I got little experience with Energy primary so will avoid comment on that.However some other observations.
SS needs to be taken a lot earlier.At 14 at least.You NEED combat jumping,Super Jump and acrobatics for PvP on a blaster.Dont step in a PvP zone without those its game over pretty much from start.Swift is unecessary drop it fro something more useful in my opinion.Slot a bit more superspeed could go for a +hp set with 3 slots and get some -end drain as well.From my experience i go with at least 2-3 slots in hurdle.For all my toons.
Sniper Blast.Totally useless in PvP zones.Really long animation and easily interrupted is a very situational power.
Power Thrust.--> I LOVE this power.6 slotted it and it rocks in PvP zones atm especially against ninjitsu stalkers and people with low kb protection.
Hibernate + Phaseshift is useless now. The 60 second supression since i12 made the use of these 2 together non efficient.I would drop phase to be honest cause it would make room for 2 powers.
Boost range : Get this.Its a big must for blasting.
Thats all i can contribute and is only my personal experience from within PvP zones.
Hey mate glad to see you made it to the PvP forums 
What kind of PvP you planning to do? Because for RV I would say Aid Self and Force Mastery is the most effective combo - not many villains can get through Power Boosted PFF especially with the nerfing of the Force of Nature accolade and then you can aid self safely. Double phase is only useful now against extreme slowers such as Colds and Ice/Rad trollers, and they probably wont be your primary concern.
Like TG said the snipe isnt really worth it and neither is Total Focus because in PvP activation time is everything you are much better cycling energy punch and bonesmasher which do more damage in just over half the time.
Given the acrobatics change Energy Blast now has an extremely useful tool in Power Push when slotted with 6 kinetic crashes you get 7.5% bonus to recharge and a ranged mag 37 knockback power - acrobatics is now just 9 points of protection. Knocking them back will allow you to go into melee easily.
I did a cheapish build for you as an example:
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.30
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php
Level 50 Technology Blaster
Primary Power Set: Energy Blast
Secondary Power Set: Energy Manipulation
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Force Mastery
Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Power Bolt Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg:50(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg:50(17), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(19), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(19), Thundr-Acc/Dmg:50(27), HO:Centri(27)
Level 1: Power Thrust KinCrsh-Dmg/KB:50(A), KinCrsh-Rchg/KB:50(3), KinCrsh-Acc/KB:50(3), KinCrsh-EndRdx/KB:50(5), KinCrsh-Acc/EndRdx/KB:50(5), KinCrsh-Dmg/EndRdx/KB:50(7)
Level 2: Power Blast Dev'n-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx:50(34), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(37), Thundr-Acc/Dmg:50(39), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(39), HO:Centri(39)
Level 4: Energy Punch C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(7), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(11), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg:50(11), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(13), RechRdx-I:50(43)
Level 6: Power Burst Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg:50(29), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx:50(29), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(33), Thundr-Acc/Dmg:50(34), HO:Centri(34)
Level 8: Build Up GSFC-ToHit:50(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg:50(9), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx:50(9), RechRdx-I:50(46)
Level 10: Hasten RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(13), RechRdx-I:50(15)
Level 12: Aim GSFC-ToHit:50(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg:50(15), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx:50(17), RechRdx-I:50(46)
Level 14: Super Speed Clrty-Stlth:50(A), QckFt-EndRdx/RunSpd:50(40)
Level 16: Hurdle Jump-I:50(A), Jump-I:50(43)
Level 18: Health Heal-I:50(A)
Level 20: Stamina Efficacy-EndMod:50(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg:50(21), EndMod-I:50(21)
Level 22: Bone Smasher C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(23), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg:50(23), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(25), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(25), RechRdx-I:50(43)
Level 24: Combat Jumping Jump-I:50(A), Jump-I:50(40), Ksmt-ToHit+:30(40), Ksmt-Def/EndRdx:30(46)
Level 26: Super Jump EndRdx-I:50(A), Jump-I:50(45)
Level 28: Acrobatics EndRdx-I:50(A)
Level 30: Power Push KinCrsh-Dmg/KB:50(A), KinCrsh-Acc/KB:50(31), KinCrsh-Rchg/KB:50(31), KinCrsh-EndRdx/KB:50(31), KinCrsh-Acc/EndRdx/KB:50(33), KinCrsh-Dmg/EndRdx/KB:50(33)
Level 32: Stimulant IntRdx-I:50(A)
Level 35: Aid Self Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:40(A), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg:40(36), H'zdH-Heal/Rchg:40(36), H'zdH-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:40(36), IntRdx-I:50(37), IntRdx-I:50(37)
