deadboy_champion

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Robot Dance - /emote robotdance

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Does this remind anyone of that Dave Chappelle slow motion skit when he's in the club and that dood was doing the robot?

Thanks Kitsune for posting the stuff up

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Very nice. Thanks A_A.

But... what is a knock/knocker? I've only done the TF 3 or 4 times, and I don't get the concept! Thanks.

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On the first mission send someone to "knock" on the door underneath the tree on the left which will spawn the AV

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If there are less than 3 Controllers on the team, expect a long hard fight with many faceplants.

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Not true I've done a zillion katies 2 Controllers with AoE immobs is all you need. Team makeup should consist of at least 1-2 debuffers 1-2 Controllers with an AoE Immob and 1-2 AoE blasters

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An Illusion Controller is ideal for this job as they have Superior Invisibility and can Confuse them to death. A Stone Tank can actually be useful here, have them go Granite and just run through the mission.

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Ideal is a stealthy blaster with the ability to solo the spawn (aim/buildup - slotted up Tier9). I do this all the time on my main who's an Electric/Electric.

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“Mission Four – I need ONE and only ONE person, preferably a REAL KATIE VET who knows how to free Katie and bring her to the entrance. I want all others with me… we are Ambush Meat”.

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Send one person with Fly to check the spawn site if clear than that one person can KO the altars fly straight up and back to the spawn site. If the spawn site is not clear (meaning there are mobs so close they will aggro once she's freed) then you should clear it.

It's a mix of CJ and Superspeed in addition to Swift and Hurdle.

Kaiserin great drawings btw those rock

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Can some1 write a new Elec/Elec guide to melee speced build?

i'd say one of the Elec/elec vets should do it (like deadboy)

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Oh believe me I've only racked up 300 hours on the reroll of DB and havent had enough PvP time to even consider myself a "vet" of both sets (though I think I got a wide knowledge of it ). I do consider myself a "vet" of Energy/Devices though I'd never make a guide of it (I believe that just about every power in the game I can find or figure out a use for) .

Check your mail you should get a PM with my current build with IOs.

<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre> /bind lshift "powexec_name Teleport" </pre><hr />

IMO works better since you can see the targeting reticle

Power selection and tactically speaking sure but what I9 brings is IO set bonuses which are completely tailorable based on you how much influence you have, the market and which direction you which to go to.

Take a peek at www.paragonwiki.com for more info. Basically list your powers out then list out what type of Sets and Bonuses you're going after....

good stuff Scrap good stuff

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Targetting Drone

Recharge: Moderate

Ah the Targetting Drone! Some consider this as the gem of the Devices secondary, I myself agree with them This power is great! Even unenhanced, you get roughly about a 25% ToHit bonus from it, which is almost as good as having a single Accuracy SO. The endurance drain is also minimal so you don't have to worry about this thing being an endurance hog like its cousin Focused Accuracy.

Personal Power Rating: 5/5

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Umm TD's base to Hit is 13.875% and with 3 Even level SO's that's 21.645%.

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Personal Force Field: PFF provides a base 25% resistance to all damage, minus the psi and toxic, as well as base 45% defense against all damage types, including psi, but not toxic. The downside, of course, is that while you're running PFF, you can only use powers that affect yourself. This is actually a very decent panic button from my experience. Just turn it on and start running and 9 times out of 10, you'll make it out alive.

Personal Power Rating: 3/5

Recommended Slotting: 3 DefBuff, 1 End Rdx, 2 DmgRes (optional)

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Umm, you cant put DMG RES enhancers in PFF. Put 1-2 Recharge in there. The End Rdx isnt really necessary unless you're gonna run around the zone in PFF.

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oh wait sorry wrong section...
good write up Juzam

&lt;--learned how to tank from Ring/Kilo/Briar/Mold that's why I um play brutes jk

Actually once one gets down the basics it's gets more interesting with positioning/placement.

Very comprehensive - ty - a ton of good info in here all in one spot.

I play a Storm/Sonic on Champ who just hit 30. She is a perfectly soloable PvE wise but is geared towards team zone PvP play. I find it interesting that you chose Fighting Pool over Medicine (I have Leadership on my build and O2 Boost) - I would chosen Medicine for Stimulant/Aid Self.

Thanks again Arcana for the time and hard work.

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Hmmm. Now... should I drop Aim for Smoke Grenade or refuse another Epic Pool Power.


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With 3 Recharges in Aim it's a 62.5% Boost to base damage and 37.5% Acc boost available every 45 seconds... I'd keep Aim no matter what

Ok well.. I have Smoke Grenade pretty late in my build and of course it has Lysos.. so I'm really not a good test subject. Out of 10 packs of pve mobs ranging from even level to +3 SG indicated no misses (meaning say out of a pack of 4 I could see the debuff effect on each one) and the mobs sizes ranged from small (2-3) to medium (7-9). I tested SG in pvp as well with the help of Kush and Midnight Power (thanks guys/gals) and again I could see the debuff effect but never saw a "hit" or "miss" indication.

