Before I get to the build I want to emphasize I purposely didn't build for defense or resistance. There may be a little here and there but I was looking to build a glass cannon. I don't plan on soloing and if I put myself in a position to be taking hits, that's on me. Unleash Potential is a favorite of mine but also there as a panic button. After damage, I was looking for accuracy/to hit, slow resist, and lastly recharge. This build is being made with a lot of assumptions on the teams I'd be running with. I wasn't going to try and reach the damage cap (though I did grab Build Up and Aim) or well manage my endurance. Most sorts of defenders can cover those holes in the build. Sure, I can't always depend on that, some can't, and it probably won't always be as effective as a more generally even built blaster. But that's kinda the point in playing a blaster, right? If I wanted damage and survival, I'd play a scrapper again. I thought this time I'd lean in, do what I could to make damage potential the highest priority. I know normally the go to damage blaster is fire/fire but with the amount I was intending to use procs, I think Ice was the way to go.
I didn't include any incarnates or lvl 50 enh because they don't change the build in any radical way. Damage, accuracy, and recharge go up but Blasters don't get Contagious Confusion. So presenting the build as a "leveling build" acts the same as an endgame build. Let me know if there's something I overlooked there.
The last couple levels is where I'm a bit less confident in my choices. Vengeance isn't used much in the higher levels, at least as far as I've seen. I'm not a big fan of hover though many people swear by it. Aside from Bitter Freeze Ray which comes online a bit late, the rest don't change the build too much. I would have really liked that Build Up proc sooner and I'll probably move all the slots from Bitter Freeze Ray to Freeze Ray while leveling until that small respec.
I am currently playing this build and I'll probably change the enhancement levels as I go so those are there where they are legal, not exactly ideal.
Advice and criticism welcome. Again let me know if I overlooked anything. I don't usually play blasters. I was very used to builds that had capped defenses and crazy recharge and this build needs a defender standing next to it to be anywhere near a fight.
Blaster (Ice Blast - Fire Manipulation).mbd
