Force Bolt any good?

Hello All,

I've just rolled a Grav/FF troller and wanted to ask if Force Bolt was any good? I picked it and am planning to slot it 2xAcc 1xRec 3xDam.

I was planning to use it as a filler between Lift and Repel as an additional attack on Contained targets and to annoy people in PvP.

Is this viable?

Do NOT slot it for damage, it does less than brawl. Give it 1/2 Acc, and 0/1 rech, it's good power to keep bosses/lt's out of play.

heres an idea of what kind of damage FB does V brawl
FB X 3 dam = 1.08 smashing dmg
Brawl X 3 dam = 1.95 smashing dmg

you deside

Thats a pretty firm no.

Looks like just a +Acc and possibly a Recharge if I have the slots.

TY guys.

Force Bolt = a very fun power to use in PvP If you find a brute or stalker without knockback protection the enjoyment factor multiplies exponentially It's very useful in PvE too, as a control and mob positioning tool.

For slotting I find that it has a high base accuracy so doesn't need a huge amount of accuracies thrown at it. I tend to slot mine with one accuracy and then a couple of recharges so I can keep someone permanently knocked back (very handy when fighting tough foes). If I ever get to high levels with my FF'er I'll maybe throw a couple of ranges in there just to make it all the more annoyingly useful in Recluse's Victory when I've set up my bubble fortress in a pillbox

Knocking people without a vertical travel power off the top of the tower would be fantastic amounts of fun!

well, for PvP its a musthave power on troller, people who fought stage will know why

It has a very high base acc bonus (+40% iirc) so it only *NEEDS* 1 acc, if you put 2 in you rarely miss, even against people with defense based sets. I slotted mine with 2 accs and no recharge, I rely on hasten for that, plus the base recharge is v. fast.

For PvP, if you use this on someone without KB protection.. well theyre pretty much fked. You can keep em on their backs for a great while, while you spam holds/attacks on em or just wait for your friends to arrive and finish him off.

Another handy aspect is the toggledrop aspect of FB. Now it has a 33% (iirc) chance of doing a toggledrop, not sure how big this number will be in issue 7. This means that seeing you can spam FB pretty fast, you can easily knock off one of those annoying toggles. Especially handy to knock off acro so you can hold em easier

For PvE I never really saw the use on my ill/ff troller though.

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Another handy aspect is the toggledrop aspect of FB. Now it has a 33% (iirc) chance of doing a toggledrop, not sure how big this number will be in issue 7.

[/ QUOTE ]Propably 5%, since that's what brawl is dropping to.

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Another handy aspect is the toggledrop aspect of FB. Now it has a 33% (iirc) chance of doing a toggledrop, not sure how big this number will be in issue 7.

[/ QUOTE ]Propably 5%, since that's what brawl is dropping to.

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Numbers aren't important regarding toggledropping anymore as it will be practically non existant after i7 (+ toggledropping with FB now is fairly rare anyway)

meh, my fav tactic still is alternate forcebolt with blind, which will either hold my target by overcoming mezresist or by dropping his mezresist toggle

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Knocking people without a vertical travel power off the top of the tower would be fantastic amounts of fun!

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I wonder how they got there in the first place

1 REC and 1 ACC should be enough - it has a high base ACC and fairly decent REC as it is.

It is good for knocking mobs away from squishies and useful in PvP.

I mainly use it on my Ice controller to push mobs who have escaped, onto my Ice Slick.

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1 REC and 1 ACC should be enough - it has a high base ACC and fairly decent REC as it is.


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though the REC is disputable if you also got hasten running

I think this is a godly power in pvp and pve. I have it slotted with 1 Acc 3 KB on my FF defender. It very rarely misses and it sends things flying for miles. I can't remember the exact figure but I think 3 KB SO's is something like 160% knockback bonus.

Can Forcebolt knock flying players/mobs out of the air?

Aaaw, I though AM was back at first.

Curse you foul Necroposter

haha sorry folks I just did a search on titles for force bolt. It was late and I didn't take the time to see when it was posted. Thanks for the answers though.