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The Nightmare - Dark Summoner
oniganon
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Nightmares - insubstantial figments of our imagination, born from the dark corners of our own minds to attack us in our sleep and fill us with terror and despair. This build combines powers from Darkness, Telepathy and Ebon Sorcery to create a hero who summons these nightmares to the field and supports the party with numerous buffs/debuffs and a little aoe healing.
It's important to note that the build is not meant to be a fully functional healer build. It is 'support' in the sense that it provides powerful buffs and debuffs and a little area healing through Lifedrain, while still having reasonable damage output from the combination of pets and Darkness attacks. It is meant to run in Support role due for improved healing, aura buff and energy generation without hurting the damage on most of your pets. However, it can be run in Hybrid if preferred.
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PowerHouse (Link to this build)
Name: The Nightmare
Archetype: Freeform
Super Stats:
Level 6: Dexterity (Primary)
Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
Level 15: Presence (Secondary)
Talents:
Level 1: The Scourge
Level 6: Impresario
Level 9: Amazing Stamina
Level 12: Quick Recovery
Level 15: Lasting Impression
Level 18: Survival Training
Level 21: Sniper Training
Powers:
Level 1: Shadow Bolt (Despondency)
Level 1: Shadow Embrace (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 6: Spirit Reverberation
Level 8: Void Horror (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Lifedrain (Rank 2, Vampiric Sympathy)
Level 14: Summon Shadows (Rank 2, Devouring Darkness)
Level 17: Aura of Ebon Destruction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 20: Compassion
Level 23: Summon Nightmare (Rank 2, Night Terror)
Level 26: Ego Sleep (Plagued by Nightmares)
Level 29: Collective Will (Consume Will)
Level 32: Ebon Ruin (Rank 2, Nyctophobia, Paranormal Paranoia)
Level 35: Ebon Void (Voracious Darkness)
Level 38: Sigils of Ebon Weakness
Travel Powers:
Level 6: Power Flight
Level 35: Teleportation
Specializations:
Dexterity: Gear Utilization (3/3)
Dexterity: Power Swell (2/2)
Dexterity: Deadly Aim (3/3)
Dexterity: Expose Weakness (2/2)
Sentinel: Eternal Spring (2/2)
Sentinel: Sentinel Aura (3/3)
Sentinel: Moment of Need (3/3)
Sentinel: Wither (2/2)
Commander: Evasive Action (2/2)
Commander: Rapid Response (2/2)
Commander: Create An Opening (2/2)
Commander: Durable (1/3)
Commander: Savage (3/3)
Mastery: Dexterity Mastery (1/1)
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Build
With a single tap, Ego Sleep inflicts Disorient (10% damage reduction), Fear (another 10% damage reduction) and Wither (10% resist reduction) on a single target at range. On charge, it does this in an aoe. Casting Collective Will when there are Sleeping targets nearby will spawn extra pets (and they have a debuff to improve damage of itself and Summon Nightmare). Fear is used to increase damage on some of your attacks and pets, fuels Spirit Reverb and improves the aoe healing on Lifedrain. Sigils of Ebon Weakness cast near the target will dramatically reduce their damage even further. Aura of Ebon Destruction impoves the damage of yourself, your teammates and all your pets. It also causes a magic damage proc when someone crits. With SS Dex and Create an Opening, there's going to be plenty of crits flying around.
Cast Summon Shadows before the fight starts. On larger or longer-lived groups, open with a tap or charge of Ego Sleep and cast Collective Will. Summon Nightmare on Villains or higher; summoning Nightmares on a new target does NOT dismiss those on the previous target! You can have 7+ pets out with this build and it doesn't cripple your energy because they're mostly temporary summons rather than controllable pets. Embrace is your aoe, used to kill off weaker mobs. Ebon Ruin is your single target nuke and also debuffs Paranormal resistance; all your attacks, pet attacks and the AoED procs are Paranormal damage. Lifedrain, boosted by SS Pre, Support role and Compassion, is a nice pbaoe heal in addition to doing a little single target ranged damage.
