MG, I wouldn't rely on trying to power out of VRS. When I experienced it, albeit in a Puma rather than a Blackhawk, we were just about at max continuous power when the aircraft entered (the HP was trying to achieve an OGE hover at high altitude in the dark). The rate of descent was very impressive and we lost a lot of altitude during the event.
Thinking about this, an analogy is having a powerful car at full throttle but having wheel spin and little traction.