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Nice man! I was looking at Fire/Elec as well for a more "blapper" type of build. What's the main reason you love Fire/Energy above all else?

I have heard good things about Fire/Elec as well. I hear that Fire/Temp might be more of a Hover or "at range" Blaster, while Fire/Elec is much more in your face blapper style.

Thanks Tidge! Super helpful. That build list will give me a really good base to start with. I'm definitely looking at the pets as a nice "bonus" for my Crab, and want to focus on just being a force multiplier for my team, do decent damage and be decently tanky. Would be nice to have a hero that could fit into most content relatively easy!

I appreciate this Gulbasaur, thank you!!! Definitely will look into this other post. I HAVE heard that you really have to invest in SoA builds to make them shine, but I'm sure it'll be a fun project 😛

Hi all! I’m a historical Tanker player who hasn’t rolled a VEAT before. Taking a look around, it seems that a Crabbermind might fight my play style. I team 99% of the time, and I hear they are great for that, as well as pretty tanky with some good support/control powers. Am I correct in these statements, or am I barking up the wrong tree when it comes to Crabberminds? 😂 Definitely interested in builds if anyone has any that they want to share, or just general tips and tricks!

Does anyone have a build for this particular build they’d be willing to share? Settled on this combo for my first blaster, would love a base to build from!

Nice man! I just rolled a WP tanker myself, since I never had one. Dinged 50 last week and it’s been a blast. I paired it with Street Justice due to thematic reasons, but it has been great! Highly recommend. Honestly, since WP is so “set and forget”, it would probably pair well with any of the secondaries that have a “combo” type of system, like Street Justice. Dual Blades and Staff Fighting could mix well. Staff in particular has forced redraw, so with a set like WP where you don’t have to click any defensive powers, it becomes a non-issue. Plus, since WP has such great end management built in, you could pretty much stay in Form of the Body the entire time. So, since you’ve listed some sets you’ve already used, my vote would be either WP/StJ, WP/Staff or WP/DB =] Since you aren’t too found of weapon sets, Savage Melee might be one to look at as well.

I have to add another to this list! Willpower/Street Justice. I designed this hero as a homage to All Might from My Hero Academia. It definitely has that feel. Street Justice's AOEs are pretty good on a tanker, and I love the feeling of Willpower being stronger the more the odds are stacked against you! YMMV, considering Willpower is very much a set and forget set, but the combo/character concept is just a ton of fun for me!

That is correct!

@Sovera’s Fire/Ice Tanker is a hoot, and it’s probably only going to get better after the Ice Patch buff’s land on live.

I have such a love/hate relationship with the Blood Thirst animation. On one hand, it’s so cool and really RAGE like. On the other, it takes fooooorrrreeeeeevvvveeerrrr to animate.

Nice man! Which of the secondaries are you pairing with it?

Nice man, seems like a cool combo. I know a lot do Shield/StJ, but I could see MA being really good with the added defense.

Super Reflexes is intriguing on a Tanker. I hear really good things.

THERE WILL BE NO SURVIVORS

Thanks so much for sharing this man! I wasn’t even sure how to bring slotting Temporal, so this is great. Also, it’s cool that this build has added layers of survival

So basically, you’re walking around looking like Bigfoot, right? 😂 Soul Drain into your rotation is monstrous.

This is super helpful man, thank you. It seems that, as far as PvE is concerned, there is Fire and than there is everything else. Pretty much any secondary can work with it. I also hear that Fire Manipulation secondary is amazing, and was thinking of pairing with Dark Blast for all the heals. But it’s also hard to just not pick Fire blast when I look at the damage numbers 😂😂😂 animations are sexy as well.

Probably Elec, Rad or Spines?

I’m definitely open to other suggestions as well. Reading through the forums and powersets, 3 combos have stuck out to me: Fire/Elec: This seems to be a really strong blapper combo that can function well from afar and up close. Fire/Temporal: Just seems to be an overall strong combo. Temporal has a lot of tricks and -regen and Fire brings the damage. Dark/Atomic: A bit more of an obscure pairing. I can’t really find info on it. I don’t know if that means there is anti-synergy there, but I just felt the -Tohit from Dark and the -Def from Atomic would pair nicely.

Gotcha, so if I went that route, DP/Ninja would prob be the way to go.

Good to know! How do you feel it compares to Martial Combat? Both sets kind of give off the dual wield ninja vibe haha

Dual Pistols/Ninja also seems pretty cool. Is there some anti-synergy there though, with neither having a build up type power?

This is impressive. Even shows of that combo’s strength in the early levels.

Didn’t think about that with SS/Bi! I get it hits like a truck when Rage is up haha