Is it the best combo in the game? No, but it can be fun!ĭon’t group with this character or everyone will hate you.
You can then use your other Electricity powers to keep enemy Endurance zeroed out while you finish off your foes.
The key is using Power Boost and Short Circuit (a PBAoE attack) slotted with Endurance Modification to sap enemies. With Energy Manipulation, you can use Power Boost to significantly boost those Endurance drain effects to where you’ll be able to keep enemies fully drained, allowing you to punch or blast them safely. Electricity’s gimmick is the fact it drains Endurance from enemies, but unfortunately it’s not that effective outside of certain situations due to the fact enemies must remain fully drained of Endurance to be unable to attack. If you don’t mind getting into melee range, Elec/Energy can be a solid and somewhat safe Blapper (melee Blaster). For those who just want to watch the world burn, the two sets complement each other tons of AoE options and DoTs for days. It’s one of the most classic options in City of Heroes, but it’s also extremely effective. My very first City of Heroes character in 2004 was a demonic Fire/Fire Blaster. Most of them have knockback or knockdown effects attached to them, so you can reserve them for when you just can’t avoid enemies getting in your face and give yourself some space to keep shooting at them. The melee attacks in Martial Combat aren’t a liability, either. If you’ve always wanted to pull off something like Neo in City of Heroes, this is a great pairing to go with.
There’s not a whole lot of special synergy here other than theme, though the fact Hail of Bullets is PBAoE works out well if you want to get into melee. This combination is pure fantasy fulfillment. Energy Manipulation amplifies Archery’s ability to quickly clear out entire groups in short order with powers such as Boost Range, allowing the Archer to pull off these feats of destruction from significantly longer distances, which means less risk to your squishy self. Archery has always been a great Blaster set due to its short cooldown nuke in Rain of Arrows and both a solid single target and AoE attack chain.