Tankshock

Been playing since Beta and the Rikti invasion. Seeing procs get nerfed is not as bad as some of the things Statesman did, but it does make me very sad. Feels like Reed Richards is being punished, and clearly this is all the Thing's idea.

I mean, it's hard to argue with 3)

See, this is why no one trusts the internet.

Nice. 😉

I've left schools for that reason. Luckily most of them are pretty good.

Great combo, Plant is so versatile, Creepers both looks and is amazing. Unfortunately I can't publish there until the court case is settled. I called them out for AI scraping. They tried to get me to settle, but principals are more important than money.

I see its use. Just not applicable to playing the game, imo. Not to mention, the devil is in the details. Minor changes in power combos are significant. Knowing which unsupported set can last longest against 20 Lord Recluse without a break doesn't really interest me. I've had more incarnate SD than Rad. They don't play as uber as Rad/MA. Studies support my gut on this. 😉

So it's better in an incredibly specific AE mish? I think you're missing the point here. There is no doubt that you can create a situation where Shield is best. It's a great set.

You make a good point on procs, but I can only go by the data mined from my extensive research. Seriously tho, Hail being up so often does a lot for the -resist. Beam and Seismic just don't compare overall, imo. Water in particular is solid, but I think DP has it beat. But Time is doing the heavy lifting, it does virtually everything. Slowed response with Achilles Heel in a high rech build is high end -res (-50 to -70 on 16 targets in a 25' ? Yes please). -Regen is certainly nice against hard targets, but everyone has the dagger so it's not a big deal anymore. Not enough to make up for everything else Time does.

DP is great for procs, plus Slowed Response. It probably does AOE -resist better than Sonic, but certainly does damage better (because of procs)

Ah, Regen. Now there's a set I've not heard in quite some time. It was once quite famous across all of Galaxy. What's that, you've never heard of Galaxy?

/agreed on the survivability and overall usefulness of Dark Melee. And if this were 2008 scrapper would likely be the right answer for every question. I miss those days...

I reference those tests on page 37 of the sources. They were flawed for our purposes here. But yes, in very specific circumstances while running solo, DDR is king.

You're making your teammates sad. 😞

Agreed, DDR makes Shield always a good choice. Esp with the typed changes. But max resist with high healing means it never really matters.