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one thing most ppl do wrong tho is begin with a mez against a blaster
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I'd love to hear an alternative strategy.
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Ice/Nrg would most definitly be better for all round PvP then the Ar/Dev. The high burst damage is your key weapon against any AT, that's the way you defeat controllers.
Can't 3 shot from range with AR 
thePhilosopher Martial Arts/Regen/Fire Scrapper
theRegulator Empathy/Energy/Soul Defender
Total Inertia Ice Blast/Kinetics/Psy Corruptor
Total Inferno Ice Blast/Thermal/Leviathan Corruptor
only thing /dev is good at is being annoying in sirens, but against the wrong villains it isn't even that tbh . . .
@Rooks
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Can't 3 shot from range with AR
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You can't 10 shot from range with AR either, defiance-[censored] aside. 
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DO NOT TAKE IGNITE!
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Yeah, you might be in danger of actually killing something. 
@Synaesthetix
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Personally I would say take SS SJ BU Aim Total focus bone smasher and force epic with FoN. Aim, Snipe, run in at SS, BU, total focus, bone smasher then woteva high power attacks ice has, nothing much is living after that. As a blaster I think the best tactic is to get in and out as quick as possible! So SS with FoN makes you extremely formidable, coz your health and end regen very quickly plus you have very high resist to all, well execpt psi. So can run in, give em what for, and then be off again with out takin to much damage on the way. If u have acrobatics and FoN on at the same time you get very good mez protection!
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If u have acrobatics and FoN on at the same time you get very good mez protection!
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Still only mag 1 hold protection and KB res, as FoN doesnt give mez protection.
I have recently taken FoN on my blaster and Im fairly certian it does. Im sure it was mentioned in the info for the power, plus a corruptor needed to hit me twice or maybe 3 time with his hold to get me and I didnt even have acrobatics. All that being said there is a definate possiblity Im wrong and Vahiki is right. Either way, I hit FoN and took down 2 corruptors and a domi without breaking a sweat and I dont pretend to be a PvP god, in fact im not very good and still learning the best sytle for my toon. Its a very good power for blaster in PvP IMHO!
Just tested and:
FoN has 0 mez protection.
A domi needs one hold to hold thru FoN+acrob
A troller needs one hold to hold thru FoN+acrob
A blaster needs two holds to hold thru FoN+acrob
A blaster needs two holds to hold thru acrob alone
A stalker can 2 shot a FoNed blaster
A blaster can 4-5 shot a FoNed blaster
A tanker can 4 shot a FoNed blaster
I find it very surprising that FoN does so little against blasters tanks and stalkers! Did you have temp invulnerability running as well?
In my tests against enemies I have dropped in a group of +1s with a boss 2 LT and 4 minions and come out relatively unscathed after killing everything!
Yes I did have temp invul on. Sad as it may sound, it seems that's it, feel free to try yourself and see 
Ill take your work for it
Btw boost range is an absolut must i high level PvP, where you spend most of the time blasting from range. Its the reason */nrg is the best set.
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controllers: Ill rad , grav rad, fire kin, ice kin
blaster: ice em
scrapper: spines sr
people seem to forget the other power in the Force epic, pff. Yes, a stalker may still 2 shot a FoN'ed blaster, but thats not happening with a powerboosted pff on. I have my pff bound to my middle mouse button and my total focus on auto. That way I allow an opponent to cycle their most dangerous attacks whilst i hit pb+aim+bu hit middle mouse button and the total focus then fires off.
I think a BU 6 slotted should hit thru it, not sure about it tho. I can confirm a tank and a scrapper can with FA and 3 toh in BU tho, and so can a blaster with aim+bu.
Will test with the stalker to find out anyway
I agree PFF is a very good power! Can stand n take hits from AVs all day n only very few get through! Its also good for use with invisibility!
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I think a BU 6 slotted should hit thru it, not sure about it tho. I can confirm a tank and a scrapper can with FA and 3 toh in BU tho, and so can a blaster with aim+bu.
Will test with the stalker to find out anyway
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Stalkers have missed hitting through my pff without powerboost, but with powerboost the only toon likely to hit is other /em blasters.
I've tried a dozen blaster builds for PvP now... and the one's who made it the furthesr were an AR/Dev blaster (admitedly... Dev is what makes PvP fun on this toon... AR is simply useless... beanbag is the only worthwhile PvP power in my experience..) and my Ice/nrg blaster, which oddly enough, dishes out insane amounts of damage... prior to being mezzed and murdered... sigh
Now's the time to mez and aim/bu and kill..
havn't gotten to the epic pools yet.. as both are in their late 30s.. but i need some advice here... trying to figure out which toon would be better all around in PvP... of course some AT's are tougher than others.. but i'm looking for the best all around PvP build for a blaster...
here's what i've learned about stratagies that work in the arena..
