Updated: I16

01: Dark Blast

44%85.75%21.75%21.75%

01: Twilight Grasp

70%57%57%32.5%

02: Gloom

44%85.75%21.75%21.75%

04: Tar Patch

70%35%35%

06: Air Superiority

43.5%43.5%

08: Shadow Fall

79%24%24%35.5%

10: Darkest Night

70%

12: Recall Friend

35%

14: Fly

57.75%57.75%

16: Howling Twilight

70%

18: Swift

35%

20: Health

70%

22: Moonbeam

60%41%36.75%18%22%22%

24: Stamina

70%

26: Fearsome Stare

62%40%22%18%

28: Tenebrous Tentacles

44.5%44.5%

30: Night Fall

44.5%66.75%22.25%

32: Dark Servant

35%

download a sample Mid's planner build file here

Somewhere between 24 and 32, go and do a Repec trial and use it to put your build on track for this version. Do your best to get either a jump or run Stealth IO and then you can drop Hasten and Super Speed for Air Superiority (a strong attack that helps you keep enemies off their feet) and Fly (or get the jump powers… it's all a matter of preference).

Keep in mind that it's very difficult to even GET to the respec trial if you don't have one of the two Safeguard travel powers or one of your team mates happens to have Recall Friend and can drag you to the reactor.

Also, by this time, you might have started paying attention to set bonuses on IOs. Focus on healing, regen, and damage to make up for your defendery weaknesses (but definitely accuracy too. You don't want you heal to miss!).

Play tips

• Tenebrous Tentacles and Night fall work very well with each other. Typically, you will want to fire Tentacles first to root the enemies in place, then back up to fire Night fall (since Night Fall has a longer range, but a more narrow cone). Use this combo for hunting missions, badge hunting, or really anywhere that you find more than 2 or 3 enemies in a small cluster.
• If you do the Positron TF, the final boss is and Arch-Villain called the Clockwork King. He uses psychic attacks so stay close to your team to make sure that they're covered by Shadow Fall's protection.
• At this point, you have lots of options for control powers, but also good attacks with the Dark Blast powerset.

Jordan's Dark/Dark/Dark (D3) Defender Guide

1. Jordan Yen's Story
2. D3 Basics
3. D3 Powers
4. Jordan's Guide to Dark Miasma
5. Jordan's Guide to Dark Blast
6. Epic Power Pools - Darkness Mastery
7. Jordan's Level 16 Build
8. Jordan's Level 32 Build
9. Jordan's Level 50 Build
10. Final Notes on the D3