With a haunted past that he cannot remember, The Dark Urge has been left with only cursed dreams and bloody cravings. This may be an opportunity to write their life anew and craft a brighter future. Or they can carve new memories filled with vicious murder and the cruel glee of slaughter.
I. The Dark Urge
- The Dark Urge remembers nothing but a path paved with blood. Unimaginable cruelty whispers from within. Can he escape it? Would he even want to?
The Dark Urge is a DPS Champion who counts the number of enemies he has slain. Like the other Absolute Adversaries, he has a mind flayer tadpole in his head, and his damage increases as more Champions with tadpoles are added to the formation. Will you choose to embrace his murderous urges, or fight against them? That choice will be made once you unlock them in seat 11 opposite Jamiliah.
Check out our Champion Spotlight embedded below for a quick overview of The Dark Urge's abilities, and read on to get all of the details!
II. The Dark Urge
| Race: Dragonborn | Alignment: Chaotic Evil | |
| Gender: Male | Pronouns: He/Him | |
| Age: Unknown | Affiliation: Absolute Adversaries | Class: Sorcerer |
| STR: 8 | DEX: 13 | CON: 15 |
| INT: 12 | WIS: 10 | CHA: 17 |
Role: DPS
Eligible for Patrons: Mirt, Vajra, Strahd, and Zariel
Seat: 11 (Jamilah)
III. The Dark Urge's Abilities
Basic Attack
The Dark Urge has two normal attacks: a melee attack in his regular form, and a melee attack while in his Ultimate Slayer form.- Murderous Slash - The Dark Urge moves up to the closest enemy and attacks all nearby enemies with a slash of his dagger.
- Slay - The Dark Urge (in Slayer form) moves up to the closest enemy and attacks all nearby enemies with vicious swipes of his claws, dealing ultimate damage.
Passive Abilities
- Dark Inheritance - The Dark Urge is eligible to start in all adventures, even if the Patron, Variant, or other restrictions would say otherwise. He also does not interact with any Champion abilities or variant effects that are based on age.
Formation Abilities
- The Urge - Each time the Dark Urge defeats an enemy, he gains a Murder stack. The Dark Urge increases his damage by 0.1% for each Murder stack he has. Stacks persist between adventures.
- Ceremorphosis - Your formation gains one Ceremorphosis stack due to the mind flayer tadpole in the Dark Urge's brain. The Dark Urge increases his damage by 100% for each Ceremorphosis stack, stacking multiplicatively.
- Living on the Edge - The Dark Urge has 6 Outcast stacks, minus 1 stack for each adjacent champion that does not have the DPS role. The Dark Urge increases his damage by 100% for each Outcast stack, stacking multiplicatively.
Specializations
The Dark Urge's first Specialization picks his subclass.- Storm Sorcery - The Dark Urge's Murderous Slash attack is empowered by lightning. This increases the range by 200% and deals up to 800% more damage to enemies based on how close they are to him.
- Draconic Bloodline - The Dark Urge's damage is increased by 200% for each Dragonborn Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
- Divine Soul - The Dark Urge increases the number of The Urge's Murder stacks he gains each time he defeats an enemy by 200%.
- Embrace the Urge - The Dark Urge unlocks the Form of the Slayer ultimate, and deals 100% more damage for each Evil Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
- Resist the Urge - The Dark Urge's alignment becomes Lawful Good, he unlocks the Wither's Resurrection ultimate, and deals 100% more damage for each Good Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
Ultimate Ability
The Dark Urge has two ultimate attacks, depending on if you Embrace or Resist the Urge.- Form of the Slayer - The Dark Urge moves to the enemy's side of the screen and transforms into the form of the Slayer for 15 seconds. While in this form, Sceleritas Fel joins the formation in the Dark Urge's spot while the Dark Urge is in the Ultimate form and is immune to damage. The Dark Urge gains a new melee attack that deals Ultimate damage.
- Withers' Resurrection - Withers appears in the back of the formation and raises his right hand. All enemies take 1 Ultimate hit and are pushed back to their side of the board with a shockwave, all knocked out heroes briefly glow white and are resurrected to full health, and all heroes are immune to damage for 15 seconds. This Ultimate automatically triggers if The Dark Urge is knocked out. After the duration ends, Withers disappears.
IV. The Dark Urge's Epic Equipment
| Slot 1: The Dark Urge DPS |
Slot 2: The Urge |
Slot 3: Ceremorphosis |
| Slot 4: Living on the Edge |
Slot 5: Specializations |
Slot 6: Ultimate Cooldown |
V. The Dark Urge's Adventure Variants
How Many Die Today? - Save the village from a foolish prank gone wrong with The Dark Urge!- The Dark Urge joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
- Only Champions with the DPS role can deal damage. (clicks still deal damage)
- Each wave spawns an Intellect Devourer. They don't drop gold or count towards quest progress.
- Getting to know the Dark Urge: The Dark Urge's damage is boosted by the number of enemies he has defeated, and this persists after you complete adventures.
- Area Goals:
- Tier 1: Complete Area 75.
- Tier 2: Complete Area 250.
- Tier 3: Complete Area 600.
- Tier 4: Complete Area 1200.
Time for Bloody Murder - Save the village with some high damage heroes!
- The Dark Urge joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
- You may only use Champions with the DPS role and/or members of the Absolute Adversaries or Heroes of Baldur's Gate affiliation.
- Getting to know the Dark Urge: The Dark Urge deals more damage when he is near the edge of the formation or next to DPS Champions. How will you maximize his damage?
- Area Goals:
- Tier 1: Complete Area 125.
- Tier 2: Complete Area 350.
- Tier 3: Complete Area 800.
- Tier 4: Complete Area 1400.
Rampage or Redemption - Save the village while deciding to fight or embrace murderous urges!
- The Dark Urge joins the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
- You may not use Neutral champions unless they are members of the Absolute Adversaries affiliation.
- Each wave spawns an armored Mind Flayer. They don't drop gold or count towards quest progress.
- Getting to know the Dark Urge: The type of Champions that associate with The Dark Urge depends on if he embraces or fights against his urges. Which one will you choose?
- Area Goals:
- Tier 1: Complete Area 175.
- Tier 2: Complete Area 450.
- Tier 3: Complete Area 1000.
- Tier 4: Complete Area 1600.
VI. Conclusion
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