Snap Shot for Corruptors: Good or Skippable?

Obscure Blade · 09-22-2009 02:41 AM

What the title says; is Snap Shot the first tier archery attack a good or bad pick for Corruptors? It's good on Blasters these days, and Defenders have no choice in the matter. Where do Corruptors fall?

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Weatherby Goode · 09-22-2009 05:34 AM

You can't chain Blazing Arrow and Aimed Arrow, so you might as well take Snap as a filler.

Frosticus · 09-22-2009 11:43 AM

But you could reasonably chain aimed, fistful and blazing.

Ethric · 09-22-2009 12:12 PM

Until you have enough +Rchg or powers to spam, take Snap Shot. It's still a good filler attack for low to mid levels.

EricHough · 09-23-2009 12:19 AM

I tend to agree with weatherby and Ethric: snap shot -> aimed shot -> snap shot (rinse repeat) makes a fast, low end attack chain. Fistfull is a VERY nice cone (fast activating and reasonably low end for an AE) but it has a long enough recharge to leave gaps in your attack chain AND it costs enough end that using it against single targets is wasteful in the low levels when you don't have end to spare.

I also find that the lower damage tier 1 & 2 attacks like SS/AS or flares/fire blast have a better chance of scourging without overkill, which is very nice prior to getting stamina as it saves you a lot of end. My archery/traps (L12 currently) gets a LOT of mileage out of scourging snap shot.

At higher levels with enough recharge or in a build optimized for AE you could drop snap shot. At lower levels if you group exclusively you could probably get by with aimed shot, fistfull and blazing but if you ever solo you will notice the difference.

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