Anyone ever try to farm with a fire/fire/fire blaster?

I have tried all the different farmers I know of over the years.

Fire/Fire Tank
Inv/Fire Tank
Spines/Regen Scrapper
Spines/Dark Scrapper
Fire/Inv Scrapper
Fire/Rad Controller
Fire/Kin Controller (both fire and stone Epics)
Rad/Rad Defender (although not nearly as fast as the above but still.... I USED HIM FOR FARMING!) lol


The bottom line is I've made alot of farmers over my 5+ years in COH. Now I'm wondering what other challenges are out there. It got me thinking... I love the fire powers! Why not try making a Fire/Fire Blaster to tackle Battle Maiden and such. With IO's and a few 4 slotted melee attacks I can easily get to 30% Defense and 65% Resist to S/L attacks and that's without me knowing the first thing about Blasters. If anyone out there has attempted this I would love to hear from you on the idea and any tips or build ideas would be greatly appreciated. Like what powers are good and which are worthless. This doesn't even have to be fire/fire/fire at all. I just like the fire theme and I'm more familiar with the powers for the most part.

Anything the community can offer would be greatly appreciated.

My fire/fire/fire blaster could pretty easily farm, if i wanted him to, hes built for just pure damage. If you are going to farm on a fire/fire i recommend getting the self rez, and slotting for damage and recharge. That way, when you die (and you will) you'll nuke everything around you as you get back up and take them back out.

I wouldnt get tough/weave, as the fire shield power can take the 3% def proc, and your better off leaning on melee and ranged defence. if you really want to play it safe, take hot feet, and 6 slot it with a multi strike, for the end reduction, nice damage numbers, and decent set bonuses. You best friend on a fire/fire/fire is damage, damage and more damage. Hot feet and RoF are your soft control powers, and really help out to keep things away from, so if your close to the ranged def cap, you can basically always stay in melee range, but never get hit by a melee attack (jump in group with hot feet running, drop RoF for added 'fear' and proceed to nuke away)

One of my favorite tactics is what i call a mini nuke, its BU>aim>fireball>jump into group>fire sword circle. Group dies, just like i hit inferno, and its up alot more often, without the end crash. And consume keeps your end up while your running hot feet, and your resistance toggle. If you really want to go overboard, you can get blazing aura, but i found hot feet to be much better *bigger radius, more damage over time, and the slow/fear component will save your tail ALOT*

Just my 2 inf.

Wow. I want a fire/fire blaster now!

I made one awhile back, but I didn't really like it. I deleted him and went with a fire/energy blapper instead. Now I wish I'd stuck with the fire because of fire sword circle.

I do a warrior farm 0/8 no bosses with my electric/fire blaster. I ran hero stats on my most recent run and recorded over 1200 kills/hour. The timing was started from inside the mission and stopped after exiting. With no bosses I rarely die. If I turn bosses on it is noticeably slower and I probably die about every other run. I am not in front of my pc so I would estimate that I have around 35 S/L def and 20 ranged def. No resistance and 1550 HP thanks to accolades. Hot feet and ball lightning make up for most of the damage. Hot feet is just slightly higher. Combustion comes next in the damage department and then short circuit. I originally ran it with FSC instead of combustion. I think combustion is better though because of the larger radius and quicker recharge. It seems to me that the Elec/ primary could pretty easily be replaced by fire, rad, or archery. Going with a more cone based primary like AR seems like it would be counter productive due to the circular pbaoe nature of /fire. The reason i like electric though is because of the 2 large radius aoe/pbaoe's and no cones. I just jump dead center into the mob and unleash the carnage.

Just in case you are intersted in the build. Skipped all the holds and snipes. Streamlined for def/damage. Also skipped the nuke. The time it takes to retoggle and and click your blue pills would probably be longer than it would take to kill the mob without the nuke. Plus there will likely be more than 16 mobs so your nuke wouldn't kill everyone anyway.

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I farm with a fire/mm/force and he's a beast. Slotted for max recharge bonus (192% w/ hasten), I can kill them all before they kill me. So much more fun than a FireKin or a brute farmer.

Anyone have any builds to throw out there?

