with 8 people and let me tell you, 97 thorns is VERY hard to chop tru!! ))

I can host it for you if u like ?

Send it to me: darkseraphim@zachary.dk

And I'll upload it for our pleasure

When it's made, it's made, you can't remove it or regain the salvage used :P

Nor can you trade them!

The whole concept of bases are lacking ALOT and I DO hope that we will be seeing alot of patches doing things to bases and their function!

clicky not worky

Did you reduce the speed of the text a bit ? :P

And when will we see some more ??

My badge works perfectly hehe

please.... stop... the ... torture... stop it!

The more the merrier?

Difficulty don't increase if your 4 or 8 (cept for the last part with the thorns from the tree) and why on earth would you rule out the best class for the respec mish, the Mastermind ?? :P

Good luck! It's fixed and doable (did it last week)

yep, unfinished, like the other 75% of the base designer, it's lacking :P

And, at 35, INF gain will disapear when in SG mode totaly

So... at that point, you will NEED to be out of SG mode to earn INF.

Only thing, if your sure you were in SG mode, is that your missing some in thoes areas.

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense... I got 5 beacons... no problems there.

As I haven't reached 32 yet, I'm not fully sure how the slotting will end.

At 31, I have 3 damage 2 imob and 1 acc in it and that works fine

Thinking at 32 to get rid of one of the imob and maybe add a fear instead... but as I say, the lich is hard as he has SO many abilities

Good luck

Sorry, I misread :P The changes were PROJECTED :P hehe...

Your taking things WAY too far over the edge... if any changes are gonna be made, they wouldn't stretch that far!

Besides, they HAVE said that no more Power Pool changes was going to happen, and what you project in your Q&A, is just that. Major changes.... to the whole power pool, ripping out powers replacing them with others... not gonna happen

Again, sorry that i misunderstood, it was written very convincing hehe

Would you post a link to that Q&A you got that from ? I'd like to see it...

If they indeed go ahead and make such drastic changes (being reduced from 6 active pets to 3 and NO lich IS drastic) then I'm gonna have to start thinking about quitting....

Ehm, absorb damage? MM's is the most Squishy AT that you can find ! They don't absorb nothing!

PvP wise we suck, PvE wise it's one of the best characters to play! That is how it should be, and they will keep it that way... No nerf is iminent IMHO!

Actually, I find Group fly very usefull in many cases. Not for transporting minions over larger distances, but for catching flyers in missions, getting up from caves where the pet's can't find their way around, in many CoT or Tsoo missions it's needed.

So all in all a great skill, if used properly

CoV vs CoH, just as PvP

I'll get it up as soon as I can

Wouldn't make it easier for me I play on a laptop!

Using my two controls attack target / aggressive and follow / passive is enough for me I can quickly (as fast as they react anyways) out of combat.

Angels of Damnation
All your souls are belong to us!
link to the homepage

We strive to become a family, that togeather can combat good and bring evil to the world but still keep our individuality intact.

Contacts:

SG Leader:
Dark Seraphim - Once a Seraphim of Heaven, now spreading terror on earth with his Angels of Damnation

SG Evil Archangels:
Rafe Blackmane - A clone of a Hero in search of his "father"
Psycho Girl - A psycotic girl that has robots as pets that she claims has souls!
NoFace - A huge monstrosity born from shadows and raised by daemons!

Members: (24/11-05)
About 30

Base: (24/11-05)
Functional Tech workshop with Basic and Advanced table, Mission Super Computer up and running, Teleporters standing by only need about 60k to get the room.

Contact any of us in-game for a little chat or an invite... or both

Note that we like to RP ! So don't be scared, and if your new to the whole RP thing, we are very good at helping out

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Actually, my pets seem to kill mobs fast enough, the damage I get isn't too bad considering my heal and if I loose some I just resummon. I admit, sometimes a debuff or two would be nice, but with Paralytic Poison at 28, it kinda evens things out... trust me...

I hate debuffs in general, as I have problems seeing their actuall effect! So I skip thoes, appart from the poison trap and the AoE pet disease, much better

So all in all, it's not suicide, it's just a different way to play

Also, I've started to think about not getting the Tactics... but that might change once post 40 comes online

Ohh, and I just hit 30 and my build has changed alot since I made this :P

Necromantic / Poison here

I just hit 30 and going strong.

(This is without regard to what the type is I'm fighting, it differs from Council to the Lost, generaly
I can solo level 32 bosses with ease, oranges I take on 3 or 4 at a time with little loss, yellows prove no difficulty even in larger packs as 5 or 6, whites I pummel so easy that I can even take a nap while doing it.

This is what I find:
Lich - Great croud control and damage
Grave Knight - Awesome melee capabilities, limited range
Zombies - Bit of both, and good at getting into melee by them selves, basicaly a meat shield :P (no pun intended)

I don't use advanced controls, don't think I have room for so many controls in my bars, and I DO find it annoying to have my Grave Knights stand around for ages fireing gloom and dark blast at the enemy, when they can go into melee and deal over 100 damage in 2 hits... but then I simply press their command button, quickly press G and send them into the fray

I've heard many say that having pets on Aggressive is stupid, but I find it VERY usefull... When pets kill a target, they immediatly target a new one, the time spent for looking for a new target (or even lagging around) without having one, will be wasted. So I say AGGRESSIVE all the way

Mastermind might just be the most fun and powerful PvE character I have ever played... PvP...well... that is another thing :P