Can I use Howling Twilight with no dead heroes?

My Necro/Dark MM (i Know not a defender) opens every fight with HT. It's amazing effective. I have it slotted for recharge as it's auto-hit and doesn't need an accuracy check. I would suggest Howling Twilight, followed by Tar Patch, or your AoE immobilize. Especially on a full team..that way you can duck around a corner to avoid the aggro.

Easily one of my favorite powers in the game. After almost five years, it never gets boring to use..

I had been making the mistake of saving it as a Rez Power...

So I started using it as an opener in this RP AE Arc we ran.

We steamrolled that arc. Seriously. I didn't even have to use it as a rez.

Hell, it's even nice on AVs. (There was a climactic AV Battle at the end. Dropped like a brick.)

I've been playing for over two years and I didn't know about it. So beat the dead horse all you want, everyone needs to know lol.

I HAVE learned that casting it on a spawn makes them VERY angry so either i chew on a purp before I do it or cast is then haul ahrse out of there!

Regeneration -5 for 30s PvE only [Ignores Enhancements & Buffs]


This is from Red Tomax City of Data, do debate that if you want,: 500% regen debuff for 30 seconds!

Dark, Rad, and Traps are your big regen debuffers!

Slipping in to borrow this topic, since my own question is tangentially related.

I've finally had a chance to really play around with Dark Miasma recently, so I'm still learning all the ins and outs. Howling Twilight as a debuff I have got down pat. I love going VOOOOWOM and everything just kinda waits to get beaten on and whatnot.

But let's say, hypothetically, just hypothetically, mind, that I did, in fact, want to rez with it. I'm actually finding that bit kinda tricky. I've noticed that a ring appears underneath me when I use it, should I assume that's the radius on the rez part? I seem to have a lot of trouble getting the hang of spacing for it. If the ring isn't the best rule of thumb, does anyone have any other tips than "Make sure you can /e drumdance on the dead guy's body before activating it"?

The general rule of thumb is that a teammate will die 19 times out of 20 about 10 seconds after you've used Howling Twilight offensively.

Howling Twilight recharges in 90 seconds with 3 recharge enhancements in it. If people are dying often enough that you can't afford to use it for the debuff/mez, your team has bigger problems.

Using HT purely as a rez is incredibly wasteful.

Necro/Dark mm here...

AV + big mob
> Fearsome Stare > Howling Twilight > Tar Patch > Incoming Zombs
> Shoot with all you have and you end up soloying the solo AV for the last 1/3 of his HP

I slotted SO Howling Twilight with 3 recharge and 3 stunn... Now it has Absolute Amazements. And worth it! The ressurection of players is just an side-effect to me . 30 seconds autohit stunn on all minions is lethal when a zombie army runs in for the kill!

Oh yes HT is a fantastic power, it's a massive debuff with a stun attached that as a side effect just happens to have an AOE rez.

Dark's loaded with great powers, Fearsome Stare can completely neuter an entire room with it's fear and -tohit; Tar Patch and it's slow and -res; Darkest Night with it's massive -tohit; Twilight Grasp with it's huge AOE heal and tohit debuff; Shadow Fall as an AOE stealth, defense and resistance power and of course Dark Servant with all that he brings to the party.

With all that greatness I guess we can forgive a couple of lackluster powers in the fairly ordinary Petrifying Gaze and the nearly worthless Black Hole.