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Just make a scantily clad succubus type character and go out and corrupt some poor souls. 🙂

I am not sure it is fair to compare Brute to Tanker. What would a Brute EA vs a Brute IA look like though? As that will include the Tanker ATO proc i presume? If EA was ported over to Tanker then the Results for EA would be a lot better. Better resists/defence than that Brute version above.

Yes it is a shame when players put a lot of thought into a costume and they lose to a costume with just a couple small changes and no real effort put into it like the Trench coat/fedora which has been seen a million times before. I even had one called Justin Case lol. Maybe the name helps or even the account name lol

I sense theres a Theme going on here..... 😛

Why do you think ninja blade and Dual blades don't have AoE? they each have 2 cone attacks hitting up to 5 or 10 enemies. Dual blades Ablative Strike also shows it has a 10ft PBAoE hitting up to 10 enemies in the description.... finishing move of the sweep combo makes it AoE? STJ has one cone and one very small PBAoE hitting 5 and 10 enemies also if you are lucky with such a small radius. Ninja Blade does look the weakest in AoE but it does have 2 cones.

Rune of protection can help. I know from entering the MoITF with buffed mobs, debuffed player etc that i can hold my own easily against the Roman mobs and whilst my cooldowns are available it is ok against the Dark Kheldians but the odd time i will jump to the next dark kheld group and it is either the self buffs from mobs within AoE range hasn't kicked in to bump my resists or my cooldowns have dropped and i go splat in like 2 seconds. It is doable, just need to take that bit a little more slowly. But this is pretty extreme content, usually for groups and it will do fine elsewhere.

Yes i was thinking about Energy aura set for example really. It still kept the +recharge even though it lost entropic aura. I think Rad should have had the same added elsewhere also.

I know it isn't on your list but Rad melee would be interesting. Plenty of debuffs and 2 AoEs plus an extra heal. Otherwise spines or savage would get my vote from your list.

I don't like /Rad on a Stalker as it loses Beta decay with no compensation anywhere else in the set. No +recharge, -to hit or Defence debuff anywhere. Usually when a power is lost some of it is added somewhere else, certainly the +recharge could have been easily, but it wasnt. An oversight I reckon.

Nerf rage and buff some of the other powers to compensate. But please not just another boring BU power.

Bio is ok, i'm just giving my opinion of it having both a Rad/SS and a Bio/SS with IOs.

Yes i tried taunting aggro off an ice tanker recently and had no chance lol.

Bio is ok. I have a pimped out Bio/SS and a Bio/EM. The extra damage in offensive is nice but it can be endurance heavy on single targets. I find that my Rad/SS is tougher in many situations though. MoITF the Bio struggles when meeting the Dark Kheldian mobs and the bosses. The defences drop, the resists to none S/L damage is not good and the regen buff needs lots of mobs really. It can be worked around but takes a fair bit of investment to fill the survivability holes. My Rad/SS does not need as much investment to be tough and can slot more aggressively, dead mobs are not a threat, 90% resists to most is just better. I had to slot mine more defensively to help it survive and found that it didn't do much more damage than my Rad/SS that was slotted more aggressively and was more survivable. You need either high defences with DDR or high resistance. Healing will struggle to keep up with the damage some mobs can put out, unless it has good resistance or defence with DDR. Bio can easily be overwhelmed, even with Rune of Protection/Barrier etc. To be honest though anything without high DDR and defence can struggle in MoITF buffed mobs, even 90% resists without some serious healing backup. High defence and DDR with decent resistances are just amazing in there. Bio is good but there is better in my opinion.

I have recently made my first SR Tanker and lol they are SO tough. With a good IO build they will be insane as @Saikochoro said. I am very impressed. Sitting at 15%-20% health or so with 90% resists is funny 😛

Agility core alpha isn't a bad choice, you will gain survival and damage from it. You will lose damage not going musculature but you gain faster recharge of your best attacks and gain recharge, defence and endurance, all very nice to have. It may also allow a build to slot more procs, compensating for the loss of Musculature. Ideally you may want Rebirth Destiny as Shield lacks any healing.

I would drop the 2 slots from Kick and put some resists in Deflection. that should bump the S/L resistances closer to 80% at least.

I was in the process of reply but basically what @Onlyasandwich said 😛

I heard but never tested that Savage leap works really well with procs. Something to think about maybe.

I have most other Tankers including SD and invuln but RadA is still my favourite to play . May not be the toughest, tough enough for most content though, but its the most fun for me 😀

I have a character i don't use anymore called AtomCat. A Tom Cat or Atom Cat. Rad Tanker. 🙂

Both shield and Super Reflexes are very good defence sets. Proven in threads below covering a similar topic.

+recharge will definitely make a big difference in dps. TF-ET as often as you can. I had 170% recharge and worked really well with some procs on top.

When you start adding more +recharge some sets become a lot more durable also. +recharge won't do much for Shield but will do a lot for RadA etc. So maybe Hasten should be considered also.

I think the Tanker may do better in AoE due to having more targets but the brute will probably win in single target. But it wont be by much either way and the Tanker comes with a lot of mitigation. If it was me i would pick Tanker but don't let me sway you, i am biased towards Tankers 😛. Both will be good. I would be happy to show what a Rad/SS Tanker can do on excelsior.

Rad/SS Tanker. or SS/Rad Brute rotating rune of protection and Meltdown. Proc Rad Therapy, dark obliteration and Ground Zero and an FF proc in footstomp and go to town.