Returning player - Water/TA/Soul respec advice, please

[Renbletz]

Hello!

 

After a nearly two year absence, some friends have pulled me back into the game, and I've found that my Water/TA/Mace Blaster is in need of a respec (he's still got defense mods slotted into, uh, apparently Oil Slick Arrow now. 😄 ).

 

I've spent some time fiddling with the build in MIDS, as well as using some inspiration from the Shivering Bite post in the Corrupter forum, and I wanted some advice before I actually hit the /respec button or spend money on IOs.

 

This dude was a TON of fun to play before I left the game, and leaving him in a half-broken state makes me sad.

 

Thanks in advance! 🙂

 

This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.2.17
https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn

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Ahab: Level 50 Magic Blaster
Primary Power Set: Water Blast
Secondary Power Set: Tactical Arrow
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Aqua Bolt

• (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime
• (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime
• (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status
• (7) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff

Level 1: Electrified Net Arrow

• (A) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Endurance

Level 2: Water Burst

• (A) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance
• (7) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge
• (9) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (9) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance
• (11) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage
• (11) Bombardment - Damage

Level 4: Glue Arrow

• (A) Pacing of the Turtle - Chance of -Recharge

Level 6: Whirlpool

• (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage
• (13) Artillery - Damage/Endurance
• (13) Artillery - Damage/Recharge
• (15) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (15) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range
• (17) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range

Level 8: Ice Arrow

• (A) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Endurance/Hold
• (37) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
• (40) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
• (40) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
• (40) Impeded Swiftness - Chance of Damage(Smashing)
• (42) Devastation - Chance of Hold

Level 10: Tidal Forces

• (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
• (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance

Level 12: Dehydrate

• (A) Decimation - Chance of Build Up
• (17) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage
• (19) Decimation - Damage/Endurance
• (19) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
• (21) Healing IO
• (21) Healing IO

Level 14: Maneuvers

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
• (33) Kismet - Accuracy +6%
• (33) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage

Level 16: Flash Arrow

• (A) Siphon Insight - ToHit Debuff
• (29) Siphon Insight - Chance for +ToHit
• (42) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/ToHit Debuff
• (43) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Recharge
• (43) Siphon Insight - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
• (43) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge

Level 18: Water Jet

• (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage
• (23) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge
• (23) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative)
• (25) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (25) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (27) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage

Level 20: Eagle Eye

• (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
• (27) Synapse's Shock - EndMod/Increased Run Speed
• (29) Synapse's Shock - EndMod

Level 22: Upshot

• (A) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception
• (46) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge

Level 24: Tactics

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 26: Hover

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• (31) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%)
• (31) Winter's Gift - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance

Level 28: Gymnastics

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance

Level 30: Boxing

• (A) Empty

Level 32: Geyser

• (A) Bombardment - Damage
• (34) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance
• (34) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge
• (34) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance
• (36) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage
• (36) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge

Level 35: ESD Arrow

• (A) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
• (46) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
• (50) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
• (50) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
• (50) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold

Level 38: Dark Embrace

• (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
• (39) Impervious Skin - Status Resistance/Regeneration
• (39) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP
• (39) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance

Level 41: Hasten

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (42) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 44: Tough

• (A) Aegis - Psionic/Status Resistance
• (45) Impervious Skin - Status Resistance/Regeneration
• (45) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
• (45) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection

Level 47: Weave

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• (48) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
• (48) Reactive Defenses - Defense
• (48) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance

Level 49: Vengeance

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 1: Defiance

Level 1: Brawl

 

EDIT: Posted wrong build. x.x

Edited June 28, 2022 by Renbletz
Wrong mastery pool name

[Renbletz]

Turned out I had Vengeance toggled on and that's why I thought my defenses were amazeballs (Thanks for your keen eye on that, JJDrakken!!).  I'll update this post later with what I do end up respeccing to, in case any Water/TA blasters are combing through looking for builds later. 🙂

Edited June 30, 2022 by Renbletz