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@SomeGuy has an awesome Elec/TW Tanker build. It probably go even better after the recent Elec Armor changes. I’m sure the combo would fair fine on a Brute, although I’m not sure which would be more “optimal.”

You have the Water/Bio build floating around Sov? Seems like an AWESOME combo. Edit: Scratch that amigo, found it in another thread. Thanks for throwing it together!

@Sovera well I’ve been looking for a flying “tank mage” archetype, and might just have found it haha. To clarify, I don’t mean for them to truly tank. I just mean a sturdy ranged character.

Tell me a bit about Psi Armor and why you like it so much!

It is still pretty shocking to me that KM hasn’t been updated/changed in some way (coming from someone who really DIGS KM and its style).

How do you think Elec Armor/SS is gonna fair after the changes to Elec Armor?

While this is true, what they said isn’t wrong either. Completely depends on the content. This is why people like @Linea build extremely tough scrappers for upper tier content. Especially if you cycle specific defensive powers. You just need to find the break point of DPS per min for the content you want, hit that and build tanky from there. Doing any DPS higher than that is a diminishing return. That being said, this is mostly for solo content. Doing 4*/Aeon stuff with a group? Just go all in on damage since your team should be cycling barriers anyways.

Love seeing this thread pop up again! @SomeGuy was the one who originally suggested this combo to me. I based a lot of my build on both his and @Onlyasandwich’s draft. Honestly, one of the most synergistic and fun tanker combos IMO. Just feels like pure power gaming 😂

I'm afraid I'm no help, but I know @Onlyasandwich, @MonteCarla and @Frosticus have all done some GREAT Dom build. I believe Frosticus has an Earth/Psi, so he could probably give you some base for an Earth/Earth.

Awesome info. I was thinking, if I did a Shield/Battle Axe, if I'd go Psionic or Energy. Both seem like good fits. Shield/Battle Axe seems like Shield/Fiery in that it brings a ton of dmg already, so you don't really NEED the epic aoe powers.

Yeah, it's hard to for me to say which of the two would be "better." Rad/StJ will never worry about endurance and have nice AOE consistently. For Shield/StJ, there is just something super nice about hitting Combat Readiness, Shield Charging in followed by Lv. 3 Spinning Strike and just using your combos until you can L3 Crushing Uppercut a tough target. Just *chefs kiss*

Gotta ask War, because I've seen you sing Battle Axe's praises: what do you feel is the best primary to pair with it? I'm assuming most likely Rad or Bio Armor. I could see Elec Armor going nicely as well though. Shield/Battle Axe would prob look SWEET... I just imagine it'd be tough to work around the endurance.

I messed around with both a Rad/StJ and Shield/StJ build on a Tanker. Both would be amazing. I know @Spaghetti Betty runs a StJ/Rad Scrapper. They might be able to give some insights on how it'd run on a Tanker. I would think, with Rad being primarily a resist set, it would shine more on a Tanker compared to a Scrapper.... that being said, I believe Scrappers get a larger dmg % buff from Meltdown (40% I believe?) compared to a Tanker or Brute.

Was looking at this combo as well. Lightning Rod in and dropping Rad’s PBAOE’s as well probably absolutely wipes a lot of mobs haha.

Absolutely! I just was trying to work in /Earth because OP mentioned it. I think /Soul or /Psionic is the way to go personally. Maybe /Energy for Focused Accuracy? I REALLY dig some of your slotting choices in your build though, you have me moving some stuff around in mine 😂