-usually zero damage because who lets thaw happen ever
Players never take damage from thaw, in Lockdown or the clockworks.

Is the damage from the fire not signifigant enough to matter?
The fire damage is pretty much negligable, the only thing it's good for is messing with Recons (you monster.)

Freezing Vaporizer is my bomb of choice when playing T2 Recon, because it's great for trapping corridors, covering your escape, makes it more likely for you to survive when you get swarmed while backcapping alone, and the freeze duration is usually long enough to deathmark someone, then hit them with a charge attack. Lightning Capacitor is better in group vs group fights, which makes it more appealing for Guardians.

"-damage that's resisted by most of your opponents that are worth worrying about"

Noone in T2 Lockdown use jelly mail. Against a wolver, spine cone does more damage than blast bomb.

That being said, I'd still rather have blast's knockback.

Shocking Vaporizer.
Shock is one of the most popular trouble and I say,the most annoying.Not only it deals damage,recons can be found and also helping you on.
I think,Twisted Cone is good,but many people go Dusker,so,better keep shocking.
Stun and Freeze...they may powerful,but target can still get away/attack.
Freeze is more helpful than Stun,so why not trying combining Shock and Freeze?
I am not a professional bomber,use my opinions in your own risk. LOL

Not really, when shock ticks and breaks the ice, the enemy will be interrupted and unable to move, due to said shock spasm, thus allowing freeze to re-trigger without problems. At most, they may move 1 step before getting trapped again and again.

Recon gives max ctr already. And of course you'll spam as a bomber on T2. No one falls for the small radius of a single vaporizer.

Just lay abunch of shard bombs and blind everyone ;p

There's no real magic weapon that's going to allow you to kill every Striker you meet. Depending on the map, you can take advantage of terrain - in Furnace, for instance, I like to capture the point near the enemy's base, then start planting freeze bombs in the corridor just above it, which tends to trap Strikers who carelessly dash out of their base toward the point. Facility, on the other hand, is the most Striker-friendly map in the game, and it's very difficult to do anything about them even with a sword or gun.

If you want to make a point of using only bombs, try to force enemies to deal with you in the areas where bombs are strongest: around control points, in areas that can be blocked off with haze, or in the midst of huge brawls where you're difficult to focus on.

3* vortex bombs are pretty garbage. Vortex bombs are hard enough to use in Lockdown at 5*, and strikers can boost right out of them while guardians are immune to their effects.

Deconstructor anyone?

~Magnicth

Why? Shock resistance is pretty rare in T2 LD, as only the Elemental and Surge Breaker sets are the only shock resisting armors. UV's are not too common in T2 LD either. Then use either the DR MKII, the SRH, or any other damage weapon. I will not recommend the 3* brandishes as those are not very good in 3* form compared to other swords. Alchemers are very usefull in 3* form (having been stuck with a Prismatech MKII for a year), making them a good damage (support?) gun.

@Owao:
I too originally thought that the Deconstructor had more range than the Super Blast. However when I crafted a Decon, I was disappointed to find that they had identical range.

@Ninja:
Yes, the Deconstructor has less damage than the super blast bomb except against constructs. And unless you really hate that frost gun puppy in Avenue or you really like the way it looks, you shouldn't get Decon.

Though I must say, the red gremlin symbol is pretty awesome.