Sorry, I'm going to have to vote for pretty much any power, in the hands of a competent player.
Doesn't matter how awesome-sauce a power is, if the player using it suxorz.
I was told, but I don't know it it's true, that a crit with Headsplitter is the most damaging attack in the game. Of course that was before Assassin's Strike.
My own favorite potent power: Fulcrum Shift, hands down. Forget individual high damage poweres, I can take an entire team to the damage cap. 
Freedom: Blazing Larb, Fiery Fulcrum, Sardan Reborn, Arctic-Frenzy, Wasabi Sam, Mr Smashtastic.
I think that Blizzard and Fallout are the king and queen of damage.
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You have to have a very high recharge rate for the DPS to top Flares; if you hit the recharge cap of +400% Blaze will fire at half the speed of Flares, and be almost 50% more DPS than Flares for about the same increase to end cost. But that assumes no damage procs - if one or more of those are slotted, Blaze loses some of its advantage (since Flares will trigger the extra damage twice as often). I not sure it is possible to hit the recharge cap on a regular basis, and at more typical recharge rates of +50% to +200%, Blaze falls behind on raw DPS. Of course this may change if they increase the activation time of Flares for blasters as they did for Controllers/Dominators. (Assuming they haven't already and I missed it because I don't have a flaming blaster.)|
Originally Posted by DSorrow
Blaze.
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Incidently, I don't pick power sets based on number-crunching; just which powers in the set I will take and how I will slot them. Power sets fit the concept, individual powers are tweaked for better performance. For instance, as an Archer I took Snap Shot, Fistful of Arrows, Blazing Arrow, Aim and Rain of Arrows - the others are useless for damage purposes and I have no character reason to want any specialty arrows aside from Blazing Arrow. Though I am tempted to up the range on RoA and take Explosive Arrow slotted for massive knockback to see if I can RoA a distant group and blast a near group back into it so they get hit as well.
As far as Seeds of Confusion goes, it is very much a damage power when used against a group, and a tremendously valuable damage-mitigation power. All at the cost of a small amount of experience, and as has been noted many times before that is still an increase in experience gain per unit time. All that and it can be hillarious to use. My first encounter with the Ghost of Scrapyard was with a plant/thorn dominator; he snuck up on me and nearly died for his troubles. All those followers he's got... if I hadn't kept the pot stirred with Carrion Creepers and killed a bunch of them I might well have taken him out by myself at level 26. After that every time I saw him I'd confuse his followers and watch the fun for a little while before going about my business.
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(Also, Recovery Aura is many times more powerful than Quick Recovery, and available before Stamina for Defenders. It's not perma with just 1 Empath, but it can buff the whole team and the caster, at the recharge cap it's 10s short of perma. 2 Empaths they can stagger it to make it perma with ~83% recharge plus slotting each, and 3 can make it perma by staggering with just slotting)
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Headsplitter was my first "big hitter" (I suspect that if I pulled out Boltcutter tomorrow and critted two guys at the same time, I'd still yell "Double-double, animal style!" just like I did in 2005.)
Inferno is one of my favorites. There's a moment of drama where you don't know if they're all going to fall down or not... and then they do.
Lightning Rod turned a dubiously-effective Brute into a machine for generating spectacle. I like Lightning Rod a LOT. A LOT!
So those are my three big hitter choices that I greatly enjoy. Honestly, I like _every_ nuke I've tried (Thunderous Blast, Dreadful Noise-whatever-its-called, Inferno four different times, and Nova.)
Other people will have their own opinions, no more nor less valid.
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I gotta admit I have Nova envy. I would do Blizzard and the the bad guys would flop for a while then not get up, and the team would kinda look around and go "hmm, weren't there more of them a few seconds ago?" Then later a teammate would Nova and there'd be a moment of stunned silence then applause. Nova may not be the most damaging nuke but makes a hell of an impression.
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Originally Posted by Fulmens
So those are my three big hitter choices that I greatly enjoy. Honestly, I like _every_ nuke I've tried (Thunderous Blast, Dreadful Noise-whatever-its-called, Inferno four different times, and Nova.)
