Did a Lambda and a BAF for the first time on my Ice/Ice blaster today. No stealth at all, and minimal defense (Combat Jumping and Frozen Armor, plus 25% ranged defense mostly from IO set bonuses). Made it through both without a death, but had a couple of close calls in Lambda. Which reminded me of a trick that kept me alive.
Put 6-8 greens in the left two columns of the inspiration window. When you start taking damage hammer the F1 or F2 key immediately. A lot of the damage in Lambda is DoT, and if you're fast you can survive the worst just by being able to use greens fast. Whenever I try to use the mouse to click inspirations I wind up dead; the keyboard is much more reliable for me.
Don't worry about wasting greens. Too often players die with a full tray of inspirations. I know 95% of the time when I buy the farm it's because I didn't use any insps.
I also got two rares for the two trials, so I didn't lose out on rewards if by playing cautiously as a blaster. I waited until a melee character attacked the crates and just used single-target attacks.
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