Depends what else you want to achieve. I find my Sonic/En to be an excellent single target blaster and still efficient on a team. Plus solo, the controls will help you out a lot.
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I'd say Ice/Energy. Ice Blast has a bit more ST damage than the other sets due to Bitter Freeze Ray and has extra control which a ST focused Blaster will probably like. Energy Manipualtion has some strong single target attacks and Power Boost to further boost your control.
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I really like Energy/Energy and Energy/Electric for single target destruction personally, so I would say you are on the right track.|
Originally Posted by ChiosuBlues
I've been having thoughts of a blaster with the sole purpose of single target damage. What combination of sets would be the most effective in this? Right now, EN/Elec, is looking fairly boss.
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However, Dante's suggestion of Sonic/Energy sounds just "tasty". Your damage would take time to build up but with the -res and the added controls of sonic, it seems like a very "interesting" combination.
I like Adeon's suggestion too, but for me Ice just doesn't have enough BLAST in it. I admit it, I am an Energy Blast "junkie". Sorry
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Sonic/Nrg is a fabulous single target combo. Psi/Nrg is also quite exceptional. Psi Blast is a great single target ranger and can be combined with most any secondary for whatever type of utility you prefer.
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For pure ST DPS purposes, Fire/Elec is the best out there due to the amount of high DPA attacks at your disposal along with a damage aura.
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Sorry, I never use damage auras. En/, Ice/, and Sonic/ are sounding sweet.
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You don't need the damage aura from /Elec to have the best ST DPS thanks to Shocking Grasp. Also, your original pick was /Elec which has the damage aura.
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Originally Posted by ChiosuBlues
Sorry, I never use damage auras. En/, Ice/, and Sonic/ are sounding sweet.
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A set having a move does not mean that I'll use it. See 98% of the scrapper player base and 'Confront'.
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Originally Posted by Auroxis
You don't need the damage aura from /Elec to have the best ST DPS thanks to Shocking Grasp. Also, your original pick was /Elec which has the damage aura.
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Fire/Elec/Elec
It rocks for ST, it packs enough AoE, no reason why you can't have both in the same build.
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You went and said in response to my Fire/Elec suggestion that you don't like damage auras and other primaries besides Fire are sounding good to you. It sounded like you thought the damage aura was in the Fire primary as opposed to the Elec secondary, since you had /Elec as your first pick. It was a misunderstanding.
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Originally Posted by ChiosuBlues
A set having a move does not mean that I'll use it. See 98% of the scrapper player base and 'Confront'.
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The highest single target damage primary is Fire, and the highest single target damage secondary is Electric, so Fire/Electric has the most ST damage. However, it also has very little mitigation so you will be somewhat limited in what you can fight without a very expensive build (and even then other sets can do more). The combos I'd probably go with are:
Ice/Electric - two ranged holds, good solid ranged ST damage, and massive melee damage. Should be good for small groups of hard targets. Ice/Energy has almost as much damage and more control if you prefer.
Sonic/Energy - pretty much the safest ST build. Put the spawn to sleep, then wake them up one at a time with stunning punches... you'll rarely even get attacked by non-bosses.
Fire/Energy - combine a good melee set full of stuns for control with the single highest DPA ranged attack and you have a very good Blapper build that is a bit safer than Fire/Electric due to more controls.
Energy/Energy - very good for mostly ranged ST damage, since the knockback and Boost Range helps keep things at range. You also have some heavy hitting punches to deal with anything that does get close, or you can just swat it back away from you.
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So far, no one has mentioned my personal favorite.
Sonic/Ice/Elec
You get stackable controls.
Frozen Touch and Shocking Bolt (ST holds)
Sirens Song and Frozen Aura (AoE sleeps)
Em Pulse, Dreadful Wail (AoE stuns), and Screech (ST stun)
Shiver and Chilling Embrace (slows)
Once you have everything controlled (including Bosses) you can take all the time you want to ST them to oblivion with:
Shriek
Scream
Shout
Chillblain
Frozen Fists
Ice Sword
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Highest damage ST Blaster is Fire/Elec followed closely by Fire/EM.
For ST destruction primaries, you really can't go wrong picking Energy, Sonic, Fire, or Ice. And they all have their advantages:
- Ice has fantastic mitigation, including the ability to lockdown a boss, and Bitter Ice Blast is deceptively powerful.
- Sonic gets its full ST attack chain by level 8, and then arguably the best mass-lockdown tool available to blasters pre-Ancillaries (Siren's Song).
- Energy gets its full ST attack chain by level 6(!), and with Sniper Blast and Power Push, I find this set gives you that non-stop shooting feeling that you want with a ST-based blaster.
- Fire has the strongest ST blast available (Blaze), and between opening with Blazing Bolt and abusing fast-recharging Flares, you will quickly be putting mobs down.
- Ice will require help in the recharge department, either globally (through set bonuses or the Spiritual Alpha once you reach 50) or slotting for recharge. Although, with inherent fitness, slotting for recharge probably won't be such a bad idea.
