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This is your same build, No power choice differences. Just moved some slots around and power picks earlier on for exemping. Also this is softcapped to all positions and a tap more recharge. Get the uniques. They aren't expensive. I did notice you seem to like 6pc bonuses. That isn't always ideal. But hey, your build. Your playstyle.

This was a crazy combo to me cause if Freezing Touch missed it would just totally ruin the run it seemed. I had some wild variances with this combo.

lol I remember someone seriously said Katana is a bad set and weak. I'm averaging under 2 minutes with sets that aren't Bio/Stone and @Ston is posting realistic averages of Kat/Bio (my Kat/Bio averages around there too). It's nice to have others verify stuff.

I get my best results in Clobber, surprisingly enough. Then again, my goals for when I put my builds together might be different.

Average of 5+ runs. Scrapper Kat/SR 1:38 (Degen/Zapp/Proc)

Exactly what I do. I find Heca 5pc (for my build style) better in TF with Glad Strike Lethal Proc. I do Glad Strike 5pc with the proc in ET wth the ATO2 proc in there. Or ATO2 set 5pc with Glad Strike proc in ET. ATO2 set has 5% AOE defense. That's...a lot. My EM/SD for example:

Nah. tl;dr Put it in ET.

Didn't look at the build, but you are going to want to max out your recharge/slow resistance on Regen. The set has a billion holes with really bad mitigation, so it relies HEAVILY on recharge. Luckily, that is a hole you can plug. The Cim Day Job temp also give 20% slow/recharge resistance, along with 10% recharge, and 3% +RES to all.

Instantly logged on my EA dude when I read this.

Not gonna lie, this thread confuses me cause of how simple hitting F is.

lol, I have a db, claws, and rad melee stone armor build, but not a kat 😛 @Without_Pause I've got a Kat/SR I'm incarnating right now and I definitely am not taking DA for that reason. If I did kat/stone I wouldn't take it either since you can go well past soft cap defense SL anyways. Like @StriderIV I'd only take it as a LOTG mule, but at least then you'd have it for some weird reason you needed the defense. You'd prolly get more use out of Vengeance and slotting a LOTG there instead.

I used to talk REAL bad about Ninjitsu because I never looked at it on scrappers, but it's actually pretty legit on scrappers. It's a good set, and like @InvaderStych said, it has a self heal and a surprisingly fast-animation endurance power. My advice is the same as @ninja surprise's. 😄

Where's the ❤️ emojii...

Stone Armor gets a lot of HP/s from rooted. Also, Earth's Embrace should get you to HP cap on a tanker pretty easy. Any total HP increase ups your HP/s too. And you can minimize the costume effects.

ATO2 - Rend Armor

I wanted to try Stone Armor. Got pretty surprised. Not sure how well it is for staying alive though. Average of 5+ runs. Hybrid off. Scrapper RM/Stone 1:30 (Muscle/Ageless/Degen/Zapp/Proc)

I've had pretty amazing results with MA/BIO/MU on pylons, actually. I've got ATO2 is EC. I do EC-SK-CaK-Snipe-EC-SK-CaK-SK. Even without Snipe it would be pretty wild. The ATO2 makes Sk and CaK have a 86% chance to crit. I average under 1:25 with the combo on a pylon. *lol so glad this got figured out. Storm Kick > Thunder Kick

This is a really good example of how good the ATO1 proc for Tankers is. That thing stacks., and it's like...6% res to all each stack? Also a really good example of what people value most.

This answer depends on what you value more. Damage or survivability? Brute sits in the middle of a scrapper and tanker in terms of both dmg and surviving. Stalk/Scrap-Brute-Tanker DMG that order Tanker-Brute-Scrap/Stalk Surviving that order You can hit 90% resistance on Brute/Tanker but only 75% on scrapper. SD isn't better on any AT compared to the other, just what you value more with your playstyle. *shield is a absolutely great choice on any AT. Oh, something to note about SD on stalkers. Shield Charge out of hide does NOT break hide. This is why ELM/SD stalkers can be so hilarious. Lightning Rod doesn't break hide either. So sit in mob, hit Build Up. Shield Charge then L Rod. Thne Ass Strike a thing. Or Thunder Strike for more AOE crits.

I used to always take Aid Self, but after swapping to Maneuvers I won't ever go back. No Hit (Def) - Less Hurt When Hit (res) - More HP - HP/s in that order and I keep greens on hand just in case I get a weird damage spike. I have no issues.

As soon as the ATO2 was shown what it is for Brutes that was a lost cause. ATO2 for brutes is pretty garbage, whereas Scrappers got a simply amazing one. Granted, going back to City of Brutes would not be personally wanted (the game was definitely this for a minute). To be fair, what would be good for them? They aren't tankers, but they aren't scrappers/stalkers. Tankers got a GREAT ATO1 and a good ATO2. Scraps/Stalks got really good ATO1 and 2.

The difference even FEELS pretty staggering. All about what you value more though. Rad Armor is a weird duck for scraps and brutes. It clearly is tougher to kill on brutes, but definitely gets more damage with the scrapper version. Your'e dead = You do Zero DPS They're Dead = They do Zero DPS WHAT DO (I pop insp)

Lin has more than a decade long reputation for being the "don't die" person in this game. Lin says "this is how to reduce risk of 0 HP" then that's a fact.

A month ago I would have 100% agreed with this, but I couldn't forget watching someone drop a pylon in a 1:30 something with a procced out BS/BIO, so I had to give BS/SD procced out a go. I was VERY surprised that the BS/SD and WM/SD performed almost the same. Basically BS and WM can have very similar performance that just can't be noticed outside a measured scenario (and even then only a few seconds). Something to keep in mind, the larger a team the more a benefit a BS is compared to a WM. You can slap on more -RES and -DEF as BS compared to WM. And the more people on your team the more beneficial this effect is. My vote goes Kat/Rad though. I don't have that combination and it sounds pretty awesome. +DEF from divine avalanche paired with a resist set? Lots of -DEF and -RES? And Kat performs really really well on scrappers, and so does Rad Armor.

I always described it as punching people with Ducatis 😛