Keep the Tier 1, it's pretty much required to help you build damage from Power Siphon. Drop the cone, knockback in general is bad on a melee. Like you said, it's only good for knocking things into walls. The ranged attack is skippable but if it interests you, take it. It's not incredibly useful but not a horrible power either.
So, I made myself a KM/elec scrapper. KM has turned out to be rather fun on a scrapper. my previous trial as a brute a while back wasnt nearly as fun. Anyway, as i progress this set it seems like there are a few things I want to tweak but would like some advice as to options.
First, it really feels as I go on that there will be to many attacks to make use of. I am only lvl 20, i took all the powers in KM except the taunt. So, 3 ST, a cone, a pbaoe and power siphon. there is a ranged attack coming, and the tier 9. plus epics then later. So, it seems like I should skip one or maybe even two once i get into epics. my initial reaction was to dump the tier one, but as I play the set, i really like how fast it is and how it seems to mesh into other attack animations well. Thought about making it a proc horse. Given that, if it really is a turd later i would drop it.
Also have been enjoying the cone, knockback and all. I just reserve it for when I can mash a spawn against a wall. This might go if I want to replace it with an epic aoe, but otherwise i do not mind it.
So, given that, what do you guys all do with this set? i am not terribly interested in a full out MID's build, as i am undecided on budget for this character yet, and usaully they are designed for lvl 50 play and well i dont do much of that. Mostly i am just after some advice on options for the KM set, what people have done with the powers with different amounts of global recharge, if there are powers that really shine or are rather dull, is it worth proc'ing out the tier one, what kinds of IO bonuses people go for in general.
thanks in advance
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