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Betty Sizzle: Level 50 Mutation Blaster
Primary Power Set: Fire Blast
Secondary Power Set: Fire Manipulation
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Teleportation
Ancillary Pool: Flame Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Fire Blast -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(3), Dev'n-Hold%(7), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(17), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33)
Level 1: Ring of Fire -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Hold%(21), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(33), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), HO:Centri(34)
Level 2: Fire Ball -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(3), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Posi-Dam%(9), RechRdx-I(27)
Level 4: Fire Sword -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(5), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(7), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(15), B'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(17), B'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(25)
Level 6: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 8: Combat Jumping -- Ksmt-ToHit+(A), Ksmt-Def/EndRdx(43), LkGmblr-Rchg+(46), LkGmblr-Def(50)
Level 10: Fire Sword Circle -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(11), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(11), Sciroc-Dam%(13), C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(13), C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(25)
Level 12: Aim -- AdjTgt-Rchg(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(34)
Level 14: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+(40), Numna-Heal(43), RgnTis-Regen+(43), Numna-Heal/Rchg(46)
Level 16: Build Up -- AdjTgt-Rchg(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(34)
Level 18: Blaze -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(19), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19), Dev'n-Hold%(23), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(23), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(21)
Level 22: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 24: Acrobatics -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 26: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 28: Consume -- Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(29), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(29), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(37), RechRdx-I(40)
Level 30: Tough -- ImpArm-ResDam(A), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(31), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(31), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg(31)
Level 32: Recall Friend -- Range-I(A)
Level 35: Blazing Aura -- Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(36), Sciroc-Dam%(36), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(36), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(37), C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(37)
Level 38: Hot Feet -- Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39), Sciroc-Dam%(39), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(39), TmpRdns-Dmg/Slow(40), TmpRdns-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(46)
Level 41: Char -- G'Wdw-Acc/Hold/Rchg(A), G'Wdw-Acc/Rchg(42), G'Wdw-Hold/Rng(42), G'Wdw-EndRdx/Hold(42)
Level 44: Fire Shield -- ImpArm-ResDam(A), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(45), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg(45)
Level 47: Rise of the Phoenix -- Numna-Heal/Rchg(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(48), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(48), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 49: Teleport -- TSM'n-EndRdx(A), TSM'n-Rng(50), TSM'n-Stlth(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- HO:Micro(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Defiance
Level 0: Ninja Run

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After looking at some build on the forums and my own experience with IO's on other characters this is what I came up with.




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Ignitressa: Level 50 Natural Blaster
Primary Power Set: Fire Blast
Secondary Power Set: Fire Manipulation
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Flame Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Fire Blast

• (A) Accuracy IO

• (A) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize
• (5) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
• (7) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Endurance
• (7) Enfeebled Operation - Endurance/Immobilize
• (43) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Recharge
• (50) Enfeebled Operation - Immobilize/Range

• (A) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
• (9) Ragnarok - Damage
• (9) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
• (11) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (11) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge

• (A) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (13) Obliteration - Damage
• (13) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
• (15) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (17) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (17) Recharge Reduction IO
• (43) Recharge Reduction IO

• (A) Jumping IO

• (A) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance
• (19) Armageddon - Damage
• (19) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge
• (21) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (21) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge

• (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)

• (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
• (15) Miracle - +Recovery

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed

• (A) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance
• (33) Apocalypse - Damage
• (33) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge
• (33) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (34) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge

• (A) Endurance Modification IO
• (42) Endurance Modification IO
• (42) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (23) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (23) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

• (A) Reactive Armor - Endurance
• (25) Reactive Armor - Resistance
• (25) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
• (27) HamiO:Enzyme Exposure
• (27) HamiO:Enzyme Exposure

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

• (A) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
• (37) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
• (37) Endurance Reduction IO
• (40) Endurance Reduction IO

• (A) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge
• (34) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
• (34) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
• (37) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

• (A) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
• (39) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
• (39) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
• (39) HamiO:Microfilament Exposure
• (40) HamiO:Microfilament Exposure
• (40) HamiO:Microfilament Exposure

• (A) Unbreakable Constraint - Endurance/Hold
• (42) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Hold/Recharge
• (43) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Recharge
• (46) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold
• (48) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Recharge

• (A) Reactive Armor - Endurance
• (45) Reactive Armor - Resistance
• (45) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (45) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (46) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
• (46) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (48) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (48) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (50) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (50) Recharge Reduction IO

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (3) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (3) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (5) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

• (A) Celerity - +Stealth

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO

• 7% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 7% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 7% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 7% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 7% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 7% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 7% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 7% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 28.3% Defense(Smashing)
• 28.3% Defense(Lethal)
• 3% Defense(Fire)
• 3% Defense(Cold)
• 5.5% Defense(Energy)
• 5.5% Defense(Negative)
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
• 18% Defense(Melee)
• 4.25% Defense(Ranged)
• 3% Defense(AoE)
• 3% Enhancement(Immobilize)
• 54% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 63.8% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 5% FlySpeed
• 149.1 HP (12.4%) HitPoints
• 5% JumpHeight
• 5% JumpSpeed
• Knockback (Mag -8)
• Knockup (Mag -8)
• MezResist(Immobilize) 16%
• MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
• 16% (0.27 End/sec) Recovery
• 16% (0.8 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 7.56% Resistance(Fire)
• 7.56% Resistance(Cold)
• 1.88% Resistance(Negative)
• 5% RunSpeed

I used a Fire / Mental to super effect, Purpled and softcapped to S/L it had perma drainpsyche and didn't need stamina

only issue was lack of immobilise... I like my farms to be tidy. So immob is a must for me.