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Blaster Support / Plant Manipulation

Thorn Burst

AOE, Lethal · Lethal

Enhancement types allowed

Enhancement Sets Allowed

You can explode dozens of Thorns in all directions around you. These Thorns only travel a short distance, but they can deal moderate damage and poison any target close to you. Toxic damage from the thorns can reduce the Defense of affected foes.

Damage: Moderate.
Recharge: Slow.

Activation Details

Available Level: 30
Type: Click
Accuracy: 1
Range: 0 ft
Cast Time: 2 sec
Cast Arcanatime: 2.244 sec
Root Time: 2 sec
Animation Time: 2 sec
Animation Time Before Effect: 1.667 sec
Interrupt Time: —
Activate Period: 0 sec
Recharge Time: 17 sec
Endurance Cost: 16.016 endurance
Attack Types: Area$1 Lethal
Effect Area: AoE
Radius: 15 ft
Arc: —
Max Targets Hit: 10
Cast When: AliveOnly
Near Ground: —
Entities Affected: Foe (Alive)
Entities Autohit: —
Target: Self (Alive)
Target Requires: —
Modes Required
Modes Disallowed: Disable All
Strengths Disallowed
Ignore Strength: —

Raw source fields

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  "Name": "\"Thorn_Burst\"",
  "DisplayName": "\"P2861025649\"",
  "ModesDisallowed": "kDisable_All",
  "Type": "kClick",
  "Accuracy": "1",
  "AttackTypes": "kAOE_Attack, kLethal_Attack",
  "EntsAffected": "kFoe",
  "EntsAutoHit": "kNone",
  "Target": "kCaster",
  "EnduranceCost": "16.016",
  "TimeToActivate": "2",
  "TimeToRoot": "2",
  "RechargeTime": "17",
  "EffectArea": "kSphere",
  "Radius": "15",
  "BoostsAllowed": "kAccuracy_Boost, kRecharge_Boost, kEnduranceDiscount_Boost, kDamage_Boost, kDebuff_Defense_Boost",
  "VisualFX": "\"menu\\Powers\\AnimFX\\PlayerPowers\\PlantManipulation_ThornBurst.PFX\"",
  "include": "menu\\Powers\\AnimFX\\PlayerPowers\\PlantManipulation_ThornBurst.PFX",
  "DisplayShortHelp": "\"76QM86MF87N4YTV7YL5FH7628Q\"",
  "DisplayHelp": "\"TW9T7ESVCX79Y6VWB3V7USUHTZ\"",
  "IconName": "\"PlantManipulation_ThornBurst\"",
  "MaxTargetsHit": "10",
  "DisplayTargetShortHelp": "\"P2583813465\"",
  "DisplayTargetHelp": "\"P2137952550\""
}

Effects (5)

Player character Archetype (AT) Player level 50

Target enemy Enemy level 50

Enemy rank AV Purple Triangles are up (+50 mez protection for 50 sec of each 75 sec cycle)

Choose a player archetype to resolve effects. Enemy level 50.

Damage estimates are before enemy resistance and assume the attack hits. Mez duration is before target-specific mez resistance; rank settings show protection thresholds. Damage over time totals use listed duration, initial delay, tick interval, and per-tick chance.

Effect 1 · Lethal Stacks per caster

PvE targets only

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Lethal
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 0.95
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_Damage"
Target: Target

Raw effect fields

{
  "Requires": "enttype target> critter eq",
  "Attrib": "kLethal",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_Damage\"",
  "Scale": "0.9500",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 2 · Toxic Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Toxic
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 0.1
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_Damage"
Target: Target
Duration: 3.1 sec
Period: 1 sec
Delay: 0.5 sec
Flags: CancelOnMiss

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kToxic",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_Damage\"",
  "Scale": "0.1000",
  "Duration": "3.1000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "Delay": "0.5000",
  "Period": "1.0000",
  "TickChance": "0.8000",
  "StackType": "kStack",
  "Flags": "CancelOnMiss"
}

Effect 3 · Defense Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Defense
Effect: Cur
Scale: 3
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_Debuff_Def"
Target: Target
Duration: 10 sec

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kDefense",
  "Aspect": "kCur",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_Debuff_Def\"",
  "Scale": "3.0000",
  "Duration": "10.0000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 4 · Lethal Stacks per caster

PvP targets only

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Lethal
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 1.417
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_PvPDamage"
Target: Target

Raw effect fields

{
  "Requires": "enttype target> player eq",
  "Attrib": "kLethal",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_PvPDamage\"",
  "Scale": "1.4170",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 5 · Smashing, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative Energy, Psionic, Toxic Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Smashing, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative Energy, Psionic, Toxic
Effect: Strength
Table: "Ranged_Ones"
Target: Self
Flags: IgnoreStrength IgnoreResistance IgnoreCombatMods

Raw effect fields

{
  "Tag": "\"Defiance\"",
  "Attrib": "kSmashing kLethal kFire kCold kEnergy kNegative_Energy kPsionic kToxic",
  "Aspect": "kStr",
  "Type": "kExpression",
  "Target": "kCaster",
  "Table": "\"Ranged_Ones\"",
  "MagnitudeExpr": ".066 activatetime power.base> * areafactor power.base> /",
  "DurationExpr": "activatetime power.base> 7.5 +",
  "StackType": "kReplace",
  "Flags": "IgnoreStrength IgnoreResistance IgnoreCombatMods"
}