Build Help?

I hope I have this in the right forum.

I am hoping someone will take a look at these pics of my build for my level 44 sonic blast/energy manipulation blaster and help me out. For some reason, I can not solo Elite Bosses. I have been told several time that I should be able to, but I have never been able to defeat one. I try and lose and try and loose and try and loose....So, I'm trying to figure out why. If it's my build then I will work on changing it. So any help is much is appreciate. Here are the links to the pics.

Thanks.


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It's hard to comment completely without a full build. The screenshots are adequate, but if you're not already doing so, I strongly recommend using Mids Hero Designer.

You seem to be using basic SOs rather than IOs, so that's one area right off the bat that you could improve. Since you're using level 45s that are green you must be between 42 and 44, so you're well past the point where IOs start becoming more powerful than SOs. So if you're not performing as well as you'd like that's one area to address.

Also, as previously noted, the Blaster forum really would have been the best place to post this.

All of that said, I'll give you my thoughts on what I see here:

• I suggest more slots in Stamina. At least one more, possibly two (for a total of three including the default slot). You want endurance.
• More damage in Bone Smasher. This is a very strong attack and should have more than one damage slotted. In fact, I wouldn't slot less than two damage in any Blaster attack power.
• Slot your armor power with a Resistance or two or three.
• The build aside, if you're not already making heavy use of inspirations, start doing so. As a Blaster you won't have the ability to survive very long against Elite Bosses (unless you make significant investments in IO Sets), so you're looking for a fast takedown.

For your attacks, are those Range SOs you have? Unless you plan on doing Hover sniping (unlikely since you're a Jumper), you're better off swapping those out for a 2nd Accuracy enhancement. Some people have the opinion that 1 Accuracy is enough. I prefer 2 Accuracies minimum because it doesn't matter how much damage you can do if you keep missing (and wasting endurance).

For both your ranged and melee attacks, I suggest starting off with a standard slotting of 2 Accuracies and 3 Damages. For the optional 6th slot, I'd go with either a Recharge Reduction or Endurance Reduction depending on how the power feels to you.

I'd say that you've got too many slots in Shockwave. In particular, its damage is negligible. I personally do like Shockwave and use it whenever I can to mitigate incoming damage from a large group of enemies. I've found that 2 Accuracies is good enough. If you have slots to spare, you may consider a Recharge Reduction.

Take some of those slots and put them into Stamina. Stamina always gets 3 slots (or a 4th if you want to put in the +end proc IO).

Both Amplify and Build Up have too many slots. 3 Recharge Reduction each is good enough, especially if your other powers have 2 Accuracies.

Similarly, Conserve Power only needs 3 Recharge Reductions.

I guess you haven't had a chance to fully slot out Dreadful Wail. You won't be using it against EBs and AVs though. That'll just get you killed. Anyway, it has a +40% Accuracy bonus on it already, so you don't need alot of additional Accuracy. Depending on how you play, you may want to go with 3 Recharge Reductions and 3 Damages, or 1 Accuracy, 2 Recharge Reductions and 3 Damages.

For your Pool Powers, if you have the Influence or Merits, you can get a Knockback Protection IO and a Stealth IO. This can save you 2 power picks: Acrobatics and Invisibility. The Stealth IO can stack with the Stealth power to give you effective invisibility without the "can't attack" constraint.

With the spared up power picks, you can get the Medicine Pool for Aid Other and, specifically, Aid Self. Let's face it, you're going to get hurt. So instead of relying on your limited supply of green insps, you can just heal yourself with Aid Self. You may also be able to allocate more Inspiration inventory to purple inps or breakfrees.

The Electrical Mastery is a good choice for your Epic Pool set. However, instead of the single target Shocking Bolt attack, you will get more general utility with the Static Discharge cone attack. It synergizes well with Howl, also a cone attack. Since you're already going to be positioning yourself to maximize the effect of Howl, you can follow up immediately with Static Discharge. It'll be a quick 1-2 punch that will severely damage a lot of enemies.

Get some slots in your armor when you can.

Ah, that all makes sense to me. Appreciate the help very much.