EM Pulse

Ok got one for everyone - my corr is energy and naturally got Nova for fun. However, I'm just wondering about whether EM Pulse from rad is worth having. Yes its a pbaoe hold and massive dmg to robots - but is it any good? Does the dmg it does to bots justify it? Is the hold any good on it? Is it hugely innacurate like most nukes?

I ask just because I havent got a huge amount of room left in this build and wanted to see if its worth it - otherwise I will prob just get mutation (my corr is a killer, not a support char - but would get minor use from it)

ALL thoughts/ideas welcome

EMP is the longest duration and biggest player AOE hold in the game. Yours won't be as uber as a Controllers but its still a very decent hold.

The damage vs Robots isn't that much though. About normal for an AOE I'd have thought?

Watch out, it stops End Recovery too, so drop your toggles when you fire it off or they'll drain your End.

With IOs you can almost max it out with 4 Acc/Recharge/Hold IOs.

I thought EM pulse drained end like a nuke anyway? Either way it was to use in the following formula:

tactics+assault+aim then EM Pulse, then Nova

So I won't have end afterwards - but was just curious to see how it'd fit in my excessive destruction method - and just cos I've never had a rad this high

EM pulse does drain end too but the main use for it (imo) is the very alrge AoE hold.

With how you want to use it I'd suggest it is fine just slot it for additional hold so that after you nuke all the mobs are still held and won't attack you while your weakend... If theres any left of course

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I thought EM pulse drained end like a nuke anyway? Either way it was to use in the following formula:

tactics+assault+aim then EM Pulse, then Nova

So I won't have end afterwards - but was just curious to see how it'd fit in my excessive destruction method - and just cos I've never had a rad this high

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Thats probably overkill. You may be better alternating between Nuke on one spawn, EMP on the second.

EMP doesn't drain all your End, it stops you Recovering it for a few seconds (about 10-15 I think). So you can follow up with moves and be safe as they're gonna be Held for a bit.

Goooooood - I want overkill

And I have the other 2 aoes and lingering for the alternate mobs ^^

(the following post is based on my ill/rad troller)

I personally use emp in 2 different situations.
On a team i use it as my FIRST attack, since most of the mob is then really target practice and with only the odd 1 or 2 able to survive the slaughter that follows.
However solo i only ever use it as an emergency power (which is rare). So if you team a lot . . . . take it, slot it (more for acc) and love it.
If you solo . . . . . take something else

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(the following post is based on my ill/rad troller)
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If you solo . . . . . take something else

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You seem to forget that an ill/rad has plenty of other control options (Flash, Spectral Terror, PA, Deceive, etc.). For a corr, I'd say it's a definite must-have whether you solo or not (best AoE hold in the game). I would only skip it if you're planning a pure PvP build.

em pulse does -regen on a troller version iirc?

Not sure about corrs...

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em pulse does -regen on a troller version iirc?

Not sure about corrs...

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Same on Corrupters, its the same power with different AT modifiers.

The -regen is only 15 seconds though if I remember rightly. Use Lingering Rad instead vs AVs.

that's the way i use EMP ...

bomb video

just that i use it with soul drain after EMP and A-Blast after soul drain

RI herd FTW!

Wasteful overkill of insps used though

better overkill of insps than gettin killed because 4 or 5 guys still stand after the atomic blast =P

and that was before I7 so no uber set bonis like now =P