This doesn't seem like the way of the blapper to me. Isn't blapping using melee attacks? Ice/Elec and Ice/Energy are great at this when you use Ice/ to freeze the enemies. See the guide in my signature for info on that style of play.
Your build and strategy might be good, but I'm not sure your defense is high enough or it is qualifies as blapping.
Good luck with it!
I actually meant blapping as in playing a blaster in melee range. Sitting there in Snow/Ice Storm to get most out of my PBAoE. As I said, I'd only need a single purple insp to be at 43% S/L Def which most of the time is more than enough. Besides, I can always pop a BF and Hibernate if things go really bad.
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It's safe, sure the enemies likely wont have enough recharge to punch through your regeneration, but beyond drain psyche, you only have one PBAoE, PSW. It would make no difference if you fought in melee range or fought at actual range after jumping in and doing DP+PSW.
So safe, good combo, but definitely not blapping, especially since the only melee attack is a wavy soothing hand(suck out yo brain) motion.
Now /Ice on the otherhand, then you benefit from chilling embrace's incredible -rech and have several melee attacks. or /energy for melee attacks and the powerboosted recharge slows.
*by the way, your avatar is excellent*
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Mmm... I do get your point about the blapping aspect and I guess it wasn't the best choice of wording here :P
The question should probably have been worded like this: do I have enough mitigation to fight enemies in melee range? With PSW recharging in about 8 seconds I don't see me doing much hopping in and out of melee, but I will probably do that or stay at range against the deadly stuff like Vanguard.
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Beyond the alpha, yea, DP is awesome, like instant healing for blasters should work well with recharge slows. May only be truly great post epic armor though.
"Fascinating. I'm not bored at all, I swear." -Kikuchiyo
That shouldn't be a problem because the character in question is already level 50 and I've already done the TF Commander accolade requirements. Guess I'm ready for the respec, then...
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My Psi/MM/Cold is built along similar lines, with the out-of-the gate philosophy that he was a strict 'scrapper', with not even one ranged attack. (I have trouble leveling blasters, and going deliberately against the grain is a proven way to restimulate my interest. Ask about my petless Mastermind sometime.) At level 50 he combines capped ranged defense (actually a bit over cap) with 30% S/L/E/N defense. Most of the defense is backloaded, however - Frozen Armor is an enormous chunk of it, so he's quite a late bloomer. Snow Storm is a significant source of mitigation as well.
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After discovering the holy trinity that is Defense, Defense and Defense I realized I should respec my Ice/MM Blaster to make it more fun to play. Sure, it is very fun to play as it is, but it's quite reliant on teammates keeping attacks and mezzes especially aimed away from me.
I came up with a build that keeps the level of global Rech I have currently so I can juggle my ST chain as I'm used to. The big change is, 30% S/L Def and 24% Ranged Def. While not at the soft cap I'm not afraid to use insps where needed so I guess this will make a great change in my survival. This came at the cost of Psy Scream (I changed this for Ice Storm), my two holds (how seriously is this going to affect my survival?) and Assault (admittedly my lvl 49 power pick).
I'm thinking the playstyle of this build would be something like this: jump in a mob, hit Drain Psyche and drop Ice Storm + Snow Storm and then spam ST attacks and PSW as they come up and hope I stay alive. Sounds very good to me! Frost Breath is there for those situations where it is not preferable that I jump into melee range (such as the STF, for example) and also because there was, in my opinion, nothing better to pick at level 4.
Oh, and one more thing. This is basically an unlimited-budget-but-no-purples type of build so if you come up with any improvements within that parameter they are very, very welcome! The purple Confuse set is the only purple set I'm going to get and it's there for two reasons: 1) great bonuses and 2) I already have it.
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Level 50 Magic Blaster
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Mental Manipulation
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Cold Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Ice Bolt -- Decim-Acc/Dmg:40(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx:40(17), Decim-Dmg/Rchg:40(17), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:40(19), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:40(19), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:40(21)
Level 1: Subdual -- Acc-I:45(A)
Level 2: Ice Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg:40(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx:40(3), Decim-Dmg/Rchg:40(3), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:40(13), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:40(15), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:45(15)
Level 4: Frost Breath -- Posi-Acc/Dmg:45(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:45(5), Posi-Dmg/Rng:45(5), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:45(11), Posi-Dam%:45(13)
Level 6: Aim -- GSFC-ToHit:45(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg:45(7), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx:45(7), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx:45(9), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx:45(9), GSFC-Build%:45(11)
Level 8: Hurdle -- Jump-I:45(A)
Level 10: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:45(A), RechRdx-I:45(46), RechRdx-I:45(46)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- Zephyr-ResKB:45(A), Zephyr-Travel:45(50)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Zephyr-Travel:45(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx:45(50)
Level 16: Health -- Heal-I:45(A)
Level 18: Bitter Ice Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg:40(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx:40(21), Decim-Dmg/Rchg:40(23), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:40(23), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:40(25), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:45(27)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod:45(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:45(25), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc:45(27), P'Shift-End%:45(29)
Level 22: Drain Psyche -- Numna-Heal:45(A), Numna-Heal/Rchg:45(42), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:45(43), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg:45(43), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:45(43), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:45(46)
Level 24: Concentration -- AdjTgt-ToHit:45(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg:45(40), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg:45(42), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg:45(42), AdjTgt-Rchg:45(50)
Level 26: Ice Storm -- Posi-Acc/Dmg:45(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:45(34), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:45(34), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:45(37), Posi-Dam%:45(37), TmpRdns-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow:45(37)
Level 28: World of Confusion -- CoPers-Conf:50(A), CoPers-Conf/Rchg:50(29), CoPers-Acc/Rchg:50(31), CoPers-Acc/Conf/Rchg:50(31), CoPers-Conf/EndRdx:50(31), CoPers-Conf%:50(34)
Level 30: Kick -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Blizzard -- Posi-Dmg/Rchg:45(A), Posi-Dmg/Rng:45(33), Det'tn-Dmg/Rchg:45(33), AirB'st-Dmg/Rchg:45(33)
Level 35: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(36), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(36), RctvArm-ResDam:40(36)
Level 38: Psychic Shockwave -- Oblit-Dmg:45(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg:45(39), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg:45(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:45(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:45(40), Oblit-%Dam:45(40)
Level 41: Snow Storm -- EndRdx-I:45(A)
Level 44: Frozen Armor -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:45(A), LkGmblr-Def:45(45), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:45(45), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(45)
Level 47: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:45(A), LkGmblr-Def:45(48), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:45(48), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:45(48)
Level 49: Hibernate -- Heal-I:45(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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