If you're fast, yes. If it hits one enemy, it won't nuke all your end. If you pop Conserve Power from your epic (maybe), it'll help.
I'd keep it though, snow storm + freezing rain + thunderous blast = pretty damn near dead mob.
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If it hits one enemy, it won't nuke all your end.
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Can you explain further? Its self end drain depends on how many mobs it hits?
it costs 10 end or so to activate then it will drain 50 end for each foe it hits. so if you nuke an av it wont drain your end. it halts your recovery though
Aha! I see! That was very important data to know. Looks like I have a few new things to try with TB then; using it against solo targets, and getting Conserve Power. Maybe I'll come up with a use for this power yet!
it's very usefull i would highly recomend it
It's a very useful power, the only ranged 'nuke' attack available. And the animation rocks.
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freezing rain + thunderous blast = pretty damn near dead mob.
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Well let's not go overboard. My 3 damage SO slotted thunderous blast, on top of a freezing rain, couldn't even kill a bunch of green minions. I was really uninsipired by the damage and it also dropped all my toggles and crippled my storm defence for a while after.
I imagine that PBU+AIM+TB would be a lot better but it's still no spawn wiper like a blaster with aim and buildup. That's 3 powers you need to make your nuke semi-respectable, that you might not take on your storm/elec otherwise. Especially if you're wanting elec epic for concept.
How much does Conserve Power help? Will it allow me to blast multiple mobs, or is it just gonna do something pathetic like blasting just two instead of one?
Conserve power halfs your end use for the duration of the power. It's not going to stop TB from draining all your end if you hit more than 2 bad guys.
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My Stormer is built to be, pretty much, a togglemonkey. At all times, she has running two Leadership buffs, Steamy Mist, and in combat often also Hurricane and Snow Storm. So a large part of my usefulness is in being able to keep toggles up.
So, Thunderous Blast. It sucks up all your end, and thus drops your toggles. Is there any way I can prevent it from dropping my toggles? For example if I pop a blue pill right after using it, will that be fast enough to prevent a toggledrop?
Failing that, if my main thrust is to keeping a lot of toggles up, should I just drop Thunderous Blast? Or can anybody come up with a use for it?