Blaster — Power Take-Rate

Percentage of builds that include a given powerset which also took each power. Powers sorted by take rate, highest first. Slotting detail →

Most Popular Primary / Secondary Pairings

Top 20 of 2,451 qualifying builds.

Rank	Primary	Secondary	Builds	Share
1	Fire Blast	Fire Manipulation	135	5.5%
2	Energy Blast	Energy Manipulation	88	3.6%
3	Dual Pistols	Martial Combat	73	3.0%
4	Archery	Tactical Arrow	71	2.9%
5	Assault Rifle	Devices	68	2.8%
6	Electrical Blast	Electricity Manipulation	57	2.3%
7	Ice Blast	Ice Manipulation	55	2.2%
8	Beam Rifle	Devices	51	2.1%
9	Fire Blast	Atomic Manipulation	51	2.1%
10	Fire Blast	Energy Manipulation	43	1.8%
11	Dual Pistols	Ninja Training	40	1.6%
12	Fire Blast	Temporal Manipulation	39	1.6%
13	Radiation Blast	Atomic Manipulation	35	1.4%
14	Psychic Blast	Mental Manipulation	34	1.4%
15	Assault Rifle	Tactical Arrow	33	1.3%
16	Dark Blast	Darkness Manipulation	33	1.3%
17	Beam Rifle	Temporal Manipulation	30	1.2%
18	Fire Blast	Ice Manipulation	29	1.2%
19	Water Blast	Temporal Manipulation	29	1.2%
20	Dark Blast	Atomic Manipulation	27	1.1%

Most Skipped Powers

Lowest take-rate among primary and secondary powersets with at least 20 builds. Epic pools excluded.

Rank	Power	Powerset	Taken	Rate
1	Reach for the Limit	Martial Combat	0 / 176	0.0%
2	Power Push	Energy Blast	15 / 175	8.6%
3	Beanbag	Assault Rifle	15 / 157	9.6%
4	Scare	Mental Manipulation	15 / 127	11.8%
5	Stun	Energy Manipulation	32 / 270	11.9%
6	Remote Bomb	Devices	33 / 264	12.5%
7	Stunning Shot	Archery	24 / 146	16.4%
8	Electron Haze	Radiation Blast	24 / 141	17.0%
9	Salt Crystals	Earth Manipulation	10 / 57	17.5%
10	Gust	Storm Blast	7 / 39	17.9%

Primary

Archery 146 builds selected · 969 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Rain of Arrows	142	97.3%
Explosive Arrow	135	92.5%
Aim	128	87.7%
Blazing Arrow	122	83.6%
Ranged Shot	118	80.8%
Fistful of Arrows	114	78.1%
Snap Shot	94	64.4%
Aimed Shot	92	63.0%
Stunning Shot	24	16.4%

Assault Rifle 157 builds selected · 1,041 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Full Auto	153	97.5%
Sniper Rifle	145	92.4%
Burst	141	89.8%
M30 Grenade	139	88.5%
Flamethrower	133	84.7%
Slug	118	75.2%
Buckshot	108	68.8%
Ignite	89	56.7%
Beanbag	15	9.6%

Beam Rifle 153 builds selected · 1,139 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Overcharge	151	98.7%
Disintegrate	150	98.0%
Penetrating Ray	148	96.7%
Aim	137	89.5%
Lancer Shot	134	87.6%
Piercing Beam	124	81.0%
Single Shot	103	67.3%
Cutting Beam	100	65.4%
Charged Shot	92	60.1%

Dark Blast 176 builds selected · 1,215 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Blackstar	174	98.9%
Gloom	162	92.0%
Aim	161	91.5%
Tenebrous Tentacles	146	83.0%
Life Drain	146	83.0%
Moonbeam	141	80.1%
Umbral Torrent	130	73.9%
Abyssal Gaze	97	55.1%
Dark Blast	58	33.0%

