I'd say for hover to be effective use 3 fly speeds, with another travel power and hover i'd go hover/AS tbh
acro SJ/CJ are essential for PvPers who can KB, you won;t get a look in if you can't resist KB/KD/KU
taking hasten so early may cause end issues although it will compensate for going melee heavy early on with regard to the slow recharge.
id do aid self with 3 heal 1 intred so u can really use it and move, otherwise you have to stick out a lot longer rooted animation
i wouldnt take health, i went hurdle/swift for the movement in both PvP and PvE, with aid self health is not really worth it imo.
careful of your end, without elec primary (lower end cost and chance to recoup end) you may burn out a little faster than elec elec, pop an endred in some ranges to sort this out tho.
LF seems to be pretty pointless in PvP i find, it rarely touches a stalker unless unhidden and then it doesnt do a lot, i have3 acc and tbh dont like how it is, i'd go 1 acc 1 endred for PvE or dro it and pick up another pool or lightning clap for PvP, perma KB and another ranged stun (range i hear you say? PBAoE? It's about 12-15 feet with KB and chance to stun), on test i slotted this 2 acc 3 recred and it works a charm, not that i need it often, but it's nice when needed and it's there when needed with 3 recred.
the DPS you will get from sniper blast with this slotting isnt worth it imo, take another pool or a fast recharge/KB power from your primary.
hope this helps, mainly the elec side (oh and as you have no holds in your primary you may want to get Shocking Grasp, it will make a big difference with bosses and especially once you have Shocking Bolt)
Plight
Basically what plight said.
If you do go sniper blast route i'd slot it 3damage 2interupt, (your going to use it with aim+bu) and take power push, that way if you fight a toon who has no KB protection or have drained a toon of his mes protection toggles you fire off power push that builds up enough time for a snipe, or to fire off thunderstrike. Thats what i used to do on my defender, drain them of end fire off power push then total focus, really useful and i imagine even more so on blasters.
I've got an NRG/Elec as my main and to be honest I ditched Charged Brawl, Havoc Punch & Lightening Field. If figured if they get that close to my squishy blaster then I've got Power Burst, Energy Torrent which have range, and Thunder Strike which all seem to do more damage. I might be wrong about Havoc Punch as I ditched that on my first respec so it might be better slotted later on.
I'm not very up with PvP tho so I'd like to know what you find works best there. Especially against frikkin stalkers! ;-)
I wouldn't drop any of the elec melees, 2 have KB, 1 has stun and 2 have sleep, 2 have -end and they all do insane damage (far more than you primary). I would go on test and try them slotted with 2 acc 2 dmg 2 recred for some fast melee, 2 acc 3 dmg 1 recred for PvP and high intensity burst damage or for PvEup to +2 just 1 acc 3 damage 2 recred (or 1 recred 1 endred if your endurance is bad). The only power I can't really get into is Lightning field, although in teams it's still really nice to have.
As for stalkers, learn tactics or carry stacks of insights and then just practice a lot [img]/uk/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Plight
Or as I found out the weekend, have some very big friends and lay a trap.
Had a particulerly active TP-ing stalker yesterday so we set up area that made it look like 1 lonely hero by themselves. When the Stalker struck and the cry "Here" went up, about 5 other heroes pounced on them. After the 5th time the Stalker claimed they were picked on and left... poor diddums.
I did manage to take down two Brutes with my Blaster though on that simple but often maligned trait Defiance. Just when they think they're winning! BOOM!
I'll have to think about dropping some pool powers and maybe going more melee elec based. Don't know why but I keep wanting to make my blaster a tank?
pwn stalkers ftw
blasters are tanks
that'll be all today [img]/uk/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Plight
I guess Ill probably use this for mostly PVE, but wud atleast like the option to have a go at PVP. I Have used BindW's Plight Trawler as a resources for the Leccy side of the build. One thing I am unsure about is Travel Power, I'm really keen on having a flying toon, but what are the benefits of going SS or SJ, is the current combo suitable?
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Name:
Level: 50
Archetype: Blaster
Primary: Energy Blast
Secondary: Electricity Manipulation
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30) --> Sniper Blast==> Acc Acc
32) --> Build Up==> Rechg Rechg Rechg TH_Buf
35) --> Power Sink==> Rechg Rechg Rechg EndMod EndMod EndMod
38) --> Nova==> Dmg Dmg Dmg Rechg Rechg
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44) --> Charged Armor==> Empty DmgRes DmgRes
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01) --> Brawl==> Empty
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