DP/Temp Skippable?

[drgantz]

I'm making a DP/Temp Blaster.  In the past, I've skipped Temp melee powers and powers that stun but don't dmg.  I've read that I shouldn't skip the melee. 
What is skippable and what is good?

[Uun]

Aging Touch (the T1 melee attack) is skippable. End of Time (PBAoE) and Future Pain are good attacks. Time Shift (AoE stun, slow, -tohit) is skippable. 

[Hjarki]

From Temporal Manipulation, you definitely want Chronos (you don’t have Aim, remember), Temporal Healing and Time Lord.

 

You may want Future Pain. Dual Pistols is notoriously low dps, so augmenting it with a decent melee attack can be helpful - especially given you have a Hold in primary to make it a bit safer.

 

The rest are primarily either “I’m force to take this crap” or “I suppose I can slot a decent set here” powers.

 

From Dual Pistols, you’ll need Pistols, Swap Ammo, Bullet Rain, Suppressive Fire, Executioner’s Shot and Hail of Bullets.

 

You may want Piercing Rounds for its debuff potential. Not only does it provide -resist itself, but it can slot Annihilation at a very high proc rate.