-Big Angry Bomb and Fang of Vog
-Status dealer
-Stun. This is a poor man's freeze, but it affects the things immune to freeze, which usually inflict freeze themselves.
-Shock. The aoe damage and twitch is awesome.
-Fire. It great against one rare monster and against knights.

Weapons:
Swords (brandishes) and guns (Blitz Blitz, wink wink)

Party Role(s):
Max Damage hitting, more durable than paper living, kills mobs before they get a chance guy....that or I'm shivermisting in danger missions.

Most Useful Status:
Status? Darn, well Vortexes are out. Freeze without a doubt is the status that keeps me and the whole party alive in particular when the situation becomes overwhelming and a lot of breathing space is needed. Also allows you to pick enemies off at your own pace.

Favourite Status:
If only I wasn't fighting undead all the time and if only it had a haze bomb variant it'd Curse.
Probably poison if SK had a more effective defense mechanism (apart from assassinating various mobs, I dream about tanking hits like a baws).
It'll have to be Shock. A pain in LD, interrupts some attacks in pve, epic damage for a haze bomb against a huge horde of zeds neatly compacted and unlike freeze, it doesn't stop them from clumping together when I release a sadistically pleasant brandish charge.

Least Helpful Status:
Fire, 'nuff said....
....I wanna say more.
For a start, cancels freeze, freeze cancels it.
In the context of bombers (in particular Mad Bombers) damage bonuses are made redundant; it doesn't affect the fire.
If you wanted to do damage, please I insist, use a Nitronome (seriously Nitro users don't bug me at all) *troll Nitro haters*.
Did I mention oilers?

I have 2 questions
1.Which monsters get faster when they are stunned
2.How do you get rid of the subject? Thank you!

-Name: Zaderules
-Weapon Preference: Guns, mostly valiance
-Party Roles: AD Carry
-Most helpful status: Any status that is heavy crowd control (cc). Such as shock, freeze, stun, and sleep. Best status: CURSE. CURSE BOMB is OP.
-Favourite status: Shock because you jizz up your enemies at random moments, easy for me to kite and screw them over with basic attacks
-Least helpful status: Fire. Doesn't let me kite around enemies easily. In fact, putting a tanky bruiser on fire does barely any damage. And I can't kite that easily.

@ Post above me:
1) ummm none. It's a little glitchy. It's random.
2) put teh numero 0 in teh boxy

Name
Calcium (as Eclaium)

Weapon preference(s)
Any weapons excluding Calibur, Divine Avenger, Pulsars and weapons that I don't have.

Party role(s)
Depends on the party but mainly damage, and crowd control with EV.

Most helpful status (explain)
Depends on the depth I'm doing.
FSC: Shock in D24-D27. Simply because the zombies are clumped together. In D28, Poison.
Undead level: Shock because of Kats and zombies are often clumped together.
Fiend level: Stun, I find it very effective on those auto aiming devilites and stalking gravers.
Jelly level: Fire because of Icecubes, and they are weak to Fire.
Gremlin level: Poison because of menders.
Construct level: Shock, because of mecha knights.
Beast level: Fire, it still deals average damage on wolvers that teleport.

Danger mission
LoA: Any status. Poison helps in the last room as the healers heal slags immediately.
HoI: Stun/Fire
C42: Freeze (first of all those slimes are immune to fire, poison, and stun, what else would I choose lol)
GitM: Any status.

Favourite status (explain)
Generally Shock. Because tempest looks cool. :>
In Arenas, Poison. Menders are usually in an arena. Also only a few weapons can deal poison and most of them are either unpopular or can kill monsters even before poisoning them such as Biohazard, Plague Needle and 3* Sealed sword. Plus obviously Venom Veiler.

Least helpful status (explain)
Freeze. It does not allow you to shield bump. It does not allow you to knock back.

As I said, mist bombs are mostly for defensive purpose. So yes, they have their usage scenario but none of them really stand out as the "winner".

VV is useful when you have healers around. Aside from that, you may as well save the charge time of VV for an extra charge of Brandish or Blitz. The damage gain isn't worth it. The key to understand this is that:

1. dead things cause 0 damage and it is the optimal defense;
2. therefore, best defense is a good offense;
3. time is damage.

So if any of the mist bombs want to fill its proper role (defense / support), they need to be revised somewhat. Otherwise, don't even bother charging these mist bombs. Use the time to dish out more damage and make sure things die before they can hurt you.

