So, you seriously think that you might have trouble getting enough aggro? 
If it has eyes, you can blind it, if it has blood, you can make it bleed, if it has a mouth, you can make it scream.
Of anything, why take nrg as primairy?
Or you mean you want to create a nrg OR elec (secondair) blapper? :P
Elec/elec (or abitty fire/elec) with lightning field can be devastating versus mobs, plight was a famous user of it.
Perhaps if you slot it massive on acc, it helps against stalkers in PvP.
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Perhaps it is about showing heroic mercy or something like that.
First, jump in and tick them off with Lightning Field.
Second, show mercy by pushing them out of your damage aura with your energy attacks.
Third, die horribly.
If it has eyes, you can blind it, if it has blood, you can make it bleed, if it has a mouth, you can make it scream.
If ya have gazumped the endurance down to 0 on a herded group then lightning field ticks of end drain could be beneficial. If your low on hp even more so but i wouldn't joke about its benefits until i find them. I just see elec/elecs being the most likely benefitters from it tbh tho atm, and thats if they have a build that does good end drain over time with hastened 3 rechg 3 end mod short circuit and powersink. Energy is more kb so.. XD so I personally wouldn't rush out to get it.
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Thanks for the replies all; wise words I'm sure. I've decided to give it a miss. Just in case anyone's interested, I've decided to go sonic/elec as I've never used sonic before and it fits in with my tech battlesuit concept.
Will the elec melee give me much of an end return or is it minimal?
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Powersink is the great drainer/refill power, the rest is very minimal on end-regain.
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If you want to go /elec blapping the knockback from nrg will just anoy you. From my blapping with my elec/elec i found lightning field to do a surprising amount of damage but i only used it when there was an effective tank on the team to control the aggro.
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I've found that Damage Auras one my melee toons tend to do more damage over a play session than most other attacks. They also have a much better damage per endurance too.
On my Spines/Regen scrapper Quills is in the top 3 powers for damage.
For my tanks and my Brute Blazing Aura/Icicles are significantly better damage wise than the AoEs, Combustion, FSC or Foot Stomp.
For a blaster though, it all comes down to positioning. If you can safely stay in the middle of a spawn whilst firing off powers then it will probably be worthwhile. So I'd say it depends on who else in the tend. If you the right teammates it will increase the teams damage significantly.
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I'm thinking of making an energy/elec blapper and wondered if lightning field was any good. What do you think?
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