Ranged Defense for the Hover Blaster - in the right forum, too!
By
Another_Fan,
Posted on: 2009-11-21 09:33 in Blasters
...wait, this thread is still going?
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I feel bad, as I ended up deleting that character. My Altitis has been out of control, recently, and I've deleted several alts to make room for others that I probably won't stick with long. ^^;;
Hmm... Fire/MM... yeah, Psinferno... May rebuild him when GR hits, for the side change...
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Isn't it sort of pointless to have a bunch of ranged defense and next to no AoE defense?
I had thought that lacking AoE defense would be a big issue, but in practice, I am finding high-20s ranged defense only (5xThunderstrike, 2xZephyr, Hover, CJ and no muling other than Thunderstrike in Power Push) to be pretty decent.
I'm guessing the AoEs don't do as much damage and aren't as plentiful, so between knockback and power-boosted Aid Self (energy/energy/fire is a good powerset for this strategy), I can solo at +2/x2 and generally not be hit enough while mezzed that they can bring me down. Definitely did not happen before I retooled for ranged defense, even though I had four sets of Thunderstrike and Hover at the time. The extra defense makes all sorts of difference.
Virtue
Angel Witch II - Chord of Souls - Storm Witch II - Princess of the Dawn - Standing Horse - Witch of Xymox
Silent Scream - Shadow Witch II - Liquid Serenade - Nebulous Dawn - Ghost Witch II -Xiberia
Angel Witch II - Chord of Souls - Storm Witch II - Princess of the Dawn - Standing Horse - Witch of Xymox
Silent Scream - Shadow Witch II - Liquid Serenade - Nebulous Dawn - Ghost Witch II -Xiberia
Also, is Breath of Fire really superior to Rain of Fire? Of course, there, I've seen that advise before...
BoF is an excellent power if you can get it to work well for you. If you're struggling with the placement and hitting less than 3 people, it's not a good power for you.
(I can use it nicely if I'm using CJ/SS, but my results when using it with Hover were terrible.)
The nuke is just fun. If you're solo-ing, it'll probably be more of a situational tool, and you'll probably see builds shooting for particular goals (softcaps, permas) rather than fun. But I'd never skip it on a team build