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Bringing back an old character for I19

deadboy_champion

By deadboy_champion,
Posted on: 2010-11-12 17:25 in Blasters

 

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Well as the title states I'm trying to bring my first 50, an Elec/nrg/elec blaster, out of retirement. He's been shelved pretty much since I6-I7. I've also been a very casual gamer with long breaks on occasion so I haven't done a lot in crafting either. Not gonna put up any builds, just asking for generic advice. It was a good 'blapper build' being able to lock out 2 kill a third and keep going.

If I'm wanting to go for set bonuses should my order be:
1. Damage, Acc, Recharge
2. Acc, Damage, Recharge
3.Recharge, Damage, Acc
4. Recharge, Acc, Damage

Or should I just Common IO or Frankenslot to taste?

Or just roll with SO's and load up on my alpha slot?

 

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Now that I've started using him again I noticed how 'safe' of a boss buster he is atm with just SO's power boost/BU/AIM between those all being triple recharge slotted and the every now and again hasten Tesla cage and the Elec mastery hold locking down with charged and lightning damaging and end draining to nothing. then walking up and TF/Bonesmasher reapply holds if end regens/drain/repeat.

So what would be the best way of improving upon this?

 

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Originally Posted by Unwilling_Hero View Post
Now that I've started using him again I noticed how 'safe' of a boss buster he is atm with just SO's power boost/BU/AIM between those all being triple recharge slotted and the every now and again hasten Tesla cage and the Elec mastery hold locking down with charged and lightning damaging and end draining to nothing. then walking up and TF/Bonesmasher reapply holds if end regens/drain/repeat.

So what would be the best way of improving upon this?
Depends on budget/playstyle/build goals.

For my Electric / Electric Blaster I focused on trying to increase survivability thus my primary focus was defense since I primarly play in melee range ("blapper"). I looked at what powers and sets I needed to acheive that - so I took the Mace Master Patron pool (after going villain) and purchased sets that would increase my defense to Smash/Lethal and Energy. You may have a different goals based on your playstyle for example - if you're more of a ranged blaster but not afraid to go into melee range than you could opt to go for a build with mid to high Ranged Defense.

@Deadboy