22>>>Acrobatics - Havent tried it out as such but is it good for blasters?
28>>>Ice Patch - although small patch unlike ice slik but still same thing
I would swap these 2, ice patch is a serious life saver and a blaster's best help they can give to a tanker.
Shivers i never took, i dont like the animations (makes you rooted). Instead of that jump kick, go for combat jumping, gives immobilize protection.
Frozen touch is lovely, though melee. The damage is pretty nice (3.2 DoT) but the animation is serious fast. Shivers might be replaced by frozen aura, tomorow my blaster will be high enough (alraedy i gues tonight, 1,5 bar) to get this power, i'll let you know what it is (aoe sleep, combine this with stealth, lovely).
Acrobatics gives mag1 protection to kockback/up/down and hold. The hold can take 1 hold-attack from mobs, often in PvP its not enough. The kb/ku/kd is a great protection, specialy with those banished earthquake powers.
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Both Chilling Embrace and Shiver are very useful for the slow effect (movement and recharge) but they don't deal any damage. They are definitely worth taking in my opinion, for both PvE and PvP. I never liked Frozen Aura since it comes too late to be of much use: it would be a good power for soloing in the 20-30s, but in the 40s, you can't really solo that much anyway, and on teams, there are more useful powers for a blaster than an AoE sleep imho. Concerning Epics, I found Force and Elec to be above the others, but of course this depends on playstyle (some blasters really enjoy using Rise of the Phoenix...)
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10>>>Chilling Embrace - I'm curious is this the equivalant to blazing aura for a fire tank? o.O
12>>>Jump Kick - Keeping mobs down
22>>>Acrobatics - Havent tried it out as such but is it good for blasters?
35>>>Shiver - is Shiver the same as fire Breath just bigger cone range?
38>>>Freezing Touch - Quick short range holding power can be usefull but is it worth it?
41>>>Hasten - for recharging needs...
44>>>Bonfire - Choose this instead of char if I wanted another hold power I go play my controller instead! besides this is one power I did not choose on Frank...
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Never, EVER take jump kick, especially for a blaster, the animation time is WAY too high and the effect is teh suck.
Personally I don't like mez protection for squishies, but many swear by acro, so take if ya want.
Don't take shiver, it's no damage, and IMO the recharge is not worth it. Rather drop shiver, take hasten earlier, and TAKE CHAR. 1 blaster hold=meh, 2 blaster holds=boss held, Huzzah!
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Personally I don't like mez protection for squishies, but many swear by acro, so take if ya want.
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Acro won't do much to stop you from being Held, but it will help keep you on your feet when the Knockback starts flying - and that's a godsend, because there are plenty of things that get a bit spammy with the Knockback.
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(some blasters really enjoy using Rise of the Phoenix...)
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well of course! whats more better than a selfrezzing KB'ing a large group that was on top yer, giving ye enough time to fly away!
any way I devised an build for my blaster... so far I choosen the powers I made with the build up to 13 and like I said if I wanted to hold stuff I go play my controller frank, he has excellent holding abilities...
01) Fire Blast -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Range - Range
01) Chilblain -Acc - Acc - Immob
02) Fire Ball -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Rechg - Rechg
04) Ice Sword -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Slow - Slow
06) Hurdle -Jump
08) Fire Breath -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Rechg - Rechg
10) Chilling Embrace -Slow - Slow - Slow
12) Combat Jumping -DefBuf
14) Super Jump -Jump - Jump - Jump
16) Health -Heal - Heal - Heal
18) Aim -Rechg - Rechg - Rechg - TH_Buf - TH_Buf - TH_Buf
20) Ice Patch -EndRdx - EndRdx - EndRdx
22) Build Up -Rechg - Rechg - Rechg - TH_Buf - TH_Buf - TH_Buf
24) Stamina -EndMod - EndMod - EndMod
26) Blazing Bolt -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Dmg - Range
28) Acrobatics -Rechg
30) Blaze -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Range - Range
32) Inferno -Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Dmg - Rechg - Rechg
35) Freezing Touch -Hold - Hold - Hold
38) Frozen Aura -Sleep - Rechg - Sleep
41) Hasten -Rechg - Rechg - Rechg
44) Bonfire -Dmg
47) Fire Shield -DmgRes - DmgRes - DmgRes
49) Rise of the Phoenix -Rechg - Rechg - Rechg
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well of course! whats more better than a selfrezzing KB'ing a large group that was on top yer, giving ye enough time to fly away!
