Is it wrong if I actually feel compelled to try this?
Hilarous guide, I loved it.
Who's starting the AR/Cold Super-Team Supergroup?
What server?
I honestly want to try this too. Would make for a good laugh once in awhile, just to see how many teams you can get kicked from.
@Ninth Cloud
Justice
I'm of the firm belief that anyone with this build needs to have a costume with a trenchcoat and be pasty white with random black makeup.
ROTFFLMAO!!!!!!!! cardiac arrest dieinapuddlofmyownbodilyfluids FUNNY.
NOW FORMING ICY HOT SG ON VURTUE. MUST BE DEDICATED ROLE-PLAYER
Thanks for the kind words, all. I'm glad you've enjoyed it 
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Didn't you say to skip Ice Sword >.> Your last paragraph becomes nonsensical!
I was sooooo hoping nobody would notice that >.<
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NOW FORMING ICY HOT SG ON VURTUE. MUST BE DEDICATED ROLE-PLAYER
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Can we pick Freedumb? All my Virtue spots are taken, and there's more people to get kicked off teams by.
@OP: Activating Frozen Fists would achieve the same effect as Ice Sword. So the absurd image is still possible.
I don't think I ever laughed so much reading a guide!
Great job!
Ooh. Tasty.
My eyes are literally watering. At first I thought you were seriously joking. Then I discovered you were jokingly being serious. That improved the experience tenfold.
Repentant.... You are a @#$! genius. A sick, twisted, utterly maddening genius. Bravo.
Rule number six of an empathy defender is NEVER underestimate a blaster's ability to die. I don't care if he has CM, Fort, both RAs, bubbles (both FF and Sonic), and is fighting next to a Storm defender with hurricane on. If there is a way to die in that situation, the blaster will find it.
this is freakin hilarious! nice one. 5 star thread!
I have a 48 AR/Ice blaster (Robofett -> on Justice) & i'm half tempted to respec him for a week 
i'd only change Frozen Aura:
c'mon now. you HAVE to take this. Then every time you team and use it to SLEEP your foes who instantly get woken up by the other 7 members of your team you will think about how nice it would be to have a nice nuke like fire or energy does.
Slot for recharge as it doesn't have any special accuracy bonus & it will miss about 75% of the mobs on high level teams.
:-)
thread brought back from the dead:
This is absolutely the most hilarious guide I have ever read, it out does the Carp Melee Tank thread by leaps and bounds. Sorry fellow tankers, but this one uses actually existing powersets and powers to be hilarious.
Now Repentant you must repent for posting this.
As someone who's written an AR/Ice guide...I fully endorse this thread!
Long live the Sui-ssault Rifle/Ice Blaster build! 
Thoroughly entertaining read.
Centinull
That guide was hilarious! 5 starred!
After reading this thread, I feel the compulsion to hang out around the entrance to a shopping mall, smoke cloves, and hate my father.
Resurrection, I had to. This was too funny and we all need humor in our lives.
I remain in darkness to expose the light in you.
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Caradavina - Energy/energy blapper
Chippo - Fire/ice blaster
The World is Not Enough - dual blades/regen scrapper
and the list goes on and on...
This was great, lol. Especially since my only AR/Ice Blaster sits in medicority at level...6-8ish.. (I just NEVER get in the mood to play her!)
It should be updated for issue 9, lol. Mentioning how you should NEVER use IO's or Set Bonuses.. Matter of fact..General TO's are all you really need....
