Huh, that's odd, I always heard its AoE damage is second only to Fire Blast.
Its AoE damage is second only to Fire Blast, and in many ways, more usable with pbaoe build than fire/
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Its a very nice set for blasters. I have an Elec/Energy/Elec blaster and it has very nice AoEs, must confess I've never played fire on blasters, but in my opinion its much more forgiving and gives good mitegation. Short circuit and Ball Lightning are both decent AoEs which gives nice AoE end drain when slotted. If you go elec mastery you will have another cone to stack with Psy scream so you have 1 target AoE, 2 cones and 2 PBAoEs which will be devastating.
Also you wont annoy team mates with knockback or scattering powers, you have a snipe, hold and most awesome of all a ranged nuke which is so useful especially against nemesis robots for example.
The only downside is probably single target damage but even then its respectable especially if you take snipe.
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Excellent stuff! Thanks for the info, i12 can't come soon enough now. 
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Is Electrical Blast any good on a Blaster?
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Short circuit and Ball Lightning are both decent AoEs which gives nice AoE end drain when slotted.
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Actually, quick question: I always thought that Short Circuit was an endurance draining power mainly with a tiny bit of damage. As it appears to be the only other AoE (after Ball Lightning and the Nuke), does this mean slotting for damage is worth it?
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Short circuit does respectable damage but its all dot.
DoT which is fine in PvE. Elec/ would sinergise well with /Fire and /MentalManip I think. Should be fun to play, too!
Well after playing an elec blaster for a long time now i can say its a very good set.
The snipe has a decent range, short circuit can drain 3/4 of end off a boss if slotted correctly and also does minor damage.
Thunderous blast is a ranged nuke so there is less chance of you faceplanting as you dont need to be in the middle of a mob
The set also contains tesla cage which is a really decent hold and has saved me on more than a few occasions.
It depends what you want to go for.
Elec doesn't do great damage, in fact I'd argue that dps is probably lower than almost all other blasters. In many ways it's because the power sets are slightly confused, with holds AND -end drain. Pretty well all other blasters have a secondary ability but the Elec set has 3. You can be a sapper, or even a controller... it's a jack of all trades in many ways but can be effective to solo from mid level onward, but it's an excellent support role when you've got somebody who can soak up the alpha strike for you.
In PVP you're going to suffer a lot if you're up against anyone who has their wits about them. The -end and holds just ain't compensation enough, tho paradoxically I hear that pre ED things were remarkably different.
I'd say thematically it's one of the nicest builds to play tho if you can cope with not being uber, and I continue to play my over 2 years after I started - none of my other 50s get that kind of attention.
So have a play and experiment. With respecs available now you can always tweak later and you can see my build in a different thread but feel free to PM me if you want more info
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Its AoE potential is pretty good.
When it comes to End drain, you really start to see the devastating effects this has when you have a couple of "drainers" in the team. Pair up with another Elec blaster for instance. The two of you can drain entire mobs down to zero in a second or two when you fire off Short Circuit. And im sure everyone recalls the agony of zero endurance without stamina.
Thats the funny thing about end drain. Being the only one makes it a rather poor effect. But with a few of you, you become devastating.
NB: Uf you are Elec/Elec, then Short Circuit + Power Drain is very tasty....
Im planning to build an elec/mental blaster and with shortcircuit lightning ball and psychic shockwave the AoE damage should be very nice indeed. I should be able to chain a decent ST attack combo with charged bolts lighning bolt and mind probe. Nothing amazing, but not to be sniffed at.
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So, with i12 looming, Ive been playing around with potential builds for an Elec/Psi Blaster which looks ok on paper at least. However, upon mentioning this to a few people, their responses have been, well a little derogatory with respect to Electric Blast. My only experience with it has been on a Dark/Elec Defender and I always chalked up the poor damage to be due to the Defender Blast modifier.
So I guess my questions are: Is Electrical Blast any good on a Blaster? Having played around on test, it seems ok but what does it look like at later levels and would it be worth keeping with? If there is a downside to the set, what is it?
Your considered opinions would be much appreciated, thanks.
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