Dark Blast/MM.
Because unlike these two above I'm weird and I love cones and positioning.
Also tons of survivability before IOing due to DP and Life Drain.
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Burn him!
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Originally Posted by Kioshi
Dark Blast/MM.
Because unlike these two above I'm weird and I love cones and positioning. Also tons of survivability before IOing due to DP and Life Drain. |
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No, we must tolerate the eccentricities... the Stalker population grows smaller every day.|
Originally Posted by Talen Lee
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Or I just can't seem to find them anymore. (looks around for an [Insight])
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I have to cast my vote in for this one too. Initially I didn't like what had been done to Dark Blast when it was ported to Blasters but I can honestly say, my Dark/MM is one of my favourite Blasters now. Three cones while levelling, another two if you go Soul Mastery (which I will be) plus healing in Life Drain and Drain Psyche, a hold and a mezz aura for going into melee (plus another in Soul if you want it). |
Originally Posted by Kioshi
Dark Blast/MM.
Because unlike these two above I'm weird and I love cones and positioning. Also tons of survivability before IOing due to DP and Life Drain. |
No IOs and yet she can scream through mobs at a disturbing rate for a Blaster. I can't wait to layer on some defences.
So yeah, I'm weird too.
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I keep forgetting, lazy people don't play /MM cus it actually requires you to both use melee pbaoes as well as a targeted cone. I play SPINE SCRAPPERS, so switching between these two things as fast as possible is second nature to me. But if you want to be a lazy blaster just always pick /EM. It let's you click buffs on yourself, those don't need to be positioned.
Arch/EM is easy, you can just fire off a RoA with BU/Aim/Boost Range, and you can land an alpha plus an explosive arrow without any retaliation, at which point lots of things will be dead and the survivors may be KB'd. That's a great strategy and it leaves little risk to the user, and you don't have to line up any cones so even a braindead monkey can do it!
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I'm lazy, and I love my Fire/MM... I just live in Melee. ^_^
I am the 99%. Occupy the World.
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Yeah I guess Psychic Scream isn't mandatory or anything, but it's one of the largest, easiest cones to aim in the game, and it applies an insane -recharge debuff. Animation time is pretty suck though...
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Originally Posted by Errant
I'm lazy, and I love my Fire/MM... I just live in Melee. ^_^
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"Look, personally I just want a new issue to feature changes that don't cause a mass exodus of players..."
Issue 17: We Didn't Break Anything!
How to suck at CoX
Literally the Best Build Ever: Years in the Making
It hasn't been mentioned yet but I've an Elec/Fire with absurd amounts of AoE ... much of it used in melee range of stuff.
Ball Lightning, Short Circuit, Combustion, Fire Sword Circle, Burn, Hot Feet, Flash Freeze (underslotted), Spring Attack plus Consume (and skipped Blazing Aura and Thunderous Blast).
Defenses: S/L at 46.7%, melee at 33.3% and with Musculature Radial Paragon debuff recovery -205% and drain 72 End off the spawn with one shot from Short Circuit while doing ED capped damage. (-174% and -61 End with Cardiac)
And yes he eats silly amounts of End ... hence Consume and one build plan using Cardiac Core and Ageless Core.
Really, anything with a targeted AoE plus /Fire is good. Electric Blast isn't that good for AoE damage but it does have a decent TAoE so Electric/Fire works well. Rad is probably the absolute best to pair with /Fire simply because it has both a TAoE and a PBAoE, but Fireball is one of the highest DPA AoE attacks so Fire/Fire is also very nice. Beam/Fire would probably be the worst fit, since Beam has redraw and lacks a targeted AoE outside of its mini-nuke (which can't be used every spawn even on a top end build).
Cascade, level 50 Blaster (NRG/NRG since before it was cool)
Mechmeister, level 50 Bots / Traps MM
FAR too many non-50 alts to name
[u]Arcs[u]
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Elec has a TAoE and PBAoE too, and Ball Lightning+Short Circuit slightly outdamages Irradiate+Neutron Bomb. Rad only pulls ahead if you're willing to use the cone as well.
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Originally Posted by StrykerX
Really, anything with a targeted AoE plus /Fire is good. Electric Blast isn't that good for AoE damage but it does have a decent TAoE so Electric/Fire works well. Rad is probably the absolute best to pair with /Fire simply because it has both a TAoE and a PBAoE[snip]
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That is a LETHAL cone combo...kinda like Sonic/MM
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Originally Posted by Kioshi
Dark Blast/MM.
Because unlike these two above I'm weird and I love cones and positioning. Also tons of survivability before IOing due to DP and Life Drain. |
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Shows how often I play Electric... |
Originally Posted by Intrinsic
Elec has a TAoE and PBAoE too, and Ball Lightning+Short Circuit slightly outdamages Irradiate+Neutron Bomb. Rad only pulls ahead if you're willing to use the cone as well.
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I always think of Short Circuit as a sapping power but it does seem do do decent damage.
Cascade, level 50 Blaster (NRG/NRG since before it was cool)
Mechmeister, level 50 Bots / Traps MM
FAR too many non-50 alts to name
[u]Arcs[u]
The Scavenger Hunt: 187076
The Instant Lair Delivery Service: 206636
Not one mention of Sonic/Fire?
-resistance on almost every attack - lots of cones and well Fire!
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A lot of people are lazy...(even I can be at times) Majority of players hate Jumping in and out of melee to do their cone attacks. I like Dark/MM because you can just sit there and spam cones hehe.
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Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
Not one mention of Sonic/Fire?
-resistance on almost every attack - lots of cones and well Fire! |
I am the 99%. Occupy the World.
Minister of Infinity's Secret Police, Official Mooch of dUmb and League, Official Purveyor of Free Straws, the Most Interesting Man in the World.
http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...city-of-heroes