Tater Todd

I think it works fine actually...I paired mine with Fire Blast (ugh). Water Blast has such great mitigation...I think it goes with almost everything to be honest.

I was trying not to post here because I haven't played my poison toon in quite some time and I feel that my advice would be rusty BUT...

Well it depends on what you want to do but I think that the sets shines if you focus on melee or if you are willing to fade in and out of melee.

Believe it or not /Poison Trap is the best power in the set and with purples it can melt mobs easily. In fact I can Take out an entire mob with just Poison Trap ALONE...the trick is living long enough lol.

So ok, I tend to play Poison like Traps actually. Here's how I play with my toon.

• Lay down 2-3 poison traps...the tougher the mob the more traps.
• Pull the mob to you...my favorite way of doing so is hitting them with Weaken.
• run around the corner and wait and chew on some purples or oranges if you have some to spare...also turn on VG
• Once they hit the Traps they will pretty much come to a halt for a few seconds. Jump in, debuff at will, and start blasting.
• Remember to lay down Poison Trap whenever it's up since it provides decent mitigation and insane damage.

Poison Trap Procs every 10 seconds...I may be off by a little but I timed the cloud at 30 seconds...so that's 3 chances for it to proc...well when take in consideration what you proc the power with you easily realize that Poison Trap carries the entire set.


The biggest problem with /Poison is that on a Corr it's down right painful...and you only truly see the benefits of the set once you get enough Defense or once you pick up ageless.


What I slot Poison Trap with-The rest of poison is pretty easy to proc but With Poison Trap...I have found out that Purple is better lol...the power might become even more deadly once we get the Proc change but for now the way things works it's in your best interest to stuff it with proc goodness!

1. Lockdown: Change for +2 Mag Hold- This is a must for obvious reasons...the more traps out the more chances of them all being held.
2. Fury of the Gladiator: Chance for Res Debuff- Another must if you have deep enough pockets. Add this to the Achilies Heel Proc and your toon will easily be able to dish out -100% + Res on foes...if they survive long enough.
3. Superior Malice of the Corruptor: Recharge/Chance for Negative Energy Damage- It's super cheap to turn this into a purple and it's a PPM Enhancements so it has a greater chances of firing ect blah blah.
4. Unbreakable Constraint: Chance of smashing Damage- Smashing dmg is gross but 107.1 dmg procing a few times ain't bad!
5. Armageddon: Chance of Fire Damage-Fire dmg! Awesome woot!
6. Add whatever... would you like..ACC? Recharge?...my toon is 53 so he's covered...i think i had 1 acc and 1 recharge in there when I was leveling.

Poison Traps works well with the regular procs as well but it will not **** alien faces like the purple procs do. Don't really bother with the Energy Manipulator Proc...I found that it was hard to tell if the baddies were stunned and it made me uneasy so I just went for pure damage.

Remember, /Poison isn't for everyone and it doesn't really shine until you get ageless and some great defense (Kind of like a Fire/Earth Dom or a Fire/Kin Controller) but if you are willing to torture yourself repeatedly then this is the set for you!



I hope this helps guys and let me know if you can even understand what I just typed...I admit my spelling sucks and I am mildly insane lol.

You beat me to it. Nice.

I actually think that Amon is a powerful Energy Builder...it reminds me of...I forgot what martial art it was but there are several elements fire, water, wood, ect but yin and yang are also elements (light and dark) if one is able to master energy bending he is able to move at superspeeds, they will posses super strength and probably some small clairvoyance...this is a rough theory of course.

Also Amon being a robot doesn't really make sense to me since Tarlock did slightly slow Amon down for a few seconds. Unless Amon is a steam powered android or had some other water based fuel inside of him.

Dakken doesn't seem gay or bi to me...he's more of a Polyamourus type of guy or a guy that is willing to go to great means to get what he wants...he's to Freaky looking and I refuse to claim him in the gay comic character pile lol :P.

I can also steal aggro with my Dominator, Corr and Controller. I assure you that it is possible.

Everyone else is scared to discuss this because they are afraid to be pointed at and laughed at but I'm going to throw myself on the tracks lol.

Please Imagine this being read to you by William Shatner.
Start scene. Action!

