What benefits most from instasnipe?

[Microcosm]

Curious what primary set people think gets the most out of the current version of instasnipe. It would seem like a set with good aoe but weaker st chains would get a lot out of it. But then there's also the fact that most the snipes have a +range buff, so if you can keep using them in combat you can keep a constant +range on your cone attacks. Thoughts?

[Jeneki]

Probably the sets that don't have a tier-3 single target blast.  Electric, Assault Rifle, maybe a few others.

 

Back in the day I played a ton of Electric, and I would have dropped the snipe for another regular blast in a heartbeat.  These days perma snipe comes naturally with the way I build blasters, so I'm loving it.

 

[Vanden]

Ice Blast, because now it has 5 single-target Blast powers instead of 3.

[Microcosm]

Ya my first inclination is also electric, which otherwise is lower on single target attacks. It doesn't really benefit from the +range as much though since it doesn't have a cone attack. AR hadn't occurred to me, but it might get more use out of the +range as well.

[Bossk_Hogg]

Dark lacked a 3rd ST attack and has 2 cone AE's (4 w Soul Mastery). What % is the range boost?

[Microcosm]

Dark lacked a 3rd ST attack and has 2 cone AE's (4 w Soul Mastery). What % is the range boost?

 

The snipes give +50% range for 10 seconds upon use. So Tenebrous Tentacles would be 60 foot instead of 40 foot if used right after Moonbeam, which obviously can make a solid difference in the number of enemies it could hit.

[kendo339]

how do you all see the answer to this question changing if / when the changes to snipe go live.  will it make much difference, other than you may not have to build in so much + to hit?

[Novacat]

For fast mode it's definitely the cones. That's some serious width thanks to the extra range which means that from otherwise normal-shot range you're also catching the whole group inside your cone.

 

Slow mode, it's the snipes themselves, targeted and location AoEs, and therefore the ranged nukes, that benefit the most. If I'm over 120ft away

[Harris]

BR loves instasnipe too since it spreads disintegrate