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Yes, grand fun, as usual (even in the grind of Synapse). We would have made the 90-minute time limit, if the first mish wasn't at +4, LOL. At that, we only missed it by seven seconds. We finished the rest of TF at +2 and, for the most part, did just fine (1:30.07). Babbage took longer than the CK, but wasn't too terrible, considering it was only 8 tanks pounding on him. 😁 I think that's the first time I've had *any* toon (ever, Live or HC) earn the Knight Errant badge, by preventing Paladin from being created. Pretty cool. My overall impression of last night is: "Torch needs more tanks"!!! Thanks again for organizing @Warboss. See you next week on Everlasting.

We are glad to have you back, Brother!

We had a healthy discussion, here: AVALNCH is what I wound up with (Ice/Stone Melee), and he's pretty unkillable and just silly with SGF absorb, MoT stacks and incarnates. Current build: https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1396&c=686&a=1372&f=HEX&dc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

Awhile back, I joined an ITF (running my Fire/Thermal Corr.), which was led by an Inv. Sentinel. He didn't seem to really need much (if any) support to face/tank it. I don't even remember what his secondary and epic were. Per your criteria, I would think that's what we're talking about, rather than holding and whittling. I also think a +4/8 ITF is a good benchmark for tanking. Massive defense debuffs, lots of different damage types, tons of EBs and AVs.

This is how I built my homage to Swamp ThingTM. I'm sure there are "sturdier" builds out there, but I had theme-based choices (like a host of chance for self heals) and rely on the absorption shields and AOE heals. He's a "busy" play (lots of clicks), and Rad Melee can seem slow, but he's really hard to kill and a lot of fun. Hope this helps: https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1475&c=714&a=1428&f=HEX&dc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

Here's my titular toon (thanks to @Hyperstrike, for much of the non-Granite build). I kept Granite as an emergency button, but rarely need it. It's SS, rather than Ice Melee, but you can plug and play the sets. He's a little end hungry, but only when ex'd down, as Ageless fixes that issue. https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1544&c=729&a=1458&f=HEX&dc=78DA65944B4F135114C7EFB453A1D042A1408102A5E5D516185AC0C467A21148146A0810166E9A4687D288D3663A18D98BE2561726C60726BEBF805FC0CFE00B7CAF511357AEC6C39CFF4D256D02BF39E7DE73FEFF7B7AA7996B53BE9595995342F19D59CB95CBD9A59C7159376B33EB56CE2A140D411FDFFCDCF2C2D90B0BD9AB935AAA86129DBC293BA5AFE84659D716ADA2A1674F9B578A66184B197D4DA785F5123D2F5AA66EE4AD556A542CAE69737AAE5430F27E279829E4572D8A9A9D6889AA4A4593A51BE5EE4BBA595E2D9482D3A5C2456DDAD0CDFC4636932B5BBAB9D14E6EE2F4B7E3A57FCABE59617B442B3DA555E16A0167DD0ED53F4C5F80F30D41E6489D90D5547C4BE5CD5BCC4337C11BCCDA4DF03A7397941528AB4A8C9E8654D1DCC36C89805166DB383BF844456E01BBEE0CDB686B2376ABA2EB3CC75D218EA3B31CF71DE65823BB1E69D7B383337D64B67F00DF333BDF816F995F48B90676DD35E85CB704467853140E3ED366AF0225EF633E70CF36F8087CC8EC7D00DE678E91CD7AD814F56597930CD1F5F1E3E08A3FCC72BDBBBCE8A2C54659D1B8C9C9AFE4A1491A6EC27CFB30DF7ECCB71FF34D9366508E2638CC1DFA93CCA104180787988941E637526A8592D28A3B3488BBE2266F216923041B09D848C0461236BE53A70ED9A94376C26D1C278F61BE32B627FC92B5A34F98832F9823CFC167E053AC938D6ECC4F7477F2FC7E905C440E35E26799E45F5C7AAA8849E33178E9C3A9927803D2F03649DE06E4FC064EB2E6E809F03873EC1878143CC26C22A5B83C751C4A69284D50E761745686B7847393473799DB645543A5D0EE51BBA02A5ED13D49E1F229A9BBAC91BE8DEF4CADBCEF76972AE4C7DE8F6D5BCC1D481DE2A27955D65052090B27B95757797F8532CAC99F0792714EFE72926CC8A5ECF1781B96F97C8173FCD5FF3EB009AE0370DD7C87F92659790BEC64B5FB54752A5D9D9AA84E4D56A7BC81CA4F8D5D1B227D19BC8EFD17FC0396B8DCFD

Seven tanks finished both Tin Mage and Apex, in less than an hour...great fun! Also want to welcome the newcomers. Solid tanking, for sure.