I think I have a version of Deadboy on test that's hamifree so I can test with him later.

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Is the ACC enhancement only for PVP purposes and its Auto-Hit in PVE?


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It should require a to hit check in both PvE and PvP - however you may have Targeting Drone so slotting for Acc may not be necessary.
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Does the smoke effect on the mobs show regardless if it effects them or not (bug)?



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The smoke effect should only show on affected mobs and should last roughly 60 seconds.

Have to chime in FF again good guide.. it's too bad Deadboy is Energy lol

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Also I see that you slotted up Frozen Armor (protects smash/lethal/cold) but none on Cloak Device (protects verse All) ...I'm sure you have a some reasoning on that I just wished to know why?


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FA's base is higher than CD's base.

@Deadboy (woot finally got my name lol)

Deadboy - Blaster
Deuces Wilde - Blaster
Bombshell Beauty - Blaster
Fools Gold - Controller
Sabre-Wolf - Scrapper
Drunken Style - Scrapper
Jet Set - Tank
Stormwave - Defender

Barbed Rapture - Stalker
Peerless - Brute

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Is an ED/i6 update gonna come out.


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IIRC FF posted an ED build but I alas it never made it to here before it was beleted.

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Seems there has been dev recognition that this build is disadvantaged - any i7 fixes you are aware of?

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Other than what's been posted in the test forums on a thread by Revolver Law I've yet to see anything of Red name status for Devices . However a large number of suggestions have been made in the Blaster forums.

Thanks Cuppa for all your work

Aye Nether that was fun.. hey where's my pb&amp;j??

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I hoped that it would come across as something to be read with a grain of salt, and not some kind of be-all, end-all of build guides, without me having to issue a long disclaimer.

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If one is going to post a guide one should expect to receive responses whether positive or negative - it makes us better writers and readers.

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However, one thing I did come to realize is having a largely useless secondary can actually be a blessing.


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You made this statement - I offered counterpoints. Wasn't trying to start a flame war just offer counterpoints.

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And to Deadboy... Please don't tell me what blasting is about. Everyone plays the way they see fit, and if this style doesn't appeal to the person reading it, then they don't have to play this way.

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Agree - that's why I posted what I said - by omitting the other aspects that Ice Manipulation has to offer you could lead readers to the notion that Blasters are simpling about killing.

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Frozen Auru's use is totally dependant on the ingenuity of it's user

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Apologies if you read this as an insult. It's a factual statement as there are no direct references to you or OP.

I think you're selling Ice Manipulation quite short. Being a Blaster isnt just about dishing out alot of damage it's also about using your secondary powers to support your primary. Ice Manipulation offers quite a few "soft" type of controls with it.

Chilblain - you should mention that Chilblain grounds flyers and it does a good amount of DoT. It's also a Mag3 Immob and will instantly root most LT class mobs.

Frozen Fists and Ice Sword do respectable damage and Cold is less resisted than Lethal - there's nothing wrong with taking either and slotting them up.

Chilling Embrace - again a PBAoE slow - used under the appropriate circumstances can be very effective in both PvE and PvP (It used to be the Anti-Stalker aura).

Shiver - Shiver has a huge cone radius works very well with 2 Acc and 2 Slows. Used in conjunction with Ice Patch or with another slow type of effect (such as Snowstorm) one can pretty much slow stuff to a crawl.

Freezing Touch - It's a melee ranged Mag3 Hold and will stack nicely with other Holds (either from your primary or an Epic)

Frozen Aura - PBAoE Mag2 Sleep (yes it only affects minions) but most Sleep control effects have a good long duration. It does 0 damage so one can theoritically perma-sleep a group of mobs. It also stacks nicely with other Sleeps from other players or oneself (on Test I stacked Flash Freeze and Frozen Aura together). Frozen Auru's use is totally dependant on the ingenuity of it's user - I've seen some AoE users (like myself - I'm AR/Ice) use it solo and in team as well as Single target specialists use it.

Enjoyed your guide - lots of good good points (making binds etc).

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Energy Blast. This is the only power in which the knockback is not away from you. You target one goon, and the blast knocks surrounding mobs on a radial away from him, not you. This is key in that one of the three factors, namely your location, isn’t as big a deal as the other two. This has two implications. 1) If you want to knockback the group in a particular direction, target one on the side of the group away from where you want them to go. 2) Even if you’re above the target, they’ll all still be knocked back from your target. Hover does not turn knockback into knockdown with this power.


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You're refering to Explosive Blast.

I think a good idea maybe to categorize the KB powers

Cone Style KB (Powers which have a high % to do KB in cone shaped AoE away from you)

Energy Torrent (from Energy Blast)
Torrent (from Dark Blast)
Shockwave (from Sonic Blast)
Buckshot (from Assault Rifle)

Single Target KB

Power Push (from Energy Blast)
Power Thrust (from Energy manipulation)

Radial KB (these attacks cause KB in a Radial type pattern)

Explosive Blast (Energy Blast)
M30 Grenade (Assault Rifle)


*I know there are more just dropping in some examples