Dark Miasma, Radiation Blast and You


Darkonne

 

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Bah, I was the first Dark/Rad defender! Well...probably not, but there's actually a decent chance I'm the one that's been around the longest, since June 8th '04.


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Well, Darkonne has been on Pinnacle since three days before the official launch, which I think would be April 25, 2004. He was originally created in Beta, and I liked the powerset combo (as well as the way the random costume matched it) so much that I rebuilt him when the game started.

On the other hand, I took a year and a half break from CoH, and I don't think seniority accrues while my account is inactive. ;-)

-D


Darkonne: Pinnacle's (unofficially) mighty Dark Miasma/Radiation Blast enthusiast!

Be sure to check out this mighty Arc:
#161865 - Aeon's Nemesis

 

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My 3rd dark def (dark/rad/dark) just hit lv50 today.
Here is slot on her.

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Level: 50
Archetype: Defender
Primary: Dark Miasma
Secondary: Radiation Blast
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01) --> Twilight Grasp==> Acc(1)Acc(5)Heal(5)Heal(11)Heal(11)Rechg(34)
01) --> Neutrino Bolt==> Acc(1)Dmg(17)Dmg(17)Dmg(19)Acc(40)
02) --> Darkest Night==> TH_DeBuf(2)TH_DeBuf(3)TH_DeBuf(3)EndRdx(21)EndRdx(31)EndRdx(34)
04) --> Tar Patch==> Rechg(4)Rechg(40)Rechg(46)
06) --> Irradiate==> Acc(6)Dmg(7)Dmg(7)Dmg(15)EndRdx(39)Rechg(40)
08) --> Shadow Fall==> EndRdx(8)EndRdx(9)EndRdx(9)DmgRes(43)DmgRes(43)DmgRes(43)
10) --> Combat Jumping==> Jump(10)
12) --> Fearsome Stare==> Acc(12)Acc(13)TH_DeBuf(13)TH_DeBuf(15)Fear(19)Fear(21)
14) --> Super Jump==> Jump(14)
16) --> Howling Twilight==> Rechg(16)Rechg(50)
18) --> Hurdle==> Jump(18)
20) --> Health==> Heal(20)
22) --> Stamina==> EndMod(22)EndMod(23)EndMod(23)
24) --> Hasten==> Rechg(24)Rechg(25)Rechg(25)
26) --> Aim==> Rechg(26)Rechg(27)Rechg(27)
28) --> Cosmic Burst==> Acc(28)Dmg(29)Dmg(29)Dmg(31)EndRdx(34)Rechg(37)
30) --> Acrobatics==> EndRdx(30)EndRdx(31)
32) --> Dark Servant==> Acc(32)TH_DeBuf(33)TH_DeBuf(33)TH_DeBuf(33)
35) --> Neutron Bomb==> Acc(35)Dmg(36)Dmg(36)Dmg(36)EndRdx(37)Rechg(37)
38) --> Atomic Blast==> Rechg(38)Rechg(39)Rechg(39)
41) --> Dark Consumption==> Acc(41)Rechg(42)Rechg(42)Rechg(42)
44) --> Dark Embrace==> DmgRes(44)DmgRes(45)DmgRes(45)EndRdx(45)EndRdx(46)EndRdx(46)
47) --> Soul Drain==> Acc(47)Rechg(48)Rechg(48)Rechg(48)Dmg(50)Dmg(50)
49) --> Recall Friend==> IntRdx(49)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Vigilance==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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With herding, dark epic work great.
She can solo 6ppl sized 2+ lvl mob group (easy mob like robots, families, councils, warriors, freaks...) like
Darkest Night > Fearsome Stare > Tar Patch > jump in center of mobs > Aim > Soul Drain > Irradiate > Atomic Blast > eat blue insp > Dark Consumption > Neutron Bomb
She can damage like blaster, but she is still deffender, dark/rad set is really fun.


Lv50
Def Dark/Dark x 2, Dark/Rad x 2, Dark/Sonic, Emp/Elec, Kin/Elec
Cnt Fire/Rad, Fire/Kin
Scr Spine/Invul x 2, Spine/Regen, Dark/Dark
Tnk Stone/SS

Lv40
Def Kin/Psi, Sonic/Psi, Storm/Dark
Cont Illu/FF

 

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I want to add that, like all knockback cones, flying above your enemies turns electron haze into knockdown instead, keeping them in your tar patch and making it a highly useful tool for both mitigation and damage.

It doesn't synergize particularly well with irradiate's PBAOE, but it is not bad, and helps powerhouse the AOE portion a bit better.

also, corrupter-side, Irradiate works particularly well as the mobs approach 30% health... each tick has a chance to scourge individually, greatly increasing irradiate's damage.


 

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also, corrupter-side, Irradiate works particularly well as the mobs approach 30% health... each tick has a chance to scourge individually, greatly increasing irradiate's damage.

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Scourge doesn't work that way. Even with DoT, it only checks once. The exception is powers like rains with multiple tohit checks.
http://coh.redtomax.com/data/powers/...last.Irradiate