Level 38: Power Boost RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(50), RechRdx-I:50(50)
Level 41: Personal Force Field DefBuff-I:50(A), DefBuff-I:50(42), DefBuff-I:50(42), RechRdx-I:50(42)
Level 44: Temp Invulnerability TtmC'tng-ResDam:50(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx:50(45), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:50(45)
Level 47: Force of Nature TtmC'tng-ResDam:50(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg:50(48), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:50(48), RechRdx-I:50(48), RechRdx-I:50(50)
Level 49: Boost Range RechRdx-I:50(A)
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Level 1: Brawl Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest Empty(A)
Level 1: Defiance
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Set Bonus Totals:
+14% Enhancement(Accuracy)
+25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
+10% FlySpeed
+203.3 (16.9%) HitPoints
+10% JumpSpeed
+Knockback (Mag -6) to Self
+MezResist(Immobilize) (Mag 4.4%)
+MezResist(Sleep) (Mag 4.4%)
+11.5% Recovery
+48% Regeneration
+5% Resistance(Smashing)
+16% RunSpeed
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
might as well take total focus since he's blasts animation are very rooting anyways
Hi Mate!!! Thanks all for the suggestions... So, as per your advices i think my PvE build of Power Glove is much better for PvP than the build i was planning... Let me post my current build of Power Glove... He is now 47:
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1,30
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php
Power Glove: Level 50 Technology Blaster
Primary Power Set: Energy Blast
Secondary Power Set: Energy Manipulation
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Force Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Power Blast -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(23), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(23), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), Acc-I(27), RechRdx-I(50)
Level 1: Power Thrust -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(37), KinCrsh-Dmg/KB(37), KinCrsh-Acc/KB(37), KinCrsh-Acc/EndRdx/KB(50)
Level 2: Energy Punch -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(3), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(7), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), T'Death-Dam%(9)
Level 4: Build Up -- AdjTgt-ToHit(A), AdjTgt-Rchg(5), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(5), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(40), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(46)
Level 6: Power Burst -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dmg-I(9), Dmg-I(15), RechRdx-I(19), Acc-I(19), RechRdx-I(46)
Level 8: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 10: Bone Smasher -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(11), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(11), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Mako-Dam%(15)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 16: Aim -- AdjTgt-ToHit(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(17), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(17), AdjTgt-Rchg(43), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(46)
Level 18: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(21), EndMod-I(21)
Level 22: Acrobatics -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 24: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(25), RechRdx-I(25)
Level 26: Aid Other -- Heal-I(A)
Level 28: Aid Self -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(29), IntRdx-I(29), IntRdx-I(31), RechRdx-I(31), RechRdx-I(31)
Level 30: Power Boost -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(34), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 32: Nova -- Dmg-I(A), Dmg-I(33), Dmg-I(33), RechRdx-I(33), RechRdx-I(34), RechRdx-I(34)
Level 35: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 38: Total Focus -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(39), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(39), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Mako-Dam%(40)
Level 41: Personal Force Field -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(42), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(42), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42), RedFtn-Def(43), RedFtn-EndRdx(43)
Level 44: Temp Invulnerability -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam(45), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(45), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 47: Force of Nature -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(48), RechRdx-I(48), RechRdx-I(48), RechRdx-I(50)
Level 49: Super Speed -- Run-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Defiance
This is my regular blapper now, and yes, I'll play mainly RV as he is my badgehunting toon... Any change's suggested? (besides slotting Hurdle and getting health instead of Swift... I'll plann accordingly) Ah! Since he is mainly a melee fighter, does it make sense to get boost range? No Nova and no Total Focus... sounds strange to me, but you are right... a Stalker will cut me in two while i'm jumping...Ah! and since i'll start pvping once i get 50, it does not matter if i get SS at 50, does it?
