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While the sentinel is one way to go in ur efforts to remake a certain ice ninja from a certain fighting game,.. another way to go is the DOMINATOR.,..ICE/MARTIAL/LEVIATHAN,..you will all the toys and tricks plus some martial arts attack.,, just a thought.

A bit late to the thread,.. Have u looked at an ICE/EARTH,.. in EARTH u get 2pbaoe's and aoe toggle with an immob. 2 realy good melee attack. a powerbuild up that does enhance confuse( i belive),..abd more pluse u can recolor the earth to crystal with a white or light blue color scheme to match ICE,..it realy is a good melee dom.

I had thought about doing something similar "ff+RECH." proc. abuse,..but my idea was built around a GRAV/KIN troller and useing my singy to pul enemies in while i used REPEL to proc ff i havent done it yet but the idea is the same,

ths is true and it isnt. while this power works like a toggle now with respec to procs. it also summons a NEW pet that has a chance for procs. to go off every 5 seconds. thats twice as manny proc. checks as a normal standard toggle.

I have been using this combo with my troller, hes GRAV/PAIN. I just hit 50, not even alpha sloted yet, and ive been soloing at +2x5 fairly effectively. I slotted enflame with 3piece annihilation +3 dam. procs. this 1 power give me a goood amout of aoe to cove the very light aoe of grav. i have been looking lately at how to further utilize his this power and i was looking at grav/thorns with its aoe +all the -def. thorn burst itself can slot 2 -res procs. and it can also have a prett good single target rotation also. The other ideas i had for enflame was grav/traps and grav/ta with all the aoe debuffs from thoses 2 sets u could realy make enflame a beast.

I my not completely understand what goes on in a HAMI raid, but it sounds like u need to look at RAD ARMOR. RAD armor can cap toxic resist.,..can cap rech. RESIST at 90%,..has 3 heals,..1 being a BIG abosorbe sheild that cant be reduced or negated as far as i know. 2 end powers u can slot 2 performance +end along with paancea +hp/end ,eam even if recovery is debuffed to 0 u still gain some end. just sound to that rad armor covers most if not all debuffs hami throughs out. so maybe A dark/rad brute or tank?

ICE armor on scrappers has one of the best tier 9 powers IN THE GAME. One would think that 200% base recovery + END DRAIN would be enough.,

PSI attacks made by enemies in game are ALWAYS ranged or aoe,.. You will have to build for those 2 positions in order to build defense for psi. Its often much easier to just build +res. and use inspirations for def.

You could also do a KAT/WILL brute or tank take MU epic and play a VADER CLONE. IF only the had a glowie type staff,..a MAUL toon would be wikedly cool.

Might I suggest you also consider NINJITSU. Easy to soft cap and with stealth you ALWAYS open a fight with a 100% crit on first attack, making better use of EAGLE CLAW then normally would get.

IF your looking for an alternative to bio, YOU might look at RADIATION ARMOR. the tier 9 has a 33% damage boost, combine that with the ability to slot SEVERAL -res proc.s can make a very damage intensive secondary.

Just go to the Pay2Win vendor and get the DEFENSIVE AMPLIFYER,..it cost nothing but influence and give u mag4 protection to ALL cc in game. no powers use or slots spent.,..it also has +5%DEF, +7.5% RES.,...so a pretty good deal.

HERE is a thought,..DROP SS, AID OTHER,. AND AID SELF. THEN go for the FORCE of WILL pool,..get weaken resolve,..mighty leap,..and UNLEASE POTENTIAL....slot UP for REGEN instead of def. IT would be used an an oh shit button for big boost in de.f,..rechovery,.and about 300%regen. YOU stated u had perma hasten,..which would put the recharge of around 2:30 min. maybe less. again just a tgought

AM currently working on my fire/nature troller, and I would say this. For a minimum just 4 slot basilisk gaze, you'll be good to go, However if u got the extra slots to burn u can proc. it out. If I were to add procs it would be the damage ones,..dont see much use in the +2hold proc. with chance to proc. being so low just my 2 cents.

THX for the replies ,..but without an immobilize,. How do u set up containment on an AV or GM. IN a long drawn out fight is it worth tanking the tier 1 single target VS the AOE immobilize. IF so with the 4 second recharge, is it worth slotting proc.'s for damage,... IF its not worth taking,. then what a power pool attack instead. thx

I want to talk about the general usefulness of the tier1 immobilize skill. For the most part almost no one has them in their posted builds, and while I agree that for average play tier 1'S are of LITTLE use. However,..when talking bout AV'S and GM'S immobilize then become ALOT more useful, especially where "PTOD" is concerned. SO if you plan on tackling the big boys do you take the tier 1,..do you PROC. it out? THOUGHTS?

