SnipeFu's Definitive Guide to Energy Blasters V3.0
By
Airhammer,
Posted on: 2004-11-09 13:44 in Player Guides
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You're going to have energy blasters going nuts trying different combinations of this, DustKing. 
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ZUBENELGENUBIS BUILD
Here is my plan for the next iteration of the Mighty Mighty Zubenelgenubi (currently at level 50). From the 4-slotted Hasten one might infer that hes heavy on the HOs. One would be correct. Theres about 50 in him now.
6 - POWER BOLT
6 - POWER BLAST
6 - ENERGY TORRENT
6 - POWER BLAST
6 - SNIPER BLAST
1 - AIM
3 - EXPLOSIVE BLAST
4 - NOVA
6 - POWER THRUST
1 - BUILD UP
6 - BONE SMASHER
6 - TOTAL FOCUS
3 - HOVER
1 - FLY
1 - SWIFT
3 - HEALTH
6 - STAMINA
4 - HASTEN
1 - RECALL FRIEND
3 - TP FOE
1 - TELEPORT
3 - REPULSION FIELD
5 - TEMP INVULNERABILITY
6 - FORCE OF NATURE
This build is somewhat optimized for PvP, but allows for usefulness in PvE. I refuse to go against character concept, so the concealment power pool is out. Flight and TP are required.
Repulsion Field is intended almost solely for PvP. (If I want villain mobs to move away from me, Ill just Nova them) Are there too many slots in Repulsion Field? Do I need more?
Are there enough slots in TP Foe? What slotting works well for this in PvP?
Explosive Blast will need Aim & Build Up to reach the damage cap.
FoN: If its loaded with Membranes, what will be its down time?
How many resistance SOs do I really need in Temporary Invulnerability?
Many people say that Health should not get additional slots. However, Ive found it quite useful with 3 or 4 slots while Im soloing. I might be willing to trim a slot here, but 2 would be minimum, I think. Id rather take one or two from Power Thrust or Bone Smasher if Im really pressed.
Thanks in advance!
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Here is my plan for the next iteration of the Mighty Mighty Zubenelgenubi (currently at level 50). From the 4-slotted Hasten one might infer that he’s heavy on the HO’s. One would be correct. There’s about 50 in him now.
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Uhm, well, the fact that you have 1 slot in build up, but 6 in power thrust tells me this is a concept build; anything I say is very likely going to miss the point entirely.
I guess, since you only have 50 HOs, I could recommend getting the other 20 and making a complete set.
Other than that, you have power blast twice, good choice since its a pretty good power (I'm assuming thats really burst), and 3 slot hover and 1 slot fly. I know you said that flight was mandatory, but if you use teleport to get around, maybe hover would be good enough for in-combat flight, and you could substitude fly for conserve power. I dunno if that breaks concept, and you don't have slots for it, but it still makes a good pre-nova booster, and its still 90 seconds of no endurance worries when it does come up. Conserve power is much more useful in PvE than PvP, though.
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Uhm, well, the fact that you have 1 slot in build up, but 6 in power thrust tells me this is a concept build; anything I say is very likely going to miss the point entirely.
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Why do you say that?
With my HO's, I'm at the damage cap for my entire primary power set except for Nova and Explosive Blast. I only need build up on those. Power Thrust is very useful in PvP. For PvE it's not that great, but I'm lvl 50 now... so the Arena seems to be it.
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I guess, since you only have 50 HOs, I could recommend getting the other 20 and making a complete set.
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Working on it. That's why I'm looking for comments on this build. So I know what else to trade for.
Mostly I'm interested in how many slots I'll need for TP Foe and Repulsion Field, given that these will be used almost entirely for PvP.
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Uhm, well, the fact that you have 1 slot in build up, but 6 in power thrust tells me this is a concept build; anything I say is very likely going to miss the point entirely.
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Why do you say that?
With my HO's, I'm at the damage cap for my entire primary power set except for Nova and Explosive Blast. I only need build up on those. Power Thrust is very useful in PvP. For PvE it's not that great, but I'm lvl 50 now... so the Arena seems to be it.
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Even though you are at the damage cap with 6-slot dmg/acc, you might still want to have fast cycling BU and Aim, especially Aim, for the arena, for the to-hit buffs against defensive sets, like SR and FFs, and even blasters packing PFF. You might even want to multislot Aim with to-hit buffs just for that purpose.
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Just revisting the post. I am now level 39 almost 40. Amazingly two nights ago I was on a team blasting and sniping away (I have become a master with snipe ) with another nrg blaster and they person asked me.
Hey Airhammer are you a student of SnipeFu??
That was about the coolest thing that has ever happened in game. 
I love being on teams now. My regular friends know I can take a boss out pretty quick. Its cool to hear them say.. Yo Air.. boss.. or Yo Air Void/Quantum... and I am like " Check ".
We were on a team with a few Khleds and they were all worried about the voids. We were really far away looking down and I was like you want me to snipe him from here ?? They were like you can snipe him from here ??? I was like NO ONE is out of my range..
