Dark Shot
Dark Shot (also known as Darkblast) is a basic Dark-elemental skill available for Lance in Epic Battle Fantasy 3, 4 and 5.
Description
When cast, Lance fires a blast of dark energy from his equipped gun, dealing moderate magical damage to a single enemy. As the name suggests, it deals Dark damage, but it wouldn't become fully elemental until Epic Battle Fantasy 5; the same game also gave it a decent chance to lower the target's Magic Defence.
Dark Shot is Lance's basic Dark spell, largely outclassed by Gravity Surge unless facing a single Dark-weak foe with multiple Dark-resistant allies. It has a similar benefit compared to Antimatter Flux, but the latter's centered nature and even higher power makes this a negligible advantage at best.
Foe Users
Epic Battle Fantasy 4
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
The Shadow Blaster's menu description claims that it empowers Darkblast, but this is not the case.
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Darkblast | |||||
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| Basic dark magic. | ||||||
| Target | Type | Element | Status Effect | Acc | Crit | RdF |
| Single | 
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75% 
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-- | 100% | 10% | 10% |
| Level | Power | Status Chance | Status Strength | MP | AP Cost | |
| 1 | 50 | -- | -- | 10 | 300 | |
| 2 | 75 | -- | -- | 13 | 600 | |
| 3 | 100 | -- | -- | 16 | 1200 | |
| Requirement(s) (all) |
 
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Epic Battle Fantasy 4
Aside from a name change, Dark Shot is functionally identical to its EBF3 incarnation; however, its AP costs per level are slightly lower.
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Dark Shot | |||||
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| Basic dark magic. | ||||||
| Target | Type | Element | Status Effect | Acc | Crit | RdF |
| Single |
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75%
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-- | 100% | 10% | 10% |
| Level | Power | Status Chance | Status Strength | MP | AP Cost | |
| 1 | 50 | -- | -- | 10 | 200 | |
| 2 | 75 | -- | -- | 13 | 400 | |
| 3 | 100 | -- | -- | 16 | 800 | |
| Requirement(s) (all) |
 
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Epic Battle Fantasy 5
Lance joins the party with Dark Shot already learned at Level 2. Compared to previous games, it's slightly stronger per upgrade level and has a chance to debuff the Magic Defence of its target; it also has a 1-turn cooldown instead of an MP cost.
Dark Shot becomes Gravity Surge at Level 3.
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Dark Shot | |||||
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Basic dark shot which hits a single foe.
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| Target | Type | Element | Status Effect | Acc | Crit | RdF |
| Single |
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100% 
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100% | 10% | 10% |
| Level | Power | Status Chance | Status Strength | AP Cost | ||
| 1 | 55 | 50% | 25% | N/A | ||
| 2 | 80 | 75% | 25% | N/A | ||