PLVRIZR

Talk about "la tabla rasa"! Are you looking for non-granite, most of the time? If so, you can use PLV's build as a base, even though he's SS, not SJ. At least you can see the sets used for the primary... https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1488&c=715&a=1430&f=HEX&dc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

Tons o' fun, last night. Thanks Ronin, for leading the patron arc and now I'll have to get MISSADVENTUR a secondary build with something new 🙂

It already has knockdown, so I would think Avalanche would be a bit wasted. Armageddon is a great choice and how much a hit, overall on your build, is having only five of the set? +recharge is *always* a good thing, in my book 👍

Excellent advice from the "Godfather" of Fire tanks.

LOL, thanks. I miss you Cen, but I just couldn't take Reunion's ghost-town vibe and needing half an hour just to put together an ITF 🤔 Back at you with the compliment as Los is one of the baddest blasters I've ever had the privilege to team with. I'd also say, we both have a pretty legendary sense of humor, as well 😆

Glad you're enjoying it. My first ever 50 tank was (2004 retail release and now rebuilt) Stone/SS - PLVRIZR. Hella fun, especially with Homecoming's updates. With sets, I actually run him non-Granite, almost all the time, and use Granite only as an emergency button. Not as sturdy as my Inv tanks, but plenty enough for 95+% of endgame content.

Thank you!

Would you mind posting your best build?

Nah, just build it right. Here's my titular toon's stats (Stone/SS)...granite off. Many builds just like this in the "building a better non-granite stone tank" thread.

Wait until you meet +4 Arachnos, as well... As Peregrine already said, Impervium Armor (non-unique, so can use multiples) and Aegis (unique) are commonly used to beef up Stone and Invulnerability builds. You can also build a stone tank to not need granite, for all content, except in "emergencies" and Minerals is a great power, against psi.

You using Mids' Reborn, Wit? If so, once the build is loaded in Mids, click Import/Export, then choose short or long version, and click Export (leave the default colors, as they work best with the dark background of this forum). You'll get a message that the data was placed on the clipboard. Then just "paste" in the posting window and you're done.

Simple and easy to drive? Go all the way back to retail release, in 2004, when the max level was 40 and there were only four tanker primaries: Fire, Ice, Inv & Stone. Secondaries had no combos to worry about, just make a sturdy tank (some with damage auras), pick any secondary and push attack buttons, when needed. My all time favorite and the one I continue to play the most and reach for, when cruising is my goal...Inv/SS. Very little in this game is as satisfying as Foot Stomp.

Check out this link for making granite, as fast as possible: Proc-Rocks: Stone/SS/Soul Proc-Star (Page 5 version) - Tanker - Homecoming (homecomingservers.com) And look here for the latest strategy (and the way I remade my titular toon from Live - PLVRIZR) for building an incredibly sturdy stone armor tank, with granite armor only used as an "oh-$hit" emergency button: Build a better Un-Granite stoner? - Tanker - Homecoming (homecomingservers.com)

