Up to 25% weapon damage and Haste from missing HP, paid for with 6% Accuracy and a bonus any heal resets; Rose is the better use of Legendary Warrior shards, since Impale needs no HP management.
Overview
Darkan plays at low HP on purpose. Forbidden Power scales weapon damage and Haste with missing HP, up to 25%, and Price of the Pact drains HP every 2 seconds and turns it into Block, so he walks himself into his own damage bonus while the Block keeps him standing. A weapon-heavy backpack gets the most from it, since every weapon takes the Haste.
The drawbacks are built in: 6% less Accuracy on every swing, and any big heal wipes out the bonus he has been building. Celestial Shield, the usual shield pick, fully heals him at 1% HP, which saves the run but resets his damage. For Legendary Warrior shards, Rose gives more: Impale sends her damage through Block and needs no HP management. Darkan is a good second Warrior, not a first pick.
Recommended build
Forbidden Power — Accuracy decreases by 6%, but all weapon DMG and Haste increase up to 25% in proportion to your missing HP.
Darkan's bonus grows as his HP drops, so the start of a fight is his weakest moment, and Red Dragon's 40% max-HP hit covers exactly that window. Geezer's pre-merged shop and Mimic's instant merges fill his backpack with finished weapons faster, and every weapon takes the Haste his missing HP gives.
Skill
Forbidden Power
Accuracy decreases by 6%, but all weapon DMG and Haste increase up to 25% in proportion to your missing HP.
Darkan's exclusive items
Only Darkan can find these in a run: buy them from the shop, or merge them where a recipe is listed. Effects, stats, prices and shapes are the game's own numbers.
What Darkan gains from unlock to 9 stars. The Ownership bonus raises every hero's HP, whoever you play. Supply Ability is how many supplies you can take into a run, starting at 12 and rising by 1 per star.
When the fight starts, Lose 0.20x Max HP to gain 0.40x Block and 4 Vamp. On a hit, Lose 0.10x Max HP and increase DMG by 30%.
8★
Ownership +90% HPSupply Ability 20Shards 500
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Skill Link: Forbidden Power
Other Warrior heroes can now equip this skill.
9★
Ownership +105% HPSupply Ability 21
Other skills
The rest of Darkan's kit. The headline skill is shown above; ownership, supplies and exclusive items are in their own sections.
Price of the Pact
Every 2 seconds, Lose x HP, then cover it to Block.
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