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Atomic Blast?

all_hell

By all_hell,
Posted on: 2010-11-20 20:46 in Corruptors

 

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How badly do I need this?

Will I be severely gimped if I skip it?

 

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Corruptor nukes are really a 50/50 call IMO. It also depends on your secondary. If you have an end refilling secondary like Kinetics and Cold then I'd say go for the nuke. If you have a toggle heavy secondary like Sonic or you have a lot of leadership/fighting toggles, then I'd say don't go for the nuke.

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Originally Posted by Auroxis View Post
Corruptor nukes are really a 50/50 call IMO. It also depends on your secondary. If you have an end refilling secondary like Kinetics and Cold then I'd say go for the nuke. If you have a toggle heavy secondary like Sonic or you have a lot of leadership/fighting toggles, then I'd say don't go for the nuke.
Seconded. I love the top tier blast powers that don't have an end drain component.

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Originally Posted by all_hell View Post
How badly do I need this?

Will I be severely gimped if I skip it?
If you have something you'll be able to use all the time instead of the nuke, you will not be gimped. Recharge time on nukes is long and the end crash can be painful if you have many toggles.

So, for example, if you're running Leadership toggles, Combat Jumping and Scorpion Shield, a nuke may not be for you.

Another thing to consider is minimal slotting for the nuke if you have a power slot but don't want to use five or six enhancement slots. With Hami-Os you can get a potent, accurate nuke with just three total slots. A cheaper alternate that's almost as good is Multi-strike: Acc/Dam 50, Cleaving Blow: Acc/Dam, and common Damage IO: 50.

I didn't have Atomic Blast on my Rad/Kin originally, but got it so that I could squeeze out another 1.875% S/L defense with an Obliteration set.

 

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ty for replying