Once you get some recharge in your better attacks it's not very useful, and If you want a filler attack there's always Boxing from the fighting pool.
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Another thing to note is that jab can take the stun purple set. So on a farm only build you may want to get it rather than punch.
But in normal stuff no, jab isnt worth it. Punch has higher DPS and better mitigation but a lower end/sec cost right out of the box. But even punch gets outclassed in a lot of builds in favor on gloom(from soul) and haymaker for primary attacks.
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@Caucasiafro
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Boxing can also take that set. Most people take Tough and Weave anyways.|
Originally Posted by ultrawatt
Another thing to note is that jab can take the stun purple set.
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OP: You can look at powers in a few different ways. In Mids', go to Window, then Powerset Comparison. The most used comparison is damage per animation time because this determines DPS of an attack chain. Mids' displays it as "Damage / Anim". Jab is the worst attack available for DPA.
Another thing to consider is damage per endurance, but they are generally balanced for a set unless a power does more than single-target damage. This leads to the last thing to consider. Status effects like stuns and knockdowns are useful. Be sure to hover your mouse over the effect to see the chance of it occurring. For Jab, it is only 10%, which isn't very reliable. The magnitude is also too low to stun anything higher than a LT.
I would not take Jab. In top-end DPS builds, Punch is even too low of DPS to use. Gloom and other Epic pool powers are better for DPS than Punch or Jab.
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I haven't seen a top end SS Brute attack chain that doesn't have Punch, except for FA characters who use Burn instead.
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Originally Posted by Syntax42
In top-end DPS builds, Punch is even too low of DPS to use. Gloom and other Epic pool powers are better for DPS than Punch or Jab.
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Mains (Freedom) @Auroxis
Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster
That must have been what I was thinking of. My only Super Strength character is SS/Fire.
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I was mentioning farm only builds, like an SS/fire. IF someone did that they were ******* stupid.
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Originally Posted by Syntax42
Boxing can also take that set. Most people take Tough and Weave anyways.
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"I have ridden the mighty moon worm!"
-Al Gore
Fiery Aura is only good for farming, I'm cereal
@Caucasiafro
Mostly just curious, it seems useful for the time being (jab brawl jab brawl is kinda funny) but I have no idea if it's going to stay useful in the long run.