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Dark/Dark: Blaster, Defender or Corruptor?

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By Combat,
Posted on: 2012-01-02 16:05 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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Originally Posted by Erratic View Post
It seems odd to me to criticize Dark Manipulation for encouraging a blaster to get closer and then sing the praises of Drain Psyche which requires you to get every bit as close as you would for Soul Drain.

And I am not sure what it is that suggests that if you have punches you're encouraged to get closer. You can use your punches on things that get close to you after all.
Easy. Drained Psyche gives you +regen and +recovery and doesn't draw as much aggro as Soul Drain which does pbaoe damage.

And I mostly use it when my endurance is low anyway. I tend to just open the battle with Aim/Build Up aoe knockback, immb and scream cone. All ranged. Doing BU/Aim + 3 cone attacks at range is easier than jumping in to do soul drain and then jump back to use cones.

And when foes get closer to me, I either run back or hover higher.

What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.