Energy/Energy Blaster Build....Any thoughts on slotting?

mOWKY69 · April 24

**MCSquared - Hero Blaster**

*Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.6.6 rev. 3*

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- **Primary powerset: Energy Blast**
- **Secondary powerset: Energy Manipulation**
- **Pool powerset (#1): Concealment**
- **Pool powerset (#2): Flight**
- **Pool powerset (#3): Speed**
- **Pool powerset (#4): Fighting**
- **Epic powerset: Electricity Mastery**

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**Powers taken:**

**Level 1: Power Blast**
- A: Overwhelming Force: Accuracy/Damage
- 3: Overwhelming Force: Endurance/Recharge
- 5: Overwhelming Force: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- 9: Overwhelming Force: Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- 36: Overwhelming Force: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- 36: Overwhelming Force: Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown

**Level 1: Power Thrust**
- A: Force Feedback: Accuracy/Knockback
- 11: Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge

**Level 2: Energy Torrent**
- A: Superior Defiant Barrage: Accuracy/Damage
- 3: Superior Defiant Barrage: Damage/RechargeTime
- 5: Superior Defiant Barrage: Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime
- 9: Superior Defiant Barrage: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- 15: Superior Defiant Barrage: RechargeTime/+Status
- 15: Sudden Acceleration: Knockback to Knockdown

**Level 4: Stealth**
- A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

**Level 6: Power Burst**
- A: Apocalypse: Damage
- 7: Apocalypse: Damage/Recharge
- 7: Apocalypse: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
- 11: Apocalypse: Recharge/Accuracy
- 29: Apocalypse: Chance of Damage(Negative)
- 36: Sudden Acceleration: Knockback to Knockdown

**Level 8: Hover**
- A: Winter's Gift: Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range

**Level 10: Fly**
- A: Freebird: FlySpeed
- 13: Freebird: +Stealth
- 13: Hypersonic: Flying / Increased Fly Protection

**Level 12: Grant Invisibility**
- A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

**Level 14: Phase Shift**
- A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
- 37: Invention: Recharge Reduction

**Level 16: Evasive Maneuvers**
- A: Ribosome Exposure
- 17: Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
- 17: Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage
- 33: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

**Level 18: Energize**
- A: Numina's Convalesence: Heal
- 19: Numina's Convalesence: +Regeneration/+Recovery
- 19: Preventive Medicine: Heal
- 33: Preventive Medicine: Heal/Endurance

**Level 20: Build Up**
- A: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff
- 21: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff/Recharge
- 21: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Chance for Build Up

**Level 22: Explosive Blast**
- A: Ragnarok: Damage
- 23: Ragnarok: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
- 23: Ragnarok: Damage/Recharge
- 33: Ragnarok: Damage/Endurance
- 34: Ragnarok: Chance for Knockdown
- 34: Sudden Acceleration: Knockback to Knockdown

**Level 24: Aim**
- A: Rectified Reticle: To Hit Buff
- 25: Rectified Reticle: To Hit Buff/Recharge
- 25: Rectified Reticle: Increased Perception

**Level 26: Nova**
- A: Armageddon: Damage
- 27: Armageddon: Damage/Recharge
- 27: Armageddon: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
- 31: Armageddon: Recharge/Accuracy
- 31: Armageddon: Chance for Fire Damage
- 34: Sudden Acceleration: Knockback to Knockdown

**Level 28: Power Boost**
- A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
- 29: Invention: Recharge Reduction

**Level 30: Boost Range**
- A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
- 31: Invention: Recharge Reduction

**Level 32: Sniper Blast**
- A: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage
- 43: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Damage/Recharge
- 43: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- 43: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- 46: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- 46: Superior Blaster's Wrath: Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage

**Level 35: Static Discharge**
- A: Power Transfer: EndMod
- 40: Power Transfer: Damage/EndMod
- 42: Annihilation: Chance for Res Debuff

**Level 38: Charged Armor**
- A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance
- 39: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance
- 39: Unbreakable Guard: +Max HP
- 39: Aegis: Resistance
- 40: Aegis: Psionic/Status Resistance
- 40: Impervium Armor: Psionic Resistance

**Level 41: Surge of Power**
- A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance
- 42: Unbreakable Guard: RechargeTime/Resistance
- 42: Aegis: Resistance

**Level 44: EM Pulse**
- A: Energy Manipulator: EndMod
- 45: Energy Manipulator: EndMod/Recharge
- 45: Energy Manipulator: Chance to Stun
- 45: Power Transfer: Damage/EndMod
- 46: Stupefy: Chance of Knockback

**Level 47: Hasten**
- A: D-Sync Reconstruction
- 48: D-Sync Reconstruction

**Level 49: Stun**
- A: Absolute Amazement: Stun
- 50: Absolute Amazement: Recharge/Accuracy
- 50: Absolute Amazement: Stun/Recharge/Accuracy
- 50: Absolute Amazement: Chance for ToHit Debuff

