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This is the combo I do for my Sith. So, I'm biased on my preference for this one 😛 @StriderIV and @SeraphimKensai seem to have good thinky things too.

Activate the procs. It has a chance to hit really well.

It's a good combo, and my fav iteration of Energy TBH. I've done EM with Bio, Shield, ENA, and Stone. Rad is my fav. I've got Rad Therapy procced out for AOE. It's actually pretty good AOE damage and it comes pretty early on. I actually slapped two -TOHIT debuffs and +5ed them in Beta Decay, but Mid's still doesn't show BD taking those enhancements for some reason.

This is why my ST chain on MA is EC - SK - CAK - SK - (Epic Pool Attack) I want to make sure I fit in SK and CAK in that window. It works....well. Very well. According to Mid's, you can do a CAK before DT and still get the crit buff from EC. If not, I'd do SK instead. You need to activate the power during the buff so it can roll the crit check. The entire power doesn't need to finish it's animation during that time.

Would be a LOL-tastic way of really hurting a boss and hurting the mob around it. I think it would be a long enough window to EC - CAK - DT. That would really hurt a boss. Like, a lot. Cause you can put a Achille's -RES in CAK too, so it would take another 20% damage if it procs.

I'm a taunt aura whore, so I got to go with Shield. I actually have done MA/NIN but had to re-roll cause of runners. I solo. A lot.

Shin, BU (and BU gaussian proc go off), EC crit, ATO2 activates, Dragon's Tail crit. Profit.

Eagle's Claws https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=scrapper_melee.martial_arts.eagles_claw&at=scrapper It gives a 33% increased chance to crit for the next MARTIAL ART's attacks in a 2s window. So if you slap the scrapper ATO2 in that attack, and it activates, you now have a 83% chance to crit for your next MA attack. If you can fit another attack in that window...lol. You can bump that up to 86% with the ATO1 somewhere. Enjoy!

Definitely agree on this. And you can get pretty close to scrapper HP cap with just your build and a few accolades. You can do this 6 slotting True Grit and slapping the preventive maintenance set in there. Slap the power transfer chance to heal proc in stamina, panacea and numina in health, and you'll be doing pretty good health wise for sure.

Just want to say HELL YEAH at DB/ENA for your sith. Mine is also. As for build advice? Vengeful Slice doing a SHORYUKEN with a sword is awesome looking as all get out, but it isn't exactly the most effective (for my playstyle at least). Something to note. ENA DOES have a taunt aura, but it is noticeably weaker then other sets that have one. You can get runners. Something to think about. Vorpal Judgement. Just seems to thematically go with a force user to me. Ion...actually that does too. Nice call. FORCE LIGHTNING RARR

This post is for real? I seriously thought this was a troll.

1. This got fixed on Live. Doesn't apply any more unless that bug snuck back in. 2. Try it. You can actually make DM viable AOE. 3. What. I'm familiar with SD.

It focuses your energy.

Pretty good. Other sets do the AOE thing a lot better, but EM has a pretty good feel for it. And it does really good ST DPS.

I'm guessing this is a brain washing joke. At least that's how I took it. I would have went with something crayon related.

Out of the secondaries in your OP, Rad and EA have a taunt aura. EA's is fairly weak, but it is there. Don't discount Inv (it has a taunt aura), and Inv is a pretty darn good secondary. Pretty easy to res cap S/L with inv, and get to HP cap with just activating Dull Pain. Also, not sure if Shield is an option too, but it also has a taunt aura. Slotting gets VERY tight with SD though. Or can be depending on how you build/play. But out of the ones in your OP that have a taunt aura, I personally would give the vote towards EA or Rad. Both are VERY sturdy. Your preference there would be on your playstyle for sure. Rad is a resist based set and EA a defense one. I've personally been able to get more DPS out of Rad then EA, but EA definitely has more wiggle room build wise. But I have, and very much enjoy, my BA/RAD. *if you go Rad, you most likely won't consider taking Ground Zero. It really is superfluous AOE at that point. BA already has a LOT of AOE just baked in to it's attacks. I personally only use three attacks in BA for ST stuff. Mileage may vary. Also, Bio Armor has a Taunt:

Two.

Average of 5+ runs. Hyrbid off. No temps. Scrapper SM/BIO 1:06 (Degen/Melt Armor/Enflame/Proc) Scrapper BA/BIO 1:10 (Degen/Melt Armor/Enflame/Proc) Seismic Smash is just wild. Battle Axe definitely got a big glow up with it's recent pass. You don't even need to spec for AOE and it poops out a lot of it.

Whatcha mean? Admittedly, I'm not always up to date keeping up with it. I tend to put stuff in there in spurts. Porn distracts me.

Thy an underscore (@XXX_YYY) connecting your name. edit: Disregard. This doesn't work. I'll also give someone 100mil inf if they can figure this out.

"We" did?

The "LFG Queue" doesn't seem to be working any more.

Same, I remember Uber telling me exactly that and it was followed up by a proverbial "shrug" of not sure if that's actually a thing. And for real. That is such a seriously nice QOL. Very underrated. Not sure when they start counting though. I'm guessing once the frst tick of damage hits? I have no clue. I need to see if the training dummies do the same thing.

I'm still shooketh this ball was thrown down a abyss. The people making content for this decades old game seem to be really understanding how important costumes are so I really had to scratch my head what was going on there. For me personally, even if Stone Armor had a taunt aura this oversight by itself would make me question rolling one. And Stone Armor is GOOD.

I solo. A lot. So a taunt aura is a must have for me. That's a personal thing to some. If Stone Armor didn't have it's...interesting...costume choices I'd go with that. It has really good toughness and gobs of damage. My fav kat combo? Depends on what I'm in the mood for. If I'm solo-ing, Kat/Inv. Legacy sets and all. If I do join a team, and based on their make up, I might drive my Kat/Bio. I haven't done Kat/Rad, but that HAS to be a really good option. I've done Rad on a lot of different characters and it's a solid darned choice.