- Sonic's secondary effects take longer to get going (in comparison). Make good use of your secondary powerset.
- Energy's "problem" is also its greatest strength, in my opinion: The knockback. You and your low amount of health and defense will love it, but just make sure you know how to control it in case you team up with melee characters that dislike it (some do, some don't).
- Fire has virtually know mitigation. Its mitigation is fast and large amounts of damage. Early levels might be tougher.
For secondaries, I suggest Energy or Electric.
I'd say by now you are inundated with opinions, and just try whatever appeals to you. Play it through the first couple levels, see if you like the feel of it.
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Sonic Blast gives you more damage when you have more damage buff on you. I wonder at what point, does Sonic Blast's total damage surpass Fire Blast after 3 resistance debuffs? Or Sonic can never surpass Fire because Fire has dot damage that scales with damage buffs? |
Originally Posted by StrykerX
The highest single target damage primary is Fire, and the highest single target damage secondary is Electric, so Fire/Electric has the most ST damage. However, it also has very little mitigation so you will be somewhat limited in what you can fight without a very expensive build (and even then other sets can do more). The combos I'd probably go with are:
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For example, if your Shout does 200 damage. After 3 resistance debuffs (stun, shriek and scream), your Shout should do about 278 damage on even level mob? (13% debuff x 3 = 39%). Is my math wrong?
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
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The thing is Blaze takes 1 second to activate, and Shout takes 2.67 seconds to activate (not using arcanatime). The activation time on Shout makes it terrible for dps.
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Originally Posted by Jibikao
Sonic Blast gives you more damage when you have more damage buff on you. I wonder at what point, does Sonic Blast's total damage surpass Fire Blast after 3 resistance debuffs? Or Sonic can never surpass Fire because Fire has dot damage that scales with damage buffs?
For example, if your Shout does 200 damage. After 3 resistance debuffs (stun, shriek and scream), your Shout should do about 278 damage on even level mob? (13% debuff x 3 = 39%). Is my math wrong? |
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But Flare has 2.18s recharge and Fire Blast has 4s. The listed damage in Mids is high because it includes all the DoT damage? |
Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
The thing is Blaze takes 1 second to activate, and Shout takes 2.67 seconds to activate (not using arcanatime). The activation time on Shout makes it terrible for dps.
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Shriek is a 3s attack and Scream is a 6s attack.
I know Fire Blast does the most damage but I am just wondering maybe with enough +damage on yourself, Sonic can surpass Fire Blast in the end or Shout is hurting the dps too bad?
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
By the way, I haven't tried Radiation Blast on Blaster but looking at the numbers, it looks quite good for soloing. ST-damage won't be the top but Cosmic's mag 3 stun is just simply GOOD.
I've only had experience with Radiation Corruptor and I hate it. The ST-damage is just so low because Bolt is at 1.5s recharge and Beam is only 4s with 1.67s activation. Blaster's version seems much better.
Radiation also allows you to slot more damage procs and resistance debuff proc. If survival is not an issue here, I believe Radiation can compete for very good ST damage if you go for a mix of sets and damage procs.
If you get lucky that AH proc goes off on the first hit, the total ST damage output should be quite high.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
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Shout hurts DPS quite a bit(or rather Blaze is just amazing in comparison). Sonic is not the best ST blast set by itself. When in teams however, the -res from sonic often ends up contributing more to team damage than the damage from fire could.
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Originally Posted by Jibikao
But Flare has 2.18s recharge and Fire Blast has 4s. The listed damage in Mids is high because it includes all the DoT damage?
Shriek is a 3s attack and Scream is a 6s attack. I know Fire Blast does the most damage but I am just wondering maybe with enough +damage on yourself, Sonic can surpass Fire Blast in the end or Shout is hurting the dps too bad? |
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For Primaries, you will be looking at Fire for Blaze, Ice for Bitter Ice Blast, Psychic for TK blast and Sonic for Siren's Call...
For Secondaries you will be looking at Elec for Charged Brawl>Havoc Punch>Shocking Grasp or Energy for Energy Punch>Bone Smasher + Power Boost.
For the best out of the gate two huge slugs from level 4 you will want PB/Elec or PB/NRG. For the best chain you will want to look at Fire/Elec with Flare>Charged Brawl>Havoc Punch>Shocking Grasp.
For the best isolation you will want to look at Sonic/NRG for the Power Boost>Siren's Call>solo one or two targets>grab a coffee>grab a donut>wash your hands>Power Boost>Siren's Call.
For an interesting mix you might want to look at Elec/MM for Short Circuit>Drain Psyche to remove the threat from the group and increase your regen and recov to levels that regen scrappers can't even achieve allowing you to safely take out targets with a decent set of ST attacks...
Fire, Psi and Sonic are the top 3 ST damage sets for Blasters, with /Elec eing the best secondary
I've been having thoughts of a blaster with the sole purpose of single target damage. What combination of sets would be the most effective in this? Right now, EN/Elec, is looking fairly boss.
Ware ni tatenu mono mashi!!
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