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**Inherents:**

**Level 1: Defiance**

**Level 1: Brawl**
- (Empty)

**Level 1: Sprint**
- (Empty)

**Level 2: Rest**
- (Empty)

**Level 1: Swift**
- (Empty)

**Level 1: Hurdle**
- (Empty)

**Level 1: Health**
- A: Panacea: +Hit Points/Endurance
- 37: Regenerative Tissue: +Regeneration
- 37: Preventive Medicine: Chance for +Absorb

**Level 1: Stamina**
- A: Energy Manipulator: EndMod
- 48: Energy Manipulator: Chance to Stun
- 48: Performance Shifter: EndMod

**Level 10: Afterburner**

**Level 49: Quick Form**

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**Stats Breakdown:**

***- Defense -***

- **Smashing:** 39.06%
- **Lethal:** 39.06%
- **Fire:** 37.18%
- **Cold:** 37.18%
- **Energy:** 42.18%
- **Negative:** 42.18%
- **Toxic:** 16.75%
- **Psionic:** 37.18%
- **Melee:** 38.12%
- **Ranged:** 43.43%
- **AoE:** 37.18%

***- Resistance -***

- **Smashing:** 75%
- **Lethal:** 75%
- **Fire:** 75%
- **Cold:** 75%
- **Energy:** 75%
- **Negative:** 54.22%
- **Toxic:** 62.96%
- **Psionic:** 19%

***- HP & Endurance -***

- **Regeneration:** 584.78%
- **Max HP:** 1408.3 | (**Absorb:** 281.66 -- 23.37% of base HP)
- **End Recovery:** 4.61/s
- **End Use:** 0.96/s End. (Net gain: 3.65/s)
- **Max End:** 103.6

***- Movement -***

- **Run Speed:** 26.49 mph
- **Jump Speed:** 35.37 mph
- **Jump Height:** 11.57 ft
- **Fly Speed:** 87.95 mph

***- Stealth & Perception -***

- **Stealth (PvE):** 105 ft
- **Stealth (PvP):** 1133 ft
- **Perception:** 600 ft

***- Misc -***

- **Haste:** 342.5%
- **ToHit:** 185.84%
- **Accuracy:** 60%
- **Damage:** 377.5%
- **End Rdx:** 124.2%
- **Threat:** -100

***- Status Protection -***

- **Held:** 1.79
- **Stunned:** 10.09
- **Sleep:** 1.79
- **Immobilized:** 8.27
- **Knockback:** 4
- **Repel:** 0
- **Confused:** 1
- **Terrorized:** 1.79
- **Taunt:** 0
- **Placate:** 0
- **Teleport:** 0

***- Status Resistance -***

- **Held:** 57.5%
- **Stunned:** 57.5%
- **Sleep:** 105.94%
- **Immobilized:** 57.5%
- **Knockback:** 48.44%
- **Repel:** 0%
- **Confused:** 57.5%
- **Terrorized:** 57.5%
- **Taunt:** 0%
- **Placate:** 0%
- **Teleport:** 100%

***- Debuff Resistance -***

- **Defense:** 0%
- **Endurance:** 0%
- **Recovery:** 0%
- **PerceptionRadius:** 0%
- **ToHit:** 0%
- **RechargeTime:** 0%
- **SpeedRunning:** 0%
- **Regeneration:** 0%

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**Set Effects Breakdown**

__**Overwhelming Force**__
(Power Blast)
- 12% (0.6 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 3% DamageBuff(All)
- 18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
- 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
- Knockback Protection (Mag 4)

__**Force Feedback**__
(Power Thrust)
- 7.5% Movement Speed

__**Superior Defiant Barrage**__
(Energy Torrent)
- 4% DamageBuff(All)
- 3.6% Max End
- 36.14 HP (3%) HitPoints
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

__**Luck of the Gambler**__
(Stealth)
- +7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

__**Apocalypse**__
(Power Burst)
- 16% (0.8 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 36.14 HP (3%) HitPoints
- 4% DamageBuff(All)
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

__**Freebird**__
(Fly)
- 8% (0.4 HP/sec) Regeneration

__**Luck of the Gambler**__
(Grant Invisibility)
- +7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

__**Shield Wall**__
(Evasive Maneuvers)
- 5% Resistance(All), 100% MezResist(Teleport) (20% chance)

__**Reactive Defenses**__
(Evasive Maneuvers)
- 3% Resistance(All)

__**Luck of the Gambler**__
(Evasive Maneuvers)
- +7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

__**Numina's Convalesence**__
(Energize)
- 12% (0.6 HP/sec) Regeneration

__**Preventive Medicine**__
(Energize)
- 2.25% Resistance(Smashing,Lethal), 3.75% Status Resistance

__**Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control**__
(Build Up)
- 7.5% Movement Speed
- 22.59 HP (1.87%) HitPoints