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Level 50 Science Blaster
Primary Power Set: Assault Rifle
Secondary Power Set: Ice Manipulation
Power Pool: Presence
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Flame Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Slug -- Acc(A), Acc(3), KBDist(3), KBDist(5)
Level 1: Chilblain -- RechRdx(A), Slow(5), Acc(7), Acc(7)
Level 2: Buckshot -- Acc(A), Acc(9), KBDist(9), KBDist(11)
Level 4: Frozen Fists -- Slow(A), Slow(11), Acc(13), Acc(13)
Level 6: M30 Grenade -- Acc(A), Range(15), Range(15), Acc(17)
Level 8: Challenge -- Taunt(A), Taunt(17), RechRdx(19)
Level 10: Stealth -- RechRdx(A), DefBuff(19), DefBuff(21), RechRdx(21)
Level 12: Sniper Rifle -- IntRdx(A), IntRdx(40), Acc(42), Acc(42)
Level 14: Chilling Embrace -- Slow(A), Slow(23), Slow(23), RechRdx(25)
Level 16: Build Up -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(25), RechRdx(27)
Level 18: Flamethrower -- Acc(A), Range(27), Range(29), RechRdx(29)
Level 20: Ice Patch -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(31), RechRdx(31), EndRdx(31)
Level 22: Intimidate -- Fear(A), Fear(33), ToHitDeb(33), ToHitDeb(33)
Level 24: Invoke Panic -- Fear(A), Fear(34), ToHitDeb(34), ToHitDeb(34)
Level 26: Ignite -- Range(A), Range(36), Acc(36), RechRdx(36)
Level 28: Invisibility -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(42), DefBuff(43), DefBuff(43)
Level 30: Phase Shift -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(45), EndRdx(46), EndRdx(46)
Level 32: Full Auto -- Range(A), Range(37), Acc(37), Acc(37)
Level 35: Freezing Touch -- Acc(A), Acc(39), Hold(39), RechRdx(39)
Level 38: Hasten -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(40), RechRdx(40)
Level 41: Bonfire -- RechRdx(A), Range(43), KBDist(45), KBDist(45)
Level 44: Fire Shield -- ResDam(A), ResDam(46), ResDam(48), RechRdx(48)
Level 47: Rise of the Phoenix -- Dsrnt(A), Dsrnt(48), RechRdx(50), RechRdx(50)
Level 49: Kick -- KBDist(A), Acc(50)
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Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Defiance
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Normally I don't fund much inspired writing on these types of forums, but I was impressed with the humor here, particularly your introduction. Good job.
I laughed again.
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Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should!
Note: No, it's not entirely serious. It's all a joke. I promise, really I do.
A Guide To Misery: Assault Rifle/Ice Manipulation for the Almost-Suicidal
Earlier today I was deep frying a Snickers bar in my kitchen naked, when a bit of the oil I was using splashed onto me causing me Great Pain in places where one would be quite happy to have no Great Pain. As I lay on the floor writhing in said pain, while the dog blithely licked my face and then peed a little, I thought Somewhere, there is someone as miserable as I am right now.
Thats when I thought of this. Somewhere, there is a person as miserable as I was at that moment, yet entirely free of second-degree burns to the wang. Somewhere, theyre just walking around, in a constant state of sad, and perhaps with no relief. Maybe blood freaks them out, so they dont want to cut. Drinking? No, maybe theyre underage, or maybe they just cant stomach the taste. Drugs? Those things are expensive. And theyre not ready for suicide, oh no. They dont want to end it. But deep down they know that, viewed objectively as an independent bundle of morals and ideas, they truly deserve to suffer. Perhaps that someone well, perhaps thats you.
Im here to help.
You need to combine escapism with suffering. Punish yourself in a digital world, so that your physical body is unharmed. You need to pay $15 dollars a month to be degraded, to be mentally deconstructed and blapped into oblivion. You need to create an AR/Ice Blaster. The reason for this build will become apparent as we go along, so hold your questions for the end.
One last thing before we start. I know that some of you fools are going to say just take the two powers at level 1, never train up, never stick enhancements into the base slots, turn it all the way up to Invincible and just die over and over. But this is not the point of the build we aim to make ourselves cry, not quit in frustration. You must follow the slotting I give to you, because in this way, you will always feel like youre just on the edge of actually being something other than a totally crippled build but not quite. This is the essence of misery: to be so close to decent, yet have it be just your grasp. That having been said, lets continue.
ASSAULT RIFLE
This thing is ridiculous. You whip out a giant Super-Soaker with a flamethrower attached and shoot stuff. The redraw animation time isnt awful, but it certainly isnt a plus for the set. Plus the damage is pretty much confined to lethal and smashing, which are the two most heavily resisted forms of damage in the game. Lets have a gander at the powers. The numbers I give here are from City of Data, so theyre darn good stuff.
Burst (1)
Brawl Index: 3.00 Lethal
Endurance Cost: 5.202 pts.
Recharge Time: 4 sec.
Activation Time: 2 sec.
Range: 90
Features: 4 tick DoT (~2 sec.), -Def, +5% Accuracy
Burst is your only single-target attack that doesnt do knockback. This means that if you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to shoot a single bad guy and have him stay right where he is, you can do it. Well have none of that. Skip Burst and move right along to Slug.
