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What power should (Overwhelming Force - Knockback into Knockdown) go into?

ClawsandEffect

By ClawsandEffect,
Posted on: 2012-08-16 17:10 in Build Workshop

 

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I'm an NG/NG blaster. I can't decide between putting into Power Burst or Explosive Blast.

Any tips?

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Originally Posted by Tangler View Post
Put it in explosive blast and you can just keep throwing it out without a care in team situations. Power burst is ST so it's easier to aim where your kb will go.
This.

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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
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I'm planning (post i24) on putting it in Nova for the same reasons as Tangler quoted.

 

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I agree with putting it into Explosive Blast. I also have an Energy/Energy Blaster and that's where his went - the whole set, in fact.

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I'd lean toward Explosive Blaster over Nova for one reason:

You don't care that much where dead things land.

Mobs hit by Explosive Blast are a lot more likely to survive comparatively, so you want them to stay in place for further debuffing, melee beating, etc. If you hit something with Nova, it's probably not getting back up anyway.