Love my WP/Fire tank, but too lament the low DDR where some instances ITF can be too overwhelming for even the most robust regen. Easily fixed with Barrier or Ageless incarnates, but not much fun on the grind to 50 or exemp-ing afterward. Thanks to Sovera for suggestions on this build and I went for damage and didn't chase either Def or Resist, knowing I could power through most circumstances (1,125% regen in a mob of 10 or more), and the numbers don't include the AT absorb and +Res. Speaking of, I have adopted the philosophy of using the AT procs in AOEs, so they fire, nearly every use/mob. Finally, WP has a great T9 power in SoW. In my opinion, it's what Unstoppable should be on Inv. 50% drop in end, when it drops, which a med blue or ageless activation takes care of. I use it all the time, where Unstop is a mule-only power on all my Inv tanks...and his name includes "Will", so there's that 😄 Hope this helps: This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.4.7 https://github.com/Reborn-Team/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Will Power-Flame v2.0: Level 50 Mutation Tanker Primary Power Set: Willpower Secondary Power Set: Fiery Melee | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1433;703;1406;HEX;| |78DA4D94C96F525114C6EF8547070A6D29A5D08142E9C0549E50378E71614BD5B40| |9B555970DB157FA2202019C96268E5B372E74E1CAA80B17FE2B2E1C970E6DED609C| |5DE1E17DA70512F8DD7BC6EF9DFB2EF3D7A61D2F666F1C13D2713C9FAD549697B28| |58BAADC367FB99AAD1AC582A08FE79C91CF0733C5ABAA9C48E7B39754F0CA949E6C| |258F0FD1CBD3EA822A54945E0F2CD5E3761DF32AAF949E3654F93AD6C2912916F3F| |A9CCA968C42CE696ED2466EB54A3BBBB95B2C29B5D2B51BB5A2CA9555A3E49E2919| |E7F599822AE7A850B652A5823E12304EDF8FEDF423EB426B36F1D72A444A13969FC| |C5FA0F6076C39234DB62D802E7B53EE222144BE0C685F001DA7C1CE2570649918D6| |C427EA2B3957723F8DFBB5B00E3BF775FC063BFF11FD9AF0D2F4ACC2CC95D601F87| |A3F584C7EA6BA36AE6BDB826F608DB90E0E6D80C35FC1E026F885725B912B5A4784| |695B235BBB29B4A6B50F21AECF0FFA869901AE1704DD34970ED4D13A5EB3BE379CF| |B8E35BCE5DEEFC175EAE364DDCE0D8DF569AC0F1CD90247B7C1B11DD042F3E8C23C| |AC5D7C0E3D3CF7093E8F149F471FC5BAD047BABEA3F7D80FD648BADD3C577705F31| |C2D811BA4CF833C8BC783F39FE805C3DD60886A7BB9B6378EF94D30FBA8763F7CD6| |FE67A8197E48746B22FA088C3D81DD43B183D0611BBC87679CBCCB33B8C333B8CD3| |3B805A66E822ED2E0670D7ED619637D5EAA1BE0BA81A3ACE108183DCC3C04C60E82| |8903A08F7243AC3F14816D32CC8C716C1C7C4CE31CE7F7689CDFA3E74E21226C8B3| |C409C95B4C6596B7C3FCE2091E4BB403E9DDF213D0DDBBE59E609E64930C5CFB949| |6794C4F389E4147C516DEF8ED68634C19F5A7D5BAB89B9664B0B5465344E209B1C8| |4FA2DFBDE6D153201DB76B32D02DB4EC3669167A1AA9BFF35BA4F49F3E67F6BC448| |C993E8B90F3ABC04569B8B36D6AFDC8D75A7A7B17E1A6AAC5F36C5FC07AE1ED2B9| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

My pleasure.

Have you main tanked the ITF at +4/8?

Hehe, I cribbed(stole) from others (Hyperstrike, Infinitum, etc.), so trying to pay it forward. Couple things: I don't see the Steadfast Protection unique, so you're missing out on 3% Def on all categories. If you simply swap the Impervium psi unique for it, in Resist Physical Damage, you'd lose 6% psi resist but gain 3% Def in every category. I would consider moving one of the LBE slots to RPD, which will not only save a bunch of infl., but keep the Impervium unique and add Steadfast. You lose 5% psi defense, but immediately gain back 3% with Steadfast (and all other categories). Also, the MoT resist proc isn't one of the five listed...typo? If not, another huge benefit by adding it. Before NUT moved from Reunion to Exc, I did some of fire farming with friends. One of the reasons he's Vet level 280-ish and why his fire resists and defense are capped (well, 44.02% Def - almost capped...but that's with only one enemy in range). It's actually pretty fun to join a fire-farm PUG in AE and be more survivable than the lead brute, as these are his numbers with the max 10 mobs...and without any stacks of MoT resist 😆

I'll also stick with JP...Jawbreaker, or, in my tank's case: JAWBRKR Judas Priest - Jawbreaker (Official Audio) - YouTube