__**Ragnarok**__
(Explosive Blast)
- 4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery
- 6% Resistance(Fire,Cold), 10% Status Resistance
- +15% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

__**Rectified Reticle**__
(Aim)
- 1.88% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 0.94% Defense(Melee)
- 6% (0.3 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 20% (100ft) PerceptionRadius

__**Armageddon**__
(Nova)
- 4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery
- 6% Resistance(Fire,Cold), 10% Status Resistance
- +15% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

__**Superior Blaster's Wrath**__
(Sniper Blast)
- +15% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- +10% Enhancement(Range)
- 4% DamageBuff(All)
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 5% Defense(Ranged), 2.5% Defense(Energy), 2.5% Defense(Negative)

__**Power Transfer**__
(Static Discharge)
- 6% (0.3 HP/sec) Regeneration

__**Unbreakable Guard**__
(Charged Armor)
- 2.5% Enhancement(EnduranceDiscount)
- 2.25% Resistance(Energy,Negative), 3.75% Status Resistance
- 90.36 HP (7.5%) HitPoints

__**Aegis**__
(Charged Armor)
- 7.5% Movement Speed
- 5% Resistance(Psionic)

__**Impervium Armor**__
(Charged Armor)
- 6% Resistance(Psionic)

__**Unbreakable Guard**__
(Surge of Power)
- 2.5% Enhancement(EnduranceDiscount)

__**Energy Manipulator**__
(EM Pulse)
- 1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
- 6% (0.3 HP/sec) Regeneration

__**Absolute Amazement**__
(Stun)
- 4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery
- 6% Resistance(Fire,Cold), 10% Status Resistance
- +15% Enhancement(Accuracy)

__**Preventive Medicine**__
(Health)
- GrantPower Preventive Medicine

__**Energy Manipulator**__
(Stamina)
- 1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery

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**Set Buffs Totals**

__**Damage(All) (15% Total)**__
- +4% Damage(All) (From Superior Defiant Barrage in Energy Torrent)
- +4% Damage(All) (From Apocalypse in Power Burst)
- +4% Damage(All) (From Superior Blaster's Wrath in Sniper Blast)
- +3% Damage(All) (From Overwhelming Force in Power Blast)

__**S/L Defense (1.88% Total)**__
- +1.88% S/L Defense (From Rectified Reticle in Aim)

__**Energy/Negative Defense (5% Total)**__
- +2.5% Energy/Negative Defense (From Overwhelming Force in Power Blast)
- +2.5% Energy/Negative Defense (From Superior Blaster's Wrath in Sniper Blast)

__**Defense (Melee) (0.94% Total)**__
- +0.94% Defense(Melee) (From Rectified Reticle in Aim)

__**Defense (Ranged) (6.25% Total)**__
- +5% Defense(Ranged) (From Superior Blaster's Wrath in Sniper Blast)
- +1.25% Defense(Ranged) (From Overwhelming Force in Power Blast)

__**Max Endurance (3.6% Total)**__
- +3.6% Max Endurance (From Superior Defiant Barrage in Energy Torrent)

__**Enhancement (Accuracy) (60% Total)**__
- +15% Enhancement(Accuracy) (From Ragnarok in Explosive Blast)
- +15% Enhancement(Accuracy) (From Armageddon in Nova)
- +15% Enhancement(Accuracy) (From Superior Blaster's Wrath in Sniper Blast)
- +15% Enhancement(Accuracy) (From Absolute Amazement in Stun)

__**Enhancement (EnduranceDiscount) (5% Total)**__
- +2.5% Enhancement(EnduranceDiscount) (From Unbreakable Guard in Charged Armor)
- +2.5% Enhancement(EnduranceDiscount) (From Unbreakable Guard in Surge of Power)

__**Enhancement (Range) (10% Total)**__
- +10% Enhancement(Range) (From Superior Blaster's Wrath in Sniper Blast)

__**Enhancement (RechargeTime) (72.5% Total)**__
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Superior Defiant Barrage in Energy Torrent)
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Apocalypse in Power Burst)
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Ragnarok in Explosive Blast)
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Armageddon in Nova)
- +10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Superior Blaster's Wrath in Sniper Blast)
- +7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed in Stealth)
- +7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed in Grant Invisibility)
- +7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed in Evasive Maneuvers)

__**HitPoints (203.3 HP Total / 16.87% of Base HP)**__
- +90.36 HP (7.5%) HitPoints (From Unbreakable Guard: +Max HP in Charged Armor)
- +36.14 HP (3%) HitPoints (From Superior Defiant Barrage in Energy Torrent)
- +36.14 HP (3%) HitPoints (From Apocalypse in Power Burst)
- +22.59 HP (1.87%) HitPoints (From Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control in Build Up)
- +18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints (From Overwhelming Force in Power Blast)