LOL. No need for the "license plate" structure, since it was available. 😝

Same Kat/Regen here, but I (probably mistakenly) went Scrapper. Because it's an endurance challenge, I named him "Gasper"... I've taken every primary (except taunt) and secondary, as they came up. I've added Hasten, Super Speed and Stealth (for the object-only missions) and solo'd - blue side contacts- to lvl 28. #1, End isn't my problem. Accuracy/To Hit is. Reason I added Hasten, was for recharge, because I whiff so much. Survivability was dicey in the 10s - teens range, but now, with Reconstruction, Dull Pain and Instant Healing (and a purple insp drop here and there), I'm not dying. Much of my leveling is in street sweeping, so right now am in IP, and +1 mobs of Tsoo and Family are a slog, but not really dangerous, per se. #2, I cannot kill AVs, solo, even at -1. Had to abandon a solo DFB early on and had to drop the Skulls arc douchebag boss to EB, from AV, at around lvl 12 (yeah, yeah, I know..."who's the douchebag now")... Embarrassing, for a scrapper, for sure. No regen debuff = can't do enough damage to finish them...especially with the misses. #3, surprisingly doable, without Enchanting Enhancements. Gonna keep going.

Threw a Mids build together and added the Body Mastery Epic for Physical Perfection. With Integration on, the resting stats are: Methinks you win 😄

I'm going with: Measurable Undesirable Respiratory Contaminant

Magical response.

Without Endurance Reduction and Endurance Modification enhancements, anything with toggles would be (practically) untenable, barring inherent powers that aid endurance. So...what Arch/Pri/Sec has the fewest toggles and/or has built-in endurance management?

Classic and remade from the early days of Live: Inv/SS tank. Foot Stomp every 8-ish seconds is just so damned satisfying. Being nearly unkillable (exe'd down to Posi or running +4/8 Incarnate TFs) should be boring, but isn't 😁

Cheap Doctored Wounds recipe/ingredients to enhancement, converted to another heal, was my bread-and-butter, back in the day, for just starting out toons. Once I got a Num or Miracle or PrevMed (usually only a roll or two), it was probably an average of four in-set conversions, to get the proc. Yes, sometimes my gut told me it took 10-12 rolls to get it, but hardly blinked when it popped, on the first click. IIRC, 19 was the most I ever counted, to get a 1 in 6 chance... and, on that example, I still made 4M on a 1.5M investment. Whether the RNG is perfect or not, is inconsequential to me. Billions are out there just waiting to be collected...

Ridiculous numbers, even without the def bonus from SK. Well played, Sir. 😆

When I made my vamp (Nosfera-too), I went with Kin/Dark, on a defender. Actually, my first ever 50 on Live. All the kinetics drains (Transfusion, Transference, Siphons) fit thematically and way back then, didn't have many choices, so Dark Blast was the best fit...

What rating criteria? Damage? Mitigation? Combos? Fun?

Welcome. Ageless Core Epiphany, as you don't need the DDR from Ageless Radial, since this is a fire farming specific build.

The fire farming "bible" thread: Ageless Destiny, once unlocked, will fix all your end woes. You're also missing two (not really bank buster) uniques: Steadfast Protection 3% Def. & Gladiator's Armor 3% Def. Those will get you *almost* to the soft cap for Fire defense (44.66%).

My pleasure WB. Two respec TFs in just over an hour. Epic. Looking forward to next week, for sure!!!

Nooooooooooooooooo 🙂 Necro/Dark is the synergistic/RP penultimate combo. My own (Lich-ilicious), borrowed (stole) much from your build. On Live, he was SO/basic IOs. Thanks for the template for sets. Only my Thugs/Dark outperforms him, but he's still hella-fun.

This, for sure. Here's mine: Leveling, Incarnate, S/L farming, you name it. https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1529&c=749&a=1498&f=HEX&dc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

Decisions, decisions. I *love* it. I don't use the multi/alternate builds, but that's another option that I hear people having great success with (especially on the Brute forums). As you can see, I didn't even take Unstoppable, on this build, and on my other Inv builds I only use it as a mule for Impervium (5 pcs. incl. psi resist). I should also note that my build is in homage to @Heraclea, god rest their soul, and I built him after Hera announced their illness, during a Tanker Tuesday event. Found out that it is a ridiculously durable combo.