Invincibility is the taunt aura. Some Inv tanks report they don't even take Taunt, as a power, because it's so good. Invincibility also allows you to drop a Gaussian's -chance for build up in it, which fires with virtually every mob. That plus double Rage makes Foot Stomp a monster. I cannot fathom Whirlwind on a tank, but if it works for you, go for it. Here's my (unkillable) go-to Inv/SS - NUTCRCKR, if you wanted to compare builds. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.4.7 https://github.com/Reborn-Team/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1567;765;1530;HEX;| |78DA65945B4F135110C7CFB65BA0A5482F94028502E5D21668A1C083D7F88042B8D| |410405F9BA26BD9D8B44DBB1849D4C444BCBC296AF80CBEF801147DD22FE08D8B7E| |052E2A083ED5E9FE276D936ED2FE66FF3B6766CE9CD98DDEB9647D33F1E0A290AC6| |3C9782E175B88A76E29D99AE8B216D7D4744AD0E5B87275616C6E6C7A2E369B4D6B| |696D25A35493EC856BEC92725349E594F064EAF67232A564E38B6A52D5563CFC38A| |A2415253CBF9C217B5ECB2AA984B624ACB3E974323CA3C4336A2A51A7DF8CAB8925| |8DEE2CFADD7C46516ED87593E2AA391541ED9733EAF5F0EC4A568945E3394DC9AE3| |4512521FA7D36D39F5428376F104132FCB230B8896DB290878D4244643160117CE5| |4DE2A9AC6BB627A0F731D8FD08EC5B653E04BF507C09F165E9C888F87F41F918AC3| |A01ADFFC0AFB4C6887C06E3B4A4C7A999015BA3E037F231715CD328B4AA11D0320C| |0E449843E0BBA010D55863AC3EC2DE6A8E41CB09683D040769CF66D420CC3983AEB| |9E9F86AA149B53FA1793DF0DF24E73A8E5DE7451F4FB5337D60A8130C53EC7AEE67| |FD0FACB7ED808DDB60D31618DAE47ABE835B94C7AE37342FDBFF40738CA36F8E29B| |07312EC7E8D1A2394CFC9F99CAF702E0D2F992FC0C635B0E9399FE733D669CF2EDE| |976B1AF95A26C1CE29B06B023490AF1BBEC2BD8ADCDB546F339F53F36FD4D5F20B6| |C3DE07AF7C1C13D7098EAF5E84399179E7E825316468ADD8638521BCFA9D70FEE50| |8E76EC4F6EE7671D3D4CF6E9E8060703A04CF17CBC2F9F0BF3D1656336807E27384| |AF5F4C0D7D47301FBEA3DCD3C0306CF32CF817DE7411FE509F0CC040A7B29F83047| |286E3FCF79FF5D4213CDEA3D30741F2C8C4198D7873FE24C229FC043AB1043BC7E6| |8C3A0F729F29EF9010CCAC5F73BDF2A17DF636A266A9829D7AA50F3ACCC4B48933C| |F0DBB514DF632185A0ED956B0168FB25CD205D43FF7AA7D073FF2EE6E4A0E42349E| |BC8E95FE3BE95D793A74B0C5528910A65A44219AD50CCB6E257259FA02F4184BB62| |7597EC0D67C976B84AF67A99FED657B2E39692BD5866FF0740BDF2DA| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

...best one ever is Martial Arts in Granite Armor. Laughs galore watching the giant rock do flips and spins and kicks 😆

Unless you consider its utility as a mule...I take it and five slot it with Impervium Armor. In game, I wholeheartedly agree. While my "NUTCRCKR" is a tank, he's pretty bulletproof, as well...

Who said Dark Armor can't be unkillable? Not this guy. Well done, great numbers, even without incarnates. <-----------|

What are your goals/plans? General content, AV/GM killing, farming, tanking/off-tanking?

^---this. My own version of your "Brunker" (Fire/MA variant named Martial Mayhem), breezed through Posi 1 & 2, Synapse, Yin, Numina, Manti and Citadel. Imminently "scalable". With the tank, you get both durability and damage.

Foot Stomp is, *by far*, the single best AOE available, in a superhero game (Mighty Judgement comes in a close second), IMHO. Just my $.02, YMMV. P.S. Back in 2004, when I was street sweeping with my Kin/Dark Defender in Independence Port? maybe, I met an Inv/SS tank and we teamed for a bit. The first time she activated Knockout Blow, I was hooked...and I hadn't even seen Foot Stomp, yet. I immediately went and rolled my namesake (Stone/SS), and once he got Granite Armor and Foot Stomp, my word, what a sight.