Darkness

Darkness is an uncommon Defect skill costing 1 Energy that channels 1 Dark Orb. Dark Orbs passively gain damage equal to your Focus each turn and deal all accumulated damage to the strongest enemy when Evoked. This snowballing mechanic makes Darkness a powerful setup card for future burst damage.

Darkness is the primary Dark Orb generator, pairing with Defragment for faster passive charging and with Loop for doubled charging each turn. Dualcast Evokes the Dark Orb twice for doubled damage, Multi-Cast Evokes it multiple times for devastating burst, and Recursion Evokes and re-channels for repeatable damage.

For the Defect, Darkness is a cornerstone of Dark Orb strategies. Against bosses like Lagavulin Matriarch and Knowledge Demon, channeling Dark early and letting it charge over many turns creates a lethal Evoke with Dualcast or Multi-Cast. Against The Insatiable, the growing damage helps you keep pace with escalating threats. Pair Darkness with Focus from Defragment and Biased Cognition for Dark Orbs that charge explosively fast.