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NewPraetorians / Alec Parson

Piercing Beam

AOE, Energy · Energy

You fire a supercharged beam of energy in a narrow cone that pierces up to 3 enemies. Each affected enemy suffers energy damage and reduced resistance to all forms of damage. There is also a chance that there is an additional burst of energy that causes extra energy damage on a target.

Activation Details

Available Level: 20
Type: Click
Accuracy: 1.05
Range: 80 ft
Cast Time: 2.33 sec
Cast Arcanatime: 2.508 sec
Root Time: 2.33 sec
Animation Time: 2.333 sec
Animation Time Before Effect: 1.667 sec
Interrupt Time: —
Activate Period: 0 sec
Recharge Time: 12 sec
Endurance Cost: 15 endurance
Attack Types: Area$1 Energy
Effect Area: Cone
Radius: 80 ft
Arc: 5
Max Targets Hit: 3
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": "\"Piercing_Beam\"",
  "DisplayName": "\"P4113413988\"",
  "Type": "kClick",
  "Accuracy": "1.05",
  "AttackTypes": "kAOE_Attack, kEnergy_Attack",
  "EntsAffected": "kFoe",
  "EntsAutoHit": "kNone",
  "Target": "kFoe",
  "Range": "80",
  "EnduranceCost": "15",
  "TimeToActivate": "2.33",
  "TimeToRoot": "2.33",
  "RechargeTime": "12",
  "EffectArea": "kCone",
  "Radius": "80",
  "Arc": "5",
  "VisualFX": "\"menu\\Powers\\AnimFx\\V_AlecParson_PiercingBeam.pfx\"",
  "include": "menu\\Powers\\AnimFx\\V_AlecParson_PiercingBeam.pfx",
  "DisplayShortHelp": "\"P3343531192\"",
  "DisplayHelp": "\"P4226220845\"",
  "IconName": "\"BeamRifle_PiercingBeam.tga\"",
  "MaxTargetsHit": "3",
  "DisplayTargetShortHelp": "\"P1766811245\"",
  "DisplayTargetHelp": "\"P2162380860\""
}

Effects (3)

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 · Energy Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Energy
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 1.2
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Ranged_Damage"
Target: Target

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kEnergy",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Ranged_Damage\"",
  "Scale": "1.2000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 2 · 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: Res
Scale: -2
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Ranged_Res_Dmg"
Target: Target
Duration: 10 sec
Flags: IgnoreStrength

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kSmashing kLethal kFire kCold kEnergy kNegative_Energy kPsionic kToxic",
  "Aspect": "kRes",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Ranged_Res_Dmg\"",
  "Scale": "-2.0000",
  "Duration": "10.0000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kReplace",
  "Flags": "IgnoreStrength"
}

Effect 3 · Energy Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Energy
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 0.5
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Ranged_Damage"
Target: Target
Chance: 80%

Raw effect fields

{
  "Chance": "0.8000",
  "Attrib": "kEnergy",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Ranged_Damage\"",
  "Scale": "0.5000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}