For people who cares, go look up Magnus' sword guide. I think he got it right to emphasize on the importance of speed in SK. The same philosophy can be applied to bombers (or why not to become a bomber until it being fixed).

-Name ( introduce yourself ;) )
Njthug ---- Bomber since Beta =0

-Weapon preference(s)
Ash of Agni, Dbb, Big Angry, Irontech Destroyer, Crystal Bombs, and VT

-Party role(s)
Really matters on the map ofc, but I am usually a blast bomber unless my role is just to weaken the enemy then I will use Ash of Agni or Vt (mainly Aoa).

-Most helpful status (explain)

In my view these are the most useful:

Stun or Shock --- Against fiends is very useful in my view

Fire --- tends to be very useful if you want your party members to clean up monsters fast. It does more damage than Vt over-time and seems to work a bit faster.

-Favourite status (explain)

Fire --- I like to light monsters up =0

-Least helpful status (explain)

I think all the statues help out the VV (Venom bomb) is not used so much, and I do use it time to time in arenas to help my party, but overall due to the healers being very weak now a days it is not needed so much.

-Name ( Dr-Storm)
-Weapon preference(Brandish and alchemer line)
-Party role(Hit multiple targets)
-Most helpful status (Freeze and stun, because the enemy can't hurt you anymore)
-Favourite status (shock, because of my IGN :D)
-Least helpful status (Non...every status if very helpful...it only become useless if you bring wrong mist bomb at the wrong map...or use it at a wrong time, like shock a group of Darkfang Demo...don't shock that thing...)

Heh, Diamondshreddie, every party should have knight like you :D
-Name--Dagoth-Mafuba
-Weapon preference(s)--swords, branish line, heavy swords, toothpick 3xfirst strike and sometimes fov charge
-Party role(s)--full offensive with heavy swords or brandish charge from behind at point blank range (always rush to frozen people if see them), can be support with shiv or polaris
-Most helpful status--stun, awesome against fiends and still works for most enemies (second one would be poison)
-Favourite status--ice, on anyting except mecha knights from my glacius(id rather pick what i wanna freeze, not all in range of shiv).
-Least helpful status--from bombs its fire, id rather see poison, fire ring sometimes make monsters hard to see and thaw the ones i got stuck in ice, the only exception are ice jellys

Status bomber is really helpfull on missions like danger heart of ice or shadow lair ice queen (ash of agni is sooo awesome there).
If i could choose i would like to have in party swordsman like myself, a gunner and status bomber. Too bad vortex bomb doesn't count, but oh man get vortex and 3 charges in sync and BOOM! all enemies are dead in style xD

Name~
Immortous. (duh)

Weapon Preference~
I'm in love with my Gran Faust! I haven't had much experience bombing though. I mainly use swords and a backup gun and/or bomb.

Party Role~
Carrying the party is what I usually do. Ya know, keeping peeps alive. And some CC. (It can be done with a sword!)

Most Helpful Status~
It's definitely situation-based, but I find shock to be the best all around. It slows enemies down, and damages them!

Favorite Status~
I find curse to be very amusing, but deep down my roots are in shock.

Least Helpful Status~
Probably stun, as I can slow an enemy down just almost as much with shock, but still do damage. Again, this is situation-based.

poison all the way, i cant think of any downside

It boils down to what status you want since the bombs are identical otherwise. It also depends on what things are going to be resistant to what statuses, like taking Agni to Vanaduke.

Of the five statusesusesusesauce we have to choose from, fire is the least player to player support oriented. Fire hurts stuff. No movement interruption, no wedgies, just damage. Agni is good for offense but as a support weapon you could still use it in junction with someone using a weapon which inflicts another status or does less damage than whatever pixie wands and squirt guns people like to stick up their noses.

Shivermist is usually considered amazing support since it completely immobilizes anything that mindlessly frolics into the white fart cloud, but while things are frozen that means your allies will be unable to shield bump them in case they get stuck between a Lumber and a Trojan. If you waddled around town asking what Vaporizer people think is the best support weapon chances are not only will most say Shivermist, but some will question if anything else can even think about competing. Because apparently this game is about spamming Fiddlestrum Kittendollars.

Shock is the hybrid between fire and ice with damage over time and mobility interruption. The damage per tick is not as high as fire but the interruption more than compensates by not only halting whatever movement the afflicted is attempting, but completely interrupting whatever action they were doing. The damage part may not be very support oriented as with fire but the interruption plays a significant role against enemies which hit harder and faster than you can handle. I like flopping around with my Voltaic because it works great for self and team support.

