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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 😂

I was messing around with Bio/Stone myself. I went with Energy Mastery for Focused Accuracy and Physical Perfection, but I rejigged things to get Earth For you. I had to drop fault to do it. Not sure if it was worth it. I'd leave it to better builders like @Xandyr, @Sovera, @Onlyasandwich, @Story Archer and @Spaghetti Betty to chime in on that. Now that you mention it as well, Stone/Ice seems like it'd be great on a Scrapper or Stalker. I think @Onlyasandwich had a build floating around once. Tanker (Bio Armor - Stone Melee - Earth).mbd

I play a Time/Rad Defender very much the same way. I love the flexibility of AT’s in this game 💪

One of my favorite scrapper’s is StJ/Rad based on @Spaghetti Betty’s build! Very synergistic imo. Rad Armor brings the AOE Street Justice lacks. Meltdown also gets a higher +damage percentage compared to Tankers/Brutes, which is nice. I’m sure the combo would be amazing on a Tanker as well. I’ve messed around with it in mids, but haven’t actually ran it. I hear StJ also shines on Stalkers. Personally, I love the Rib Cracker animation (which Stalkers don’t get) and the -res it brings.

This gave me a lot of food for thought! Arcane bolt is a great call out. What are your thoughts on the sorcery tree for this build? Worth going or am I kind of pigeon holing myself by going that route?

I just wanted to say this discussion has been SUPER helpful and finally got me to continue leveling my Rad/SS Tanker… man this is a mean combo.

Jumping off of @One IV All's Cap post, I have been working on a homage myself to the crossover hero Solider Supreme (Cap + Doc Strange). I felt like Shield/Kinetic Melee was kind of the perfect fit. Anyways, this is what I'm looking at some far and would love anyone's thoughts/feedback. Some notes: Definitely looks end heavy. Will have to rely on teaming (which I plan to do) or some accolades. I took at look of "thematic" choices which I know might not be optimal. I went Sorcery Tree for Spirt Ward, Mystic Flight and ROP. I might be better served just going standard flight for some extra defense, or dropping that altogether go leaping pool for combat jumping. I usually ALWAYS take taunt, but Repulsing Torrent kind of functions as a ranged taunt here. I do like focused burst as well... however I skipped due to so many power selections. Perhaps I'm better served moving some things around to pick it up, as having another ranged attack with Repulsing Torrent is pretty unique to Kinetic Melee? Arcane Aegis - Tanker (Shield Defense - Kinetic Melee).mbd

So I think Shield/StJ is “the” Cap set up, but I definitely dig the idea of Shield/Battle Axe “Worthy” Cap as something a little more different and original. I can’t really speak on one being “better” than the other though. I’ve personally messed around with doing a hero modeled around the Cap variant “Soldier Supreme” where he gains the powers of Doctor Strange. He’d be a Shield/Kinetic Melee Tanker.

Yeah, I had someone say to me "WP might be the only set that fairs BETTER fighting multiple EB/AV's due to how RTTC works" compared to just fighting one haha. I always think that, with the RIGHT team behind it where you're buffing defense and rotating barriers, WP/ could be amazing... if only due to the fact that it can get massive regen underneath all that resist/defense. Might just be one of those things where it's "better on paper" rather than in practice though.

Hahahahaha alright, but that just rolled off the tongue easier than “people of moderately acceptable intelligence.” 😂 Edit: Not meant as a slide to anyone, I’ve learned/gained insight from every person I listed, whether I agreed with you or not!

This is interesting. I took both end recovers on mine, but it might be overkill. I'm gonna play with mids and see what else I can come up with to improve. Currently have Char, could grab Fireball instead. Gloom/Dark Obliteration fit thematically though.