Web granade + mines + high ground = pwnage of all Melee toons..
keep em grounded.. find a spot they can't get to... lay a mine... go back down.. give him a little fight.. ground him.. repeat.. once enough mines are in place.. TP foe.. or just let him come to you.. and watch him die.. throw in a Full Auto burst for spite.. (some tanks will actually surivve up to 10 mines.. best thing to do is pray they don't)
Beanbag gived the opper hand against most other blaster/def/troller types as they are likely to have Acro to resist holds.. but no disorient res.. once mezzed u have 2 options.. blast away (given Dev.. u just don't have the burst dmg to kill em before they snap out of it) or smoke bomb and wait for cloak to kick in.. combined they have little to no chance of spotting you and u have time to place a few mines.. after which u mez em again and tp em on top of the mines and throw in a Full auto for spite (full auto is just a spitefull thing)
with Ice/nrg things get a little less tactical and a lot more gritty..
Against Melee toons I find that imagining u are a scrapper on the brink of death (even at full health) is what ur play style should be.. go melee.. but before you do.. power boost and make sure u throw every slow power at him u possibly can.. hasten (and conserve power if u have it) and keep the slows stacking.. might actually survive long enough for ur melee attacks to drop the mez res toggles.. if that happens.. power punch and while he's down use powerboost (if recharged) and hold him! then build up and aim and give him a shot of everything u have and finish with ice storm and blizzard..
against blasters and other ranges AT's.. I'm at a loss.. it seems to be a contest of mezzing and dropping enough dmg to kill... one thing most ppl do wrong tho is begin with a mez against a blaster... use that to ur adv.. once ur out u should be pretty low on health.. and pretty high on defience
I cannot in any way figure out a way to beat a troller with my ice blaster.. and only by hiding long enough to place 3 or 4 mines do i stand a chance with my ar/dev... but.. that only works once or twice.. then they figure out where u hide.. =/
at any rate.. i'd like for ppl to post their blasting tactics here.. in as much detail as possible..
I find that blasters need allot of skill to play right in PvP.. since u are a fragil creature.. and most anyone can kill you in a very short time..
So let's pool our ideas here... and get better at what we do..
and here's a useful list of PvP power for AR/Dev and Ice/nrg
AR:
beanbag... that's it.. lol but given u take it..
Flamethrower can be cery useful cuz of the DoT.. ppl don't realize how hurt they got till it's too late..
Full Auto should only be used as a finisher.. but as such it can be quite effective.. especially if u are dying.. once on full defience activate it.. u will die.. but chances are.. so will he!
Slug = fantastic!
burst: meh.. but good fluff
DO NOT TAKE IGNITE!
snipe: rarely useful actually.. but when the situation presents itself.. it'd be a shame not to take advantage..
Dev:
Caltrops: worth getting.. and slotting..
Web granade: very useful.. slot with recharge and acc.. to hell with immob
Cloak: MUST
Drone: MUST
Smoke Bomb: Rarely useful.. but when it is.. u'll be glad u got it... also in some ways it's a defencive power cuz of the -acc.. and lasts a good long time..
Mines: FANTASTIC! (get TP foe.. it's not fair.. but neither is ur lack of build up.. so.. )
Time bomb: only for PvE use.. and only if cloak and smoke bomb are taken as well.. utterly wasted in PvP
Auto Turret: meh... I wouldn't take it.. but.. hey.. it's a wee bit of dmg added.. can be useful.. if u get mezed uøll stil lbe doing a bit of dmg..
Ice: everything is fantastic!
frost breath.. is a bit.. meh..
and ice storm is only good for shining light on a stalker.. on very rare occassions..
Bitter freeze ray... can be very good cuz it stacks with freeze ray.. but is a SLOW power.. rarely useful..
Blizzard.. see.. it's a strange kind of PvP nova.. cuz it's an escapable DoT.. and thus.. very weak.. BUT given they are held.. it can do more dmg then any other nova..
Energy
ahhh..energy.. massive melee dmg.. and some fantastic buffs... it's easier to list useless powers here..
Boost range.. can be good.. but usually.. it's NOY
consurve power.. get at lower lvl's.. once u have stamina respec it out.. u really DO NOT need it..
Stun.. i'm torn about this one.. dissorient res is much less common than hold rez.. so it's a really good idea to have a dissorient mez handy.. BUT.. all ur other melee attacks do Dissorient as well.. so.. Personally i lean a bit towards stun based solely on the fact that u can control when u want the mez to kick in.. but it's a slow power and should be used only in special situations..
Pool powers:
AR/Dev
Go with TP.. cloak and tp can get you out of allot of truble.. Aid self goes well with this build.. even as a concept
Ice/Nrg
SS/SJ or both.. given u sacrifice enough powers.. SJ would be the better bet if u wanna pick one.. and then remember to get acro.. very very good..
Other AT's are invited to post methods which have been used successfully against them in PvP.. as well as blaster weaknesses and their take on the best PvP blaster...
My vote for best all around PvP blaster.. Ice/nrg