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Electricity AoE DPS?

veiran2veiran2 Posts: 64 Arc User
edited October 2013 in Builds and Roles
Heyo, Recently come back from over a year break from the game, slowly going through and trying to update/improve my builds.. This's one I made back in the day for my Electricity guy, just curious if there's room for improvement. Think i used almost all electricity powers, but feel free to switch out powers from other stuff as necessary..

Oh, one note.. Not sure which power it is, but one of them has this effect that covers my whole body in a buttload of electricity whenever i fight, if at all possible i'd like to lose that, as i find it looks terrible.. But if it's necessary for the build I'll deal with it.

Aiming mostly for AoE DPS, I guess?

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name: The Masked Dynamo

Archetype: Freeform

Super Stats:
Level 6: Dexterity (Primary)
Level 10: Ego (Secondary)
Level 15: Intelligence (Secondary)

Talents:
Level 1: The Marksman
Level 6: Agile
Level 9: Indomitable
Level 12: Brilliant
Level 15: Shooter
Level 18: Academics
Level 21: Daredevil

Powers:
Level 1: Electric Bolt (Lightning Overload, Ionic Infusion)
Level 1: Lightning Arc (Rank 2)
Level 6: Sparkstorm (Rank 2, Electric Personality)
Level 8: Electric Form (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Ionic Reverberation
Level 14: Gigabolt (Rank 2, Death Arc)
Level 17: Ball Lightning (Rank 2, Triplicity)
Level 20: Lightning Storm (Stolen Thunder, Nailed to the Ground)
Level 23: Concentration (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Electric Shield (Electric Vengeance)
Level 29: Electric Sheath (Rank 2)
Level 32: Unbreakable
Level 35: Resurgence
Level 38: Energy Storm

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Electro Flight (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Electric Arc

Specializations:
Dexterity: Gear Utilization (3/3)
Dexterity: Power Swell (2/2)
Dexterity: Deadly Aim (3/3)
Dexterity: Expose Weakness (2/2)
Avenger: Ruthless (2/2)
Avenger: Anguish (2/2)
Avenger: Round 'em Up (3/3)
Avenger: Relentless Assault (1/3)
Avenger: Offensive Expertise (2/2)
Overseer: Ruthless (2/2)
Overseer: Overseer Aura (3/3)
Overseer: Impact (2/2)
Overseer: Enhanced Gear (3/3)
Mastery: Dexterity Mastery (1/1)
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Comments

  • golgorianremmygolgorianremmy Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    The power covering you in electricity is Electric Form. It's pretty necessary, but you could probably replace it with Stormbringer, if you aren't using any other form of energy damage besides electric. I can't say what kind of graphic effect Stormbringer has though, sorry.

    Also coming from someone who has been away for over a year, so take it with a grain of salt, but for an AoE build, it seems weird to me that none of your AoE powers are R3. I'm a big fan of raw damage on DPS builds though, so maybe just personal preference.

    Unless something major has changed since I last played though, I would strongly recommend you freeing up some points by leaving Concentration at R1. There is no tangible benefit (if I remember correctly) to ranking up form toggles, other than how many stacks you can maintain out of combat. In any kind of situation where you are regularly fighting from group to group (which is pretty much every situation in the game, from APs to Comics, to just farming for costume pieces), those 4 advantage points are going to save you a second or two on the very first pack, and then you'll be at max stacks for every pack after that.

    Just my two cents.
  • blueionstormzblueionstormz Posts: 303 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I would probably go for something like this:

    PowerHouse (Link to this build)

    Name: The Masked Dynamo

    Archetype: Freeform

    Super Stats:
    Level 6: Ego (Primary)
    Level 10: Recovery (Secondary)
    Level 15: Dexterity (Secondary)

    Talents:
    Level 1: The Tempest
    Level 6: Shooter
    Level 9: Impresario
    Level 12: Wordly
    Level 15: Accurate
    Level 18: Daredevil
    Level 21: Amazing Stamina

    Powers:
    Level 1: Electric Bolt
    Level 1: Lightning Arc (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 6: Sparkstorm (Rank 2, Electric Personality)
    Level 8: Stormbringer (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 11: Concentration
    Level 14: Overdrive
    Level 17: Hurricane (Rank 2, Perfect Storm)
    Level 20: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 23: Masterful Dodge
    Level 26: Bountiful Chi Resurgence (Resurgent Reiki)
    Level 29: Sigils of the Primal Storm (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 32: Force Shield (Force Sheathe)
    Level 35: Ego Surge (Rank 2)
    Level 38: Evasive Maneuvers (Rank 2, Sleight of Mind)

    Travel Powers:
    Level 6: Electro Flight (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 35: Electric Arc

    Specializations:
    Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
    Ego: Insight (3/3)
    Ego: Follow Through (3/3)
    Ego: Sixth Sense (2/3)
    Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3)
    Guardian: Locus (2/2)
    Guardian: Ruthless (2/2)
    Guardian: The Best Defense (3/3)
    Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
    Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
    Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
    Vindicator: Mass Destruction (3/3)
    Mastery: Ego Mastery (1/1)
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