Hogunn Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 So I am levelling an Ice/Atomic blaster and Atomic seems pretty strong so far. Am I missing something? I rarely see Atomic on blasters as a secondary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratoNexus Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Atomic is a solid Blapping secondary with some interesting utility/mezzing. The holds stack well with Ice primary, so a good combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshidon Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Ice / Atomic go well together. You very quickly have two quick cast single target ranged holds (1 in primary,1 in secondary) for controlling bosses and good damage output overall - I have mixed feeling about Bitter Freeze Ray due to the animation time - sometimes I'll open with it solo. I slot my primary holds for damage and secondary as normal holds. They are good for a blastroller or general blasting/blapping. I wanted a blastroller so I have 4 ranged ST holds and an aoe hold between primary, secondary and ancillary abilities - bosses and eb's without ptod get locked down. Your sustain has regen, status resists and a recharge buff, it's great. My highest character is ice atomic (vetlev 53ish). It's a bit lacking in aoe but otherwise tears things up (blizzard and judgement help the aoe issues). If you play to incarnate and like the control and debuff aspects I'd recommend trying for your alpha T4, Intuition Radial Paragon which really meshes well with almost all your powers in primary and secondary and still has a damage boost. ( For all powers: Increases Hold Duration effects, Defense and ToHit DeBuff effects, Slow effects and Damage by 33%, and Range by 20%. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenCarnate Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Proc out the single target hold for some crazy damage from a low level attack. I love my fire/atomic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Lead Game Master GM Miss Posted January 10, 2020 Retired Lead Game Master Share Posted January 10, 2020 My DP blaster is Atomic and I love it - the +rech is really nice. I love the holds - makes it nice soloing as well. Contact me on Discord (Miss#1337) for a faster response! Want more information on lore pets? Want to get involved in our weekly discussions on discord or the forums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogunn Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Great feedback thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxmox Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Yes, /atomic is very good. In my personal opinion it's the strongest blaster secondary. The AoE hold is insane. I'll second the above recommendation for intuition radial; great synergy with everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeraphimKensai Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Yeah the aoe hold is better here than what controllers and dominators get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperStone Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Rad/Atomic closing in on 50. Love it! uh..... epic pool choices though. Could use some help there. /e poofgone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxmox Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/26/2020 at 10:42 AM, JasperStone said: Rad/Atomic closing in on 50. Love it! uh..... epic pool choices though. Could use some help there. I wanted a lot of my primary and took all my secondary powers so I went /mace. IMO scorpion shield is the best value for a single skill point of any epic pool. /fire is very good if you're looking to invest more heavily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperStone Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 57 minutes ago, oxmox said: I wanted a lot of my primary and took all my secondary powers so I went /mace. IMO scorpion shield is the best value for a single skill point of any epic pool. /fire is very good if you're looking to invest more heavily. Mace was not an option, Munitions was. I should go villian for a Blaster to get that pool? /e poofgone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathulfr Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, JasperStone said: Mace was not an option, Munitions was. I should go villian for a Blaster to get that pool? Yes, you have to switch sides to either Rogue or Villain so that you can talk to Arbiter Rein in Grandville to start the redside patron arcs. I recommend that you select Black Scorpion, as that tends to be the easiest/fastest to get to the AV/EB that unlocks the pool. You do have to contend with some Malta along the way, but as long as you're careful about the Sappers, it's not that tough. There's one "defeat all" mission that you can autocomplete to get it out of the way. Edited January 27, 2020 by Rathulfr 1 @Rathstar Energy/Energy Blaster (50+3) on Everlasting Energy/Temporal Blaster (50+3) on Excelsior Energy/Willpower Sentinel (50+3) on Indomitable Energy/Energy Sentinel (50+1) on Torchbearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giocondi Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:28 PM, HelenCarnate said: Proc out the single target hold for some crazy damage from a low level attack. I love my fire/atomic. I'd love to get a peak at your current build! Struggling with how to respec my lvl 50 fire/atomic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenCarnate Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 34 minutes ago, Giocondi said: I'd love to get a peak at your current build! Struggling with how to respec my lvl 50 fire/atomic. Last post is my most current build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giocondi Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, HelenCarnate said: Last post is my most current build. Literally just saw that post. That's what I git for not taking my time searching through other threads. Still, I appreciate your response! Was regretting not running a fore/fire blaster but I think reading some of these posts are making me feel better about my choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxmox Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/29/2020 at 10:40 AM, Giocondi said: I'd love to get a peak at your current build! Struggling with how to respec my lvl 50 fire/atomic. Though specifically with regards to filling your single target hold with damage procs, I don't think I would bother on a fire/rad. You have so many strong single target damage options already that I think slotting it with a hold set would probably be more valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenCarnate Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 25 minutes ago, oxmox said: Though specifically with regards to filling your single target hold with damage procs, I don't think I would bother on a fire/rad. You have so many strong single target damage options already that I think slotting it with a hold set would probably be more valuable. My fastest pylon times were with using the hold with procs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxmox Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I stand corrected. Do you remember your attack rotation offhand? I don't have access to any numbers right now but I'm having a hard time imagining it beating out blaze, blazing bolt, positronic fist, or whatever the earlier /atomic punch is called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenCarnate Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) Positronic fist hits very hard but has a long cast time which sometimes leave the higher dpa attacks recharged and waiting to be used. I just arranged my attacks in order of dpa and used the highest dpa attack that I had available at the time. It also has the benefit of being able to use a jetpack to stay at range from AV melee attacks. Now if I ever were to attempt to solo the LGTF I would buy some unslotters and swap the procs out for hold duration but the AOE hold on a 25 second CD has been plenty for me in every other situation. Edited January 30, 2020 by HelenCarnate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabooseCC Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:28 PM, HelenCarnate said: Proc out the single target hold for some crazy damage from a low level attack. I love my fire/atomic. You got a pine's build for your fire/atom? What epics? Just curious. I have one and love it, but like to see what others are doing with the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarySai Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I want to say atomic is the best set to take if you want to stay pure ranged, but I haven't touched temporal or TA. It's control and recharge/regen are pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurias Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) On 2/22/2020 at 7:44 PM, ScarySai said: I want to say atomic is the best set to take if you want to stay pure ranged, but I haven't touched temporal or TA. It's control and recharge/regen are pretty amazing. You're totally right that Atomic has a lot to offer pure-range characters, but another option is /Energy Manipulation. With enough a little investment in Hasten or Recharge, you have Energize on perma (which drops endurance management to nearly no trouble at all and heals you on click), Boost Range to let you blast from a good chunk farther away, and Power Boost to amp a lost of secondary effects (like -def in Radiation, -End in Electric Blast, or -ToHit from Dark Blast). I enjoy my Dark/Energy Blaster a great deal, and I honestly skipped all of the blapping powers so I could laser-focus on ranged blasting and control from my primary. Edited February 29, 2020 by Mercurias Typo :< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarySai Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Mercurias said: You're totally right that Atomic has a lot to offer pure-range characters, but another option is /Energy Manipulation. With enough a little investment in Hasten or Recharge, you have Energize on perma (which drops endurance management to nearly no trouble at all and heals you on click), Boost Range to let you blast from a good chunk farther away, and Power Boost to amp a lost of secondary effects (like -def in Radiation, -End in Electric Blast, or -ToHit from Dark Blast). I enjoy my Dark/Energy Blaster a great deal, and I honestly skipped all of the blapping powers so I could laser-focus on ranged blasting and control from my primary. Fun fact: I've made a Beam/TA to replace my beam/dev since making this post, and it's honestly next to /mental as my favorite blaster secondary. Edited February 29, 2020 by ScarySai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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