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Erm... how about not dying? 
Some comments:
- You need 3 damage enhances in your attacks (much more important than rchg or slows)
- CE needs endreds (e.g. 2 endred / 2 slows)
- CJ: def is minimal, slot for jump
- SJ: 3 jumps is too much (even for PvP)
- Health: not really worth it for squishies, but if you really want to take it, don't waste slots on it
- Aim: 1-2 ThT_Buf are enough, and that's really if you want to PvP (same with BU)
- Ice Patch: 1-2 rchgs is better slotting
- Try to take Stamina earlier (before BU) and if possible, Hasten
- Acrobatics: slot endred
- Freezing Touch: I would slot 1-2 acc 2-3 holds
- Frozen Aura: as I said, I would take Shiver instead, but try it and see what you think
Hope some of this helps! 
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well of course! whats more better than a selfrezzing KB'ing a large group that was on top yer, giving ye enough time to fly away!
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Erm... how about not dying?
Some comments:
- You need 3 damage enhances in your attacks (much more important than rchg or slows)
- CE needs endreds (e.g. 2 endred / 2 slows)
- CJ: def is minimal, slot for jump
- SJ: 3 jumps is too much (even for PvP)
- Health: not really worth it for squishies, but if you really want to take it, don't waste slots on it
- Aim: 1-2 ThT_Buf are enough, and that's really if you want to PvP (same with BU)
- Ice Patch: 1-2 rchgs is better slotting
- Try to take Stamina earlier (before BU) and if possible, Hasten
- Acrobatics: slot endred
- Freezing Touch: I would slot 1-2 acc 2-3 holds
- Frozen Aura: as I said, I would take Shiver instead, but try it and see what you think
Hope some of this helps!
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actually it did, I decided to drop Frozen Aura as who needs an AoE sleep hold when there gonna be woken up with an inferno any how... and managed to somehow fit super speed in also!
new build
01) Fire Blast -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Dmg - Range
01) Chilblain -Acc - Acc - Immob - Immob
02) Fire Ball -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Dmg - Rechg
04) Ice Sword -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Dmg - Slow
06) Hurdle -Jump
08) Fire Breath -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Dmg - Rechg
10) Chilling Embrace -Slow - Slow - Slow
12) Combat Jumping -Jump
14) Super Jump -Jump - Jump
16) Health -Heal
18) Aim -Rechg - Rechg - Rechg - TH_Buf
20) Ice Patch -Rechg - Rechg
22) Stamina -EndMod - EndMod - EndMod
24) Build Up -Rechg - Rechg - Rechg - TH_Buf
26) Hasten -Rechg - Rechg - Rechg
28) Blazing Bolt -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Dmg - Range
30) Super Speed -Run - Run - Run
32) Inferno -Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Dmg - Rechg - Rechg
35) Acrobatics -EndRdx - EndRdx
38) Blaze -Acc - Acc - Dmg - Dmg - Dmg - Range
41) Freezing Touch -Acc - Acc - Hold - Hold - Hold - Dmg
44) Bonfire -Dmg - Dmg - Range - Range
47) Fire Shield -DmgRes - DmgRes - DmgRes
49) Rise of the Phoenix -Rechg - Rechg - Rechg
I only put three slots in travel powers as an example from fly 3 flight SO's makes ye fly alot faster... yesterday I just put in lvl 30 fly so's and my flight speed has defiantly increased! so I persume with Super Speed its as same as SJ? or am I allowed to have the extra speed slot in there?
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I only put three slots in travel powers as an example from fly 3 flight SO's makes ye fly alot faster... yesterday I just put in lvl 30 fly so's and my flight speed has defiantly increased! so I persume with Super Speed its as same as SJ? or am I allowed to have the extra speed slot in there?
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Fly definitely needs 3 speed enhances, but other travel powers are fine with the default slot (except maybe TP which can work better with range/endreds), at least for PvE. Build looks good, but I would still slot some endreds in Chilling Embrace.
