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Emp/NRG

Amy_Amp

By Amy_Amp,
Posted on: 2009-08-10 09:08 in Defenders

 

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Hey, I was wondering if anyone could help me out by providing me with a good Emp/NRG build. Thanks!

 

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If you're not dead set on being /energy blast, then you might wanna use /Dark blast or /Radiation Blast or /Sonic Blast or something. Energy isnt a great combo with Empathy. The best secondary set to choose would probably be one that makes your heals less important. Take for instance /Dark. Dark Blast redules the ToHit of all of your enemies, making it harder for them to hit your team in the first place, making your heals less needed. Radiation Blast and Sonic Blast offer Defense and Resistance debuffs (respectively) that help your team kill the enemies faster. Psychic Blast reduces the recharge of your targets, making their attacks come up less often. To play an Emp/Energy your only assistance option other than healing is knockback, and most people frown upon extraneous knockback. If you haven't rolled the toon yet (or if it's still low leveled) I'd say reconsider that second powerset, otherwise, I'll post a build soon.

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Well at the advice of my brother(who, though playing the game for some time, I have come to believe doesn't really know all that much) I made a Emp/NRG and played it up to 50. *sigh*

 

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Originally Posted by Black_Marrow View Post
To play an Emp/Energy your only assistance option other than healing is knockback, and most people frown upon extraneous knockback.
So just learn not do to extraneous knockback. I never had an complaint on my /en defenders that I have played. I added in Air Sup. for even more mitigation tolls and was often seen soloing the off to the side boss. If there is a knock against /en is that the KB factor is more random than I would prefer. If I use /rad, I know if I hit something the -def is going to happen on some level. With KB, it's all, or nothing. I still think you could do worse as an Emp defender though.