Energy torrent is decent AoE and controlling attack, the chance of knockback if fairly high.
Conserve power is not even near-permanent, stamina is still a must.
I'm grabbing shurikens with my MA/Inv, and The hold from dark with my spine/regen, the only power that really makes the body pool useful is focused accuracy, and seeing as you're /SR you should have enough toggles draining your END already...
I'd say take shurikens, especially for the fact that so few people have them, and what's more cool than exploding shurikens? 
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Energy torrent is decent AoE and controlling attack, the chance of knockback if fairly high.
Conserve power is not even near-permanent, stamina is still a must.
I'm grabbing shurikens with my MA/Inv, and The hold from dark with my spine/regen, the only power that really makes the body pool useful is focused accuracy, and seeing as you're /SR you should have enough toggles draining your END already...
I'd say take shurikens, especially for the fact that so few people have them, and what's more cool than exploding shurikens?
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You are all correct bar 1 thing :P
Energy Torrent is a (long range) Cone 
but decent damage and control nonetheless.
Further, if you are SR, and plan to PvP, taking Focused Accuracy from the Body Mastery pool might be an idea. It gives +Perception. And from the tested numbers i've seen, Focused Accuracy + the SR +perception toggle (Focused Fighting/Senses?) should be able to see a stalker with hide + stealth from a decent range. Just an option you might want to consider for PvP
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You are all correct bar 1 thing :P
Energy Torrent is a (long range) Cone but decent damage and control nonetheless.
[/ QUOTE ]I know that, just meant it does decent AoE damage (as in multiple target, either cone or AoE).
Thanks for the advice.
I'm thinking to drop the Body Mastery Plans then, and go with Weapon. In retrospect it's closer to my ORIGINAL concept for the char anyway.
Another question - if I have Shruniken, do I need Exploding too? Since I'm /SR my build is pretty tight, and it would be nice to fit in a luxury power (such as Recall Friend) or either Cobra Strike/Crippling Axe Kick. My main use for a ranged attack is to bring them in range of my feet, after all. 
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Thanks for the advice.
I'm thinking to drop the Body Mastery Plans then, and go with Weapon. In retrospect it's closer to my ORIGINAL concept for the char anyway.
Another question - if I have Shruniken, do I need Exploding too? Since I'm /SR my build is pretty tight, and it would be nice to fit in a luxury power (such as Recall Friend) or either Cobra Strike/Crippling Axe Kick. My main use for a ranged attack is to bring them in range of my feet, after all.
[/ QUOTE ]I'd take explodiong shuriken to be able to deal AoE damage, and for the sheer coolness of the concept, but it's by no means necessary.
I'm in the process of planning my MA/SR's second repec, and want to take this build all the way to 50. Took a glance at the hero planner program, saw Energy Torrent, and thought "Hm. That looks GREAT for my concept."
How is the power in practice? Good damage, useful for pulling, looks neat? And if I take the endurance reduction power from Body (forget its name) is having Stamina too overkill?
The alternative, from a concept point of view, is grabbing the shrunikens from Weapon. (esp since I'm making my fourth costume a ninja) How to they compare to Torrent?
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