Since I have joined these forums, I have used most topics I started to ask questions and poll the knowledgeable veterans we have here. For once, I'd like to give back a little of what has been given to me and preemptively answer a question I see often in the AT forums.
"What's a good [insert desired archetype] to duo or trio with?" Regarding blasters, I think I found the answer to that yesterday.
Syrena is my Elec/Ice blaster, had her forever, I really like the synergy between the two powersets, very controllery. However, even though she has great survivability, I never could really solo her well, she doesn't have enough firepower to kill things as fast as say, my Katana scrapper. As for massive, fast paced groups, since the bulk of her most interesting powers take a few seconds to fully bloom out, she didn't really fit in either.
Yet, I managed to level her slowly but surely, until it hit me yesterday. My friend is leveling his INV tank and he wanted to duo since the rest of our usual group couldn't play that night. So I decide to load her out of a kick and here's the routine that slowly came along.
Tank herds maybe 2-3 groups. I go in cone range:
Aim -> Shiver -> (go in PBAOE range) Short circuit -> Ball lightning -> Ice patch. Back up. Laugh as I see a bunch of mobs stare at each other in disbelief with no endurance and barely able to stand. From there, I let the tank rip out the AoEs while I build up, then happily zap away at the bosses and lieutenants, adding more chillblain goodness to any foe that might prove to be a problem.
Of course, every three groups or so I would simply wait for the herd and nuke, but since my nuke isn't available every group and even if it did, how boring would that be...
So yeah. Add a melee class to that blaster and you pretty much got a guaranteed recipe for success on Invincible setting. Fast, efficient, safe. What more could you ask?
Since I have joined these forums, I have used most topics I started to ask questions and poll the knowledgeable veterans we have here. For once, I'd like to give back a little of what has been given to me and preemptively answer a question I see often in the AT forums.
"What's a good [insert desired archetype] to duo or trio with?" Regarding blasters, I think I found the answer to that yesterday.
Syrena is my Elec/Ice blaster, had her forever, I really like the synergy between the two powersets, very controllery. However, even though she has great survivability, I never could really solo her well, she doesn't have enough firepower to kill things as fast as say, my Katana scrapper. As for massive, fast paced groups, since the bulk of her most interesting powers take a few seconds to fully bloom out, she didn't really fit in either.
Yet, I managed to level her slowly but surely, until it hit me yesterday. My friend is leveling his INV tank and he wanted to duo since the rest of our usual group couldn't play that night. So I decide to load her out of a kick and here's the routine that slowly came along.
Tank herds maybe 2-3 groups. I go in cone range:
Aim -> Shiver -> (go in PBAOE range) Short circuit -> Ball lightning -> Ice patch. Back up. Laugh as I see a bunch of mobs stare at each other in disbelief with no endurance and barely able to stand. From there, I let the tank rip out the AoEs while I build up, then happily zap away at the bosses and lieutenants, adding more chillblain goodness to any foe that might prove to be a problem.
Of course, every three groups or so I would simply wait for the herd and nuke, but since my nuke isn't available every group and even if it did, how boring would that be...
So yeah. Add a melee class to that blaster and you pretty much got a guaranteed recipe for success on Invincible setting. Fast, efficient, safe. What more could you ask?
Perfect duo blaster. Right there.