__**JumpHeight (22.5% Total)**__
- +7.5% JumpHeight (From Force Feedback in Power Thrust)
- +7.5% JumpHeight (From Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control in Build Up)
- +7.5% JumpHeight (From Aegis in Charged Armor)

__**Mez (Knockback) (-4 Total)**__
- +Knockback (Mag -4) (From Overwhelming Force in Power Blast)

__**Mez (Knockup) (-4 Total)**__
- +Knockup (Mag -4) (From Overwhelming Force in Power Blast)

__**MezResist(All) (37.5% Total)**__
- +10% MezResist(All) (From Ragnarok in Explosive Blast)
- +10% MezResist(All) (From Armageddon in Nova)
- +10% MezResist(All) (From Absolute Amazement in Stun)
- +3.75% MezResist(All) (From Preventive Medicine in Energize)
- +3.75% MezResist(All) (From Unbreakable Guard in Charged Armor)

__**MezResist (Teleport) (100% Total)**__
- +100% MezResist(Teleport) (20% chance) (From Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) in Evasive Maneuvers)

__**PerceptionRadius (20% Total)**__
- +20% (100ft) PerceptionRadius (From Rectified Reticle: Increased Perception in Aim)

__**Recovery (15% Total)**__
- +4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery (From Ragnarok in Explosive Blast)
- +4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery (From Armageddon in Nova)
- +4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery (From Absolute Amazement in Stun)
- +1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery (From Energy Manipulator in EM Pulse)
- +1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery (From Energy Manipulator in Stamina)

__**Regeneration (66% Total / 34.31 HP/s)**__
- +16% (0.8 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Apocalypse in Power Burst)
- +12% (0.6 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Overwhelming Force in Power Blast)
- +12% (0.6 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Numina's Convalesence in Energize)
- +8% (0.4 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Freebird in Fly)
- +6% (0.3 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Rectified Reticle in Aim)
- +6% (0.3 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Power Transfer in Static Discharge)
- +6% (0.3 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Energy Manipulator in EM Pulse)

__**S/L Resistance (10.25% Total)**__
- +5% S/L Resistance (From Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) in Evasive Maneuvers)
- +3% S/L Resistance (From Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage in Evasive Maneuvers)
- +2.25% S/L Resistance (From Preventive Medicine in Energize)

__**Fire/Cold Resistance (26% Total)**__
- +6% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Ragnarok in Explosive Blast)
- +6% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Armageddon in Nova)
- +6% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Absolute Amazement in Stun)
- +5% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) in Evasive Maneuvers)
- +3% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage in Evasive Maneuvers)

__**Energy/Negative Resistance (10.25% Total)**__
- +5% Energy/Negative Resistance (From Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) in Evasive Maneuvers)
- +3% Energy/Negative Resistance (From Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage in Evasive Maneuvers)
- +2.25% Energy/Negative Resistance (From Unbreakable Guard in Charged Armor)

__**Resistance (Toxic) (8% Total)**__
- +5% Resistance(Toxic) (From Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) in Evasive Maneuvers)
- +3% Resistance(Toxic) (From Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage in Evasive Maneuvers)

__**Resistance (Psionic) (19% Total)**__
- +6% Resistance(Psionic) (From Impervium Armor: Psionic Resistance in Charged Armor)
- +5% Resistance(Psionic) (From Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) in Evasive Maneuvers)
- +5% Resistance(Psionic) (From Aegis: Psionic/Status Resistance in Charged Armor)
- +3% Resistance(Psionic) (From Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage in Evasive Maneuvers)

__**SpeedFlying (22.5% Total)**__
- +7.5% SpeedFlying (From Force Feedback in Power Thrust)
- +7.5% SpeedFlying (From Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control in Build Up)
- +7.5% SpeedFlying (From Aegis in Charged Armor)

__**SpeedJumping (22.5% Total)**__
- +7.5% SpeedJumping (From Force Feedback in Power Thrust)
- +7.5% SpeedJumping (From Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control in Build Up)
- +7.5% SpeedJumping (From Aegis in Charged Armor)

__**SpeedRunning (22.5% Total)**__
- +7.5% SpeedRunning (From Force Feedback in Power Thrust)
- +7.5% SpeedRunning (From Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control in Build Up)
- +7.5% SpeedRunning (From Aegis in Charged Armor)

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Culach · April 24

Take one slot each from Boost Range & Hasten and put them into Stealth as Defense and Defense/Endurance. You will still have those permanently up, the recharges being 15.29s/30s for Boost Range & 114.7s/120s for Hasten, & you will cap Energy/Negative/Range. Another advantage is that when you Exemplar down, you will still have that defense, such as from Ouroboros crystal missions, even with the loss of the two powers those slots came from. I recommend putting the slots in Stealth over Hover as the defensive benefit is greater.

A mild design philosophy I have is if I can put slots in either of 2 powers and get nearly the same effects, always put them in the lower numbered power for use in situations like exemplar. You may not plan to do it, but life happens.

