Sapper suggestions

I am toying with the idea of making a sapper-like character,one capable of locking down a spawn by taking all the mob's endurance and possibly do decent damage (by that i mean he doesn't struggle too much against equal level bosses and doesn't have to hit them 30 times to kill them)

I know there are already a lot of them (i've seen incarnate AVs drained of all endurance in trials many times) but i still haven't made one myself. What do you think would a good AT/powerset combination to achieve such goals?
When i asked in game,kin/elec defender and elec/psi dominator was the answer,but i don't like the sound and animation of psi attacks ,also i'm wondering if there are more,equally effective combinations out there.
So what do you think would be a good endurance drainer?

Elec control for sure, you can pair it with anything dom or controller. I have an elec/psi dom and an elec/ rad troller and they both sap pretty hard.

If you want to play a blaster sapper then I suggest a Elec/MM. Drain Psyche with Short Circuit is an amazing drainer.

While perhaps not the ultimate in sapping I have a Traps/Elec defender that certainly can sap rather effectively. In addition to having Short Circuit just about any place I could use http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Tempes...ndurance_Drain in her build I did ... including Acid Mortar which allows for "a chance to" -End in AoE form.

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Elec/Dark Dom.

I can keep entire spawns blue bars empty with my Elec/Psi/Mu Perma Dom. Damage output is also very nice.

Are there any effective melee sappers? I was thinking that an Electric Armor Brute or Tanker might do the trick.

Power Sink + Lightning Field + Tier 4 Gravitic Interface (for some -recovery)

Ive made several sappers..

I have found that the most effective have been my E3 Blaster, Elec/Psi Dominator and Elec/Elec Dominator.

I also made a Kin/Elec defender and an Elec/Kin Corruptor. I hated both.. especially the defender.. could sap but not any better than my Blaster and did waaaaaay less damage.. The Corruptor was slightly better... The Dominators outshine them both.

E3 Blaster is very underrated IMO and with the help of Incarnates he is now even better than before and does more damage.

I havent built a melee sapper yet.. maybe one day ill try and put one together.. I have a Elec/SS tank but he really doesnt focus on sapping.. Im sure with some easy tweaking I could make an effective sapper build..

The elec/psi dominator sounds like a powerful combo,and i've no doubt it's as effective as you say. It could be exactly what i'm looking for.....emphasis on COULD,since,unfortunately,i don't like how psi attacks animate or sound in this game. Nothing wrong with the numbers,it's strictly a matter of personal taste. I may try and give it a go.....but i've ended up deleting all the psi characters i made.
So far,the best choice for me seems to be the E3 blaster

I've played elec/psi dominator up to 30. I never play high level characters, so I only care about the experience to maybe 40.

elec/psi just did not sap all that much. Psi only helped with drain psyche, and that was up only every minute. So foes just did not drain very quickly.

would elec/elect drain their END noticably faster?

I like the drain psyche to take down AV's and GM's, so I hate to give that up

You don't actually need to go /psi, drain psyche is great but electric control all by itself will drain virtually anything in short order. Blasters and defenders pale in comparison to controllers and doms if your top priority is sapping.

I have a kin/elec/elec defender and it's a fair sapper. I really don't find the sapping reliable enough to solo very well though. I think electric control is the better set for sapping. The elec/psi dom sounds pretty good, though I'm not big on playing doms.

Dark Assault may not have drain psyche, but it does have solid ST attacks along with engulf darkness and a power build up clone. It has a damage type that when resisted, isn't resisted by a stupid high amount.

Anyway I highly endorse Elec/Dark/Ice.

The question is how fast do you want to drain end and still be happy with the char?
My Elec/Stone Dom will drain normal mobs pretty fast and I have all the kdown to keep me happy till done. Elec/ by itself is a very nice end drain set, but it you want to keep em drained all day (even AVs) then you will have to get something like Drain Psyche to keep the end drained. I have gotten an AV about halfway drained with my elec/stone.
If I wanted to play perma-drain, I would think going Mu for Power Sink (I went Ice) would meet almost all the qualities you need. Conductive Aura/Static Field/Power Sink on Alpha Core will drain approx 152% end in the time it takes to throw the powers out. -rec would be at -231% and you would have pulses of Conductive Aura going too to keep the drain going.

All those numbers are without the secondary considered. With /Earth, I have access to BU which allows for about -216% end.

Electric/Electric/Electric Blaster is a very solid choice for sapping. And you don't even have to slot for End Mod, either.

People normally write off Electric Blast due to its low damage(and I can understand that if your looking at it strictly from a "blast" perspective), but the synergy Ball Lightning and Short Circuit have with /Electric's 3 blaps and Power Sink is very good at keeping entire spawns without any endurance. My level 50 E^3 had Talons of Vengeance bosses standing there doing nothing but taking hits.

Roll one and see for yourself.