Dark Mastery

Overview

Dark Mastery is one of the powersets. It is a Defender and Corruptor Ancillary Power Pool.

You have Mastery over Darkness to weaken your foes, and to add some much needed defense.

Power Table

The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Oppressive Gloom	35	Toggle: PBAoE, Foe Disorient, Self -Max Health
	Dark Consumption	35	PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Negative), Self +End
	Dark Embrace	41	Toggle: Self +Res(Smash, Lethal, Negative, Toxic)
	Soul Transfer	41	Self Rez, Special
	Soul Drain	44	PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Negative), Self +DMG, +To-Hit

Powers

The following are powers in the Dark Mastery powerset.

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	35 (Corruptor)
	35 (Defender)
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 Embrace

You tap into the energy of the Netherworld to protect yourself from damage. This Dark Embrace shrouds you and grants resistance to lethal, smashing, toxic, and negative Energy damage. You must have Oppressive Gloom or Dark Consumption before selecting this power.

Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	41 (Corruptor)
	41 (Defender)
Effects	Toggle: Self +Resistance(Smashing, Lethal, Negative, Toxic)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Damage Resistance
Set Categories	Resist Damage

Oppressive Gloom

The Netherworld has many mutable properties, such as the Oppressive Gloom. This power allows you to use your own Hit Points to keep enemies near you disoriented and unable to use any powers. Endurance cost for this is minimal, but the power can be dangerous to use.

Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	35 (Corruptor)
	35 (Defender)
Effects	Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect
	Foe Disorient
	Self -Max Health
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Disorient Duration
Set Categories	Stuns

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. You must have two other Dark Mastery Powers before selecting this power.

Damage	Moderate (Negative)
Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	44 (Corruptor)
	44 (Defender)
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

Soul Transfer

Should you fall in battle, you can perform a Soul Transfer, sucking the life force of all foes around you to bring yourself back from the brink of death. The more foes nearby, the more life is restored to you. Drained foes are left Disoriented. The dark effects of this Soul Transfer will actually leave you invulnerable for a brief time, and protected from XP Debt for 90 seconds. There must be at least one foe nearby to fuel the Transfer and revive yourself. You must be level 44 and have Oppressive Gloom or Dark Consumption before selecting this power.

Damage	Moderate (Negative)
Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	41 (Corruptor)
	41 (Defender)
Effects	Point Blank Area of Effect
	Foe Disorient
	Self Resurrect
Enhancements	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Endurance Modification
	Enhance Heal
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Disorient Duration
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage
	Healing/Absorb
	Stuns
	Endurance Modification

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes Freedom. It is provided for historical purposes.

• This set was added to the game in Issue 3.
• Soul Transfer was added to this set in Issue 16.
• This set was made available to Corruptors in Issue 18.
• In Issue 21, All Epic Power Pools became accessible at level 35, and the level requirements for the powers were lowered to match.

See Also

• Ancillary Power Pools
• Epic Power Set Proliferation
• Corruptor
• Defender

External Links

Dark Mastery for Defenders at RedTomax.com