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Greetings & welcome all Black Bolt fans!

With Black Bolt now joining Marvel Heroes 2016 roster I felt that it was time for a Fresh new Build to kick off the patch!

Here is a build option that i've been working on Throughout his time on TC and been having a pretty fun time playing it with it's incredibly fast spender & wonderful Signature "Killing Word".  So i figured i would share my results here. :)

It's Based on mix of both Area/ranged powers & Weaviing (optional) Quasi-sonic Blast & Quasi-sonic Surge together.

 

(Disclaimer: Nothing is final yet as i will continue to update this & adding more details, Just getting the initial bulk of the Build up. )

More Details coming soon!

 

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Update Log:

 

[Update 8/4] Infinity total updated for 1500 points, A.r.m.o.r. grenade upped to a Cosmic version with 2k dodge affix, swapped out Skrull flag for Siege's artifact.

[Update 4/1] Gearing Remains the same atm, Infinity distribution Updated, Hero Synergies Updated, Ttk videos Updated all have been updated for Patch 2.07.

 [Update 3/24] Gear & Talents Updated for patch 2.06, Actual Slot 2 stats Shown in Pic below in the gearing section, ttk vids updated, pics updated...  New Spirit based Non-weaving alternative added, with pics showing gearing/talents/powerbar.

[Update 3/6] Added Non-Weaving video with Quasi-sonic Pulse as primary filler, coming in at 2:39s using that "Non-Weaving Alternative Talent shown in build".

[Update 3/4] Power selection & talent layout changed for the Non-weaving setup. Coming in at 2:50s ttk as of patch 2.05. New 2:34s ttk video for the main weaving version will be added as well now that cosmic artifacts are working again, vids uploaded.

[Update 3/2] Unique slots 2-4 enchants changed to +Defense, bb hero synergy changed to Cap Marvels, infinity total/distribution updated.

[Update 2/28] TTK video updated to show footage from Live servers & Catalysts section added to gearing.

[Update 2/24] Added section towards bottom on options for a more "Balanced" ttk/ttl selection of gearing.

 

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Gearing:

 

My stat rolls are shown below in the Picture for Slot 2

 

 

Catalyst: Genetic Mutation Preferably with these affixes

• Invis on medkit
• Regenerate 25% Hp (3000) & Spirit (100) on Medkit use
• +3 Fighting or Energy
• 418 Health on Hit

 Cosmic Bonus:     (Depending on what you want/need be it Higher dps or higher ttl...)

• After using a signature power, gain 1000 Damage Rating for 4s

           or

• Gain a damage shield for %50 of your maximum health on medkit use.

 Mutation Bonus:   (Personally i prefer the 1000 health regen, however both can work great...)

• Gain 1000 health per second for 10s, when your health drops below %40 (30s cd)

           or

• When you use your signature power, gain 1000 defense rating for 5s (20s cd)

 

 Unique Alternatives:  If not able to Access the Raid uniques for slots 1 & 5 atm, then some different options are as follows. In no particular order of effectiveness.

• Slot 1: , ,   ,
  
• Slot 2: , ,
• Slot 3:  , 
• Slot 4: ,
  
• Slot 5:   ,  , (comes with defensive procs)

 

Artifact Alternatives:

Crit & Brut Options -   , , , (no cosmic version) ,  (no cosmic version)

Crit only Options -   , , ,

Items with Health - , , ,

Other options -   , , , 

 

 

Cosmic Artifact Affixes & farming Goals: Bolded ones a priority.

• +1 All Attributes
• -10% Reduced Signature Cooldown
• +2000 Health
• +1500 Defense/Dodge/Deflect
• +150 Health regeneration
• -15% Resource cost reduction
• +150 Spirit

 

Ring Alternatives: 

 

,  , , , or   

 

Medallion Alternatives:

 

  , , , , ,

 

Insignia Alternatives:  With Either Crit rating/Area/Ranged/Brut rating & Crit Damage affixes preferably,  Or if a slightly higher Hp pool is desired then Health/Critdmg will suffice also.

 

   ,  ,   or 

 

More still to come, stay tuned!

 

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Non-Weaving Alternative setup & HOTBAR setups:

For those that don't like weaving, but still want to play ranged...

Optional Setup 2:

3 Gear Swaps made for Explosion setup

A.R.M.O.R. M-26 Anti-Reality Grenade Swapped to The Book of Demonicus.

War Skrull Medallion swapped to S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Medallion.

Golden Bow of Apollo Swapped to M'Kraan Crystal.

1 Cosmic affix Swap

-15% Resource cost reduction Swapped to +150 Spirit

 

 

Talent Selection -

 

PowerBar Setup -

 

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Rotation: Weaving

 

 

Default Setup 1: Weaving Hotbar

 

By Weaving i mean Constantly bouncing back n Forth his 2 filler spenders in the following fashion:

 (Filler weave) - 3x  -> 1s pulse -> 3x  -> 1s pulse -> 3x  -> 1s pulse...

 

The starting rotation Generally starts out like this - Default hotbar setup 1.

(Prep)  (standing in radius away from dummy till full power).

 1.  -> 2. -> 3. ->  ,-> Initial casts to Snapshot both dots with all buffs active -> (Filler weave) - 3x  -> 1s pulse  ->  ->  everys 2s -> Filler weave...

 

Notes: Rotation is pretty simple, always cast every 2s & keep up the Filler weave, while recasting  every 7-8s &  on cooldown to maintain both the Initial Snapshotted dots & to keep your resource pool (charge) up as you get 5% of max per sec while standing inside the area.

 

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TTK:

Both done using an Area damage/Crit damage Quake insig, However Crit/Crit dmg is still the preffered choice imho.

Lvl 19 Ult - Weaving Blast + Surge: 1:55s (Outdated from patch 2.07)

 

 

 

&

Non-Weaving Explosion: 2:08s (Outdated from patch 2.07)

 

 

 

 

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Balanced Alternative Approach:

If wanting to toughen Black Bolt up & increase survival without sacrificing too much from Overall damage then Below are just a few suggestions that might help.

Infinity point swaps:

Mind Gem - Remove 50 Points from "Deep Thought"

and Place them into

The Space Gem -  25/250 into "Gravity Well" to Gain 10% less damage for 5s on medkit from the 50 point total mastery.

 

Gear Swaps: 

Uruforged - Swap out for a instead.

Artifacts - Some offensive ones that also have defensive stats are: , , , , , and these all have Cosmic versions.

Cosmic Artifact affixes -  Go for +2000 health, +1000 Defense/Deflect, or +150 health regen affixes.

Relics - Swap for either   or .

Insignia - Swap out for a with ranged/area/crit rating & Crit damage, While nowhere near the top damage choice of insignia's it does still provide 1 fighting (160dmg) but more it importantly comes with the Toughness aura for increased defenses & health with only minor cost to total dps.

 

Talent Swap:

Row 5 - Switch from "Power Overwhelming" to "Quasi-sonic Reinforcement" instead, for the increased 2% of max health regen per sec.