PLVRIZR

General concepts: On this build, I put the tanker ATOs in the first two attacks. They proc early and often. SJ for travel and Combat Teleport for melee, so it doesn't matter if I'm in or out of Granite. Could go Combat Jumping instead, for some addn'l defense, but once in Granite, you will be severely hampered in mobility. Mud pots got the entire Avalanche set, but if you don't go the full set route, at least save room for the KD proc piece. Another mitigation tool in the AOE. Earth's Embrace takes resistance enhancements and gets three, including the Steadfast Def and Aegis Psi uniques. Between Rooted and Health, all the heal uniques are used. Three slotted stamina, because end can become an issue, when not in Granite, due to all the toggles. Energy Mastery Epic for Physical Perfection and Focused Accuracy (I dislike being blinded). I'd also note that, while it does have some pricey pieces in the build, judicious use of Crushing Blow and Doctored Wounds kept the overall cost down, without sacrificing survivability - which is my primary goal in this build. Let us know how it goes!

I don't have a Stone/Elec, but most of the Stone Armor concepts from my "titular" tank, should be applicable. I kept Granite, but only as an emergency button... This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn PLVRIZR_v5.0_I27P5: Level 50 Mutation Tanker Primary Power Set: Stone Armor Secondary Power Set: Super Strength Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Teleportation Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery Hero Profile: ------------ Level 1: Rock Armor (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (3) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (3) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (5) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage (13) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (15) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 1: Jab (A) Superior Gauntleted Fist - RechargeTime/+Absorb (5) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (7) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (7) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage Level 2: Stone Skin (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (19) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (21) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (21) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (23) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 4: Earth's Embrace (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge (23) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/Endurance (29) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (29) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (34) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance (36) Aegis - Psionic/Status Resistance Level 6: Haymaker (A) Superior Might of the Tanker - Recharge/Chance for +Res(All) (13) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (25) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (25) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (27) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Recharge (27) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage Level 8: Rooted (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance (11) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (11) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (34) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Mud Pots (A) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown (31) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (31) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (31) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (33) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (33) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage Level 12: Crystal Armor (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (39) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 14: Taunt (A) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage Level 16: Super Jump (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%) (33) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 18: Minerals (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (39) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 20: Knockout Blow (A) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (37) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (40) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge (40) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance (42) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage Level 22: Brimstone Armor (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (37) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (37) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 24: Rage (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up (34) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance (45) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance (45) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance (45) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge Level 26: Granite Armor (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (43) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 28: Kick (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 30: Foot Stomp (A) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage (36) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (46) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy (48) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (48) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (48) Armageddon - Damage Level 32: Tough (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (42) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (42) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (43) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 35: Combat Teleport (A) Winter's Gift - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance Level 38: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (46) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 41: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 44: Hurl (A) Tempest - Chance of End Drain (46) Tempest - Accuracy/Damage Level 47: Focused Accuracy (A) Encouraged Accuracy - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance Level 49: Physical Perfection (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (50) Performance Shifter - EndMod Level 1: Gauntlet Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Sprint (A) Quickfoot - Endurance/RunSpeed Level 2: Rest (A) Interrupt Reduction IO Level 2: Swift (A) Run Speed IO Level 2: Hurdle (A) Jumping IO Level 2: Health (A) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb (15) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (17) Miracle - +Recovery Level 2: Stamina (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (17) Performance Shifter - EndMod (19) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge Level 14: Double Jump Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 4: Ninja Run Level 50: Resilient Total Core Revamp Level 50: Melee Partial Core Graft ------------ Numbers, no granite (no ATO so add 6.7% or 13.4% to resist numbers): And with:

Hey, that was you! What was your toon's name, again? Swamp Monster? Yeah, that ITF run was a good one. 😆 WB gave some great advice. I'm no Bio Expert, but Xandyr has a great primer you can find here: What you wanted to know about Bio, but never asked - Tanker - Homecoming (homecomingservers.com) I'll also say that it's just so easy to make money, in this game, you shouldn't limit yourself by funds. Just sending an e-mail to @Yomo Kimyata has been known to get you $20M infl. He and others (see @Sovera's signature) have very simple and non-grindy tips. If you want to be an SO purist, I'll certainly not judge, but the advice and build examples will be few and far between, other than the usual: one acc, one rch, one end rdx and three damage SOs in an attack "mantra"... Same pattern for an all-generic IO build. Once you get into sets, the result is truly greater than the sum of the parts. My only Bio tank is Bio/RadM, but much of the Bio part of his build will be transferrable. We had a great discussion about "Swamp Thing", awhile back, so you might also take a look, here: Swamp Thing? - Tanker - Homecoming (homecomingservers.com) Not sure what server I left him on, but I'd be happy to break him out for the next TT 😁 Here's the build (pre-I27p5 issue, so powers can be shuffled around), but it's pretty maxxed out and would "cost" around 600-700M inf., depending on market prices or how many you acquired using merits: I give you SWMPCRTR! https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1669&c=737&a=1474&f=HEX&dc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

And we missed you. We will catch you next time!