I hear Swagger Storm is great since stun was fixed but I have yet to make my own. From what I have seen with stun it would be amazing in a giant fart cloud, especially paired with something like Voltaic to completely poop on anything trying to do anything in its area of effect. You would be better off asking someone who actually has it but I consider Swagger to be more of a partner support Vaporizer.

Venom has the greatest support status there is. It lowers enemy defense, attack, prevents them from healing themselves, and causes them to take damage when healed by other things. It has no effects on mobility, deals no damage over time, does nothing to their animations; its effects are entirely passive. That means you can have it hold hands with literally any status and it still contributes more for support than the other.

To all zero of the people who care:

• I have no idea anymore. Maybe if I check the tattoo branded on my forehead with burning steel I might remember.
• Bombs, Valiance, Dread Venom, Vanquisher, Sudaruska
• Crowd control, interference, or whatever I feel in the mood for.
• Poison and shock depending on whether you are soloing or in a team and what other weapons are in use. Both can be used with positive results soloing and partying but shock can cover a bomber to wind up other bombs while the shock keeps everything sparking and poison with three other knights in your party means they hit harder while enemies hit softer. Imagine giving a knight boxing gloves with bricks in them, then giving a Lumber a tiny wool mitten to put on its pointy noggin.
• Throughout my days of bombing I would usually get booted for daring to do something so ridiculous or would be so amazing at support that people would praise me for something as simple as spamming Voltaic in an arena full of freeze resistant whatevers. I grew to like Voltaic more than the other Vaporizers because I could take it into any run not shock themed and even if I got kicked I would still be fine.
• You already read about it a while ago. Now go have some mangoes.

What does "support" mean?

I can't seem to remember what I do...as I recall, it was "kill it with fire" beyond that there are no "least helpful" status effects that I can remember having to carry on my person, everything was useful somewhere somehow at some point for some reason, yes it's a short reason, but still a good one.

-Name: RicochetOrange

-Weapon preferences: WRH/FF/Acheron + Silversix (to become AP)/DR/Other (I wanna start using damage bombs over guns, and when I make the switch I wanna get Nitronome/DBB, Electron Vortex, Shivemist, and maybe the BAB)

-Party role(s): Damage.

-Most helpful status: Freeze. Because it stops everything from moving entirely, and basically puts the battle on a sort of momentary pause, allowing for healing or picking of specific enemies to attack. Doesn't work well with the DR though.

-Favorite status: Freeze (look above)

-Least helpful status: Poison, or Fire. One weakens the enemy, the other damages them. Neither help me dodge/block/attack better.

Name :
Natsu Dragneel ( Damn the person that took this IGN : Natsu )

Weapon Preference :
Give me anything and I can beat the crap out of any monster. ( Or shortly, I am Jack of All Trades. )

Party Role :
Well, it depends. I usually do runs with specific people, so everyone knows what to do, and what to not. But as I am not a defensive bomber, I mostly offensive with all weapons, be it either bombs, swords and guns.

Most Helpful Status :
This also depends on the depth I am in. But in general, Venom Veiler dominates all for me. In fact, I didn't think it was useful until Zeddy used it in PvP and Neometal ( My friend ) used it in PvE. It is really a nightmare for both Knights and Monsters. Stagger Storm deserves a mention too; it is perfect against the damn Auto-Targeting Fiends.

Favourite Status :
Owell... I love the cloud that Voltaic Tempest causes, it looks artistic and beautiful in my eyes. *_*

Least Helpful Status :
Ash of Agni. I don't why, but I didn't like this bomb except against Jellies, and even against them, Oilers can cause chaos with it. But in general, AoA lacks the ability to help other members do something, that's in my opinion.
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In the end, I'd like to tell all Supportive Bombers out there : I <3 You, keep supporting, and never give up on dreaming about the return of the RSS!

RSS...
Radiant Sun Shards...
Damn it...
Goes into a corner and starts crying silently...
Falls asleep...

@Zeddy :

I said any monster, not any boss. And that phrase was just exaggerating. But I am truly able to play with any weapon, except for some bombs, and new shards are one of them. Actually, I might be able to kill Vanaduke with DBB only, but guess my latency is going to prevent me from so, but if someday I get 3 bars ( Like in the past... ) I might actually try that.

~Dragneel