Gear Suggestions
Armadillo secondaries, crit or healing POff, cost reduction PUtil. PDef can be Avoidance + Dodge mod, or straight up Defense.
It's important to note that the build is not meant to be a fully functional healer build. It is 'support' in the sense that it provides powerful buffs and debuffs and a little area healing through Lifedrain, while still having reasonable damage output from the combination of pets and Darkness attacks. It is meant to run in Support role due for improved healing, aura buff and energy generation without hurting the damage on most of your pets. However, it can be run in Hybrid if preferred.
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PowerHouse (Link to this build)
Name: The Nightmare
Archetype: Freeform
Super Stats:
Level 6: Dexterity (Primary)
Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
Level 15: Presence (Secondary)
Talents:
Level 1: The Scourge
Level 6: Impresario
Level 9: Amazing Stamina
Level 12: Quick Recovery
Level 15: Lasting Impression
Level 18: Survival Training
Level 21: Sniper Training
Powers:
Level 1: Shadow Bolt (Despondency)
Level 1: Shadow Embrace (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 6: Spirit Reverberation
Level 8: Void Horror (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Lifedrain (Rank 2, Vampiric Sympathy)
Level 14: Summon Shadows (Rank 2, Devouring Darkness)
Level 17: Aura of Ebon Destruction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 20: Compassion
Level 23: Summon Nightmare (Rank 2, Night Terror)
Level 26: Ego Sleep (Plagued by Nightmares)
Level 29: Collective Will (Consume Will)
Level 32: Ebon Ruin (Rank 2, Nyctophobia, Paranormal Paranoia)
Level 35: Ebon Void (Voracious Darkness)
Level 38: Sigils of Ebon Weakness
Travel Powers:
Level 6: Power Flight
Level 35: Teleportation
Specializations:
Dexterity: Gear Utilization (3/3)
Dexterity: Power Swell (2/2)
Dexterity: Deadly Aim (3/3)
Dexterity: Expose Weakness (2/2)
Sentinel: Eternal Spring (2/2)
Sentinel: Sentinel Aura (3/3)
Sentinel: Moment of Need (3/3)
Sentinel: Wither (2/2)
Commander: Evasive Action (2/2)
Commander: Rapid Response (2/2)
Commander: Create An Opening (2/2)
Commander: Durable (1/3)
Commander: Savage (3/3)
Mastery: Dexterity Mastery (1/1)
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Build
With a single tap, Ego Sleep inflicts Disorient (10% damage reduction), Fear (another 10% damage reduction) and Wither (10% resist reduction) on a single target at range. On charge, it does this in an aoe. Casting Collective Will when there are Sleeping targets nearby will spawn extra pets (and they have a debuff to improve damage of itself and Summon Nightmare). Fear is used to increase damage on some of your attacks and pets, fuels Spirit Reverb and improves the aoe healing on Lifedrain. Sigils of Ebon Weakness cast near the target will dramatically reduce their damage even further. Aura of Ebon Destruction impoves the damage of yourself, your teammates and all your pets. It also causes a magic damage proc when someone crits. With SS Dex and Create an Opening, there's going to be plenty of crits flying around.
Cast Summon Shadows before the fight starts. On larger or longer-lived groups, open with a tap or charge of Ego Sleep and cast Collective Will. Summon Nightmare on Villains or higher; summoning Nightmares on a new target does NOT dismiss those on the previous target! You can have 7+ pets out with this build and it doesn't cripple your energy because they're mostly temporary summons rather than controllable pets. Embrace is your aoe, used to kill off weaker mobs. Ebon Ruin is your single target nuke and also debuffs Paranormal resistance; all your attacks, pet attacks and the AoED procs are Paranormal damage. Lifedrain, boosted by SS Pre, Support role and Compassion, is a nice pbaoe heal in addition to doing a little single target ranged damage.
Gear Suggestions
Armadillo secondaries, crit or healing POff, cost reduction PUtil. PDef can be Avoidance + Dodge mod, or straight up Defense.
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