Substaticman

nerf fire and tw

Better than storm/water? As I heard someone get pretty good ST dps on that while also having the awesome AOE. And it's pretty fun so far.

Very cool build. Just out of curiosity, what is your DPS with no pets at all? I wanted to run with teams and I know pets can sometimes go poof or wander off. Wanted to see how good a Crab is in those situations.

Yeah I guess. I just wish blast ATs had as many as high dps options as melee ones do. While TW is far ahead, at least other stuff can be great too.

Only issue I have sometimes things run away a lot and I don't have any roots. I wonder how good this build will be at 50 without a roots.

While I think TW should be toned down, how come no one has complained about Fire completely roflstomping every blast set for years and years? Unless all those videos and charts are wrong. Most of the "secondary" utility those sets bring for so much lower DPS do not even seem useful in this state of the game, outside of Sonic on Defender and only in teams.

Awesome. I'll try those out then. By any chance have you tried a nature/dp/dark at 50? It seems like that 82% overgrowth dmg combined with the -25% res from corrosive can be awesome dmg on top of soul drain.

Awesome. I was also thinking has anyone here tried Nature/DP? It has overgrowth (82% dmg, 12% hit), has corrosive (-25% res), and Soul Drain for lots of total potential dmg. BTW which has better both st and aoe, Fire?

I've seen that, but tbh the damage kinda seemed weak in terms of DPS. Then again I have yet to see any decent DP numbers posted period. I'm leaning towards DP/Kin Corruptor if anyone has ever gotten one really tuned up at 50, but I'm not experienced enough.

DP easily wins all the style points. But I was wondering, which AT and which sets allow Dual Pistols to do the most DPS? Something in Blasters? Or with corruptor and Kinetics? Maybe even Defender and Nature or Rad with proccs? I really want to make one but never hear any praise for them or ever seen any good DPS numbers by anyone. So yeah, what can maximize DP to do amazing DPS, or is such a thing not possible?

Oh wow I forgot about fireball. Do these all also take advantage of the Hide crit mechanic? I have a Ice/Bio at 30, but before I went higher I have to ask how does it do at +4/x8 solo mission? Can it reliably take out groups if needed?

Great info! In the case you don't really "need" a snipe, which Epic Pool AOE power do you think best works with Stalker and Hide? I would feel a bit more useful by having an extra AOE attack at times.

Which is the best performer for sentinel?

Awesome thx everyone. I will probably do a Time/DP and then a Storm/Water.

Ahh very interesting information. I never really got into the whole procc thing, It seems like nerfing them would make already underplayed stuff that kinda relies on them even worse off. By the way I've seen you make some great in-depth analysis in this section. Do you have any opinions on what can be considered top tier Defender builds in the current state of the game just for general endgame play?

Ahh nice. I was actually tempted for DP I saw a lot of interesting procc threads about that. So now I'm thinking Storm/DP or Time/DP. I don't know too much about CoHs procc mechanics, so I wonder which of those 2 can be bigger absolute powerhouses in both team/solo.

I just want an all arounder for being able to do as many as activities for now, since I don't have other defenders or many characters at 50. How good would Storm/DP be? I was first thinking Storm/Sonic but I'm seeing people say sonic is overrated and to do DP or BR instead.

I've come to realize some Defenders builds aren't as useful (or at all) with how the game is played now. It's mostly blasters, brutes, and scrappers just face-rolling the screen. Like healing in general doesn't seem too useful. I've seen high praise for rad/sonic or cold/sonic on launch but now people say things die just too fast these days for that to be any help outside of some AVs. So which Defender builds pull the most weight in the current ultra fast teams, or even solo capability? I have my eyes on Storm/X or Poison/X. And if that is the most useful at the moment, what pairs best these it to get the most out of fast groups or soloing? I have not played a defender much but really want to go all in one. But I also don't want to basically be leeching in end game (cough empathy), or have a rough time soloing.

Ahh I see, that sucks I wanted to do a lot of teaming with MM lol.

How do you keep pets alive in +4/x8 stuff?

What about teaming makes it tougher for mm's?

Which set worked better with Demons for all content? I thought EA's replenishing their Endurance and cage stopping their knockback woulda been nice lol. I guess Cold or Thermal?