Status Resist for Blasters?

Status resistance isn't bad to have, but unfortunately it's not very helpful either. 81% status resistance translates into a 1 - (1 / 1.81) = 44%ish reduction to the duration of enemy mez effects. And it's worth pointing out that getting mezzed will suppress the hold protection and hold resistance in Acrobatics (and the DEF you get from your various other toggles), which will further open you up to stacked mez.

In other words, you're probably going to want to pop a Break Free when you're mezzed, with or without the mez resistance.

As far as Blasters go, you've succeeded in making a fairly sturdy character. Soft-capped DEF to S/L/E and 32% ranged DEF will help you to avoid most mez effects before they hit you, and Acrobatics' albeit meager hold protection gives you a mulligan against the first hold that penetrates your DEF.

I wouldn't bother with the mez resistance IOs. With the three enhancements in question removed (Aegis, Impervious Skin, the 5th Basilisk's Gaze), you already have 48.4% Hold/Sleep resistance just from Acro/Health, and CJ covers you against Immobilize.

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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze Nice build

Thanks Obitus! Didn't quite understand how Status Resists worked. I guess I can put those slots towards other things.

I just want to say thanks for posting the build, it's a lot tighter than the one I have planned on my DP/Fire, some good tips to take from it.

As for acrobatics it is NOT worth the end cost. I thought it sounded like an awesome idea too.. except, as it turns out, almost no enemy in the game actually uses holds. The majority come in the form of stuns and sleeps. The few holds there actually are are also over mag 1... so, it's only really good for the immob protection.

However, stun duration decrease could be significant. I know having AM's protection against malta stun grenades, tsoo claps, and magus stalagmites is very, very noticeable.

Anytime, Bass. It's very nice build.

Why is it that I always forget about Enzymes?

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Originally Posted by Katten I just want to say thanks for posting the build, it's a lot tighter than the one I have planned on my DP/Fire, some good tips to take from it. As for acrobatics it is NOT worth the end cost. I thought it sounded like an awesome idea too.. except, as it turns out, almost no enemy in the game actually uses holds. The majority come in the form of stuns and sleeps. The few holds there actually are are also over mag 1... so, it's only really good for the immob protection. However, stun duration decrease could be significant. I know having AM's protection against malta stun grenades, tsoo claps, and magus stalagmites is very, very noticeable.

Acrobatics protects you from mag 3 holds. Or rather, it protects you from one mag 3 hold at a time. Depending on your playstyle and your build, that can be a big help or not. On high DEF builds, I favor Acrobatics because it's an extra layer of protection behind your DEF -- an extra layer that also happens to preserve some not-insignificant amount of your DEF, too.

And particularly on a ranged build (which Bass' doesn't seem to be), holds are probably your area of greatest concern, vis-a-vis mez effects. They're more common at range than stuns are, and the only other toggle-suppressing mez effect (sleep) breaks when you're hit. Also, AFAIK there are no non-positional stuns in the game. There are two non-positional holds (Mind Control's Dominate and Illusion's Blind). There is also a very common-in-PvE non-positional sleep power (Mesmerize), but there's not much you can do about that. Fighting Rikti's gonna be a mez fest playing a Blaster. Them's just the breaks.

In any case, the build in question is covered against most stun effects (usually attached to grenades or various melee attacks) by soft-capped S/L/E DEF.

Acro's end cost is much lower than it (IIRC) used to be -- not at all outlandish or even unusual by today's standards (lower than Tough or Weave's, in fact), though certainly if your build has end problems you might want to skip Acro. It's certainly not a panacea. FWIW, though, my high-DEF Blaster notices a significant difference with and without Acro. As an added bonus, Acro gives you hefty KB protection, which can be helpful in slot-tight builds. At the very least, it can save you some influence.

As far as Accelerated Metabolism goes, the Controller version of the power gives 173% status resistance across the board. That's more than double the original bulid's best values, and nearly six times more than the amount of status protection that Bass was getting from IOs (as opposed to the bonuses he had anyway from Health/Acro/CJ). Stun was his worst value at ~32%. I'm sure there are situations in which cutting an opponent stun by 1/4 would be the difference between life and death, but I very much doubt they're anywhere close to common. Chances are, if you're stunned by Malta (and yeah, they do have obscenely long stuns) and don't have a Break Free handy, you're gonna die regardless.

Apologies for rambling.

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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze Nice build

I could probably switch Tactics over to Assault too, considering the dud-of-an-idea for getting Status Resists on this build. But then again, Tactics does give Perception. I guess that is nice to have, but not particularly worthwhile in PvE and I'd wager that a full team getting a Damage buff outweighs one getting ToHit and Perception.

With Assault toggled on the Endurance Recovery is okay. I'd like to have Conserve Power in the mix if I keep that power on, but I can just as easily use a blue Inspiration every 5 minutes or so.

I am sorry for maybe the newbie question here but what is the beneifit of the Hami's again? I know on my shield scrap, putting them in adds to my ddr some but I am not sure if that is what they are for here or something else?

For my DP/MM (softcapped S/L/E) the issue isn't so much how long the mez lasts, it's getting hit with one at all. If I dive into a group of enemies and catch a bad stun or hold before HoB goes, unless I hit break free immediately I'm probably dead anyway. The difference between being mezzed for five seconds and ten seconds is pretty much academic.

I like your build otherwise, though.

Just to toss it out there, I'd say Acrobatics is certainly worth it, and especially on a defensive build like Obitus said. My En/En Blaster was dealing with the mez train of mobs in the 40s, and it was like night and day after he picked up Acrobatics... sure, Rikti could still sleep him, and Malta could still stun him, but those mezzes aren't too common, and can be avoided a little easier than all the holds out there can.

Yes, you can still be held if more than one mob hits you, but I think that has only happened once or twice in a lot of levels soloing for a blaster at x3 or x2. I've soloed a lot of Blasters without Acrobatics, but I'm kind of wanting to fit it in all of their builds (which won't work, alas). I really did like the change that much.

I'm happy to hear that my decision to go with Acrobatics on my build is worthwhile.

Yup. It's worth noting that I soloed (and teamed) through a bunch of Carnie and Rikti content, so holds were about in plenty. Before Acro, I actually had to reduce the number of enemies a notch for this guy, as I was getting sick of being defeated occasionally from all the Illusionists that were around and holding me. One was okay as their holds could miss sometimes, but two (or a Master) made for a lot more holds being tossed about.