FUBARczar

Right on, I can understand that. IMO BR is very good at what it does, but AoE is not it.

I like Psi melee because I think it performs well, it's also a good DMG type to mix on a team for things like brickernauts, cyclops, hero one, etc. Stone is solid, HP cap, high defense including psi, a smidge of bonus dmg , +rech, etc.

Martial Combat But I can also see Energy, Temporal, Atomic and Mental as fitting

If one is interested in more AoE the they might consider Dual Pistols, Fire, Water, or Elec Blast..

Scrapper/Sentinel Ninjitsu is better than the stalker version by miles. Low DDR is the only real negative. Otherwise it is a good set,

For me I find Stone to be a strong set. It's like a much better Ice Armor that is better than EA. Very satisfying. I made two Stone Scrappers * Psi/Stone *TW/Stone I play the Psi/Stone as one of my top two Scrappers. The other one is TW/Bio. Other Scrappers that have taken a back seat, DM/SD, WM/SD, TW/SR, Claws/Bio, EM/Bio, Psi/Ninja, KM/Rad,

Seismic numbers look meh and those animations are huge. But /Earth is great. It is a top tier blapper set.

Huh, it seems like that echo is very faint. Most say skip. And if I had room for one I'd rather take the gun drone. Cutting beam is one wants to minimize their build not max it out 😂

Elec is another good one for pairing.

Depends on my tank, and I pick my tank based on the team and task. Taunt is not an absolute. There are also too many tanks that spend too much time taunting and not fighting and they are still bad at herding

I would take Stone Armor over EA now-a-days. Some is better all around with better defensive numbers and psi defense and his the HP cap In most cases I would also take Shield over SR. In my experience it's sturdier plus you get +DMG. SR gives more n freedom for creative builds. Never take Ninja on a stalker, pure tin foil armor.

There are many good possible combinations for this. If I could be picky I'd like to try one like this: 1) DP/Kinetics 2) Fire/TA 3) Elec/Elec 4) Psi/Dark

Fire and a proc DP build are my favs. After that Rad, Ice, Psi, Water and Archery all work well too AR and Beam should be avoided

It's on like Donkey Kong! TW/Stone Scrapper Psi/Stone Scrapper Elec/Earth Blaster

a build https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1368&c=669&a=1338&f=HEX&dc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

ummm no, not true. You can do what ever kind of test you want pylons, solo a TF (ITF, TinPex, etc), solo an 801 in AE, etc. Fire will still be tier 1 and Sonic tier last.

The point is they are awkward. If you have to rely on being in melee range for damage then narrow cones suck even more. It the build fighting with itself.

Yeah sure, but it also lacks solid ST damage just like Sonic. So TA would help Sonic be a blasttroller, but light on the blast.

Yes you should have. Like /Rad, Shield, Fire, Energy,

In order to play Sonic Blast one must rely on your secondary power set, or team. The problem with relying on your own secondary set powers is the two non-nuke AoEs are narrowish come attacks while the best damaging secondary attacks are going to be melee attacks. This is why Sonic/Dark is a frontrunner for worst blaster combo. The second requires relying on your team because Sonic doesn't do so well by itself. Let's hope that you are not the last man standing with your team hoping that you can cut down a Redwood with a vegetable/fruit peeler. Sonic is best on a defender or sentinel. But if all forms of Screech also got the Sentinel version then Sonic would be a descent option. So for blasters all you want is the T1 or T2 + Aim + Nuke

proof is kind of in the pudding

None of the above. Those build have lots of pointless powers. https://tinyurl.com/4ded8brz

Not a good pair IMO. Dark blast is better at range with crappy come attacks for AoE, while DM needs melee with death shroud, soul drain, etc

I skip both. Use caltrops and bonfire. Let your teammates help with AoE. BR/Dev specializes in hard targets

Water/Dev or water/martial