JohnnyKilowatt

Any other takers?

Maybe try Trick Arrow? There's one "poison" power in there.

Plus, the multiple resist debuff powers paired with fire is just plain evil.

I took both quicksand and snowstorm on mine. Several weeks later, I still used quicksand quite a bit. Snowstorm only got used in unusual situations, such as accidental team-splits aggroing multiple groups spread apart.

On the bright side, +damage bonuses have more punch when backed up with -resist debuffs. Sonic attacks have no shortage of this.

On the down side, most of the sets with +damage bonuses are not cheap recipes, which can make it an expensive build. If you're not familiar with the going rates for various recipes, I'd suggest searching prices in Wentworths first to see what you're in for.

Does jump kick still require contact with the ground? I always thought it was funny you couldn't jump kick while jumping.

I've done a stone/dark brutroller before. Yea, it works. Sometimes they wander out of oppressive gloom range (it's a small radius), but walk right back in once they recover. Later on you can grab an AoE immob to keep them in.

By slotting your attack powers specifically for accuracy bonuses (purples, thunderstikes, crushing impacts, sirocco's, etc) you'll often need to slot IOs with accuracy in them. I usually end up with around 40% accuracy in my attacks just by slotting IO sets, whether I want the extra accuracy or not.

Self destruct!

melee/melee

Screw defense, screw mezz protection, just high risk for high reward point-blank damage dealing. Similar to a Blapper, but with melee in the primary as well.

The main reason I suggest Air Superiority to blapper newbies is it has an immediate and early effect on their ability to blap. It comes at level 6. It recharges quickly (very important to lowbies, since Charged Brawl and Havok Punch have non-trivial recharge times). It allows you to juggle enemies endlessly and cut down incoming damage well before any holds are available. It allows you to melee and not use charged bolt every 2 out of 3 attacks waiting for blaps to recharge.

Just got to level 6? Awesome, here's a taste of what things to come. If bouncing a hellion around while pounding his face in doesn't make you smile, perhaps blapping isn't for you.

Sure, once their high level and have the full assortment of drain/hold powers and lots of recharge in the blaps, they may decide they don't need it anymore. While I longer spam it like I did in lower levels, I still find it useful against certain specific enemies so I keep it around.

> Are Elec/Elec Brutes as much fun as Elec/Elec Scrappers?

Yes.

My single-target oriented blapper usually just pumps levels. 1 player, +2 levels. While he can handle more enemies, there's really no reason to have them around when he's only killing one at a time.

My fire/fire AoE blaster says "lol cimerora ranged attacks" and pumps players. 8 players, +0 levels; it's lawnmower time!

Back on topic, here's some suggestions for an elec/elec/elec blapper:

The key to blapping is shutting down enemy attacks. Electric is quite effective once you get the hang of neutralizing incoming damage. These powers work well enough for me that my current elec^3 doesn't even have medicine or fighting pool.

1) End Drain. Short Circuit and Power Sink will take large amounts of endurance off of all enemies around you. Short Circuit and Tesla Cage will also stop enemies from regaining endurance. Enemies with no endurance who cannot regain endurance will not attack you.

2) Three holds. Tesla Cage, Shocking Grasp, and Shocking Bolt will take a minion or lieutenant out of action for a little while. You can shut down bosses with two of these, however having three serves as backup in case one misses. (yes, even purple'd-out blasters will miss from time to time)

3) Air Superiority. Sometimes, you'll run into enemies that just can't be held or drained. Knockdown is a third form of mitigation that often still works.

4) Now just fill in the rest with your blaps. Enjoy your blapping!

People are missing the obvious. When "animated tails coming" was announced, what they meant to say was "Tail Domination and Tail Assault coming".

Tried dual pistols in the beta, and .. yea.

I look forward to playing the set in 2012, when it next gets looked at. Although I'd probably give it another look if we could choose alternate animations that aren't "jump around like an idiot shooting at everything except what I'm aiming at"

Related to silly damage, try playing the Tyrant mission and leave some minions around for Statesman to K.O.Blow. Preferably with some damage buffs on Statesman or resistance debuffs on the minions.

"Vegita, what does the scanner say about Statesman's damage?"

Try turning on some antialiasing and anisotropic filtering. Those steps in Ouro are painful.

I was on a traps corruptor superteam a while back. The thing I remember most is how much my screen looked like a fishbowl, due to all the forcefields.

Yea, I sort of miss the days when my "solo play" tray consisted of webnade, beanbag, ignite, and nothing else.