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Nice man! Yeah, I love the "gets it done" approach as well 😛 I bet playing the Staff/Regen brute is like a dance 😂Do you have a build for your staff/bio by chance?

Nice! Do you ever find Bio's "click" powers to get in the way with Staff and it's redraw? I guess Carapace wouldn't be an issue since you cast it BEFORE you fight, but I could see DNA Siphon or Parasitic Aura being in it. But I guess, if you're procing Build Up, you're pulling your weapon out anyways. And how are he TF's with /Bio? I know Bio is great, but I know some people don't like it for solo TF's due to it being weak to defense debuffs (gotta love Cims =P)

You know, I leveled with it and respec’d out at 50, thinking I could used Vorpal judgement as an AOE replacement... mistake on my part 😂 I love how you proc’d out some of the bigger hitters a bit in this build.

Awesome breakdown man. I always thought of Street Justice as kind of MA’s sexier cousin 😂 love the animations. I ran StJ/Bio as a scrapper myself. Had the same optimal attack chain of RC, SB, RC, CU. Didn’t take spinning strike and I DO miss the AOE. Destroys single targets fast, but doesn’t do much in mobs. Would love to see your final build when you have it! Would be great to work in spinning strike, especially since Tanker’s actually make good use of it. I’m sure the damage is pretty dang good as well.

Great suggestion! I’m an FA believer. My only fear is that it is too “clicky” of an armor set when paired with Staff (mandatory redraw).

Hi all! So one of my absolute favorite heroes that I have made is my Dark Armor/Staff Fighting Tanker. Staff Fighting I feel works great on a Tanker, with the extra defense and resistance ratios they get. He is pretty much an unkillable beast. That being said, I’ve enjoyed Staff Fighting so much, I want to roll another. Stalker stuck out to me since they retain Staff’s AOE, but ALSO bring some nice single target damage. I’m curious if anyone has experience as a Staff Stalker, and what secondary they may recommend! I was looking at: Staff/Nin: Because Ninja. I also hear Nin is easy to soft cap and only requires a few power choices, so it opens up build diversity. Staff/Bio: 25% damage from staff and damage boost from Offensive stance seems like it could HURT. Plus, it’s a a hybrid defense, so good options. Staff/Elec: Staff might make sense with a resistance set on a stalker. Mostly due to the defense it gets from guarded spin. Staff/Ice Armor: Ice seems to be a fairly robust set, and I don’t see it too often. Could be more of an original choice. Staff/Willpower: I hear Willpower is a very “set and forget” defensive set. That could be a bonus for Staff, since it is one of the sets where you HAVE to deal with redraw. Not really having to click anything (other than the heal) could be nice. Any other recommendations would be great!

This is phenominal Sai, thank you so much! The -res enhances in Ablating and Beta Decay are huge as well, I'm sure.

Extremely accurate, considering only so many can attack him at a time since even Jet can't break the aggro cap.

HE HAS THE POWWWWWEEEEEERRRR!

You’re the hero we need, Hyper.

Hi all, So I’ve been leveling a Rad/DB Tanker and having a good time. I originally shied away from using Dual Blades because of the combo system, but I’ve found an attack string that works for me with Blinding Feint - Ablating - Vengeful Slice - Sweeping Strike. However, I haven’t found many sample builds for this combo anywhere on the forums. I was curious if anyone had a build they’d be willing to share or could answer some questions: 1. As a Tanker, should I be grabbing Typhon’s edge for it’s increased AOE? I don’t feel it falls into my optimal attack chain, but I guess it’s good to have to throw out there when needed. 2. Any suggestions on where to put the Tanker ATO procs? I usually drop MOTT in my damage aura, but Rad only has Beta Decay and it’s a one slot wonder (and also doesn’t do dmg lol). Any suggestions where Might of the Tanker and Gauntlet could go? 3. I currently only have one slot in Nimble Slash... if’s the first power you are forced to take and I opted to used the extra slots in order to 6 slot other things. Am I making a mistake? Thanks in advance for the help/advice!

My man Hyperstrike over here preachin

I just about spit out my drink Erratic... mostly because this is so true 😂

Seems like a great combo! I started my first Rad Armor Tanker the other day: Rad/Dual Blades. Tons of fun so far. I LOVE SS though, and I can see some really good synergy between Rad/SS.

Good to know! On a scrapper/tanker/brute (I know it's different for a Stalker with AS), what would you say are the optimal attack strings with high recharge?

That sounds like a cool and original combo!

Oh for sure, just always interested in what might succeed in different arenas in the game! Dark is fun nonetheless. If we were just talking about Hami Raids, it and Regen would be kings haha. I do agree that Invuln and Shield do seem the most well rounded, in my experience. I also do think I have it in me to run a Stone tanker 😂😂😂

I agree with all these points (even though I really like both DA and Bio). In any case, which sets do you think stand up most comfortably against it all? Standard Invuln framework? Fire (no bias of course 😉 , and they can’t kill you if they’re dead, right?)? Maybe Rad, since it’s only really gaping hole is Cold?

Such a cool concept as well! The walking Volcano haha. Tons of cool costumes I’m sure you could do.

Necroing this @Infinitum post because it was fun to read through and I LOVE TANKERS. So far, my 3 most FUN tankers have been: Dark/Staff - Super synergy. Love how robust DA is as a set, and Staff is just a ton of fun to build Perfection with and hold Aggro. Shield/Elec - You want to feel like a God of Thunder, right? Invuln/EM - Feels like a straight upgrade to my Invuln/SS after the EM changes. This is Superman after training in the sun =P Currently leveling a Fire/Ice Tanker and having a blast, so that might hop up the list. SUPER interested in running a Rad Tanker as well. Maybe Rad/Kat or Rad/Sav? Would love to hear some more cool/fun combos!

To clarify, you like the Fire/Ice, correct? I’m interested in that combo.

SOMEONE CAUGHT IT. I knew I could count on you lollll

Looking at Dual Blades on a scrapper. Would you say Dual Blades/EA is as effective there? Was also looking at pairing Dual blades with either /Nin or /Rad. Jedi themed hero, so I feel I could make any of those secondaries work =P

Hi heroes (and villians :P)! I'm interested in Psi Melee/Energy Aura as a power set combo. They seem to match together pretty well thematically. However, I'm having trouble deciding which archetype to try it on: Scrappers or Stalkers? Does anyone have any experience with this combo on either archetype and could give me some insight? Thanks!

+1 to all these points. I love my Dark Armor/Staff Tanker, and I just 50’d a Psi Melee/Rad Armor Brute. Now you have me wanting to combine the two 😂