If you start looking at the Incarnate Abilities, I recommend the Alpha: Nerve Core Paragon & Hybrid: Support Core Embodiment. The 2 of them increase your Accuracy & push your defense past the cap on everything except Toxic. Combined with the high resists you already have, Your survivability goes way up even without any other Incarnate abilities. That said I would also recommend Interface: Paralytic Flawless Core Interface for the -Def/-DMG it inflicts on enemies, allowing you to do more damage, as well as limiting incoming damage even further. Lastly, I would recommend Destiny: Clarion Radial Epiphany for the Status resists, covering the biggest hole in your defenses, and, as a bonus, extending that coverage to your league team members, as long as they are within range when it fires. I have no recommendations for Judgement or Lore, as those tend to be more a matter of taste imho.

I'll attach a build showing the recommendations I gave so you can compare between the two.

Outside of that, I actually like your build better than the one I am running and will likely respec to closer to what you have here.

Blaster - Rogue Phantasm (Energy Blast - Energy Manipulation).mbd

Culach · April 24

I took a second look after adding in suppression, & you really do want Nerve Core & Support Core, however, with suppression, Destiny: Barrier Core Epiphany jumps up to clamor for attention.

Just something to keep in mind.

Nemu · April 25

6 hours ago, Culach said:

will likely respec to closer to what you have here.

Don't,

You both need a bit of guidance on mids mechanics and build design.

1 - Hasten is not perma because you have a force feedback proc triggered in power thrust which skews your recharge numbers. De-select the yellow dial on power thrust and you'll see hasten recharge go up to 160 seconds.

2 - two redistributed slots in defense powers isn't going to matter. It's how you stack set bonuses that will greatly augment survival, not one defense enhancement here and there.

3 - when you pick up powers matters. Snipe is taken at level 32 which means you don't have access to it if you exemp down for lower level content. It's available at 12, you don't need grant invis at 12, and if you are just chasing set bonuses with grant invis as a LOTG mule you can easily put that off as a level 49 pick. Same comment with hasten, if that's a key part of your build and you are so keen to get it perma, I would imagine that you'd want that a lot sooner than level 47

4 - the energy manipulator stun proc is pointless in stamina.

5 - you have the +resist defense uniques but I don't see any +3% defense resist uniques. Those are way more valuable than the +resist ones but it's worth having them all

6 - your stats are greatly inflated because you turned on all the incarnate powers + power boost + surge of power. Those are not on 100%, Turn all those off you see what your real stats are, just like force feedback proc skewing you recharge stats.

What you are shooting for is a standard hover blaster build since you skipped all your melee attacks. If you want something that can hold its own then the build goals you want to shoot for is ranged softcap backed up by a resist shield. You have the latter, you just need to focus your set bonuses for the former.

It's late and I don't have the bandwidth tonight to give you a mids build lesson, but if you are interested in some reading that highlights how to focus your build. Try the following link

Culach · April 25

6 hours ago, Nemu said:

Don't,

You both need a bit of guidance on mids mechanics and build design.

Thanks for the feedback.

Nemu · April 25

2 hours ago, Culach said:

Thanks for the feedback.

Good morning.

Part 2 of my feedback, this time with breakdown.

I don't know how long either of you have been playing the game but based on my observations on recharge bonus stacking, it seems that you have some understanding of conventional wisdom about builds (recharge recharge recharge!) and playstyle perpetuated a decade ago. This is also evidenced by your pick of phase shift. Nothing about your builds scream PvP, so I made the assumption that phase shift is taken as a safety button, much like personal force field, surge of power, hibernate, etc... to get you out of trouble.

Fast forward to today, you have a LOT more options in the way you can handle survival, and you have a lot more options/easier access to hard to get enhancements from yesteryear. Recharge is still important, but there are new breeds of builds that challenge that mantra and take builds to new heights.

The current meta is survival, you'll see a lot of talk on the forums about softcap defense and hardcap resists especially in the melee AT sections. Of the two, softcap defense is more "bang for the buck" for most non-armored ATs, because at 45% defense against specific vectors, standard enemies will only have a 5% chance to hit you using attacks that use that specific vector, For example:

45% range defense = mobs will miss 95% of the time with ranged attacks, regardless of whether these attacks are smashing/lethal/energy/neg energy/cold/fire/psi/toxic

45% Smashing/Lethal defense = mobs will miss 95% of the time with attacks that a primarily Smashing/Lethal in damage type, regardless of whether they are melee, range, or AoE attacks.

If you are hover blasting, range defense makes more sense since it covers all attack damage types. A lot of builds by vet builders today don't even bother with stuff like phase shift/personal force field/surge of power. They don't need it. Once you get to that level of defense the pre-50 content becomes pretty easy. Post 50 hardmode content is a bit different, as those will greatly depend on team buffs, so for blasters, many choose to embrace the damage and not build as much towards survival. If you want a build that's good for 90-95% of the content available, a standard range defense softcap hover blaster build will do.

