PLVRIZR

I agree with @Erratic1 and Inv for secondary and pair it with Super Strength. Proc out Foot Stomp and put on auto-fire. With Hasten optimized, it's up every 7-ish seconds. Talk about a "fire and forget" follower. I use the same strategy with Inv/SS tanks, following a fire farmer, to shorten map times.

Meet a KR or Ms. Lib?

Yes, we had a great run on Ronin's team, finished in 50 min. with six tanks. Thanks again, Ronin! We even had a TT first timer ding 50 (I believe they started at lvl 46 or 47), so that was the feather in our cap 😁

@Sovera's "Brunker" (Fire/Martial Arts) is probably the best template for damage output and survivability. I made one (Marshall Mayhem) and he's ridiculous. Some will also chime in with procc'd out /RadM and /DarkM. Regardless of primary and secondary, you have several high damage Epic pools, as well.

Pursuant to the previous discussion - not much - but I posed the question as it was not referenced by @twozerofoxtrot in the [excellent] recommendations on incarnates for Rad Armor. I am in the process of incarnating my first Rad Armor (/Axe) tank and will probably take it, just because I'm so used to Inv and Shield armors' DDR. I get that high recharge and keeping the absorb shield(s) up, as much as possible is paramount, but even a non-HM +4/8 ITF is brutal without some sort of DDR, solo. In the absence of being debuffed, a Rad tank with "only" 35% melee defense is still practically unkillable, considering the resistance caps, absorb shield, regen and inherent heal.

What about DDR?

You can use the build I posted and sub Cross Punch for Hurl (but you'll lose the 1.5% E/N Res from Tempest in non-Granite form) and Teleport for Super Jump (which you can also use the slow resist and KB prot). You'll need to drop one more power (FA?) to get Boxing, for the Cross Punch extra bonuses. Also, a reminder that my power selection was pre-I25, so you can now get Foot Stomp much earlier, so shuffle the power selection, for if you ever plan to exemplar down.

My "titular" toon. Combat Teleport and Hasten included. +Res ATO in Haymaker, so not negotiable. Granite included, for emergencies only. I run PLV almost exclusively without. First ever 50 tank on Live. Hella fun. https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1811&c=773&a=1546&f=HEX&dc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ithout GA: With:

Ah, the memories. My very first ever 50 (remade on HC) was/is a Kin/Dark defender. I befriended a Stone/Fire tank and we ran the Chimera ninja map, as a twosome, a couple dozen of times. SB allowed the granite armor to run through caltrops and herd practically the entire map (probably pre-I3 release). Nos went from 36 to 50 in a day or so, but it was HOURS. Immediately after, I made PLVRIZR, my first stone tank and my first ever tank to 50.

I completely remember the grind of Steel. Between lvls 10 and 14 (travel power) were the worst. Most of my toons were Mutant origin, so the store was the closest to the train. Hitting 12 and heading for those oh-so-powerful lvl 15 DOs was just so gratifying 😆. Once 14, with a travel power, the game really opened up. While today's game has lost almost all "grind", do recall it was the original devs job to drag things out, to keep everyone on the subscription hook. I will *never* take HC for granted and am eternally grateful, for this volunteer team, to "keep the dream alive".

^---this. But I PUG on other ATs, mostly when needing a TF or two. Being a tanker at heart, all my toons are leveraged for as much survivability as possible, so even the support toons aren't really "squishy".

Another vote for classic Inv/SS. This is my go-to, ultimate tanker. Not quite a "Mo Durable" build, but with Pyre Mastery, you get Char and the absorb proc and Melt Armor, which is -7% Def and -11.25% Res debuff, auto-hit (10' AoE). Nearly 500 vet levels and I can count his (non-HM) defeats, probably on two hands. https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1912&c=827&a=1654&f=HEX&dc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

If you sell common salvage to a vendor, does it go into the Auction House available inventory, or is it just eliminated from the game?

TTT (Me too)

Inv/SS isn't an ideal farmer...far from it (although back in the Live days, pre Brutes, they were kings. The AOE is great from Foot Stomp and Cross Punch, but that's about it. VERY slow, solo, compared to Spines/Rad/Bio/Fire combos. But they are amazing farming support toons by being basically immune and able to herd large groups. My most played Inv/SS also has Pyre Mastery and lays down Melt Armor, every time it's up. Most PUG fire farming teams I join, for fun and influence, do compliment that the map clear times speed up with NUT on the team.

I used a WP/Fire tank to fire farm and PL my first true farmer (Spines/Fire Brute). I also S/L farm...and have done so with and can attest to @Krimson's S/L farms...with an Electric/Electric Brute. I was driving NUT, in PD the other day, to support a fire farm by herding. Guess you don't see many Inv/SS tanks in fire farms, anymore.

Stone Armor tank doing Martial Arts kicks and flips in granite form 😆 Personally, anything Super Strength with Foot Stomp is classic superhero. Also, back on live I made (and remade on HC) a DB/WP scrapper, because the sets were released together. Classic and effective.

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And I don't like the glowing pom-poms...(and infinitely less satisfying AOE than Foot Stomp). Put Rage back in your build. JUST DO EEET!!! Like @Hyperstrike said, there are other things to do, during the crash. Even the psi damage taunt proc in Perfect Zinger works... A properly built Inv tank can lose the Def, and not blink (save tanking LR or other extreme content where you are not expected to be the damage dealer). Procs still work, as well. I've got FS with the full Hecatomb set, because of the outstanding bonuses and the proc for damage...during the Rage crash.

WB, just...wow!

Did you have to zone before the next mission? I know there's been a bug (unknown if fixed) related to the first person in the mission door, if the star hasn't zoned yet (it changes to the door opener's notariety settings).

I'm currently Ironman-ing a Dark/Rad Corrupter. He's only lvl 12 (and completely solo), but I can see just how powerful he'll be, at 50 and on teams.

Agree, completely! It was also the place where I came to love Invulnerability on tankers. The very first time I was part of a run, my kin defender was constantly going back for the bubble, where the lead tank never bothered....the damage ticks were always single digits (if not ones and twos) and neither the radiation nor the Freaks could overcome Dull Pain.

OMG, thanks for the flashback! In college (I graduated in 1987), we invented a new drink. The "Cherry Bomb". Bacardi 151 and Cherry Coke (or regular Coke with maraschino cherry juice from the bar fruit container). I guess I know why I haven't remembered that, in a long time 😆

Ouch, then...no, if dental procedures sans anesthesia aren't applicable...