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Agreed. When it comes to so sheer spectacle, Nova is one of the most impressive powers in the game. (Nova and some of the Khled powers, I think.) Nova looks like shock and awe.
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Originally Posted by Sardan
I gotta admit I have Nova envy. I would do Blizzard and the the bad guys would flop for a while then not get up, and the team would kinda look around and go "hmm, weren't there more of them a few seconds ago?" Then later a teammate would Nova and there'd be a moment of stunned silence then applause. Nova may not be the most damaging nuke but makes a hell of an impression.
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Yes but I would say Terrify is better.
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Originally Posted by MrQuizzles
Fearsome Stare is incredibly potent.
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"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"- Chesty Puller US Marine Corps
I'd have to say that that post-death foomph that the Rikti Monkeys sometimes do looks and sounds like it should rank up there as one of the most potent powers in the game. (shudder)
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Stygian Circle redefines the word awesome. It's that good.
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Originally Posted by Xyzyx
For my part, I'll put forth Stygian Circle as an example of a power from this third category. It'll change your Warshade's life, I promise you. |
It's long gone now, but my vote goes to the pre-nerf Posion Trap. When procced out, it'd render an entire spawn unable to act and kill most of them. And it crippled their regen (only noticable on AV/GMs really). And it worked on all ranks of enemy. I hate to admit it, but the nerf was completely justified.
With old Defiance it was Shout with so little health left you couldn't see the bar anymore. It hit like a friggin' truck.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
Claws... definately claws! Check the sig!
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Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
Sorry, I'm going to have to vote for pretty much any power, in the hands of a competent player.
Doesn't matter how awesome-sauce a power is, if the player using it suxorz. |
For the win.
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Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
The way you play changes your IO slotting..
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I'm still chuckling at the phrase "post-death foomph". Come on, everyone, say it out loud! "Post-death foomph". Hehehehe, HAHAHAHAHA. |
Originally Posted by Willowpaw
I'd have to say that that post-death foomph that the Rikti Monkeys sometimes do looks and sounds like it should rank up there as one of the most potent powers in the game. (shudder)
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........ Wow, I did NOT get enough sleep last night.
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Besides, it's the Rikti Monkey death fart. Or poot cloud. Or various other euphemisms.
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Originally Posted by Sardan
I'm still chuckling at the phrase "post-death foomph". Come on, everyone, say it out loud! "Post-death foomph". Hehehehe, HAHAHAHAHA.
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I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Originally Posted by Sardan
I'm still chuckling at the phrase "post-death foomph". Come on, everyone, say it out loud! "Post-death foomph". Hehehehe, HAHAHAHAHA.
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Ever seen a nigh unkillable (pre GDN)Invuln tank die to a cloud of monkey farts? No? Then you missed out!
Good times... exept for the poor tanker.
Knockback slotted NOVA
Although my heart says six slotted Brawl...my vote is for Illusion's Phantom Army
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Power Build Up. PBU+Venge+Aim+nuke pretty much can convert near-wipe into easy win in all but most hopeless fights.
For my part I love Blizzard after FS... watching all those bad guys falling down and trying to get up while seeing all those numbers roll off their heads is just fun to watch. Now granted its not really the most powerful in the game but it is for me
Fulcrum Shift (Kinetics) lets you buff your and your team's damage in a big SNAAPP! of power!
Accelerate Metabolism (Radiation Emission) improves your recharge time, damage, endurance recovery and probably will open cans of food as well!
Confuse and like-minded powers allow you to get the bad guys to fight for you for a period! Though you can't control their movements, and you'll want to get a few knocks in on the mobs they attack to maintain your rewards.
Hasten (Speed Power Pool, unlockable at level 6) will dramatically increase the recharge times of ALL your powers (save ones marked as suck) and thus is a boon to every player.
There are tons of cool powers in this game. Level up some alts! With reduced XP Debt, the forthcoming buff to 1-24 levelling, patrol XP and AE/Newspapers/Task Forces, it's easy AND fun to try new powersets.
(Haha I sound like an advert there, just in a helpful mood though! 
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