Darkness Manipulation

Overview

Darkness Manipulation is a standard power set that is a secondary set for Blasters.

"Assail your foes with powers drawn from the abyss. Darkness Manipulation offers powers that can both control and heavily damage their targets while reducing their chance to hit."

Power Table

The Darkness Manipulation power set is available as a secondary set for Blasters. The following table shows the level at which each power is available:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Penumbral Grasp	1	Ranged, Moderate DoT(Negative Energy), Foe Immobilize, -ToHit
	Smite	2	Melee, High DMG(Smashing/Negative Energy), -ToHit
	Death Shroud	4	Toggle: PBAoE, Minor DoT(Negative)
	Shadow Maul	10	Melee (Cone), High DoT(Smash/Negative), Foe -To-Hit
	Soul Drain	16	PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Negative), Self +DMG, +To-Hit
	Touch Of the Beyond	20	Melee, Foe Fear, -To-Hit, Self +Recovery, +Regeneration
	Dark Consumption	28	PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Negative), Self +End
	Dark Pit	35	Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe Disorient
	Midnight Grasp	38	Melee, Superior DMG(Negative), Foe Immobilize, -To-Hit

Powers

Dark Consumption

The dark power of the Netherworld allows you to tap the essence of your foe's soul and transfer it to yourself. This will drain the Hit Points of your enemy and add to your Endurance.

Damage	Moderate (Negative)
Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	28 (Blaster)
Effects	Point Blank Area of Effect
	Self +Endurance
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Endurance Modification
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage
	Endurance Modification

Dark Pit

Envelops a targeted foe and any nearby enemies in a pit of Negative Energy. The attack deals no damage, but Disorients all affected foes for a good while.

Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	35 (Blaster)
Effects	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect)
	Foe Disorient
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Disorient Duration
Set Categories	Stuns

Death Shroud

You become a focus point for the Netherworld, allowing its Negative Energy to seep from your body. This will continuously damage all foes in melee range.

Damage	Minor Damage over Time(Negative)
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	4 (Blaster)
Effects	Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage

Midnight Grasp

Mastery over the forces of the Netherworld allows you to create dark tentacles that can Immobilize a foe and continuously drain his life force.

Damage	Superior Damage over Time(Negative)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	38 (Blaster)
Effects	Melee
	Foe Immobilize, -To-Hit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Immobilization Duration
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Immobilize
	Melee Damage
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff
	Universal Debuff

Penumbral Grasp

Penumbral Grasp deals moderate Negative Energy damage, reduces their chance to hit and may leave the targeted foe Immobilized for a brief time. Immobilized foes cannot move but can still attack.

Damage	Moderate DoT(Negative Energy)
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	1 (Blaster)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe Immobilize, -ToHit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Immobilization Duration
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Immobilize
	Ranged Damage
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff
	Universal Debuff

Shadow Maul

You wrap your entire arms with Negative Energy channeled from the Netherworlds, then perform a series of blows that deal a lot of damage over a short period of time to multiple targets in front of you. These blows cloud your target's vision, lowering his chance to hit for a short time.

Damage	High Damage over Time(Smashing/Negative)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	10 (Blaster)
Effects	Melee (Cone)
	Foe -To-Hit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff
	Universal Debuff

Smite

You wrap your fists with Negative Energy channeled from the Netherworlds, then perform a Smite that deals High negative energy damage. Smite clouds the target's vision, lowering its chance to hit for a short time.

Damage	Moderate (Smashing/Negative)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	2 (Blaster)
Effects	Melee
	Foe -To-Hit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff
	Universal Debuff

Soul Drain

Using this power, you can drain the essence of all nearby foes' souls, thus increasing your own strength. Each affected foe will lose some Hit Points and add to your Damage and chance to hit.

Damage	Moderate (Negative)
Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	16 (Blaster)
Effects	Point Blank Area of Effect
	Self +Damage, +To-Hit
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Buff
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage
	To Hit Buff

Touch of the Beyond

The Netherworld is one scary place, and with but a touch, you can give your enemy a glimpse into this dark world. This will cause them to helplessly tremble in Fear. Foes in this state of panic have reduced chance to hit. Additionally, drawing upon this connection to the Netherworld causes you to rapidly regenerate health and recover endurance for a short time.

Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	16 (Blaster)
Effects	Foe Fear, -To-Hit
	Self +Recovery, +Regeneration
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Fear Duration
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
Set Categories	Fear
	ToHit Debuff
	Accurate ToHit Debuff
	Universal Debuff

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes: Rebirth. The content provided may refer to City of Heroes Freedom. It is provided for historical purposes.

• This set was added to the game for Blasters in Issue 21.
• Touch of Fear was renamed to Touch of the Beyond, becoming ranged and granting the user recovery and Regeneration in Issue 24.

External Links

• Darkness Manipulation for Blasters at Titan Network's RedTomax