Smitten Mittens

Are we playing the same game? 2 End Mods in Short Circuit almost completely drains a group of enemies. I think the powers are fine as a baseline, but the endurance you get back has always been lackluster. Ball Lightning is in the same boat as Short Circuit tbh.. don't slot it for damage. Any elec powerset is soft control, albiet that control it keeping end drained. Its better than holds since the resist doesn't really stack against it, and if you slot properly you can keep anything perma-drained just about. The few AVs you encounter that are "immune", you have other methods at your disposal (second power set, buffs, temp powers, etc.) Im able to routinely solo hazard sized mobs +4 (with accuracy candy) by popping in, Short Circuit, Ball Lightning, then whatever else to boost my damage and drop a Thunderous Blast. It works amazingly with Kinetics and Transference. I'm looking forward to trying it with Elec Manip.

Main'd a Kin/Elec Def 50 on live, and an Elec/Kin Corr to 50 here. I have some experience with this. The dirty secret to endurance drain is you only really *need* one or two powers to make it be effective, and only one of them needs -recovery. Short Circuit can do this all on its own, and with two End Mod IOs can drain almost all enemies in one shot. 90% reliable full end drain and nothing can attack. Throw two in Ball Lightning, and you cover bosses. Granted, my experience is with Kinetics, which has its own slew of endurance drain. Between the two power sets I can drain an elite boss after their 2nd attack. Keeping them drained is not a problem when every attack you have drains it. I feel like the -damage on the new set is an excellent direction for Elec powers in general. As long as the powerset has that *one* ability that applies -recharge and drains more endurance than the rest, it will be on par with other builds that focus on this. When this goes live, I'll be dropping Kinetics in a heartbeat. The chain skills all drain endurance? They don't rely on accuracy to be effective? They get stronger the more you use them? This will be a set that breaks late. Very ineffective at lower levels, but once you pass that level 30 hump you'll be rolling over mobs. By the time you get your T9 in your secondary, you'll be able to solo large groups of hazard sized mobs with no issue. I could easily see an elec/elec Defender soloing AVs with the right load-out.