Slug (1)
Brawl Index: 4.56 Lethal
Endurance Cost: 8.67 pts.
Recharge Time: 9 sec.
Activation Time: 2 sec.
Range: 95
Features: Knockback, +5% Accuracy
Here we are, this will be your level 1 attack. Nice damage, knockback, an accuracy penalty, its got it all. You want to put three accuracy debuff enhancements and three knockback ranges in this bad boy. Feel that first pang of sorrow? Good. Good.
Buckshot (2)
Brawl Index: 2.52 Lethal
Endurance Cost: 10.404 pts.
Recharge Time: 8 sec.
Activation Time: 2 sec.
Range: 40
Cone Degree: 30
Features: Cone, Knockback, +5% Accuracy
This will do some pretty nice damage in a fairly wide cone directly in front of you, as well as dealing a knockback effect to the folks it hits. Its also fun to use, to boot. For those reasons, we will be skipping this power as well.
M30 Grenade (6)
Brawl Index: 2.49 (1.6683 Lethal, .8217 Smash)
Endurance Cost: 15.1725 pts.
Recharge Time: 17 sec.
Activation Time: 2 sec.
Range: 80
Features: Targeted AE, Knockback, +5% Accuracy
Now heres one that fits nicely into our build. This thing is a targeted area-effect that does knockback in every direction away from the target. It scatters things all to hell, makes a glorious mess, and oh this is the best part does only lethal and smashing damage even though theres a giant frickin fire blob in the animation. Take this, slot er up for knockback to increase the chaos, and prepare to make every melee character ever pray for your death.
Beanbag (8 )
Brawl Index: 0.56 Smash
Endurance Cost: 10.404 pts.
Recharge Time: 20 sec.
Activation Time: 2
Range: 60
Features: Disorient (100% Mag 3), +5% Accuracy
Okay. If youre like me, when you think beanbag you think back to the Fall Festival or Autumn Fun Day or whatever at your elementary school. You would take a little purple polka-dotted beanbag and toss it at a wooden plank with a hole in it. If you got it through the hole, you would win a novelty oversized comb. So what youre doing is shooting your targets, filling them full of lead, spraying them with a flamethrower, freezing them, whatever, and then tossing a beanbag at them to see if you win a prize. Take this and slot it up for recharge so you can feel ridiculous as often as possible.
Sniper Rifle (12)
Brawl Index: 7.68 Lethal
Endurance Cost: 15.606 pts.
Recharge Time: 13 sec.
Activation Time: 5 sec.
Range: 120
Features: Interruptible, Knockback, +25% Accuracy
This is your snipe, obviously, and its pretty darn good when used properly. However, for our purposes, you will not be using it properly. Oh no. You will take this, you will slot it to decrease interrupt time, and you will use this in melee range. Yes. You. Will.
Flamethrower (18 )
Brawl Index: 5.3336 Fire
Endurance Cost: 21.675 pts.
Recharge Time: 20 sec.
Activation Time: 3 sec.*
Range: 40
Cone Degree: 45
Features: 8 tick DoT (~8 sec.), Cone, +30% Accuracy
Take this and stick a range enhancement in the base slot. Ill go into more detail on this in a bit, but just trust me for now.
Ignite (26)
Brawl Index: 6.666 Fire (.2222 per tic)
Endurance Cost: 5.202 pts.
Recharge Time: 4 sec.
Activation Time: 2 sec.*
Range: 30
Features: 30 tick DoT (~12 sec.), Small AoE Storm, +100% Accuracy
This thing works pretty much like Burn, in that for some reason it has a fear component that constantly makes whatever you want to hurt run out of it. This will infuriate you to no end, so obviously, youre going to want to take it. Slot it for accuracy, since its already pretty much auto-hit.
Full Auto (32)
Brawl Index: 8.10 Lethal
Endurance Cost: 26.01 pts.
Recharge Time: 25 sec.
Activation Time: 6 sec.
Range: 80
Cone Degree: 10
Features: 18 tick DoT (~6 sec.), Cone, Critical Hit Chance, +35% Accuracy
This is your tier nine, and its a doozy. It has a fairly narrow cone, but the damage is great and you will be able to mow stuff down with it. At least, you would if you slotted it properly. You on the other hand will be putting one range enhancer in the base slot of this little fella, so that every time you use it you will wail and gnash your teeth in agony at the thought of how uber it could be.
