Time for me to blast


Blue_Note

 

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After 4 months i am decided to make a blaster. I know some sets from Defender Secondaries but in over all i am total n00b to blasters. (From my earlier experiments highest one was lvl 6 AR/Dev i know they die so quick)

I wanted to create a element using hero, so i limited my choices with Electric, Ice and Fire. But i am not certain which combo works well. My planned one is Elec/Ice/Fire.

There's some points for my mind set up:
1- Ice is more controller like as a secondary or primary?
2- Which epic pool is more usefull for a blaster?
3- I don't think fire as a primary because of annoying AoE attacks, which i heard this set have plenty.

Thanks for the tips.


 

Posted

Elec is pretty weak primary, especially in ST damage. It also has almost as much AoE as fire (Why exactly you don't like AoE I don't know). If you want an ST blaster with those elements, make Ice/Elec/fire. That combo has one of the best possible ST damage chains, access to 4 ST holds, an awesome end recovery power, and a self rez.


 

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Hey thanks Max. I actually don't like AoE because of aggro. But keep in mind i never played a hero with AoE, my point is from the other side. So many players open fights with Rain of Fire before controllers lock the mobs or in a team without a tank. So mobs tend to scatter and poor scrapper of mine running behind them. Also before i safely lock the mob they awaken sleeping mobs etc. etc. I know this is mostly the fault of players(on both sides) but even accidently i don't want to be one of them.

But i like the ice/elec/fire combo.


 

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Ice is "controllerish" as a primary because of the 2 holds but mostly as a secondary. You get an immob, a debuff aura, a mini (PbAoE) Ice Slick, a cone slow, another hold and an PbAoE sleep. But all this at the expense of the extra damage or utility which other secondaries provide. So it's one of the "safest" secondaries to play for blasters, although you still get to blap a bit.

Concerning Epics, I used to have Force which gives you Force of Nature and a nice panic button (PFF) but recently respecced into Cold to get Hibernate and Snow Storm. Since I mainly PvP with my ice/ice blaster now, I find it suits my playstyle better.


CoX 50s: <ill/rad> <ice/ice> <fire/kin> <grav/sonic> <ice/storm> <earth/kin> <kin/elec> <cold/psy> <thugs/dark> <fire/dark> <dark/elec> <night widow> <EM/ninj> <mind/icy>

 

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Don't listen to Okton, he is a controller who pretends he knows what he's taking about!

Begone evil Okton!


 

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And even that's very optimistically put


 

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a) Jum and Blue are trying to bump their postcount with random spam.
b) Jum and Blue are jealous because deep down they know that Okt > Chuck Norris > mere mortals > n00bs > Jum and Blue.
c) Jum and Blue have no idea what they're talking about.
d) all of the above.


CoX 50s: <ill/rad> <ice/ice> <fire/kin> <grav/sonic> <ice/storm> <earth/kin> <kin/elec> <cold/psy> <thugs/dark> <fire/dark> <dark/elec> <night widow> <EM/ninj> <mind/icy>

 

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Heh but i am also a controller/defender guy. So Okton knows what he is talking about.

I rolled the Ice/Elec guy than dumped him. His end goes down so quickly and after little thinking i realized for a nature bounded hero an Earth/Storm/Fire troller will be more suitable. But i don't give up fully to blasters i want to make one. My new project will be Winter Cicada, Sonic/Ice blaster (i made it as a female ice/sonic troller but sonic voices so masculen for my taste so i will make it as a male blaster)

You can give advices about Sonic/Ice combo now with Ice Epic. First of my questions: should i slot attacks with 1 acc + 1 endrdx in low lvls (1-10)


 

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Only one answer to this.

1. Make a Fire/Fire Blaster

2. Make friends with or have a friend make a Fire/ or Ice/ Tanker.

3. Pick every single AoE power available plus the great ST ones then team with your Tanker buddy and you'll have the best time you'll ever have playing CoH.

Seriously


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So Okton knows what he is talking about.



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Nooooo! You said the "Danger Sentence", now his head will grow to massive proportions!

Tbh, I personally never slot my attacks at such a low level, I just use the ones I'll randomly get dropped. There's not much point due to levelling so quickly. And as for Sonic, good choice! Sonic Primary and Ice Manipulation are both quite controllerish sets (see Okton, I know Controllers too!!!) so you should feel right at home.


 

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Yay!

Once i hate the sound FX of Sonic Blast but now i love it. This will be one of my enjoyable toons i guess. I will send a build asap. Thanks for help.