Aim Build Up, Boost Range, Snipe.. Hover in close ( what suppression ?? ) Power Blast, Power Bolt.. and the coup de grace Power PUSH.. oops on your butt again??.. Heres another Snipe for ya.. BLAMMMM> dead....
They were like.. dag....
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
Okay, I'm ready for you to post an update snipe. 
I have found that Issue 5 hasnt changed the way I play at all...
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
at level 41 now.. thinking about bonesmasher or this new double BU+AIM+EB combo I have been reading about. Will the double EB at least take out minions really well ??
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
Level 45 and counting. Went with Bonesmasher.. Love it.. Now just need Temp INV and Force of Nature and I am done !!!!!
Next.. Elec/Elec Blaptroller !!!!
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
I quit playin last fall when WoW came out an now I'm back to get ready for CoV. I'm not a hardcore player and my blaster is only a 31 energy/elec blaster. I've read and read this week trying to catch up on all the changes but still have couple of questions.
Is energy/elec still viable as mostly solo? All I see on the boards are the energy/energy blasters. Does anyone have a link to a decent template handy?
Thanks for any help.
Look back in this post and see Snipe's build. He is energy/elec and my wife is a level 42 Nrg/Elec. All I can say is this.. Shocking Grasp and Shocking Bolt ( the new Epic Power for Electric Blaster ) will be your very very new bestest friends.
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
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Look back in this post and see Snipe's build. He is energy/elec and my wife is a level 42 Nrg/Elec. All I can say is this.. Shocking Grasp and Shocking Bolt ( the new Epic Power for Electric Blaster ) will be your very very new bestest friends.
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agreed. They will help you hold a boss in no time.
The Legion of Freedom
I finally found it. Too much reading lately.
Thanks for the assist guys an everyone who has posted in this thread.
To everyone who made this post one of the best on the boards. To everyone who helped me and gave me advice. To everyone who hooked up that Sunday on test and had a super good time throwing Hellions all over creation..
Thank you..
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FIFTY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nuff said...
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
GRATZ! Welcome to the HoTC (pronounced "Hotsy!") crowd!
Grats Airhammer! 
I think on that note it would be prudent to say that this guide will not be getting an update anytime in the near future like I had promised.
The Legion of Freedom
Well if ED goes through ( and it will belee dat ) then I would say an update is in order..
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
I hope you do update for ED. The advice in this guide was what I used (and deviated wildly from at times, but knowing what I was getting myself into) to build my first deliberately planned character.
Of course, said character was also built around scouting with Phase Shift, and spent a few weeks on test experimenting heavily with the powers in the energy secondary with the three free power choices I5 brought her. The new build? Based on perma-Hasten and near-perma Power Boost.
Now she drinks a lot of tea in her apartment and reads.
Virtue
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Angel Witch II - Chord of Souls - Storm Witch II - Princess of the Dawn - Standing Horse - Witch of Xymox
Silent Scream - Shadow Witch II - Liquid Serenade - Nebulous Dawn - Ghost Witch II -Xiberia
At this point I'm just not sure I want to relearn the game yet again and retool my character yet again.
Maybe at some point in the future I will, but for the time being I guess this guide will become a relic of what once was
The Legion of Freedom
Mebbie I'll post something inna beet...
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At this point I'm just not sure I want to relearn the game yet again and retool my character yet again.
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I understand completely. I'm quickly losing interest in playing my alts. The only saving grace is that:
1) ED won't affect my tanker much
2) I never really had a concept for my main and I am always trying to decide what to do with him anyways.
Even though Snipe seems to have joined the unwashed masses of players turned off by ED, I'd just like to thank everyone on this thread who provided any kind of helpful post. Tonight I hit 50, and while I don't think I have a cookie-cutter build, I have to say that paying attention to this guide/thread really helped me along the way.
Thanks, everyone! 
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... And if you stack BU and Aim, the combined accuracy completely overcomes the -50% on superspeed, so you can do this combo while fully protected by stealth+SS.
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And here I was just about to ask... "Say SnipeFu, how do you think the ToHit debuff on Super Speed and Super Leap will affect Energy blasters? Have you tried macros or binds to turn them off when attacking? Because that 50% is nasty unless you have HOs."
Well, OK, I'll ask it anyway. Any comments?
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Even with 6 HOs you will still miss a lot. I have a feeling the acc debuff is applied to final accuracy taking it down no matter how much acc is slotted in the attack. HOWEVER, buildup or aim will each negate the debuff very well.
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I've seen the same thing, and that is really, really odd, because it means the -acc does not work the way we traditionally think about acc debuffs. Aim effectively erases the -acc on SS, but 4 HOs (+200% acc) don't. That's either a sign that there are some debuffs that don't work they way we think they do, or the debuff is actually bugged in its strength.
I suppose its also irrelevant as well, but it might be relevant down the road for figuring out how the -acc in fly works.
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