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It is just so layered defensively AND brings extra damage. Honestly, if it had a taunt aura on a Scrapper, it’d be perfect.

Just started my own Water/Regen Sent, and I’m loving it.

Curious: what Scrapper combo are you using?

Shield Charge + Mass Levitate is tons of fun.

How does it play?

So my Psi/Shield Scrapper has a Green Lantern costume and I did JUST this haha. Additionally, I have an all human PB that, when recolored, works pretty well as a GL.

Dark Melee/Shield is a classic pairing. @Murcielago has a build floating around. @InvaderStych and I have both rocked a Psi Melee/Shield scrapper, which really wins on style points. BS/Shield is aesthetically one of the coolest looking combos. Hard to beat Sword and Board. The combo FEELS like a Scrapper to me, but I would almost want to run it as a Tanker since I’m more likely to pick up Taunt there….and the taunt animation when you have a sword and shield is pretty sweet. I believe @SomeGuy has put together some nice BS/Shield builds.

Fire/Time seem to have a lot of synergy on a Corruptor, with Time having ways to slow enemies and keep them in fire’s rains. I’ve always thought when I eventually ran a Fire Corruptor, it’d be a Fire/Kin. Fire/Time has to be in consideration as well.

I've been slow leveling a Time/Rad Defender and it's been a blast. It very much feels like a "Scrappy" Defender that jumps right in there with Tanks. Rad Blast takes some -res procs, which helps with damage, and Time is a nice mix of tools. Not sure how it'll hold up to endgame/hard mode content yet, but it's been great leveling so far. Just a bit End heavy.

The reasons you mentioned are why I love my KM/Ice Stalker. Not that it’s OP in anyway, but because it’s two rarely played sets that I feel are really optimized on a Stalker. How do you like your Ice Armor Stalker?

This is specifically Invuln, correct? I know you probably can’t hit max resists on Shield, BUT you probably trade some sturdiness for a bit more offense (AAO, Shield Charge). You make great points Hyper 😂 I know you have a Mo Durable build floating around somewhere.

Would you say that nudges them past the pure resist sets?

OP mentioned Fire Armor changes… do you feel they’ve been a net positive for Brutes/Tankers?

I think he means layered as in they offer both defense and resists.

Saw this posted on Reddit. I know there was a “Tank Gods” thread a while back where some of the OG’s @Hyperstrike @Infinitum @Linea @Warboss @Werner and @Sovera broke it down. Definitely a lot of good options, and you laid out a few. I have a Dark Armor/Staff myself that is low damage, but definitely survivable. Rad Armor/Dark Melee also seems like it’d be pretty unkillable, at least on paper. Haven’t leveled one myself.

Ill/Dark is one of those combos that can do crazy things in this game! And I agree with you: hard to beat Lightning Rod for pure superpower “feel” in this game haha. My current too COOL hero is my KM/Ice Armor (pun intended) Stalker.

I’m slow leveling a Water/Regen myself. Seems very synergistic and sturdy, but honestly I’m a bit all over the place with my build. I know there are some in this thread, but does anyone have an updated build they’d like to share? Would love to use something as a base.

This has been my favorite Brute combo as well. The DOTS are just so synergistic. I’ve liked it so much, I’m thinking of running a similar combo of Savage/Elec.

SOLID, huh? I see what you did there 😉 haha honestly, Seismic/Dark seems like a cool concept. You could use crystal forms and make them all dark, like hard shadows.

Yeah, that seems to be the case. Multiple colds with a Thermal/Elec/Kin seem to be more of the meta. I think Time is more of a Force Multiplier

Nice. Looking at maybe a Water/Dark or Fire/Dark Corruptor myself. Soul Noir effects just too nice 😂

Appreciate this Force! Will let you know once I have mine built out 😂

Dark seems like it might be a good Jack of all trades. What are you planning on pairing with Elec?

I’m building one of these myself. I love that it’s an “in your face” Defender. At the same time, puts it in a bit more danger. Have you tried it in any of the new Hard Mode content?

Have a Time/Rad Defender I’m messing around with. Might give him a shot at it once he’s built out.