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CircleOfThorns / Circle High Soul Ranged

Darkness Staff Gloom

Ranged, Negative Energy · Negative Energy

The Darkness staff is slowly draining your life and reducing yourAccuracy.

Activation Details

Available Level: 1
Type: Click
Accuracy: 1
Range: 90 ft
Cast Time: 2.5 sec
Cast Arcanatime: 2.64 sec
Root Time: 2.5 sec
Animation Time: 2.5 sec
Animation Time Before Effect: 0.7 sec
Interrupt Time: —
Activate Period: 0 sec
Recharge Time: 4 sec
Endurance Cost: 9.24 endurance
Attack Types: Ranged, Negative Energy
Effect Area: Single Target
Radius: —
Arc: —
Max Targets Hit: 0
Cast When: AliveOnly
Near Ground: —
Entities Affected: Foe (Alive)
Entities Autohit: —
Target: Foe (Alive)
Target Requires: —
Modes Required
Modes Disallowed
Strengths Disallowed
Ignore Strength: —

Raw source fields

{
  "Name": "\"Darkness_Staff_Gloom\"",
  "DisplayName": "\"P2254462870\"",
  "Type": "kClick",
  "Accuracy": "1",
  "AttackTypes": "kRanged_Attack, kNegative_Energy_Attack",
  "EntsAffected": "kFoe",
  "EntsAutoHit": "kNone",
  "Target": "kFoe",
  "Range": "90",
  "EnduranceCost": "9.24",
  "TimeToActivate": "2.5",
  "TimeToRoot": "2.5",
  "RechargeTime": "4",
  "EffectArea": "kCharacter",
  "VisualFX": "\"menu\\Powers\\AnimFX\\Villain_StaffCast_Darkness.pfx\"",
  "include": "menu\\Powers\\AnimFX\\Villain_StaffCast_Darkness.pfx",
  "DisplayShortHelp": "\"P4059383587\"",
  "DisplayHelp": "\"P134439012\"",
  "IconName": "\"DarkCast_DarkBlast.tga\"",
  "DisplayTargetShortHelp": "\"P4059383587\""
}

Effects (2)

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 · Negative Energy Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Negative Energy
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 0.16
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Ranged_Damage"
Target: Target
Duration: 3.6 sec
Period: 0.5 sec

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kNegative_Energy",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Ranged_Damage\"",
  "Scale": "0.1600",
  "Duration": "3.6000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "Period": "0.5000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 2 · ToHit Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: ToHit
Effect: Cur
Scale: -0.05
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Ranged_Ones"
Target: Target
Duration: 8 sec

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kToHit",
  "Aspect": "kCur",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Ranged_Ones\"",
  "Scale": "-0.0500",
  "Duration": "8.0000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}