It's easier to start off with a cookie cutter template which means you will need the following power pools:

Flight = for hover and fly, etc

Fighting = for tough and weave

Speed = for hasten

Leadership = for Maneuvers, maybe tactics and even vengeance for the luck of the gambler 7.5 mule.

Weave and Maneuvers give the most defense out of all the possible pool powers, and it will be very hard for you to get to softcap defense without those two, so you are locked into those 4 pool picks.

My first pass at a standard "no expense spared" ranged hover blaster energy/energy build would look something like this:

Standard Energyx2 hoverblaster - Blaster (Energy Blast - Energy Manipulation).mbd

I circled the temporary buffs and where you need to click to turn them off. Also note the 45% range defense which is our goal. You can access that window by hitting the "view totals" button, also circled.

If you want to learn how to build like this, then I recommend giving the link in my previous comment a read.

Culach · April 25

Thanks again.

I did take your advice and read your linked post. I read this one and compared a quickly knocked out version I made after reading the linked one and noted that I was, apparently, on the right track with my fast build. It may not be as slot efficient as yours, but is otherwise very similar with almost all of the same sets being accounted for.

As for my background, I am a returning player, coming back after over a decade, but I was using Mids then. I had forgotten about the little yellow buttons, and that was causing some of my errors. Thanks for correcting that.

The below build is what I came up with.

Blaster - Rogue Phantasm (Energy Blast - Energy Manipulation) Test.mbd

Nemu · April 25

Nice, it's awesome to see returning players. I know I got emotional when I fired up CoH for the first time after I discovered homecoming and I know a lot of other people had the feels too.

One note about the -kb IO in single target blasts. Conventional wisdom is that it's not necessary. Especially if you are blasting top down which turns those ST attacks into ghetto knockdowns. If you look around you'll see that in most builds only AoEs get the -kb IO treatment because they can still impact AoEs coming from the rest of the team.

AoEs is where I'd also look to slot the Force Feedback proc. Those have a lower chance to proc in AoEs but they check for proc per target. Because of that IO you don't necessarily need to shoot for a hard perma hasten recharge time, you can let that IO proc cover some of the ground needed to get there.

Culach · April 25

I know what you mean, jumping back in on my main (and namesake) was pure joy.

Thanks for the info about the -kb IOs, I was unaware. I made a couple of adjustments and would now like your opinion on this.

I will pick the brains of anyone who will engage in order to learn more.

Blaster - Rogue Phantasm (Energy Blast - Energy Manipulation) Test 2.mbd

Biff Pow · April 26

12 hours ago, Nemu said:

I circled the temporary buffs and where you need to click to turn them off. Also note the 45% range defense which is our goal. You can access that window by hitting the "view totals" button, also circled.

I would consider Evasive Maneuvers a temporary buff too, since the Defense bonus shuts off the moment you do anything.

mOWKY69 · April 26

Thanks for all of the great info! This is exactly what i am looking for. I don't understand all of the in's and out's of mids and I feel that the biggest knock against this game is how much of it they don't explain. Anyway, I played back in 2004 a lot! I was shocked that it was still around when I rediscovered it a couple of years ago, after raising four kids lol. I still love it but don't have a ton of time to get into it. I appreciate the advice and will take it! I love my character - MCSquared. If you see me around, say Hi!

mOWKY69 · April 26

Another question... I took the Electricity Mastery for the Charged Armor because it had defense for S,M and Energy. Would Scorpion Armor help fill the toxic resist gap since that seem to be where there is a big hole.

Snarky · April 26

thoughts on slotting? well, when i can read matrix code on sight i will definitely get back to you....

Nemu · April 26

1 hour ago, Supertanker said:

I would consider Evasive Maneuvers a temporary buff too, since the Defense bonus shuts off the moment you do anything.

Enabling that option allows you to see your real in combat stats, not inflated stats due to you being out of combat and invisible/evasive. So that's why I didn't un-toggle evasive. Keeping it on also helps you see your end consumption, because chances are that's a toggle you'll always have on.

12 minutes ago, mOWKY69 said:

Another question... I took the Electricity Mastery for the Charged Armor because it had defense for S,M and Energy. Would Scorpion Armor help fill the toxic resist gap since that seem to be where there is a big hole.

No, your game plan is to hover blast, range defense covers most of the ranged attacks, any attacks that do get through has damage reduced via your resist shields. Smashing/Lethal and energy attacks are the most common damage types late game. You give up a LOT of survival for a hover blaster build switching to Scorpion Shield, the S/L/energy defense portion of the shield is redundant if you have high range defense and the game plan is to keep at range. And you'll be giving up a significant amount of S/L/E resistance for a paltry amount of toxic resist, which is a pretty rare damage type.