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I only put three slots in travel powers as an example from fly 3 flight SO's makes ye fly alot faster... yesterday I just put in lvl 30 fly so's and my flight speed has defiantly increased! so I persume with Super Speed its as same as SJ? or am I allowed to have the extra speed slot in there?
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SJ (1 Jump) + Hurdle (1 Jump) is very close to the cap iirc.
Super Speed does need 2 Run (if you don't have Swift) to cap, but 1 is close enough.
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well of course! whats more better than a selfrezzing KB'ing a large group that was on top yer, giving ye enough time to fly away!
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Erm... how about not dying?
Some comments:
- You need 3 damage enhances in your attacks (much more important than rchg or slows)
- CE needs endreds (e.g. 2 endred / 2 slows)
- CJ: def is minimal, slot for jump
- SJ: 3 jumps is too much (even for PvP)
- Health: not really worth it for squishies, but if you really want to take it, don't waste slots on it
- Aim: 1-2 ThT_Buf are enough, and that's really if you want to PvP (same with BU)
- Ice Patch: 1-2 rchgs is better slotting
- Try to take Stamina earlier (before BU) and if possible, Hasten
- Acrobatics: slot endred
- Freezing Touch: I would slot 1-2 acc 2-3 holds
- Frozen Aura: as I said, I would take Shiver instead, but try it and see what you think
Hope some of this helps!
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I have to say, BU should ideally be in pre 20, especially for PvE blaster builds, in PvP i dont have it til later as i have a self sufficient type build and need th aid self etc, although usually I would say ge BU pre 20 so therefore pre stamina (stamina can wait til 24 or later in teams i find, but i try to think outside the box and not take stamina with my toons until late respecs, actually only got it on one toon so far, and he's the one that needs it least in PvE
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Good point Plight, but Fire/Ice is gonna be quite endurance heavy, so I woud suggest seeing how he's doing around 20 and if he doesn't feel an urgent need for Stamina, to take BU first (might even manage by slotting some endreds and swapping enhances later).
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Hey Hey folks I decided to Make a Fire/Ice Blaster, so far he's a pretty fun toon to play I think I might use the Double xp to get him up a few levels... however the plan I made for him doesnt look promising, I put reasons for my powerpicking in each one I also havent done any enhancing because since the new ED ehancing thing im not sure which enhanncers goes where etc...
sorry for the long boring comments!
01>>>Fire Blast - Good Range and damage for starting power..
01>>>Chilblain - Good starting imob -speed and -recharge is handy
02>>>Fire Ball - good for the AoE Damage
04>>>Ice Sword - same with Chilblain but excelent damage =D
06>>>Hurdle - for the jumping pool...
08>>>Fire Breath - good cone damage
10>>>Chilling Embrace - I'm curious is this the equivalant to blazing aura for a fire tank? o.O
12>>>Jump Kick - Keeping mobs down
14>>>Super Jump - instead of fly for a change, tried it on my first fire blaster it was fun I enjoyed it
16>>>Health - Need for stamina
18>>>Build Up - feeh no comment xD
20>>>Stamina - Woo for stamina!
22>>>Acrobatics - Havent tried it out as such but is it good for blasters?
24>>>Aim - feeh no comment xD
26>>>Blazing Bolt - Snipe power very nice (too bade fire blast gets it a bit late though!
28>>>Ice Patch - although small patch unlike ice slik but still same thing
30>>>Blaze - good damage in a very short range
32>>>Inferno - nice to toast mobs with
35>>>Shiver - is Shiver the same as fire Breath just bigger cone range?
38>>>Freezing Touch - Quick short range holding power can be usefull but is it worth it?
41>>>Hasten - for recharging needs...
44>>>Bonfire - Choose this instead of char if I wanted another hold power I go play my controller instead! besides this is one power I did not choose on Frank...
47>>>Fire Shield - Smashing and lethal resists
49>>>Rise of the Phoenix - Self rezzing power + KB = excellent!
I did have a thought about the other Epic pools such as Munitions but didnt really need another snipe/kb/hold power since Fire/ice already have most of em...
I also decided to give Fly and TP a break I seem to be putting them in every single build I make! so I'm open up to new travel power ideas for a blaster...
Any advice muchly appreciated!