You'll want to keep stamina even as a sapper build. The endurance that gets returned to you isn't really noticeable so until you get Power Sink you won't regen much endurance. Sapping doesn't really happen until that point anyway as you can't completely drain a mob until you have Short Circuit and Power Sink. Sapping builds are a good build though if you plan your attacks right and don't just rush in. PvE you'll find that even drained the mobs will get that one little tick of endurance back to still hit you so don't just blindly rush in.
50s - Energyman, Elec^3 Blaster - Light Bringer Prime, Triform PB - OxyStorm, Robo/Storm/Mace MM - Widow Lotone, NW - Psi-Vox, Ill/FF/Earth Control
What I've noticed about endurance recovery in the electrical attacks is that they basically work out as an endurance discount not as a +end power. You can slot for end recovery, but at the cost of other things like damage.
I'd recommend stamina, though if you're relatively rich you can slot up the Miracle and Numina's unique in health which is the equivalent recovery of unslotted stamina. Still, that only saves you one power pick.
Thanks, guys. That's exactly what I needed to know. I was hoping it would get better with more powers slotted for endurance mod. Sounds like that won't be the case, so I'll be starting the fitness pool next level.
One of the reasons I have difficulty exemping with my elec^3 is that I dropped stamina from the build. If I drop below power sink, I suffer for it. Power sink and later, I cruise.
Like the others said, it's not enough of an endurance return to make any sort of difference get stamina early and keep it even after you get powersink.
Blaster with no stamina... prediction: pain
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I've got a level 16 blaster and I was thinking about going without the fitness pool. (This was the very first toon I made almost 4 years ago. I'm finally getting back to it.) I was planning on doing a sapper build for the soft control. Several of the secondary power descriptions say some endurance may be returned to me but I'm not sure it's enough to live on until I get Power Sink. Heck, I'm not even sure PS is enough to live on.
All the guides I looked at included Stamina. I don't want the character to be too painful to play or it will end up getting shelved again. Anyone have experience with this?