Where you'd see more adoption for scorpion shield is on blasters that are willing to dance in melee range and use their melee attacks. When you are ready to move to that phase of your blaster maturity we can discuss those types of builds.

mOWKY69 · April 28

Okay, What about this revision.....

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mOWKY69 · April 29

Okay, a little bit of tuning..... I've tried to manage my end use since I will be running at least five toggles now. How am I looking?

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Nemu · April 29

On 4/25/2024 at 8:03 AM, Nemu said:

I circled the temporary buffs and where you need to click to turn them off. Also note the 45% range defense which is our goal. You can access that window by hitting the "view totals" button, also circled.

See comment above regarding both your builds. You have all the temporary buffs like power boost, aim, build up, even rest toggled, and the force feedback proc in power thrust is also skewing your stats making you think you have perma hasten.

Without powerboost, your range defense is at ~38.5%. It's respectable, but not quite at softcap.

Without the force feedback proc in power thrust your hasten recharge time goes from 103 seconds to 135.

There are powers that don't deserve any IOs if they are left at a single slot. Kick is one of those. You have a overwhelming force KD IO, which is unique, in there which converts knockback into KD. But be honest with yourself, are you EVER going to use kick? Instead of slotting that IO in kick wouldn't it make more sense to replace one of the 5 overwhelming force IOs in explosive blast with that so you don't have to exert another slot for the sudden acceleration -kd IO?

The gaussian's build up proc is better in aim, it has a high chance to fire when activated in powers with longer recharge and allows you to punch through enemies with high defense. It's better in tactics if you have lots of pets and team a lot because it'll check for proc for each teammate. I would still put it in aim for the reason I stated above. When I absolutely NEED to take down that paragon protector that activated MOG I don't want to depend on random proc from tactics, I want it on demand with aim.

Procs don't work well in powers with low recharge, the force feedback proc in power thrust is better allocated to those AoEs as I mentioned.

On 4/25/2024 at 3:39 PM, Nemu said:

AoEs is where I'd also look to slot the Force Feedback proc. Those have a lower chance to proc in AoEs but they check for proc per target. Because of that IO you don't necessarily need to shoot for a hard perma hasten recharge time, you can let that IO proc cover some of the ground needed to get there.

I've also provided you a template of what my revision would look like, with the screenshot above, as well as a posted mids file in my responses above.

The performance shifter +end IO and the Panacea +end +hp IO are the only slots I tossed into Stamina and Health for my build. Those are enough for most of my blasters because all blasters get an endurance recovery power by level 20 that would make regen jealous.

I also wouldn't bother with the 2 slots of freebird in evasive manuevers, you'll move plenty fast with that turned on and there's no need to enhance or build for movement speed if you run evasive. Those 2 slots of freebird gives you 8% regen but look at what that actually gets you with real numbers:

with those 2 slots

Without that 8% regen bonus:

How badly do you need that 8% regen?

Edited April 29 by Nemu

mOWKY69 · April 29

I'll dig into this tonight! I really appreciate your time and ideas, Thank you!

mOWKY69 · May 1

Ok, Here we are again. I watched a YouTube video on using Mids because I'm always pretty much figuring it out as I go. I didn't know about toggling the power and power sets Bonuses. I guess that's why I could never nail down any hard numbers. Anyway, I hope I'm getting a better feel for it now. I restarted the build, trying to be smart about when and where I placed things. I'm not crazy about running another toggle and I didn't see much about Tactics that impressed me. I think I already have something like seven toggles? Ouch. By leaving that out, I can take both Stun and EM pulse. EMP being good for boss fights and Stun's versatility as a melee/ranged/aoe attack, with a chance for Mag 6 knockback. I don't have to take Stealth, but instead I can place a Freebird Stealth in Evasive for both Hover and fly. I do have a question about Health. A Regenerative Tissue enhancement in that slot can give 25% regeneration or am I better off with one of the others giving me 21 % heal AND 21% absorb?

MCSquared4.mbd

Nemu · May 1

1 hour ago, mOWKY69 said:

I didn't see much about Tactics that impressed me

Fight some Arachnos widows that blind you with their smoke grenade and then I think you will re-evaluate this statement. While not common, blind is pretty darn annoying and tactics is a counter against blind. The other reason to take tactics is that the to-hit buff it provides actually boosts your snipe damage (in combat quick snipe has it's damage buffed by to hit buffs, up to 21%). Tactics will give you 10% base and increase your chances to hit, add the kismet +6% acc unique which actually boosts to-hit, and you are boosting your quick snipe damage by 16%.. Yet another reason to take tactics is that it can help you hit stuff that's way above your level. If you find yourself missing a lot more against +3s and +4s, tactics helps.

Here's some additional mids tips and things to pay attention to, I highlighted/circled the important ones in red:

1 View totals button - this is your best friend. You get to see your stats, such as defense, regeneration, recovery, max HP, resists, debuff resistances, mez protection/resistance etc...

