A. Dark Flare - which wont be used effectively for same reasons why people dont use Crystal Blast. In addition keeping in mind that Empowered buff possibly will be changed into affect only heavy attac
Dark flare looks to have a splash effect on nearby NPCs to your target. You can see the effect travel, but I don't know if it's just damage or the debuff as well.
Maybe it's because you start with such a hard hitting skill like Solar Flare (and you have Dark Flare as other optional Morph), and it gets downgraded in damage, even though it becomes AOE.
Unleash the power of the sun with a skill line that is actually pretty funny to use. Drop Nova ultimates on your enemies, burn them with sun fire, launch solar flares at them from afar, attach an exp