Dual Pistols 224 builds selected · 1,302 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Hail of Bullets	220	98.2%
Bullet Rain	216	96.4%
Executioner's Shot	206	92.0%
Pistols	178	79.5%
Dual Wield	165	73.7%
Empty Clips	140	62.5%
Piercing Rounds	102	45.5%
Suppressive Fire	75	33.5%

Electrical Blast 191 builds selected · 1,153 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Thunderous Blast	190	99.5%
Ball Lightning	186	97.4%
Zapp	157	82.2%
Lightning Bolt	151	79.1%
Short Circuit	137	71.7%
Charge Up	126	66.0%
Charged Bolts	79	41.4%
Voltaic Sentinel	65	34.0%
Tesla Cage	62	32.5%

Energy Blast 175 builds selected · 1,177 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Nova	169	96.6%
Explosive Blast	166	94.9%
Aim	155	88.6%
Power Burst	149	85.1%
Sniper Blast	148	84.6%
Power Blast	145	82.9%
Energy Torrent	138	78.9%
Power Bolt	92	52.6%
Power Push	15	8.6%

Fire Blast 429 builds selected · 2,887 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Fire Ball	426	99.3%
Inferno	419	97.7%
Blaze	403	93.9%
Aim	398	92.8%
Blazing Bolt	377	87.9%
Rain of Fire	278	64.8%
Fire Blast	274	63.9%
Flares	187	43.6%
Fire Breath	125	29.1%

Ice Blast 194 builds selected · 1,330 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Blizzard	194	100.0%
Bitter Ice Blast	177	91.2%
Ice Storm	176	90.7%
Freeze Ray	158	81.4%
Aim	153	78.9%
Ice Blast	148	76.3%
Ice Bolt	121	62.4%
Bitter Freeze Ray	106	54.6%
Frost Breath	97	50.0%

Psychic Blast 115 builds selected · 628 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Psychic Wail	115	100.0%
Psionic Tornado	111	96.5%
Psychic Focus	106	92.2%
Telekinetic Blast	79	68.7%
Psionic Lance	79	68.7%
Dominate Will	40	34.8%
Mental Blast	39	33.9%
Psionic Darts	38	33.0%
Scramble Minds	21	18.3%

Radiation Blast 141 builds selected · 850 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Atomic Blast	139	98.6%
Aim	130	92.2%
Irradiate	125	88.7%
Neutron Bomb	124	87.9%
Cosmic Burst	112	79.4%
Proton Volley	94	66.7%
Neutrino Bolt	60	42.6%
X-Ray Beam	42	29.8%
Electron Haze	24	17.0%

Seismic Blast 56 builds selected · 380 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Upthrust	55	98.2%
Seismic Force	54	96.4%
Meteor	53	94.6%
Shatter	48	85.7%
Stalagmite	45	80.4%
Rock Shards	44	78.6%
Tombstone	39	69.6%
Entomb	27	48.2%
Encase	15	26.8%

Sonic Attack 77 builds selected · 469 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Dreadful Wail	76	98.7%
Amplify	72	93.5%
Scream	62	80.5%
Howl	54	70.1%
Shout	53	68.8%
Shriek	43	55.8%
Shockwave	39	50.6%
Screech	37	48.1%
Sirens Song	33	42.9%

Storm Blast 39 builds selected · 271 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Storm Cell	39	100.0%
Category Five	39	100.0%
Chain Lightning	38	97.4%
Hailstones	37	94.9%
Intensify	37	94.9%
Direct Strike	30	76.9%
Cloudburst	29	74.4%
Jet Stream	15	38.5%
Gust	7	17.9%

Water Blast 178 builds selected · 1,275 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Geyser	176	98.9%
Whirlpool	169	94.9%
Water Burst	164	92.1%
Tidal Forces	161	90.4%
Water Jet	151	84.8%
Dehydrate	137	77.0%
Steam Spray	125	70.2%
Aqua Bolt	101	56.7%
Hydro Blast	91	51.1%