ICE MANIPULATION
Note: Im tired of doing the numbers, look them up yourself you bum.
Chillblain
This is given to you automatically. Its a fairly good attack, but dont worry, Ive figured out how to turn it against you. Heres what you do. This attack immobilizes your target in an icy little pen. Activate it, then immediately afterwards use flamethrower. Notice how the scorching, roiling flames do nothing to melt the ice. Look at it closely. Yes, feel that? That was your first facial tic. In time, that will happen pretty much automatically any time your brain happens to fire off a signal across some lonely synapse. Fire does not melt ice. Fire does not melt ice. Now twitch, my puppet. Yes. Gooooood. Slot this for damage just for giggles.
Frozen Fists
This encases your grubby little mitts in blocks of ice and lets you smack at foes around you. Remember earlier when I told you to stand right in melee range and use Sniper Rifle? This is what you should be using between recharges. We dont want you getting bored, now do we? No no. We want you good and entertained, so that you keep coming back for more. Slot this with, oh, I dont know recharge.
Ice Sword
This power lets you create a sword made of ice with which to smite your enemies. I read a book once, and for the life of me I cant remember the name, but it was very good. In it, a group of people committed a murder together. They took sharp icicles and all stabbed this one guy at the same time. When the murder weapons melted, there was no fingerprint evidence or anything to leave behind. This power reminds me of that, and I enjoyed the book. We cant have things reminding us of happy times, so skip this.
Chilling Embrace
This is a toggle aura that lowers the temperature around your body and slows the enemies who come within its range. Take this and run it constantly just to drain endurance. There is a second reason to take it, but were going to save that one for a bit later.
Build Up
Build up is an incredibly good power. For ten seconds, you get a massive boost to your damage output, and a pretty nice one to your accuracy, too. I know what youre thinking right now. I do. You think you should skip this. Its awesome. Its uber. But youre going to take it, and youre going to slot it for recharge. Every time you click this, you will get a glimpse of what it would be like if you werent totally gimped. And then it will slip away from you. You will feel empty and hollow inside. Yes. Thats right. That little facial tic from before has gotten quite a bit worse, hasnt it? Dance, puppet.
Ice Patch
This plops a patch of ice around you, so long as youre near the ground, and foes that step onto it will slip and fall down. Take this, but dont slot it. It might accidentally get better. There is a second reason to take this, just like Chilling Embrace, but well get to it in a bit. Keep your pants on.
Shiver
This blasts a wide cone of chilly air that slows enemies in its range pretty significantly. Its got nice utility, a fun animation, and is just too good to take in general. Skip skip skiparoo.
Freezing Touch
This encases a bad dude in a block of ice with a single touch while also doing a bit of damage over time. Use this like Chillblain, in conjunction with your flamethrower, in order to further develop your newly found facial tic. By now, that thing should be well on its way to a full-blown twitchy opposite-sex-repellant.
Frozen Aura
Kinda like Chilling Embrace, except this is a click, not a toggle, and it will sleep the foes it hits. This is nice, as it provides you with some PBAoE control. Youre going to want to pass this over, since its pretty decent. What I want you to do instead is stab yourself in the leg with a pencil.
EPIC POOL
Youre going to be taking the fire epic pool, Flame Mastery. Bonfire is a good choice, as it does stupid knockback and, combined with your M30 Grenade, can pretty much ensure that no melee character will ever team with you twice. Rise of the Phoenix is also a good choice, because believe me, you are going to spend a lot of time facedown.
But heres the most important part: Take Fire Shield. This is a toggle that will encase you in fire, providing some protection from Lethal, Smashing, and Fire damage, as well as a tiny bit against Cold. Turn this on at the same time as Chilling Embrace, lay down and Ice Patch, and whip out your Ice Sword. You are now holding a sword made out of ice, standing on a patch of ice, and supposedly lowering the temperature around your body in order to slow your enemies while you are on freaking fire. Think about that. Think about it some more. At this point, that innocent facial tic should have long ago evolved into a twitch. As soon as you grasp the absolute absurdity of what you are now doing, if my calculations are correct, you will start trying to bite your own ear while screaming BISCUIT BISCUIT BISCUIT TONKA TRUCK BOOBS and listening to Kenny G.
Once you get there, I can do no more for you. Your descent into hell is complete. Youre welcome.