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[DocRadio]

Oh my damn.... I just took this power on my DP/MA blaster... It's like night and day now that I have it. Man I wish blaster secondaries were this good back in the day.

[Vulpoid]

The grey numbers that tick over my head when this power is on ...+44... +45...   +44...
Is that the Absorption +HP or something else?

-Thanks for any help! 

[Coyote]

Yes to both. Yeah, when they added Sustain to Blasters, it turned them from a "no defense" AT to "way better than a squishie" AT... they're now like mid-level between ATs with no toggle defenses like Dominators or most Defenders/Controllers/Corruptors, and the ATs with a real defensive set.

[reib]

Yes, the most OP AT ever.

[Coyote]

5 hours ago, reib said:

Yes, the most OP AT ever.

 

Brute forum is one down on the forum lists 😛

[graeberguinn]

Any tips on best way to slot this? 

[Vulpoid]

2 hours ago, graeberguinn said:

Any tips on best way to slot this? 

I don't know if it is the best way, but I have 2 Performance Shifters, The %END Proc and a +EndMod.  The set bonus for 2 is a slight speed boost to movement.

[kiramon]

All of these are like that and it’s pretty great. They also have such fewer end problems jts like insane lol compared to a corruptor 

[Coyote]

4 hours ago, graeberguinn said:

Any tips on best way to slot this? 

 

The MAIN effect of the Sustain powers is defensive in nature. It depends on the power, but it's either +Regen or pretty quick ticks of +Absorb or +HP. In any case, this gets boosted by Health IOs, so... slot it with at least 80% Enhancement in Healing.

 

The SECONDARY effect is +Recovery. It is pretty strong, but it doesn't necessarily need to be slotted up... you do have Stamina (but slot the Sustain before you slot Stamina, unless you're slotting the Sustain with 6 slots of a Healing set for the bonus... Numina for Defense, Pre-Med for Recharge). Even with the base slot in Stamina and an unslotted Sustain, you will still have pretty solid Recovery. However, if you're not going with set bonuses, then 2 Heal and 1-2 Recovery is a good start. Then you can add, if you want, the Performance Shifter IO and maybe the Power Transfer IO for Chance to Heal (especially if the Sustain gives +Absorb, so you have a way to also regain lost HPs).

 

Some Sustain powers have a TERTIARY effect, and you may want/need to slot up for that (KB to KD IO, Accuracy, etc). In any case, End Reduction is not needed even if it can slot it.