Warshade

Warshade
Primary	Offense
Secondary	Defense
Inherent	Dark Sustenance
Base HP	1070.9
Max HP	2409.5
Primary Sets	1
Secondary Sets	1
Epic Power Pools	0
Modifiers (at level 50)   Melee Ranged Damage Scale 0.850 (1.000 in Dwarf form) 0.800 (1.200 in Nova form) Damage Buff 0.090 0.090 Defense Buff 0.075 0.075 Resist Buff 0.075 0.075 ToHit Buff 0.090 0.090 Damage Debuff 0.090 0.090 Defense Debuff 0.090 0.090 Resist Debuff 0.075 0.075 ToHit Debuff 0.090 0.090 EndMod 1.000 1.000 Fear 0.900 0.900 Heal Other 96.381 96.381 Heal Self 107.090 Immobilize 1.341 1.341 Knockback 2.077 1.869 Sleep 1.341 1.341 Slow 1.000 1.000 Stun 1.341 1.341 Taunt 1.750 1.750 Threat Level 2.0 2.0
Limits (at level 50)   Max Min Damage Resistance 85% -300% Status Resistance 10001.01% -300% Status Protection N/A N/A Damage 400% 10% Defense 200.38% -100% ToHit 200.35% -100% Recharge Rate 400% -75% Regeneration 2000% 0% Recovery 500% 0% Stealth (PvE) 200 ft -180 ft Stealth (PvP) 571.5 ft -180 ft Perception 1153 ft 0 ft Range 500% 25%

Overview

Warshades, along with Peacebringers, are one of the two Epic Archetypes for Heroes. They are available to all players, but do not get any tutorial offered at character creation, so may be unsuitable for novices.

Warshades are former Nictus who have left that dark path behind and reformed, joining with a willing host. While Warshades take more damage from most attacks, they make up for this weakness with solid Hit Points, a good variety of Dark Energy attack powers and strong defensive powers, inherent Teleport, and eventually even gain access to two shape-shift forms. Warshades become stronger when teamed with non-Kheldian heroes, gaining bonuses to their own powers based on the archetypes of their teammates.

Alignment: Hero

The Warshade's power sets are:

Primary: Offense
Secondary: Defense

Warshade Stats

Survivability

7

Melee Damage

3

Ranged Damage

7

Crowd Control

5

Support

2

Pets

5

Power Sets

Warshades only have access to one Primary and one Secondary power set. They also have no Ancillary Power Pools or Patron Power Pools, but they make up for this in the number and variety of powers in their Primary and Secondary.

Primary Power Set

A Warshade's primary power set is designed specifically for offense. It is:

• Umbral Blast

Secondary Power Set

A Warshade's secondary power set is designed for defense. It is:

• Umbral Aura

Inherent Powers

• Dark Sustenance gives a Warshade buffs that reflect their team's composition.
• Shadow Step, gained at level 1, is a self-teleportation power.
• Shadow Recall, gained at level 10, lets a Warshade teleport others.

Nictus and Void Hunters

Special enemies in the game appear when Kheldians are on the team. Depending on team size, various Nictus and Void Hunters may spawn in addition to any groups of spawned enemies; both in and out of missions. The Void Hunters are highly resistant to Kheldian damage and have a special weapon, Quantum Array Gun, that deals a considerable amount of additional damage to Kheldian players. If the team size is large enough, one or more Shadow Cyst Crystal may spawn in a mission. These are known for being difficult to dispatch, and pose a good deal of danger to the entire team.

Once a Kheldian joins a team, the team is "flagged" for special Kheldian-related spawns and the entire team must disband to "de-flag" themselves. Even if all Kheldians leave the team, the team will continue to see Nictus and Void Hunters in addition to any normal spawns they would have seen otherwise.

Historical

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

• Peacebringers and Warshades were added to the game in Issue 3.
• The special damage to Kheldians from Quantum Array Gun was originally untyped and irresistable, but has since been changed to Negative Energy damage.
• Kheldians were buffed in Issue 13. They gained the ability to shift into Dwarf form while mezzed, had their Damage Scale increased, gained Slow resistance for each Epic Archetype on the team and Cosmic Balance and Dark Sustenance remain active while shapeshifted.
• Prior to Issue 17, Peacebringers and Warshades, along with their villain equivalents, Arachnos Soldiers and Arachnos Widows, were unlocked at level 50.
• After Issue 17 and prior to Issue 21, Peacebringers and Warshades, along with their villain equivalents, Arachnos Soldiers and Arachnos Widows, were unlocked at level 20.
• Unlock requirements for Peacebringers and Warshades were removed, access to other powers in shapeshift form was adjusted, and Power Customization was enabled for them in Issue 25.
• Warshade teleportation powers were adjusted to match the changes to the Teleportation power pool in Issue 27, Page 1.

External Links

• Official Kheldian Overview