Secondary

Atomic Manipulation 235 builds selected · 1,558 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Metabolic Acceleration	233	99.1%
Ionize	217	92.3%
Beta Decay	212	90.2%
Electron Shackles	190	80.9%
Atom Smasher	172	73.2%
Negatron Slam	160	68.1%
Positronic Fist	144	61.3%
Radioactive Cloud	124	52.8%
Positron Cell	106	45.1%

Darkness Manipulation 86 builds selected · 499 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Soul Drain	84	97.7%
Touch of the Beyond	79	91.9%
Dark Consumption	64	74.4%
Midnight Grasp	63	73.3%
Penumbral Grasp	56	65.1%
Smite	49	57.0%
Death Shroud	47	54.7%
Dark Pit	34	39.5%
Shadow Maul	23	26.7%

Devices 264 builds selected · 1,652 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Field Operative	261	98.9%
Targeting Drone	253	95.8%
Gun Drone	233	88.3%
Caltrops	216	81.8%
Toxic Web Grenade	213	80.7%
Smoke Grenade	188	71.2%
Trip Mine	167	63.3%
Taser	88	33.3%
Remote Bomb	33	12.5%

Earth Manipulation 57 builds selected · 338 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Mud Bath	57	100.0%
Build Up	53	93.0%
Seismic Smash	42	73.7%
Heavy Mallet	41	71.9%
Beryl Crystals	40	70.2%
Stone Prison	35	61.4%
Tremor	30	52.6%
Fracture	30	52.6%
Salt Crystals	10	17.5%

Electricity Manipulation 139 builds selected · 930 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Build Up	133	95.7%
Charged Brawl	118	84.9%
Power Sink	112	80.6%
Shocking Grasp	112	80.6%
Thunder Strike	105	75.5%
Electric Fence	96	69.1%
Dynamo	96	69.1%
Force of Thunder	93	66.9%
Havoc Punch	65	46.8%

Energy Manipulation 270 builds selected · 1,444 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Energize	262	97.0%
Build Up	252	93.3%
Power Thrust	204	75.6%
Power Boost	190	70.4%
Boost Range	152	56.3%
Bone Smasher	138	51.1%
Energy Punch	117	43.3%
Total Focus	97	35.9%
Stun	32	11.9%

Fire Manipulation 223 builds selected · 1,420 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Cauterizing Aura	221	99.1%
Build Up	211	94.6%
Burn	176	78.9%
Fire Sword Circle	166	74.4%
Hot Feet	164	73.5%
Ring of Fire	156	70.0%
Fire Sword	137	61.4%
Consume	124	55.6%
Combustion	65	29.1%

Ice Manipulation 145 builds selected · 829 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Frigid Protection	142	97.9%
Build Up	131	90.3%
Chilblain	118	81.4%
Ice Patch	118	81.4%
Freezing Touch	86	59.3%
Frozen Aura	71	49.0%
Ice Sword	67	46.2%
Shiver	55	37.9%
Frozen Fists	41	28.3%

Martial Combat 176 builds selected · 1,033 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Reaction Time	173	98.3%
Inner Will	160	90.9%
Burst of Speed	147	83.5%
Eagles Claw	134	76.1%
Storm Kick	126	71.6%
Dragon's Tail	126	71.6%
Ki Push	124	70.5%
Throw Sand	43	24.4%
Reach for the Limit	0	0.0%

Mental Manipulation 127 builds selected · 714 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Drain Psyche	127	100.0%
Concentration	123	96.9%
Psychic Shockwave	102	80.3%
World of Confusion	88	69.3%
Subdual	83	65.4%
Mind Probe	70	55.1%
Psychic Scream	58	45.7%
Telekinetic Thrust	48	37.8%
Scare	15	11.8%

Ninja Training 143 builds selected · 906 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Shinobi	141	98.6%
Golden Dragonfly	119	83.2%
Sting of the Wasp	114	79.7%
Immobilizing Dart	103	72.0%
The Lotus Drops	103	72.0%
Blinding Powder	92	64.3%
Smoke Flash	83	58.0%
Choking Powder	77	53.8%
Kuji-In Toh	74	51.7%

