Spaghetti Betty

I feel compelled to weigh in on this since 4* was mentioned! Let me start off by saying that in terms of top end 4* optimization, Tankers have always been mostly irrelevant! And I'm saying this as a Tanker main! Brutes were always considered over them due to having better single target performance and still possessing an AoE Taunt and taunt aura! It's all that's really required at that level, as trash mobs still melt fast (just not instantly), and the only thing that really stands up long enough to be worth taunting are AVs! To even further this point, exceptionally skilled teams can do with having a Scrapper in that role to optimize DPS on AVs. Tankers at least were looked at positively when they were doing Blaster AoEs before the fix, but some of the 4* enjoyers I talk to now say they're pretty much abandoning the AT again. I think the point I'm trying to get across is mentioning 4* as a point of balance is mainly a non-sequitur, as quite a few ATs struggle to find a place there as it is! If anything, it kind of emphasizes the fact that Brutes have always been the optimal pick over a Tank!

Lots of things! I try mixing up content whenever I do solo level a new toon. One of my favorite activities is running through the sewers to Steel Canyon by myself! It's totally doable with a few START goodies and a couple of Base TPs to train up occasionally.

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You're not wrong! I'd normally take Vigor as my alpha to help with that, but I went Nerve so the defense made the build a little bit safer. It also has super speed, sprint, and offensive adaptation instead of efficient switched on. That's kind of a lot of superfluous drain that's easy to manage otherwise!

Gloom is a high damage attack that fits nicely in BA's attack chain and Dark Obliteration's damage is immediate, where Ball Lightning's is a DoT!

The Chariot Angel, Empathy/Assault Rifle Defender

Outfoxy, Assault Rifle/Traps Corruptor

I like to find an appropriate zone during the day and activate powers while spamming the screenshot key. Then I'll go through my folder and hope I caught a frame I'm satisfied with!

Sakura Overdrive, Pyrotechnics Control/Time Manipulation Controller

Good morning! Welcome to Tanking! This is the land of easily achievable survivability thresholds and quality of life slotting! I did take a look at your build, and I have a couple of tips! For any armor, you're going want to lean in its strengths instead of trying to shore up it's shortcomings! So, I'd advise against trying to build spread of resists where Bio doesn't have any. You should focus on capping your S/L resists, then training recharge afterwards! I could even argue that building up those defenses aren't very important either, as the set doesn't really have a whole lot of DDR! As for the Battle Axe side of things, I think switching out Cleave for Gash would be highly beneficial. Forcing yourself to use Cleave as part of your normal rotation is a DPS loss if you aren't constantly hitting Cleave's target cap. With that in mind, swapping for Gash gives you an incredibly high-DPA ST attack, and we can pick up Dark Obliteration for another AoE if we don't mind trading out Teleport Target for an extra pick! Yay damage! Now, I'm not very good at listing out changes I'd personally make in longform, so I just whipped something up instead! Tanker (Bio Armor - Battle Axe).mbd You said you're not very experienced with Melee toons, so I did lean a little bit more into defense than I normally would for a build, but this will still dish out exceptional damage. You just won't feel as pressed in a fight as a player might be when I usually hand them a build I make! As for a 4-star iteration, there'd definitely be a lot of changes made to accommodate that sort of gameplay, and would require brand new build. I wouldn't mind working on that either, so just let me know!

Wait, I got it! T1: Storm Kick (Scrapper) T2: Storm Kick (Blaster) T3: Crippling Axe Kick (Stalker) T4: Spinning Kick (Dominator) T5: Dragons Tail (Blaster) T6: Dragons Tail (Dominator) T7: Crippling Axe Kick (Scrapper) T8: Dragons Tail (Scrapper) T9: Full Auto (Blaster)

I really enjoy playing my DP/Martial/Ars Blaster. It's not the most damaging one I have, but it feels really fun to pilot!

I couldn't tell you! I've just accepted that Mids has a ton of display bugs at the moment that are still being ironed out. The good news is you shouldn't have any problem capping your Max HP once you hit 50!

I am going to use this thread as a opportunity to once again bring up that I'd love some sort of hitbox display add-on!