Happy to help! My camera was broken, so maybe @ZemX got some pics of Romulus' agony (x2)... We had a great run of 8 tanks and finished a (near kill all) +2 ITF in 49 min. Zem even got his new Rad/Axe to 50! Nice mix of new and veteran TT'ers and we truly had a blast. See you all, next week on Indom!

My pleasure. Let us know how it goes 😁

Are you incarnated? My guy is some T3 some T4 , but here are the "aces in the hole": You can cycle between Melee and Vorpal, to keep your defenses near capped (41-45% in Melee, S/L, F/C) and while resistance isn't all that great (S/L tops out at 67%), with RttC saturated you're running 1,300+% Regen! Also, Diamagnetic keeps them from hitting you and Ageless (radial) covers the DDR. Gotta watch for red defense numbers, when down though (see my previous comment about being "massively debuffed". Here is the data link for SLICRDICR: https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1711&c=749&a=1498&f=HEX&dc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ere are the totals:

...or ding 50 on a PI radio team, turn off *all* powers and jog (remember, you turned Sprint off, right?) back to Ms. Lib. When AP is packed. Watch the noobs watch a 50 jog up to Ms. Lib and train. That's my method (carryover from Live).

Of course, I stand corrected.

Since we're talking Scrap, the focus on def. (and DDR) is paramount, as the scrapper cap for resistance is 75% (rather than the 90% Tanks and Brutes get). With Inv, you won't even need Tough to get there. Back on live, I made a Dual Blades/Willpower scrap, since those sets were released at the same time. Remade him on HC and, outside of being massively def debuffed, he's nearly unkillable, even without Katana's +def. Having said that, I too recommend Invulnerability...and not just because I'm an invul. fan boy (see sig) 😆

Always a pleasure, WB! We took six tanks (of various levels and builds) and finished a +2 Synapse in 1:03. The herding was glorious!!! Much fun and many levels were the themes. See you, Saturday.

My pleasure. I'm sure there will be some extreme min-maxxers, who can give even more pointers, but this thing is a joy to drive and nigh-unkillable. Here's another attempt at the Mid's file. It worked on my PC: mids_build.mxd

Best I can do is a screenshot, for now: And without the totals, so the IOs aren't dithered:

Welp: [[Template forums/front/topics/topic is throwing an error. This theme may be out of date. Run the support tool in the AdminCP to restore the default theme.]]

Here's PLV with the I27p5 updates. Numbers are the same as the initial post, above: https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1817&c=788&a=1576&f=HEX&dc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

We'll be on Torch, this Tuesday, but Everlasting, the next! 😁 P.S. Free server transfers... Tanker Tuesday and Tanker Tuesday Tour Info: 1st Tuesday-Excelsior 2nd Tuesday-Torchbearer 3rd Tuesday- Everlasting 4th Tuesday- Indomitable Special weekend run for Reunion/Europe

With the tanker AOE upgrade, you might reconsider this. I have two DM tanks (one Inv, one SD) and I would never give up Shadow Maul on either. Just my $.02 infl.

Thanks for suggesting it, Zem. Regardless of the hurdles, it was a great time!

I've never taken a TW toon past single digits, but here's a great guide on Bio (thanks to @Xandyr).

Great shots (as usual) Zem. Thanks a million!

My pleasure and the six (then seven) tank team finished the Unai arc and started the MJ one. We spent almost an hour and a half dispatching (all lvl 54) Warwolves, Hydra, Knives of Artemis, Beam Rifle equipped Family and Freakshow. And, @wittylibrarian DID NOT DIE (at least until they turned off their Inv toggles and let the Freaks whack them, intentionally, to uphold the tradition). My lens cap was also on, so no pics, but I can assure you that much fun was had by all and many levels were attained.

My pleasure. See you, tonight on Indom! 😆

Tanker Tuesday and Tanker Tuesday Tour Info: 1st Tuesday-Excelsior 2nd Tuesday-Torchbearer 3rd Tuesday- Everlasting 4th Tuesday- Indomitable Special weekend run for Reunion/Europe

I tank somewhere in the middle but adjust my game to the team. If I need to hang and help finish off the bosses, I do. If there's a "clean up" toon, who is taking care of that job, I don't. I might grab the next spawn and come back to the last couple bosses, if the rest of the team is still working on them, but not in real danger. I chose this comment to respond to, because I take it as a personal failure, when teammates are defeated (and I am the main tank...or playing any tank, really). I also build (mostly trying to min-max, with allowances for creative license, possibly seen as failures by the uber-purists) for durability, first and will always take Taunt on a tank, usually when available around level 10. Why? Because even my T4 incarnated ROFLSTOMP-ing tanks routinely ex down for TFs and just general fun. Other than Tanker Tuesdays and when I'm not soloing, I pick a fun tank and jump on (usually Excelsior). The first LFG I see, regardless of level, I'll ask to join. It has been my experience that the lower the level, the more I "hang back", but there have been some mid-40s PI radio teams who also fit that category.

The RV... Near Dark (1987) - IMDb