Sparkstorm

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Basic Info  Requirements Tier 1  Framework Electricity  Damage Type Electrical  Power Type Close Area Attack  Power Family Energy Projector  Method Maintain  # of Ranks 3  # of Advantages 3  Hue Alteration Yes Advanced Info  Initial Cost 15  Maintain Cost 12 per .5 sec  Damage 107 per .5 sec 56 (arc effect)  Activation Time .5 sec  Duration 4 sec  Lockdown Yes  Area of Effect 15 foot sphere  Max. Targets 5  Knock Type Knockback  Knock Condition Negative Ions on target  Knock Strength 17 feet  Knock Scaling Ego, rank  Applies Negative Ions 10%  Other Info 10% chance to arc to additional target

Sparkstorm Tier 1 Sparkstorm is a shower of electrical energy which damages foes close to you. Show them that they do not want to get too close to your electric personality. Requires 1 power from Electricity or 2 non-energy-building powers from any framework. Maintain + Deals Electrical Damage to nearby enemies. + This power may be used while Held. + Chance for attack to arc to secondary target doing single target Electrical Damage. + Chance of applying Negative Ions, a short duration effect which some Electricity attacks can take advantage of. + If a target with Negative Ions is hit, Negative Ions is consumed and the target is Knocked back. This Knock scales with your Ego as if this was a ranged power.

Overview

Sparkstorm is a Tier 1 Power in the Electricity power set.

Ranks

Sparkstorm (Rank 2) - 2 Advantage Points
      + 117 Electrical Damage
      + 66 Electrical Damage (arc effect)
      + 21 foot knockback

Sparkstorm (Rank 3) - 2 Advantage Points
      + 140 Electrical Damage
      + 80 Electrical Damage (arc effect)
      + 25 foot knockback

Advantages

Electric Personality (2 Advantage Points)
Changes Sparkstorm to a toggle. The toggle has a max duration equal to the maintain limit of Sparkstorm and retains the same energy costs. (Toggling reduces your movementspeed slightly.)

Accelerated Metabolism (1 Advantage Point)
Every time you use this ability you have a chance to return a small amount of energy.
      +20% chance to gain 10 energy
Challenging Strikes (1 Advantage Point)
      +This advantage causes this attack to generate additional Threat against all affected targets, making them more likely to attack you.
      +If this advantage is applied to a power that has a recharge time, it will additionally add a moderate amount of Threat over time to all affected targets, for the duration of the recharge
      +This advantage inflicts a 5% damage debuff against all affected targets. If an affected enemy attacks you, it will quickly reduce this debuff's strength. Conversely, any damage you inflict restores the debuff's strength.

See Also

• Electricity
• Close Area Attack

Archetype Powers The Tempest     Electric Bolt  · Lightning Arc  · Sparkstorm  · Electric Form  · Thunderstrike  · Electric Shield  · Electrocute / Ball Lightning  · Ionic Reverberation  · Electric Sheath  · Lightning Storm / Invocation of Storm Calling  · Gigabolt