Cuz there's lots of screaming and explosions, spandex, big hair... Well, you get it. Same's my Defender I built this to use Flight, as well as to not look odd with out of place powers.
Notice I skipped Shriek and Shockwave? Shriek was simply because I haven't needed it for 18 levels. Scream set up this way is easily spammable longrange for much higher damage. Why take two powers when you can free up room and do the job just as well with one. Shockwave's just hose as far as this build goes, not much use at all in a /Devices build. Caltrops are more reliable and do way more damage longterm.
So anyways, I've been airborne for a while now, and the key things seem to be the accuracies even though you have Drone, and the Range enhancements. Sonic has no inherent accuracy bonus, so Drone alone is NOT enough to hit higher levels reliably. NOT enough! With even one Dual on there, though, I hit with 95% of my Screams whereas Shout without an Accuracy yet lands only 60% of the time or so. The Range when you've Singles will extend your two Cone AoEs out to very nice ranges, allowing you to hit more mobs and at longer ranges.
****KEY**** When using cones, you MUST be mostly level to your targets to hit them. Cones do have some height to them, but not much. Fire at too high of an angle and you WILL miss anything in front of your target, as well as what's behind it. This just means you swoop down to about ground height to kick off Howl or Siren's Song.
This solos quite decently now, but it'll really pick up steam at levels 18 to 28. Once you get Siren's Song you can easily lock Heroic or Tenacious spawns down and close in to use your singletarget Screech/Scream/Shout, Stamina will let you go nuts longer, and Trip Mines finally let you play like a real /Devices does lategame.
Trick with your Trip Mines: Smoke Grenade (it's autohit now PvE), fire up Cloaking Device, and you're unnoticeable by most enemies in the game provided you're within three levels of them. This means ya have full stealth, and only snipers can see through it. Use this full stealth to go into the midst of a big group and drop a Trip Mine or Time Bomb to lead off the fight. Big boom. Then you can sucker them back to the corner or doorway you have your Caltrops and a few more Trip Mines set up at.
Does this take time to do? Yes. Can you totally shred full groups of orange and red enemies in relative safety for big XP? You bet.
That's basically it! Auto Turret may be hose, but it's still too fun to pass up (what else would you choose, really). Can easily steal some slots if you want a different Epic set, but I went for utility with Medicine over more damage/control. You've already got Screech and Siren's Song, you really don't need more control than that. Just Hover over those enemy Caltrops and Earthquakes and blast away.
EDIT: Of note, those should be Flight Speeds you're slotting on Swift, Planner won't let ya add em.
"I'm flying free with my beautiful butterfly wings!" ~ Randy Marsh
Cuz there's lots of screaming and explosions, spandex, big hair... Well, you get it. Same's my Defender I built this to use Flight, as well as to not look odd with out of place powers.
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name: Fugue Wraith
Level: 50
Archetype: Blaster
Primary: Sonic Blast
Secondary: Devices
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01) --> Scream==> Acc(1)Dmg(3)Dmg(5)Dmg(7)Rechg(11)Rechg(17)
01) --> Web Grenade==> Acc(1)
02) --> Howl==> Acc(2)Dmg(3)Dmg(5)Dmg(7)Range(11)Range(15)
04) --> Caltrops==> Rechg(4)
06) --> Swift==> Run(6)Run(43)Run(43)
08) --> Shout==> Acc(8)Dmg(9)Dmg(9)Dmg(15)Range(17)Range(25)
10) --> Targeting Drone==> EndRdx(10)TH_Buf(46)TH_Buf(46)TH_Buf(46)
12) --> Hover==> Fly(12)Fly(13)Fly(13)EndRdx(50)
14) --> Fly==> Fly(14)Fly(50)Fly(50)
16) --> Health==> Heal(16)
18) --> Siren's Song==> Acc(18)Sleep(19)Sleep(19)Sleep(23)Range(23)Range(25)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20)EndMod(21)EndMod(21)
22) --> Smoke Grenade==> TH_DeBuf(22)
24) --> Cloaking Device==> EndRdx(24)
26) --> Screech==> Acc(26)DisDur(27)DisDur(27)DisDur(34)Rechg(37)Rechg(40)
28) --> Trip Mine==> Acc(28)Dmg(29)Dmg(29)Dmg(31)Rechg(31)Rechg(31)
30) --> Amplify==> Rechg(30)Rechg(42)Rechg(43)
32) --> Dreadful Wail==> Dmg(32)Dmg(33)Dmg(33)Rechg(33)Rechg(34)Rechg(34)
35) --> Time Bomb==> Acc(35)Dmg(36)Dmg(36)Dmg(36)Rechg(37)Rechg(37)
38) --> Auto Turret==> Acc(38)Dmg(39)Dmg(39)Dmg(39)Rechg(40)Rechg(40)
41) --> Body Armor==> DmgRes(41)DmgRes(42)DmgRes(42)
44) --> Aid Other==> Heal(44)Heal(45)Heal(45)EndRdx(45)
47) --> Aid Self==> Heal(47)Heal(48)Heal(48)EndRdx(48)
49) --> Resuscitate==> Rechg(49)
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01) --> Sprint==> Run(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Defiance==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Rechg(2)
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Notice I skipped Shriek and Shockwave? Shriek was simply because I haven't needed it for 18 levels. Scream set up this way is easily spammable longrange for much higher damage. Why take two powers when you can free up room and do the job just as well with one. Shockwave's just hose as far as this build goes, not much use at all in a /Devices build. Caltrops are more reliable and do way more damage longterm.
So anyways, I've been airborne for a while now, and the key things seem to be the accuracies even though you have Drone, and the Range enhancements. Sonic has no inherent accuracy bonus, so Drone alone is NOT enough to hit higher levels reliably. NOT enough! With even one Dual on there, though, I hit with 95% of my Screams whereas Shout without an Accuracy yet lands only 60% of the time or so. The Range when you've Singles will extend your two Cone AoEs out to very nice ranges, allowing you to hit more mobs and at longer ranges.
****KEY**** When using cones, you MUST be mostly level to your targets to hit them. Cones do have some height to them, but not much. Fire at too high of an angle and you WILL miss anything in front of your target, as well as what's behind it. This just means you swoop down to about ground height to kick off Howl or Siren's Song.
This solos quite decently now, but it'll really pick up steam at levels 18 to 28. Once you get Siren's Song you can easily lock Heroic or Tenacious spawns down and close in to use your singletarget Screech/Scream/Shout, Stamina will let you go nuts longer, and Trip Mines finally let you play like a real /Devices does lategame.
Trick with your Trip Mines: Smoke Grenade (it's autohit now PvE), fire up Cloaking Device, and you're unnoticeable by most enemies in the game provided you're within three levels of them. This means ya have full stealth, and only snipers can see through it. Use this full stealth to go into the midst of a big group and drop a Trip Mine or Time Bomb to lead off the fight. Big boom. Then you can sucker them back to the corner or doorway you have your Caltrops and a few more Trip Mines set up at.
Does this take time to do? Yes. Can you totally shred full groups of orange and red enemies in relative safety for big XP? You bet.
That's basically it! Auto Turret may be hose, but it's still too fun to pass up (what else would you choose, really). Can easily steal some slots if you want a different Epic set, but I went for utility with Medicine over more damage/control. You've already got Screech and Siren's Song, you really don't need more control than that. Just Hover over those enemy Caltrops and Earthquakes and blast away.
EDIT: Of note, those should be Flight Speeds you're slotting on Swift, Planner won't let ya add em.
"I'm flying free with my beautiful butterfly wings!" ~ Randy Marsh