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Defender Ranged / Sonic
Dreadful Wail
AOE, Energy · Smashing
Enhancement types allowed









Enhancement Sets Allowed







Your Dreadful Wail is so strong that most foes will be defeated by being subjected to it. Dreadful Wail deals Extreme Smashing and Energy damage to all nearby foes in addition to disorienting them for a good while.
Activation Details

- Available Level
- 30
- Type
- Click
- Accuracy
- 1.4
- Range
- 0 ft
- Cast Time
- 1.97 sec
- Cast Arcanatime
- 2.112 sec
- Root Time
- 1.97 sec
- Animation Time
- 1.967 sec
- Animation Time Before Effect
- 0.567 sec
- Interrupt Time
- —
- Activate Period
- 0 sec
- Recharge Time
- 145 sec
- Endurance Cost
- 27.716 endurance
- Attack Types
- Area$1 Energy
- Effect Area
- AoE
- Radius
- 25 ft
- Arc
- —
- Max Targets Hit
- 16
- 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
{
"Name": "\"Dreadful_Wail\"",
"DisplayName": "\"P1573911116\"",
"ModesDisallowed": "kDisable_All",
"Type": "kClick",
"Accuracy": "1.4",
"AttackTypes": "kAOE_Attack, kEnergy_Attack",
"EntsAffected": "kFoe",
"EntsAutoHit": "kNone",
"Target": "kCaster",
"EnduranceCost": "27.716",
"TimeToActivate": "1.97",
"TimeToRoot": "1.97",
"RechargeTime": "145",
"EffectArea": "kSphere",
"Radius": "25",
"BoostsAllowed": "kAccuracy_Boost, kRecharge_Boost, kEnduranceDiscount_Boost, kDamage_Boost, kStunned_Boost",
"VisualFX": "\"menu\\Powers\\AnimFX\\PlayerPowers\\DefenderRanged_SonicAttack_DreadfulWail.PFX\"",
"include": "menu\\Powers\\AnimFX\\PlayerPowers\\DefenderRanged_SonicAttack_DreadfulWail.PFX",
"DisplayShortHelp": "\"P4003455896\"",
"DisplayHelp": "\"2EHMG8N777F4YQBWB75LT5P9BQ\"",
"IconName": "\"SonicBlast_MassiveDamage.tga\"",
"MaxTargetsHit": "16",
"DisplayTargetShortHelp": "\"P2774033478\"",
"DisplayTargetHelp": "\"P4076804952\""
}Effects (7)
Effect 1 · Smashing


PvE targets only
- Resolved effect
- — (select an archetype)
- Attribute
- Smashing
- Effect
- Absolute
- Scale
- 2
- Magnitude
- 1.0000
- Table
- "Ranged_Damage"
- Target
- Target
- Delay
- 0.5 sec
Raw effect fields
{
"Requires": "enttype target> critter eq",
"Attrib": "kSmashing",
"Aspect": "kAbs",
"Target": "kTarget",
"Table": "\"Ranged_Damage\"",
"Scale": "2.0000",
"Magnitude": "1.0000",
"Delay": "0.5000",
"StackType": "kStack"
}Effect 2 · Energy


PvE targets only
- Resolved effect
- — (select an archetype)
- Attribute
- Energy
- Effect
- Absolute
- Scale
- 2
- Magnitude
- 1.0000
- Table
- "Ranged_Damage"
- Target
- Target
- Delay
- 0.5 sec
Raw effect fields
{
"Requires": "enttype target> critter eq",
"Attrib": "kEnergy",
"Aspect": "kAbs",
"Target": "kTarget",
"Table": "\"Ranged_Damage\"",
"Scale": "2.0000",
"Magnitude": "1.0000",
"Delay": "0.5000",
"StackType": "kStack"
}Effect 3 · Stunned


PvE targets only
- Resolved effect
- — (select an archetype)
- Attribute
- Stunned
- Effect
- Cur
- Scale
- 10
- Magnitude
- 3.0000
- Table
- "Ranged_Stun"
- Target
- Target
Raw effect fields
{
"Requires": "enttype target> critter eq",
"Attrib": "kStunned",
"Aspect": "kCur",
"Type": "kDuration",
"Target": "kTarget",
"Table": "\"Ranged_Stun\"",
"Scale": "10.0000",
"Magnitude": "3.0000",
"StackType": "kStack"
}Effect 4 · Smashing


PvP targets only
- Resolved effect
- — (select an archetype)
- Attribute
- Smashing
- Effect
- Absolute
- Scale
- 0.5265
- Magnitude
- 1.0000
- Table
- "Ranged_PvPDamage"
- Target
- Target
- Delay
- 0.5 sec
Raw effect fields
{
"Requires": "enttype target> player eq",
"Attrib": "kSmashing",
"Aspect": "kAbs",
"Target": "kTarget",
"Table": "\"Ranged_PvPDamage\"",
"Scale": "0.5265",
"Magnitude": "1.0000",
"Delay": "0.5000",
"StackType": "kStack"
}Effect 5 · Energy


PvP targets only
- Resolved effect
- — (select an archetype)
- Attribute
- Energy
- Effect
- Absolute
- Scale
- 1.069
- Magnitude
- 1.0000
- Table
- "Ranged_PvPDamage"
- Target
- Target
- Delay
- 0.5 sec
Raw effect fields
{
"Requires": "enttype target> player eq",
"Attrib": "kEnergy",
"Aspect": "kAbs",
"Target": "kTarget",
"Table": "\"Ranged_PvPDamage\"",
"Scale": "1.0690",
"Magnitude": "1.0000",
"Delay": "0.5000",
"StackType": "kStack"
}Effect 6 · Stunned


PvP targets only
- Resolved effect
- — (select an archetype)
- Attribute
- Stunned
- Effect
- Cur
- Scale
- 1
- Magnitude
- 3.0000
- Table
- "Ranged_PvPMez"
- Target
- Target
Raw effect fields
{
"Requires": "enttype target> player eq",
"Attrib": "kStunned",
"Aspect": "kCur",
"Type": "kDuration",
"Target": "kTarget",
"Table": "\"Ranged_PvPMez\"",
"Scale": "1.0000",
"Magnitude": "3.0000",
"StackType": "kStack",
"Suppress": [
"Stunned 15 WhenInactive",
"Immobilized 15 WhenInactive",
"Held 15 WhenInactive",
"Sleep 15 WhenInactive",
"Terrorized 15 WhenInactive"
]
}Effect 7 · Smashing, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative Energy, Psionic, Toxic



- Resolved effect
- — (select an archetype)
- Attribute
- Smashing, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative Energy, Psionic, Toxic
- Effect
- Res
- Scale
- -1.5
- Magnitude
- 1.0000
- Table
- "Ranged_Debuff_Res_Dmg"
- Target
- Target
- Duration
- 20 sec
- Flags
- IgnoreStrength
Raw effect fields
{
"Tag": "\"Sonic Vibrations\"",
"Attrib": "kSmashing kLethal kFire kCold kEnergy kNegative_Energy kPsionic kToxic",
"Aspect": "kRes",
"Target": "kTarget",
"Table": "\"Ranged_Debuff_Res_Dmg\"",
"Scale": "-1.5000",
"Duration": "20.0000",
"Magnitude": "1.0000",
"StackType": "kReplace",
"Flags": "IgnoreStrength"
}