Thunderstrike?
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Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2011-03-17 13:45 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
From ParagonWiki:
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That's the in-game description. If you're looking for precise damage numbers I'm not sure.
| A massive attack. You smash your foes with all the power of a lightning bolt. The pummeled victim takes tremendous damage and may be Disoriented. Any nearby foes may be knocked down and take some damage from the shockwave. |
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^This. The Energy damage is pretty low, but it's what gets applied to everyone it hits in the area of effect.
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Originally Posted by Microcosm
The energy and knockdown portions of the attack are AoE; the smashing part applies only to the targeted foe.
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If memory serves, the targeted enemy takes Smashing/Energy damage, while the surrounding foes take only the Energy portion of the damage. The target and the AoE all have the same chance for knockdown and stun.
Edit: darn ninjas 
Edit 2: just checked the in-game numbers on my 50 Brute, and it looks like the Smashing and Energy damage is almost the same (41 vs 40).
There are two versions of the power. The scrapper/brute/stalker one does fairly similar damage to the surrounding foes as the main target. It's just a bit less. It also does knockDOWN. The blaster version does practically no damage to the surrounding foes (it's barely noticeable), and also does knockBACK.
Thanks! Seems like my brute does kb, though. Are you sure it's only knockdown?
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The defender/crruptor/dominator versions in APP also do KB instead of KD. MM APP does KD like melee characters.
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Originally Posted by Supermax
There are two versions of the power. The tanker/scrapper/brute/stalker one does fairly similar damage to the surrounding foes as the main target. It's just a bit less. It also does knockDOWN. The blaster version does practically no damage to the surrounding foes (it's barely noticeable), and also does knockBACK.
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Yes. HOWEVER, there are some enemies that are weak against knockback effects. Clockwork are a famous example of this (at least the low-level primal Clockwork King ones, not the Praetorian ones). Also, if you're fighting enemies that are lower-level than you, the KD can turn into KB if the Mag goes over 0.75 or something. So it'll be KD against even-con enemies and up, for the most part, and KB against lower level enemies.
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Originally Posted by TankShock
Thanks! Seems like my brute does kb, though. Are you sure it's only knockdown?
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~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I was just the one with the most unsolicited sombrero." - Traegus
Does anyone know what this power does to non-targeted mobs in the AoE? Mids, the in-game, and Tomax don't give any info on what it does to target vs "splash" effects. Thanks!