There is nary a thread on sapping these days. The post i9 world needs a guide.
I used my double XP weekend wisely and rolled a Kin/Elec sapper - getting 31 levels in the process. Everyone I've played with is very impressed by the level of soft control and scrappiness a version of the build has shown.
DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY OUT OF DATE INFORMATION IN THE COMMENTS PROCEEDING THE GUIDE. A sapper is absolutely doable.
Without factoring in the IO potential, my sapper on Freedom, Speedbolt, does exactly what the guide states. 2 applications of SC, and transference on the bossman and you have a continuous level of soft control that not even controllers can match.
The AoE troller hold fires off once per combat (or 2) and holds for a finite amount of time. At some point in the combat the baddies are released. With sapping, once that second application of SC hits, the villains are done save for their most basic attack occasionally (which with Transfusion firing off every few seconds is no big deal).
Plus there is a true element of fun in this toon. Being an "Offender" has a visceral quality to it. It freaks people out that I get up in there immediately after the aggro magnet to do my thing. After the first or second mob goes by and they realize they aren't being attacked, they start to ask "who is sucking away their end?? That rules!" (to which I shout, 'soft control ftw'!) You become one-stop team support. You heal, recover, buff, debuff, control, and kill all at once.
I encourage my teammates to close ranks with me and once they do they have a ball. I mean, what blaster doesn't relish the opportunity to blap safely.
I even have a following of toons asking to get on my teams now.
TRY THIS BUILD! YOU WILL LOVE IT!
