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Great reason to run this combo. Plus… it is stupidly tough while dishing out a ton of damage. Only negative to me is it’s lack of a taunt aura.

Ooooooooohhhhhhh this looks tasty.

What primary are you using again?

Mids isn’t jiving with my a Mac. Would you be able to copy and paste the build out?

I can see it!

I have a Dark/Staff, I could see Dark/Kin being just a beastly. Probably have to go Cardiac for Alpha…. Which is fine, since it’ll be fully teaming. And I could color the KM powers Black/Grey to go along with the Dark theme… almost like Shadow control. Ohhhhhh now the wheels are spinning lol

Hi Heroes! So I ran a Kinetic Melee/Ice Armor Stalker and loved it. Burst crits from hide are wonderful. It got me thinking though: I could see Kinetic Melee being great for a team tanker. Yes, I know it’s damage is low, BUT KM does -dmg to foes, which can directly increase you and your teammates surviability (great point brought up by @Yomo Kimyata). Plus, Repulsing Torrent takes Taunt sets and can function as a really cool taunt! Theoretically, what are some primaries you think that would go well with if? Electric Armor, Radiation Armor and Shield Defense stand out to me (maybe Invuln as well), but I’d love to see if anyone else sees other synergies!

Hey, as a Kin Melee lover, I appreciate this 😂 my Kin/Ice Stalker is one of my faves. Might have to role a Kinetic Melee Tanker sometime that is a PURE team Tanker. In some HM content, I’m sure that 5-10% less damage is highly valued.

This is great. Two questions: 1. Could you just substitute Spinning Strike for Sweeping Cross, if you like? 2. What would your attack chain loom like with a snipe?

Slightly off topic, but I remember on live you had a Shield/Fire tanker, correct? Have you tried Fiery Melee at all since the changes Werner?

Impressive numbers! I run a Shield/Elec myself and it is just a ton of fun. @One IV All, I was chatting with @Ston yesterday and he pointed out how strong Fire Melee currently is on Tankers. @Warboss has said good things about it as well. You should check it out!

I’d call on @Hyperstrike as he has created some pretty crazy Elec armor builds and could weigh in on Brute vs Tanker. He could also probably let you know which attack set would pair better on either archetype. I personally ran his CEBR (Claws/Elec Brute) and the thing is a blender.

Love al those combos. I haven’t taken my Shield/Elec on a 4 Star yet. It was my first 50 on HC. So much fun. I feel like the combo would do well in HM stuff though and wondering why I haven’t taken it for a spin yet 😂

Yeah, love my Water/Cold. Amazing debuffs. Currently leveling a Thermal/Elec. I think Thermal strikes a REALLY nice balance of buffing and debuffing.

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.