Level 50 Rad/Fire Blaster. Fighting Council. I normally chew on some Lucks or Break Frees but lets just say that I'm out of both. I have Frozen Armor going. I hit Aim and Build Up. I jump into melee with Hot Feet running and then I start my PBAOE Combo of doom. I get hit by mezz and an attack from one or two Vampyri. Hot Feet Toggles off...for a a second or two I'm helpless. I finally wake up and try to chew on a green...but Now every warwolf in the group is more than ticked off and I get bombarded with 4+ Hurls all flying towards me at the same time. I Crumple over.

End Scene. Cut!

Now most of the time when this happens I have a green or an orange I can chew on to keep me barely alive but I have to be quick because Warwolves are fast and they are INFAMOUS for interrupting you when you're trying to activate hibernoate. I find that he best solution is to run for the hills so you can rest and reengage.

Now this scenario BARELY happens if my blaster is built for defense. With high defense and purples handy the Mezzes never touch you so there's not much to worry about (unless you run out of inspirations or up the diff level)...but if you can't slot IO's or afford a decent Defense build...you're stuck.

I've only have this problem with Blappers. My range blasters have a better chance of survival since they can Blast from afar, retreat, wait and then finish the rest off.

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On teams a blapper is walking on thin ice because a destructive Blapper can easily out Tank a Tanker or Brute due to AOE damage output. That's a problem because at -1/x8 you had a chance of somehow surviving an alpha but most teams play on +1 or higher so you're going to faceplant A LOT unless you have a good Tabker and you're really skilled at jumping in, Nuking and running around the corner before they get a hit or mezz in.

Some would say "Well Todd why Play a Blapper at all?" Well, because I like the carnage and the destruction but I don't think that a Blapper has enough trade off compared to a ranged Blaster. Also almost all of the Blaster Secondaries are Melee oriented so you're forced to do some Blapping if you want to use those powers.

It does on -1/x8

I would reply with a long post but judging from your response you seem to know what you're talking about! BUT I think that you have a primary/secondary that is very synergetic...For instance my Beam/Devices Blaster is very safe and very deadly compared to my Elec/Dark Blaster who lives in melee. Also my Elec/Dark Blaster cannot handle huge mobs solo like my doms, defenders and corrs can.

I just think that it's weird that a Blaster can't perform on the same level as the other ATs solo.

Can we get back on topic Another fan lol. You're not going to get what you want out or Arcana and she's not going to get it out of you. Let us all just get back to discussing how a blaster currently should play in order to perform on the same levels as the other ATs...or is it even possible without having to go out of ones way to make it work.

So what other choices are there?

*sigh* Understood...at least you're having fun with it. I just think that it's weird when a person debates but refuses to look at both sides of an discussion...or maybe they are incapable of doing so due to their experience from their environment being somehow the absolute general standard for everyone else, stubbornness or pride.

Oops just saw your post Another_Fan...

Ugh, lol. I need to deviate from agreeing or disagreeing with you two before I get hit with a stray Fireball lol. Shame on me for attempting to get in the middle of you two lol.

Can we get back on topic at least?

Alkehine, how should one enjoy their blasters?

Maybe we should play on the lowest setting possible and just do DIB's and DFB until we get to 50? Then we can IO out, take like 5 power pools and slot up for mad defense? That's going to be tough for a lot of people to do...especially if they are use to playing Controller, Defenders and Scrappers those AT's can handle big mobs very nicely

I agree. I was dragged along for a TF run "I haven't did an Sf or TF in over a year or more" but I LOVED it...almost as much as the Katie Hannon TF...which I probably only like because it's short and it has to do with Croatoa lol.

Ugh, I hear you do I need a job as well. I've never gone this long without one...it's making me itch lol.

Also to Cerulean_Shadow I love the new content and the new zones and costumes and whatnot but one thing that holds me over more than ANYTHING is new powersets. Personally you could release an issue with nothing but shiny new powersets and that would be enough to keep me playing for a long time. I spend most of my time playing around in mids thinking of different powerset combos. I love the new additions for this issue but I'm burnt out anyway to be honest.

Everyone is different, for some all they need is new lore, some new zones and costumes...or some people are even steven but for me I would say that I'm...

49%-New Powersets
20%-New Content
20%-QOL Changes
11%-New Clothes/Threads

:P

Yeah, I have been playing COH non-stop and I do need to take a break so this is the perfect opportunity.

I don't play Masterminds so Beast Mastery was vey "meh" to me. I'm behind on my Melee sets and I was barely able to afford Street Justice let alone Staff Fighting and I'm not into melee toons...so the only thing holding me over was Dark Control and Dark Affinity in which I've finally finished leveling.