BTW Phil, i hope you and Rooks want to repeat the mythical State's TF we performed last year...I hope to see rock owning Recluse again!!! I'll prepare it once Power Glove get's 49... And I also hope to see you in PvP zones soon!
Yeah get Boost Range, it's one of the reasons /Energy is so good. Even if you're rockin' in Melee mostly, if someone's running on like 5HP you don't want to be caught out of a kill because you can't close the gap quick enough to fire something off.
yes, good point!!! I am a little grasshopper with a lot to learn concerning PvP... BTW, I'm half way to 49, expecting to start pvping next week end... Hope to see you all soon at RV!
Personally I'd keep Nova, still. If you can fit it in without messing up any other powers. It's great to use if you find yourself PvE'ing and hilarious against Masterminds that aren't paying attention. Conserve>Aim>BU>Nova>Pop a CAB etc...
Hi, I want to give PvP a try, and I am gathering information of which changes I would have to do to my Blapper to have some success in PVP areas... He's at present 47, and i intend to respect for PVPing once he ding 50... This is my planned build:
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1,30
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php
Power Glove: Level 50 Technology Blaster
Primary Power Set: Energy Blast
Secondary Power Set: Energy Manipulation
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Cold Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Power Blast -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(25), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(40), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46), Dev'n-Hold%(46)
Level 1: Power Thrust -- Acc-I(A)
Level 2: Energy Punch -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(3), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(7), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), T'Death-Dam%(9)
Level 4: Build Up -- AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(A), AdjTgt-Rchg(5), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(5), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 6: Stealth -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 8: Power Burst -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(17), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(23), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23), Dev'n-Hold%(25)
Level 10: Bone Smasher -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(11), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(11), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Mako-Dam%(17)
Level 12: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 14: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(15), RechRdx-I(15)
Level 16: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 18: Aim -- AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(A), AdjTgt-Rchg(19), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(19), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(21), EndMod-I(21)
Level 22: Invisibility -- EndRdx-I(A), DefBuff-I(48)
Level 24: Aid Other -- Heal-I(A)
Level 26: Aid Self -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(27), RechRdx-I(27), RechRdx-I(29), IntRdx-I(29), IntRdx-I(31)
Level 28: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(34), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 30: Power Boost -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(31), RechRdx-I(31)
Level 32: Phase Shift -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(33), RechRdx-I(33), EndRdx-I(33), EndRdx-I(34), EndRdx-I(34)
Level 35: Sniper Blast -- Mantic-Acc/Dmg(A), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Mantic-Acc/ActRdx/Rng(36), Mantic-Dmg/ActRdx/Rchg(36), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Mantic-Dam%(37)
Level 38: Total Focus -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(39), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(39), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Mako-Dam%(40)
Level 41: Snow Storm -- P'ngTtl-Acc/Slow(A), P'ngTtl-Dmg/Slow(42), P'ngTtl-Acc/EndRdx(42), P'ngTtl-Rng/Slow(42), P'ngTtl-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(43), P'ngTtl--Rchg%(43)
Level 44: Frozen Armor -- RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(45), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def(46), RedFtn-EndRdx(50)
Level 47: Hibernate -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(48), RechRdx-I(48)
Level 49: Super Speed -- QckFt-EndRdx/RunSpd(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Defiance
The regular epic pool I have is Force Mastery, but having intangiblity and Focused Accuracy make Force mastery less efective, does not it?
Suggestions and comments will be highly appreciated.
Thanks!