Plant Manipulation 91 builds selected · 568 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Wild Fortress	91	100.0%
Toxins	85	93.4%
Vines	79	86.8%
Entangle	75	82.4%
Spore Cloud	73	80.2%
Strangler	55	60.4%
Skewer	42	46.2%
Ripper	38	41.8%
Thorn Burst	30	33.0%

Sonic Manipulation 66 builds selected · 425 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Sound Barrier	66	100.0%
Sound Booster	65	98.5%
Disruption Aura	61	92.4%
Earsplitter	53	80.3%
Deafening Wave	49	74.2%
Strident Echo	45	68.2%
Sonic Thrust	37	56.1%
Sound Cannon	26	39.4%
Echo Chamber	23	34.8%

Tactical Arrow 184 builds selected · 1,220 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Gymnastics	184	100.0%
Eagle Eye	182	98.9%
Upshot	172	93.5%
Glue Arrow	158	85.9%
Electrified Net Arrow	124	67.4%
Flash Arrow	120	65.2%
ESD Arrow	110	59.8%
Oil Slick Arrow	105	57.1%
Ice Arrow	65	35.3%

Temporal Manipulation 245 builds selected · 1,495 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Temporal Healing	245	100.0%
Time Lord	244	99.6%
Chronos	230	93.9%
Time Wall	200	81.6%
Time Stop	149	60.8%
Time Shift	135	55.1%
End of Time	128	52.2%
Future Pain	95	38.8%
Aging Touch	69	28.2%

Ancillary / Epic

Arsenal Mastery 90 builds selected · 220 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Body Armor	86	95.6%
Surveillance	65	72.2%
LRM Rocket	31	34.4%
Cryo Freeze Ray	20	22.2%
Sleep Grenade	18	20.0%

Dark Mastery 3 builds selected · 6 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Murky Cloud	3	100.0%
Fearsome Stare	1	33.3%
Possess	1	33.3%
Soul Consumption	1	33.3%
Black Hole	0	0.0%

Electricity Mastery 34 builds selected · 84 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Charged Armor	28	82.4%
Shocking Bolt	21	61.8%
Static Discharge	20	58.8%
Surge of Power	8	23.5%
EM Pulse	7	20.6%

Fire Mastery 220 builds selected · 665 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Fire Shield	209	95.0%
Bonfire	192	87.3%
Rise of the Phoenix	105	47.7%
Melt Armor	85	38.6%
Char	74	33.6%

Force Mastery 227 builds selected · 608 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Personal Force Field	217	95.6%
Temp Invulnerability	214	94.3%
Force of Nature	79	34.8%
Force Bomb	62	27.3%
Repulsion Field	36	15.9%

Ice Mastery 70 builds selected · 207 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Frozen Armor	66	94.3%
Snow Storm	43	61.4%
Hoarfrost	42	60.0%
Flash Freeze	31	44.3%
Hibernate	25	35.7%

Leviathan Mastery 61 builds selected · 171 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Shark Skin	59	96.7%
Knockout Blow	37	60.7%
Bile Spray	30	49.2%
School of Sharks	28	45.9%
Spirit Shark Jaws	17	27.9%

Mace Mastery 1,209 builds selected · 1,684 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Scorpion Shield	1,207	99.8%
Web Envelope	295	24.4%
Summon Spiderlings	133	11.0%
Web Cocoon	31	2.6%
Mace Beam Volley	18	1.5%

Mu Mastery 173 builds selected · 250 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Charged Armor	172	99.4%
Electrifying Fences	39	22.5%
Summon Adept	19	11.0%
Static Discharge	13	7.5%
Electric Shackles	7	4.0%

Soul Mastery 290 builds selected · 645 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Dark Embrace	281	96.9%
Soul Tentacles	119	41.0%
Oppressive Gloom	93	32.1%
Soul Storm	82	28.3%
Night Fall	70	24.1%