Blaster

Blaster
Primary	Ranged
Secondary	Support
Inherent	Defiance
Base HP	1204.8
Max HP	1847.3
Primary Sets	15
Secondary Sets	15
Epic Power Pools	10
Modifiers (at level 50)   Melee Ranged Damage Scale 1.000 1.125 Damage Buff 0.125 0.125 Defense Buff 0.070 0.065 Resist Buff 0.070 0.065 ToHit Buff 0.075 0.070 Damage Debuff 0.070 0.070 Defense Debuff 0.070 0.070 Resist Debuff 0.070 0.065 ToHit Debuff 0.070 0.070 EndMod 1.000 1.000 Fear 1.192 1.192 Heal Other 96.381 96.381 Heal Self 120.476 Immobilize 1.192 1.192 Knockback 2.077 1.662 Sleep 1.192 1.192 Slow 1.000 1.000 Stun 1.192 1.192 Taunt 1.030 1.030 Threat Level 0.5 0.5
Limits (at level 50)   Max Min Damage Resistance 75% -300% Status Resistance 10,001.01% -300% Status Protection N/A N/A Damage 500% 10% Defense 175% -100% ToHit 200.35% -100% Recharge Rate 400% -75% Regeneration 2000% 0% Recovery 500% 0% Stealth (PvE) 200 ft -180 ft Stealth (PvP) 571.5 ft -180 ft Perception 1153 ft 0 ft Range 500% 25%

Overview

The Blaster is an offensive juggernaut. This hero can deal a ton of damage from a distance. But the Blaster must be careful, because he's somewhat fragile compared to other heroes. The Blaster can't stand toe to toe with most opponents at melee for long. His best defense is a great offense!

The Blaster's power sets are:

Primary: Ranged
Secondary: Support

Blaster Stats

Survivability

4

Melee Damage

8

Ranged Damage

10

Crowd Control

4

Support

2

Pets

2

Power Sets

Primary Power Sets

A Blaster's primary power sets are designed specifically for ranged attacks. They are:

• Archery
• Assault Rifle
• Beam Rifle
• Dark Blast
• Dual Pistols
• Electrical Blast
• Energy Blast
• Fire Blast
• Ice Blast
• Psychic Blast
• Radiation Blast
• Seismic Blast
• Sonic Attack
• Storm Blast
• Water Blast

* Beam Rifle used to require purchase on the Paragon Market.
* Dual Pistols used to require VIP status, purchase on the Paragon Market, or purchase of Going Rogue.
* Water Blast used to require purchase on the Paragon Market.

Secondary Power Sets

A Blaster's secondary power sets are designed for support via melee attacks, minor crowd control powers, or temporary self-buffs. They are:

• Atomic Manipulation
• Darkness Manipulation
• Devices
• Earth Manipulation
• Electricity Manipulation
• Energy Manipulation
• Fire Manipulation
• Ice Manipulation
• Martial Combat
• Mental Manipulation
• Ninja Training
• Plant Manipulation
• Sonic Manipulation
• Tactical Arrow
• Temporal Manipulation

Ancillary Power Pools

• Arsenal Mastery
• Dark Mastery
• Electricity Mastery
• Fire Mastery
• Force Mastery
• Ice Mastery

Patron Power Pools

• Leviathan Mastery
• Mace Mastery
• Mu Mastery
• Soul Mastery

* Patron Power Pools require villain alignment to obtain.

Inherent Power

• Defiance allows a blaster to use their tier 1 and 2 primary powers, and their tier 1 secondary power, even while held, slept, stunned, or terrorized. It also gives an additional damage boost as the blaster uses attacks.

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.

• Blasters have been in the game since Issue 0, originally as a City of Heroes archetype. Their original primary powersets were Assault Rifle, Electrical Blast, Energy Blast, Fire Blast, and Ice Blast. Their original secondary powersets were Devices, Electricity Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, and Ice Manipulation.
• Cold Mastery, Flame Mastery, Force Mastery, and Munitions Mastery were added to the game in Issue 3.
• Archery, Sonic Attack and Electrical Mastery were added to the game in Issue 5.
• Defiance was added in Issue 5 to address some datamining concerns regarding Blasters being defeated just before they dispatch their enemies. The power granted the Blaster a ToHit and Damage buff that grew as the Blaster's hit points decreased.
• Defiance was later redesigned. Now, Blaster Primary and Secondary powers that are available at level 1 can be used while mezzed, and most powers give the Blaster a temporary damage buff.
• Psychic Blast and Mental Manipulation were proliferated to Blasters in Issue 12.
• Radiation Blast was proliferated to Blasters in Issue 16.
• Dual Pistols was added to the game on March 2, 2010 as an early feature of Going Rogue to those who prepurchased.
• The Patron Power Pools were made available to Blasters in Issue 18.
• Dark Blast was proliferated to Blasters in Issue 21.
• Beam Rifle and Darkness Manipulation were added to the game in Issue 21.
• Most ranged blast powersets received revisions to improve range and damage and all Blaster secondary powersets sets were redesigned to include a defensive "sustain" power in Issue 24.
• Martial Combat was added to the game in Issue 24.
• Atomic Manipulation, Ninja Training, Plant Manipulation, Tactical Arrow, and Temporal Manipulation were added to the game in Issue 25.
• Most Blaster secondary powersets were revised with range and crowd control standardization in Issue 27, Page 1.
• Sonic Manupilation was added to the game in Issue 27, Page 1.
• Seismic Blast and Earth Manipulation were added to the game in Issue 27, Page 3.

See Also

• Archetypes
• Blaster Strategy
• Blapper

External Links

• Summary and Analysis of Blaster Powersets
• Archetypes documentation on official City of Heroes site
• Official City of Heroes Manual as a zipped PDF file