2 Enemy relative level at the top - this will impact your chances to hit, most vets settle at +3 or +4. At level 50 with incarnate boost the highest you'll face is +3. I like +4 because I exemp down for lower level content a lot and don't have access to the incarnate level shift most of the time.

3 Accuracy - this is your chance to hit against enemies based on the above setting. Anything over 95% is good as that is the cap, overflow is buffer against to hit debuffs. Make sure you have aim and build up detoggled or else you'll feel like a sharpshooter all the time when your actual chances are much lower.

4 Recharge - this is how long it takes the power to recharge left number is after enhancements/hasten/set bonuses, number in parenthesis is base recharge.

I used Em Pulse as an example. the first thing I want to highlight is your comment about it being good for boss fights, bosses pop up every spawn on a team. with a 296 second or almost 5 minute recharge, I doubt that it's going to be super useful. Even Nova recharges in under a minute. These are the details to pay attention to.

Here are a few other things I'm going to highlight from my previous comments. You may have skimed over them:

On 4/29/2024 at 8:36 AM, Nemu said:

The performance shifter +end IO and the Panacea +end +hp IO are the only slots I tossed into Stamina and Health for my build. Those are enough for most of my blasters because all blasters get an endurance recovery power by level 20 that would make regen jealous.

On 4/29/2024 at 8:36 AM, Nemu said:

Those 2 slots of freebird gives you 8% regen but look at what that actually gets you with real numbers:

with those 2 slots

Without that 8% regen bonus:

How badly do you need that 8% regen?

You can take this approach to answer your question about the regenerative tissue question. I can tell you I don't bother with any of the heal IOs besides panacea and maybe preventive medicine absorb proc in health

It's a lot to figure out on your own. That's why in my previous posts I posted a build for you. Nothing wrong with using that as your baseline and even just copying it and then ask me why I did certain things the way I did. Sometimes it's easier to reverse engineer from an example than to learn from the ground up. Here's the build again:

Standard Energyx2 hoverblaster - Blaster (Energy Blast - Energy Manipulation).mbd

Edited May 1 by Nemu

mOWKY69 · May 1

So ok, I understand the advantages of Tactics now, but do you think running eight toggles is crazy? I know the numbers look fair but once I'm in combat with Hasten running and blasting everything in sight is that going to kill my end? When I was talking about EM PUlse, I was thinking of it as an AV or GM attack because of it's debuffs and special against robots. Plus, it has a 40-foot radius. I dunno. I'm not in love with it, but without melee I don't have a lot of attacks and I thought this would give me a little oomph.

Nemu · May 1

8 toggles is not crazy for blasters, Energize gives you a discount on endurance consumption and you can see that at the bottom of the view totals pop up. If I recall, your overall endurance recovery is around 2.7 and your endurance consumption from toggles is somewhere around .8. Conventional wisdom is that anywhere around net 2 end per second is good. But energize also discounts the endurance consumption on your click powers. You should be fine especially since you are not taking advantage of all your melee powers.

Pro-tip, put energize on auto, don't treat it as an on-demand heal.

AV/GM fights amounts to the following:

Survival - make sure you don't die and making sure that you can consistently pump out damage instead of constantly tending to your HP bar.

Damage - Overwhelming firepower, or -regen debuffs or -resist debuffs to make sure you overcome the target's natural regeneration.

EM Pulse would be a hard skip for me, with a 5 min recharge it's just not useful, and there are other tools with more consistency and potency that you can use for AV fights like the envenomed dagger temp power that you can purchase from START vendors.

mOWKY69 · May 1

Alllllright Rabbit, you’ve convinced me. I’ll go look for Rocky in the city.

hopefully that reference isn’t lost on you…

I do have Energize on auto. Ya, I can totally tell when it gets “unclicked” by accident.

Thanks again. I’m going to build this out and take it out for sea trials so to speak.

Snarky · May 1

add knockback

Fever Dream · May 3

On 4/25/2024 at 12:39 PM, Nemu said:

Nice, it's awesome to see returning players. I know I got emotional when I fired up CoH for the first time after I discovered homecoming and I know a lot of other people had the feels too.

One note about the -kb IO in single target blasts. Conventional wisdom is that it's not necessary. Especially if you are blasting top down which turns those ST attacks into ghetto knockdowns. If you look around you'll see that in most builds only AoEs get the -kb IO treatment because they can still impact AoEs coming from the rest of the team.

AoEs is where I'd also look to slot the Force Feedback proc. Those have a lower chance to proc in AoEs but they check for proc per target. Because of that IO you don't necessarily need to shoot for a hard perma hasten recharge time, you can let that IO proc cover some of the ground needed to get there.

@Nemu. You seem great at mids builds. Do you dapple in other AT's. Trying to find a savage/bio brute. Looking to make a character for all content: TFs, solo, group, badge hunting, etc. Just thought I'd try!

Edited May 3 by Fever Dream
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