Eldritch Blast

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 * name=Eldritch Blast
 * icon=Icon Feat Warlock.png
 * cooldown=
 * prerequisite=Warlock Level 1
 * description=This is a toggle feat. When you toggle it on, your basic attack, regardless of weapons held(except for wands), becomes a ranged magical attack that hits a single enemy. It does not cost spell points or hit points; only time, much like swinging a weapon.

Eldritch Blast deals 1d6 Force damage at level 1, and increases by +1d6 at Warlock level 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20; for a total of 6d6 at level 20.
 * Eldritch Blast damage scales with a percentage of Spell Power.
 * Eldritch Blast criticals are based on magical stats: Critical Spell Chance and Critical Spell Damage.
 * No save.
 * Epic feats Epic Eldritch Blast (max +7d6) and Epic Pact Dice (max +6d4) increase your damage.

Each Warlock must select a Pact at level 1. This is another a toggle feat. Depending on their pact choice, a Warlock's Eldritch Blast deals an additional 1d4 damage for each even Warlock level, for a total of 10d4 at level 20. Each pact deals different damage type and can be mitigated by a saving throw:
 * Fey: Sonic / Reflex half, Evasion negates
 * Fiend: Fire / Fortitude half
 * Great Old One: Acid / Will half
 * Celestial: Electric / Will half (Bug: Patch notes say Will save, In game feat description says it goes off of Reflex Save)
 * Abyss: Negative / Fortitude half
 * Carceri Storm: Cold / Reflex half (Bug: Patch notes say Reflex save, In game goes off of Will Save)

Eldritch Blast is treated as a 9th level spell. The DC (for the pact damage) is the same as a ninth level evocation spell: 19 + charisma modifier + evocation focus effects. It is not affected by metamagic feats. Spell resistance does not stop Eldritch Blast, and neither does Antimagic. You move at full speed while casting Eldritch Blast, unlike most spell casting.

Additional Damage Enhancements
There are multiple enhancements scattered throughout the three main Warlock enhancement trees, most if not all of which you should be able to attain simultaneously if planned properly to push your Eldritch Blast damage as far as possible, allowing its damage to keep up with well-upgraded weapons of other classes.
 * Within Tainted Scholar enhancements there are:
 * Blood Component (Core progression 30), for 10% faster attack speed
 * Heretical Lore (Core progression 40), for + 1d6 base damage
 * Strong Pact (One each in Tier 1, 2, 3 and 4), for +1d4 Pact damage each (4d4 total)
 * Penetrating Blast (Tier 4), for +1d6 base damage and changes type to Pierce
 * Eldritch Power (Tier 5), for +1d6 base damage
 * Within Enlightened Spirit enhancements there is:
 * Spiritual Retribution (Tier 4), 3 levels each of which add +1d4 Light damage to the blast (+3d4 total)
 * Within Soul Eater enhancements there is:
 * Greater Hunger (Tier 4), adds 2d6 Chaotic damage to the blast on targets affected by your Consume ability.

Shapes/Stances
The default Eldritch Blast goes in a straight line. It doesn't home in. Enemies that move may avoid it. Eldritch Blast Shapes alter how you attack enemies. Single target attacks are generally going to do higher damage per creature than AoE, for instance. These shapes toggles are available in the enhancement trees.
 * Single target (basic attack). This is your best option for heavy single target damage at range, such as against bosses.
 * Chain (Tainted Scholar enhancements). The lowest damage form but still puts out plenty of damage from a properly built Warlock, and it has several excellent tactical benefits. This lets you apply Eldritch Blast damage to groups at long range, and it has three very key aspects: the chain strike is instant/never misses, ignores invisibility completely and can even be triggered off of destroyed crates/boxes and the like. This can make a Warlock in Chain Strike form who regularly destroys boxes as they go exceptionally difficult to ambush by invisible attackers.
 * Cone (Soul Eater enhancements)
 * Point-blank AoE (aura around Warlock) (Enlightened Spirit enhancements)

The above are the Shape stances, and only one Shape stance can be active at a time. The following are additional Stances that can be activated at the same time as a Shape stance:
 * Utterdark Blast (Tainted Scholar enhancements) switches the base damage to Evil instead of Force. This is important to consider alongside multiple Light Spell Power upgrades within Enlightened Spirit enhancements as Light Spell Power also boosts Alignment damage (such as Evil)
 * Penetrating Blast (Tainted Scholar enhancements) switches the base damage to Pierce instead of Force (cannot be used at the same time as Utterdark Blast) and adds +1d6 base damage, but this is not recommended. Pierce damage is Physical and not boosted by any main Spell Power, so you will LOSE damage output with it.

Spell Power
An overview of Spell Power that increases Warlocks' Eldritch Blast is available here.

Different shapes scale differently with Spell Power:
 * Cone (ranged cone) - 130%
 * Chain (jumps to two enemies after the first) - 95%
 * Aura (automatic, zero range AOE) - 130%
 * Focused (ranged single target) - 130%


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