Blaster Counterpart? Please someone help!

Alright, so I've been pvping with my blaster ever since he hit level 30, and by far he is the FUNNEST pvp toon I've played yet. I wanted a VILLAIN pvp toon, so naturally I rolled a stalker. However, stalking really aint my gig. I hate having to give up kills because they got out of melee range or they have quicksand/arctic air/etc. I dont like it at all. Because I know if I was on my blaster I could just use any ranged attack and get the kill.

Now I am looking for a pvp toon that plays like my sonic/em blaster, and I'm having difficulties deciding what to pick. I know it will be a sonic corruptor, or some kind of Dom. And with the Dom buffs, it looks like Dom's will be doing more damage, get buildup, and have some mez. On the other hand, Corrs only get aim, they get SCOURGE, and they have a secondary that can assist them by buff/debuffing.

What will be best for me? Looks like Doms will do more overall damage, while Corrs will pull ahead near the end of fights with Scourge. What secondary is best for Corrs, and what is good for Doms? Looks to me like /elec will be good with Doms and I have no idea what secondary to choose for a Dom....

What would you reccomend will play like my Sonic/EM blaster, the Dom or the Sonic Corr? And what secondary/primary should I have?

doms are the vill side blasters. They play very similar in pvp now.

Corr isn't similar blaster at all.

Gamplay is different.. as Blaster u are a full damage dealer: have to kill ur target as fast as u can, move out from the fight and take another target.

As corr ur primary occupation is survive. U have to calibrate heal and damage, u have to stay always in (or anywau really close) the fighting zone.

I donnow Doms.. I play a sonic/therm corr vill side ad a psi/em blaster heros'.

I like both (but blaster more ).


About corr's secondary: thermal or rad. Thermal is brobably the best atm.

You want a son/ /rad /therm or /pain dom.

Doms play more like blasters than corrs. I'd say the closest to a blaster is a Mind/Fire.

/Elec Doms are all the rage now.

Only if you think sonics are the top blasters

I've been thinkin...mind/elec looks really sexy but so does Sonic/therm...and hell I've even thought about making a sonic/sonic just for stacking massive -res on targets on RV teams/arena teams. I am thinking a corruptor ATM because of sonic blast theme...but I'm gonna wait until I can find some i15 pvpmode Dom numbers to see how kickass they are.

Personally I think elec is over hyped the same way sonic is for blasters. People just go crazy when they see the big numbers, not taking into consideration a lot of other stuff. IMO psi (in both blasters and doms) is better than the slower, harder hitting counterparts.

As far as the buffs, well, take my word for it and roll a dom now. They are gonna be pretty OPed when i15 goes live. As it stands right my dom has no problem taking down most of anything I've dueled, insanity will ensue when they increase its base damage by 30-40% across the board.

Actually you sound like you'd be better off playing a claws or spines stalker. They've got a ranged attack.

As a dominator or corrupter you're more than likely just going to get smacked down unless you're in a team. As a stalker you've got hide and a defensive secondary.

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claws stalker

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Actually you sound like you'd be better off playing a claws or spines stalker. They've got a ranged attack.

As a dominator or corrupter you're more than likely just going to get smacked down unless you're in a team. As a stalker you've got hide and a defensive secondary.

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I've played a squishy in pvp, and I've played a stalker. Trust me, I prefer the squishy .

Anyways, after I just loaded up test and saw the numbers, I will admit I was surprised. If I do go the Dom route, it will be mind/elec, and if I roll a corr it will be Sonic/Something. I didn't choose Sonic because of the "big numbers", I just like Sonic.

Is Sonic a bad secondary for a corruptor? Because Sonic Siphon is looking pretty useful for taking down targets...

Point is... why u have to take sonic (as secondary i mean) when u can take Thermal or Rad?

If u have some background reasons well (but i never sow a /rsonic doing well in pvp) .. if not, why?

Because therm's debuffs take over 2 minutes to recharge, and rad has loltoggles.

IDK, I might make a Dom too. :\ I think I'm gonna wait it out abit to see if the Dom numbers get fixed...I mean changed.

I amend my first answer to you to you are looking for a sonic/pain. Decent burst and can be hard as hell to kill.

Sonic/Therm >>>> Sonic/Pain, neither of them play like blasters though.

How does Sonic/Cold play?

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Sonic/Therm >>>> Sonic/Pain, neither of them play like blasters though.

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All well and good and I agree, but he already said he isn't feeling therm. And pain dom is pretty fricking underrated. I know its debuff is a joke but man are they hard to take down if the person playing them has any clue whatsoever what they are doing. The therm will get more kills, the pain dom will die less.

Alright which plays more like a son/em blaster, Corr or Dom?

I'm really torn on this...Son/Cold or Son/Therm look really good but their playstyle doesn't seem to fit the style of a blaster, seems like a Mind/Elec would play more like a blaster because of the BU Dom Lev Mes combo rather than the debuff debuff shriek scream shout combo or a Son/Therm. What is the best secondary for Mind? Still elec or is it energy?

Seems like it would be pretty easy to hit 700% + regen on a /pain (cause the aura is regen in pvp rather than pulse heal) AND have the aoe self heal.

That could be pretty good.

Just inspected Sonic blast numbers and Mind Control numbers and have come to the conclusion that I'm making a mind dom. Probably going to use the /elec secondary for a snipe and buildup. Now all I need to do is think up a name and he'll be ready for i15

I know mind/elec wont fit the theme I had in mind, but oh well, those numbers are too good to resist.

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Sonic/Therm >>>> Sonic/Pain, neither of them play like blasters though.

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All well and good and I agree, but he already said he isn't feeling therm. And pain dom is pretty fricking underrated. I know its debuff is a joke but man are they hard to take down if the person playing them has any clue whatsoever what they are doing. The therm will get more kills, the pain dom will die less.

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I missed the part where he said he wasn't interested in Therm. Personally I haven't found pain to be particularly harder to take down than therm, or at least definitely not enough to make up for the loss in debuffs.

Like I said before though, neither of them play like blasters. Doms are more like blasters, Mind/Elec is a good combo, but you need to be in melee to take full advantage of it. I personally prefer Mind/Fire or Mind/Psi.

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Sonic/Therm >>>> Sonic/Pain, neither of them play like blasters though.

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All well and good and I agree, but he already said he isn't feeling therm. And pain dom is pretty fricking underrated. I know its debuff is a joke but man are they hard to take down if the person playing them has any clue whatsoever what they are doing. The therm will get more kills, the pain dom will die less.

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I took down a Sonic/Cold Corruptor 9-0 in a arena match without touching any insp but a few reds and 1 yellow while playing my Sonic/Pain


I even use my Sonic/Pain as my villain side PvP Io farmer because with 45% perma damage bonus and some sonic Blast it usually only takes a single attack chain of Aim+Screech+Shriek+Scream+Shout+Shark to finish off the Troller I use when it isnt running its armor. I dont even use the debuff in PvP unless the chance for KD in Screech fires off allowing me to hop in and use it.

My Sonic/Therm however doent have the extra damage boost to hit upfront like that BUT the -resistance debuff is easier to use and HE rocks

As far as who lives longer I have t give it to the Pain. With just health and the passive heal aura turned regen in PvP it nets 25hp sec or more. So during a normal Aim attack cycle I got back 250 hp or about a small greens worth. In a 30 second phase cycle thats 750 hp or about of 60-65% of my health bar not counting actually using my heals or Hibernate