Seeking Build Tweaking Advice

[GhostofMalta]

Hey everybody! I've got this build about where I want it but I figured it would be a good idea to have other sets of eyes on it to see if anyone has suggestions/recommendations for changes.

 

Swordslinger - Hero Blaster
Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.6.6 rev. 3
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• Primary powerset: Assault Rifle
• Secondary powerset: Ninja Training
• Pool powerset (#1): Speed
• Pool powerset (#2): Leaping
• Pool powerset (#3): Fighting
• Pool powerset (#4): Leadership
• Epic powerset: Mace Mastery

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Powers taken:

Level 1: Burst

• A: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage
• 3: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Damage/Recharge
• 7: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 11: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 33: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 37: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage

Level 1: Immobilizing Dart

• A: Devastation: Chance of Hold
• 7: Gravitational Anchor: Chance for Hold

Level 2: Sting of the Wasp

• A: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage
• 3: Superior Blistering Cold: Damage/Endurance
• 5: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 11: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 33: Superior Blistering Cold: Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime
• 40: Achilles' Heel: Chance for Res Debuff

Level 4: Buckshot

• A: Positron's Blast: Chance of Damage(Energy)
• 5: Annihilation: Chance for Res Debuff
• 9: Bombardment: Chance for Fire Damage
• 9: Superior Defiant Barrage: RechargeTime/+Status
• 43: Sudden Acceleration: Knockback to Knockdown

Level 6: Hasten

• A: Invention: Recharge Reduction

Level 8: Combat Jumping

• A: Karma: Knockback Protection
• 13: Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)

Level 10: Shinobi

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 12: Sniper Rifle

• A: Overwhelming Force: Accuracy/Damage
• 15: Overwhelming Force: Endurance/Recharge
• 15: Overwhelming Force: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 45: Overwhelming Force: Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 45: Overwhelming Force: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 45: Overwhelming Force: Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown

Level 14: Kick

• A: Nucleolus Exposure

Level 16: M30 Grenade

• A: Positron's Blast: Accuracy/Damage
• 17: Positron's Blast: Damage/Endurance
• 17: Positron's Blast: Damage/Recharge
• 31: Positron's Blast: Chance of Damage(Energy)
• 34: Positron's Blast: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 37: Sudden Acceleration: Knockback to Knockdown

Level 18: Flamethrower

• A: Superior Frozen Blast: Accuracy/Damage
• 19: Superior Frozen Blast: Damage/Endurance
• 19: Superior Frozen Blast: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 21: Superior Frozen Blast: Recharge/Chance for Immobilize
• 31: Superior Frozen Blast: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 34: Superior Frozen Blast: Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime

Level 20: Kuji-In Toh

• A: Performance Shifter: EndMod
• 21: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Endurance/Recharge
• 23: Numina's Convalesence: Heal
• 23: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Endurance
• 25: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Recharge

Level 22: Tough

• A: Steadfast Protection: Knockback Protection
• 25: Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All)
• 37: Impervious Skin: Status Resistance/Regeneration
• 50: Aegis: Psionic/Status Resistance
• 50: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%

Level 24: Weave

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 33: Luck of the Gambler: Defense

Level 26: Full Auto

• A: Ragnarok: Damage
• 27: Ragnarok: Damage/Recharge
• 27: Ragnarok: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
• 29: Ragnarok: Recharge/Accuracy
• 29: Ragnarok: Chance for Knockdown
• 31: Annihilation: Chance for Res Debuff

Level 28: Smoke Flash

• A: Perfect Zinger: Chance for Psi Damage

Level 30: Golden Dragonfly

• A: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage
• 34: Superior Avalanche: Damage/Endurance
• 36: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 36: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 36: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 46: Touch of Lady Grey: Chance for Negative Damage

Level 32: Maneuvers

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 35: Tactics

• A: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff
• 46: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff/Recharge
• 46: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
• 48: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Recharge/Endurance
• 48: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff/Endurance
• 48: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Chance for Build Up

Level 38: Scorpion Shield

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 39: Red Fortune: Defense/Recharge
• 39: Red Fortune: Endurance
• 39: Red Fortune: Defense
• 40: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance
• 40: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance/Recharge

Level 41: The Lotus Drops

• A: Obliteration: Damage
• 42: Obliteration: Accuracy/Recharge
• 42: Obliteration: Damage/Recharge
• 42: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 43: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 43: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 44: Choking Powder

• A: Lockdown: Chance for +2 Mag Hold
• 50: Devastation: Chance of Hold

Level 47: Blinding Powder

• A: Coercive Persuasion : Contagious Confusion

Level 49: Vengeance

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

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Inherents:

Level 1: Defiance

Level 1: Brawl

• (Empty)

Level 1: Sprint

• A: Celerity: +Stealth

Level 2: Rest

• (Empty)

Level 1: Swift

• A: Microfilament Exposure

Level 1: Hurdle

• A: Invention: Jumping

Level 1: Health

• A: Preventive Medicine: Chance for +Absorb
• 13: Numina's Convalesence: +Regeneration/+Recovery

Level 1: Stamina

• A: Performance Shifter: Chance for +End

Level 49: Quick Form

 

EDIT: Also attaching the original .mbd in case that's easier for people to look over. 

Swordslinger - Blaster (Assault Rifle - Ninja Training).mbd

Edited March 11, 2024 by GhostofMalta