The Lightning Blast Powerset

The Lightning Blast powerset is a ranged damage set available for the Devastator and Support character archetypes. The primary effect of the powers is damage, and the most common secondary effect is defense debuff, though a few powers debuff resistance, and one debuffs health regeneration. This powerset can be combined with a large number of different secondary sets in any archetype that has ranged powers. Most players will choose to take only a fraction of the powers from each of their powersets, so two Lightning Blast characters will vary a great deal.

In this video, Dr. Strikewell demonstrates her Lightning Blast powers to a crowd of NPCs drawn from the successful character creator Alpha test that Ship of Heroes just completed. Lightning Blast is secondary powerset for Dr. Strikewell; her primary powerset is Mystic Healing. The animations and FX of the ten powers in the Lightning Blast set are open to revision, since the game is still very early in development. The FX are, for the most part, custom efforts work made specifically for Ship of Heroes, not assets purchased from an engine marketplace. They are specially designed to be compatible with large raids. This is the third full powerset that Ship of Heroes has revealed in 2017. This time we are using nighttime lighting to illustrate the powers, since lightning effects are much more distinctive in low light levels than they are at high noon.

Ship of Heroes is an MMORPG under development in the Unreal 4.15 engine, and is expected to begin Alpha tests at the end of 2017. Come visit our site at https://www.shipofheroes.com to learn more.