On my troller, im use fire/nature,.With nature also have an AOE HOLD,..i have for that all I need to do in run in to mob pack cast CHAR on boss and most of the pack is on hold,....trust in CC,.it will do TON of work for you,..on most mob pack only boss is of concern,..i only have 4 slotted Basilisk gaze,..im also running at +1x3 at lvl 44 atm. give it a chance and itll surprise u how much control that 1 POWER can bring.,.. IT,S OP AS FUDGE

I see lots of people responding with DARK for some other sets that have A SINGLE heal, some require to hit checks. BUT you asked about self healing,.. That only realy leaves 3 1) EMPATHY,.not my cup of tea but veary strong self heals 2) PAIN DOMINATION,. a very good self heal with a good aoe buff and debuff. 3) NATURE ,.surprisingly nature has 3 very good heals,.2 good self buffs,.and 2 good debuff Of the 3 I like nature the best,..but pain is a fast on the go set with ZERO set up time,..look at these 2

The impervious skin "status resistance + REGENERATION" doesn't stack like it should.,.. The status resistance stacks as normal but the Regeneration does NOT,.. is this normal or bugged??/ thx

IF ur looking at melee for a support I would go with tank. IMO the best support armors are going to be BIO: it has -dam.,,-res,..-regen ICE: has -spd,.-recharge,..-dam. RAD: has -def,..-regen,.and a pbaoe HEAL for team. Then looking at secondary's STONE MELEE had 2 aoe knockdowns one also being a stun ICE had good aoe knockfown and -recharge ALSO OF GOOD SUPPORT is the patron power pool SOUL MASTER it has DARKEST NIGHT a toggle aoe -to hit and -damage just some thoughts

If I can make a suggestion. KEEP IT SIMPLE So something like this RAGE Recharge: 240 seconds Duration: 90 seconds Buff: +10% To Hit, Damage +80% after 90 seconds leave target exhausted -30% endurance,-30% recharge. for 10 seconds

Sir Myshkin first thx for the great testing,. Awesome job and great info, but just a couple questions. the few sets you have tested was with a different defensive set for each offensive set WP/SS,.ICE/STONE,..SS/TW,.SD/RAD doesn't that kind of scue the results by adding a different factor to each test,..after all "not all armor sets are made equally" Secondly u said Super Strength preformed realy will because of the +160% dam. double rage. got me thinking Kinetic Melee should also be a top performer with a perma +125% dam. with no crash.,, also thinking a SD/DM could also get close to around +100% dam. perma. I know It kind of sounds obvious but the set with the highest +dam at a permeant state look like they may take the biggest advantage of procs free dam.

IT WAY PAST TIME TO HAVE COMPLETE SET FROLIFERATIONS FOR ALL MELEE DEFENSIVE SETS.,. TANKS NEED: ENERGY AURA,..REGENERATION BRUTES AND SCRAPPERS NEED: ICE ARMOR AND ICE MELEE. IF THEY DONT ALREADY HAVE IT. CANT REMEMBER STALKERS I ADMIT NEED MORE CONSIDERATION

READING THIS ABOUT SUPER STRENGTH HAS ME A BIT CONFUSED. IF IT IS ONLY THE "SECOND BEST" SET, THEN SEEMS TO ME THAT TW MIGHT BE THE OUTLIGHER SET HERE. A FEW POINTS 1) EVEN DEVS DIDNT BALACE THEN GAME AROUND IO'S 2) NOT EVERYONE WANT TO BUILD A "PROC. MOSNTER".,,I LOVE CHASEING SET BONUSES 3) IF PROCS DID THAT MUCH FOR SS,..WHAT WILL THEY DO FOR TW, THE SET WITH FASTEST ATTACK ACTIONS IN THE GAME, SUB1 MIN? PYLON 4) IT HAS BEEN WELL STATED THAT SS IS JUST MIDDLE OF THE PACK BASED ON ITS NORMAL PREFORMANCE. IF ANYTHING ITS NOT SS ITS THE PROCS THEMSELVES THAT "MAYBE" NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO.

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