Prismatic

You misread: I said I was going to take it. (I do have it now though I haven't broken level 15.) Though if it continues to be good even when my other defenses are up there, great! I certainly won't complain.

Thanks all for the tips! I've decided to go Katana/EA. Still curious about whether Divine Avalanche, though normally very good, should be skipped on a primarily DEF set (though I'm inclined to take it anyway since It's not like I'll be capped at the level it shows up).

EA having a toggle protection is why I picked it over ninjutsu, yeah. I don't like forgetting that one. Right now I'm leaning toward /EA as the secondary and either katana or staff as the primary. I heard that staff is subpar on a scrapper - is that true or is it not enough to worry about? Also, with a def-focused secondary set, is it worth getting the def-focused attacks (Guarded Spin for staff or Divine Avalanche for katana) or is it just irrelevant? I guess for Guarded Spin you'd want it for the AoE if nothing else. Edit: Specifically I heard it was much better for Stalkers, so if that's the case I might make this char Katana/EN and save Staff for one of them.

I'd like to play a scrapper - I've played mostly ranged characters in the past and scrapping seems fun. For concept reasons I'm down to three primaries and two secondaries: Katana, Street Justice or Staff for primary, Energy Aura or Super Reflexes for secondaries. Are there any options that are much worse or better than the other options here, or any strong suggestions as to what to pick up?