Dark Miasma/Electrical Blast Guide

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(2) After ED, I found that Short Circuit was not very effective. You need more than one End Drain power to make End Drain an effective tool. I found that Short Circuit was very good at gathering aggro focused on my squishy behind, and that was about it. It also requires going into melee, while my Dark/Elec is mainly a ranged Defender.

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agreed. Respec'd out of it awhile ago. damage was... meh and the end drain stinks. I went with a controller type build for my dark/ele and have been very happy, but I am very team dependant.

Pardon me sir - but were you aware that Tarpatch also debuffs critter resistance by 20% or so (not sure of exact#)? I have never seen a Dark Defender who did not take Tar, slot it for recharge and use it whenever its up. You are selling your defender short - solo or team- by not using it to slow mobs and increase damage output.


Boogie

Quick question.

Why did you put 4 recharges in Dark Servant when the base duration is 240 seconds, and the power recharges in 240 seconds?

Wouldn't you get alot more use out of the build by slotting something else like ToHit or Heals?

Just thought I would ask because I found that kind of....odd.

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Quick question.

Why did you put 4 recharges in Dark Servant when the base duration is 240 seconds, and the power recharges in 240 seconds?

Wouldn't you get alot more use out of the build by slotting something else like ToHit or Heals?

Just thought I would ask because I found that kind of....odd.

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Are you responding to Jaguar Stryker? Look at how old his post is. He was an SG member of mine and doesn't play anymore, so he can't answer you.

Edit:Also, this is a really old guide. It predates the 1 Pet rule. Before I5 with many recharges you could have 2-3 Dark Servants out at all times.

Those were the days. The AV and Giant Monster soloing, insane days.

No I was replying to Street Angel.

I didn't look at the date of the guide, I just read the descrip of DS and saw that it was odd.

Even with the pre-pet change for Controllers it was utterly useless to slot more than 3 because all pets including Defenders would recharge with enough time to recycle using only 2.

I used to slot 2 recharges in my Grav/Storm and Ill/Kin and could have 3 out at all times, so 4 just seems like overkill to me is all.

I think I am going to take a stab at guide writing, I have a level 38 Dark/Elec and this guide is WAY out of date, and I think it's just confusing people....

Wow, I had just made a dark/elec a few days ago!

It's a fun combo, but I was bummed to discover that Darkest Night doesn't debuff defense, unlike Radiation Infection. Still, I feel like a tank, standing in the middle of a big spawn, with nothing hitting me

I just wish Elec had one more fast-cycling single target attack. But Charged Bolts, with three recharges, should be up almost all the time.

And I had never even considered the Sithiness of the combo... that's all new levels of fun! Is there such a thing as a fallen Sith, that turns good?

That's what mine is supposed to be. I have absolutely no idea if it's 'canon' but a friend and I wanted to make Jedi's afer the last... third... whatever... movie came out, he made a grav/kin, and I considered various scrappers, and such, but had always wanted to try a Dark defender, so....

He abandoned his controller fairly early on, but he too now has a Dark/Elec.

Darth Vader kinda repented way at the end, so I guess it can happen.

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(2) After ED, I found that Short Circuit was not very effective. You need more than one End Drain power to make End Drain an effective tool. I found that Short Circuit was very good at gathering aggro focused on my squishy behind, and that was about it. It also requires going into melee, while my Dark/Elec is mainly a ranged Defender.

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agreed. Respec'd out of it awhile ago. damage was... meh and the end drain stinks. I went with a controller type build for my dark/ele and have been very happy, but I am very team dependant.

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I have heard that ED and a post-ED patch really gutted Short Circuit; then someone told me it was buffed a little recently, and is pretty decent in PvE for End-Drain.

So my question would be: Did you have 3 end-mods in it before respecing out of it (and it was still not a great power)?

