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I do need to try /Psi Armor myself. Seems to have a lot of tools on it's toolbelt.

This is great info thanks! Aesthetically, I’ve always wish I had the option to turn OFF the pure being of energy/electricity Power Surge makes you. Not that it looks bad at all, just would be nice to have the option haha

Sonic Melee? Dear lord I’ve been out of it. That sounds sweet haha.

Been a while for me. Elec/Dark Melee and Elec/TW were some of my original favorite Tankers. I understand Elec Armor had some changes? Seems they were for the better?

If we throw having a taunt aura out the window, how do you feel /Stone Armor and /Bio stack up to each other both in terms of toughness and offensive ability?

Specifically dual blades. I’m trying to get my Daredevil on =P

@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 😂

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?