I am also VERY dissapointed in the electric blast set. Seems to miss as much as power blast, but has even less damage output. Throwing in the fact that the "secondary" effects of electric blast are essentially non-existant, it would seem that electric should get more love *somewhere* - it would be nice if it were the cheapest blast set out there, or even if it had an inherent ACC bonus (like a drawn weapon set)... something. I have yet to see my end bar NOT drained just as quickly (if not more quickly) than other blast sets. Maybe a better recharge rate? No, that'd mean more end draining (on me). Oh well, I'm sure it'll be left "as-is / working as intended" (aka we're lazy)

I, like others have stated, love the concept of dark/elec (even the "sithiness" of it is an appealing aspect, and I don't really role-play).

The other gripe I have with electric blast is: when it misses, it still looks like you nailed someone square in the chest. While that's not the end of the world, it is pretty damn frustrating. I mean, ice blast or power blast shoot up at the ceiling (sometimes while in point-blank range ;-) but electric looks like you hit the target, but then says "MISS" - grrr....

Thanks for the more-recent build being posted; that helps a lot.

Also, I might just do the Hasten/SS/Hover route... maybe use Air Supp while I have time on my Safeguard Temps, then respec into hover (or just get both).

Thanks to all of you for the replies!
-r0y

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A well written and thorough guide, thank you for posting it!

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Ishtar!!!

Where you been man!!?

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(2) After ED, I found that Short Circuit was not very effective. You need more than one End Drain power to make End Drain an effective tool. I found that Short Circuit was very good at gathering aggro focused on my squishy behind, and that was about it. It also requires going into melee, while my Dark/Elec is mainly a ranged Defender.

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agreed. Respec'd out of it awhile ago. damage was... meh and the end drain stinks. I went with a controller type build for my dark/ele and have been very happy, but I am very team dependant.

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I have heard that ED and a post-ED patch really gutted Short Circuit; then someone told me it was buffed a little recently, and is pretty decent in PvE for End-Drain.

So my question would be: Did you have 3 end-mods in it before respecing out of it (and it was still not a great power)?


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here's my controllerish build;

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder - (http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/index.php)
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Name:
Level: 41
Archetype: Defender
Primary: Dark Miasma
Secondary: Electrical Blast
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01) --> Twilight Grasp==> Acc(1) Acc(3) Heal(7) Heal(7) Heal(11)
01) --> Charged Bolts==> Acc(1)
02) --> Tar Patch==> Rechg(2) Rechg(3) Rechg(5)
04) --> Darkest Night==> EndRdx(4) EndRdx(5) TH_DeBuf(9) TH_DeBuf(11) TH_DeBuf(23)
06) --> Hover==> Fly(6) Fly(31) Fly(31)
08) --> Shadow Fall==> EndRdx(8) EndRdx(9) DmgRes(15) DmgRes(17) DmgRes(25)
10) --> Swift==> Fly(10)
12) --> Fearsome Stare==> Acc(12) Acc(13) Fear(13) Rechg(15) Rechg(17)
14) --> Fly==> Fly(14)
16) --> Hurdle==> Jump(16)
18) --> Petrifying Gaze==> Acc(18) Acc(19) Hold(19)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20) EndMod(21) EndMod(21)
22) --> Lightning Bolt==> Acc(22) Acc(23) Dmg(34)
24) --> Ball Lightning==> Acc(24) Acc(25) EndRdx(37) Dmg(37) Dmg(40) Dmg(40)
26) --> Hasten==> Rechg(26) Rechg(27) Rechg(27)
28) --> Tesla Cage==> Acc(28) Acc(29) Hold(29)
30) --> Assault==> EndRdx(30) EndRdx(31)
32) --> Dark Servant==> Acc(32) Acc(33) TH_DeBuf(33) TH_DeBuf(33) TH_DeBuf(34) Heal(34)
35) --> Voltaic Sentinel==> Acc(35) Acc(36) Dmg(36) Dmg(36) Dmg(37)
38) --> Tactics==> EndRdx(38) EndRdx(39) TH_Buf(39) TH_Buf(39) TH_Buf(40)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Vigilance==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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I'm at lvl40 right now. The toon is on the backburner right now, but it's a fun toon.