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I bet. Fire is also kind of covering everyone’s main gripe with DM, which is the AOE. The -to hit kind of works as a defense as well!

Hi all! So I built my first Dark Armor hero: DA/Staff Tanker. He was a BLAST leveling, and is now even more fun with incarnates. Dark, as a defensive set, just feels so robust. I also dig the animations and sound effects on Staff Fighting! That being said... I NEED ANOTHER DARK ARMOR HERO! I’d love to crowd source ideas here. What is one of YOUR favorite Dark Armor heroes? What power sets do you feel mesh particularly well with it? Do you like to run it on a Tanker, Brute, Scrapper or Sentinel? I’d love to hear your thoughts! Onward and upward, heroes.

I’ve heard you swear by this build! Seems fun. I’ve already run a Shield/Elec and a Shield/SS. This seems like a cool pair though. What do you love so much about it?

Staff is fun as heck for a secondary on a tanker, right? I could totally see the synergy with Fire as well. You get some defense with Guarded spin, and I bet you’re an AOE MACHINE.

Haha I’ll have to give both a try. Haven’t done Rad yet, so maybe I’ll go that route. Now, to decide on which archetype 😂

Thanks man! I’m fairly interested in claws on a tanker. I feel like the AOE buffs (on tankers) could be really nice for it. Bio looks like a good fit. Any others you’d recommend? I feel like Dark Armor or Rad would pair well.

How do you feel Bio pairs with it on a tanker? I could see being able to run in offensive mode and just be a whirling beast. Prob would be a tanker that could take down AV’s pretty well.

Kind of interested in how this Bio/Claws turned out! Seems like a cool combo.

All the while destroying everything in your sight? 😂

Great! If I felt so inclined, I could even swap the 2 sets. Overwhelming force is a great option

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this man!

Good to know! And good idea on Overwhelming force. I noticed a lot of people slot Superior Might of the Tanker there. Where would you slot that instead?

Cutter, you always come through with gold. I was thinking of at least 3 slotting Eye of the Storm with Fury of the Gladiator to get the KB Resist to try and help cover that hole for DA. A FF+rech could fit in there quite nicely 😛 I know that the Tanker Mecurial Blow already has the -res portion, but I guess even more is better in this case? haha

Update on this: started rolling one and it is tons of fun so far 😛 cool "energy" top options based on how you color the fire around your hero. I feel like a DBZ character haha.

First: Love your name haha. It does seem like Staff has a nice flow to it where you can take every power. I MIGHT skip out on precise, since I was forced to take Mercurial, and get both Innocuous Strikes and Serpent's Reach. For Epic sets, I was thinking of going for body mastery, for physical perfection. Just as another way to help deal with Dark's endurance issues (and also not have to deal with the redraw, like you say :P)

Good to know, and it makes total sense when you put it like that haha. Thanks Apparition.

Also, should with Innoc Strike or Serprent’s reach be skipped?

This is AWESOME work Galaxy, thank you! Extremely cool testing. Data is fun.

Hi all! I'm currently designing a Dark Armor/Staff Fighting Tanker. Obviously you need to grab Mercurial Blow as a Tanker. I've seen some than just jump to Guarded Spin, while others also pick up Precise Strike. Is it important to pick up Precise Strike as well in order to have another way to build up perfection in your attack chain? Also, are there any powers in either Dark Armor or Staff Fighting you would recommend to skip over? Thanks in advance!

hahahahaha my man, I have a serious case of the Altitis as well, but it allows us to enjoy this great game in so many different ways! We can form our own Justice League/Avengers 😄

That makes complete sense to me! Hopefully I can get a Dark Armor fully IO'd out and give it a good showing 😄 I feel staff, with it's end reduction stance and +Def, could be a good pairing for it!

Great points Riverdusk. Totally didn't even think about the DA taunt aura scrappers miss out on. If I end up going Katana Scrapper, I'll look to pair it with EA/Bio/Nin or something.

Hey Doom, I'd love to hear your opinion on each Katana wielder and what pairs best with them. 😉 messing buddy, this gave me a laugh.

Great points man. I do have a shield Tanker, and I definitely noticed a huge difference once I had him properly slotted. I’ll do the same with that DM/Shield Scrapper 😉 Good to know about Dark Armor. I’m theorycrafting a Dark Armor/Staff Fighting Tanker, and I think that will be a cool combo.

Great point, so it'll pair well with all the resistance DA gives. Great to know about Form of the Soul as well. Once IO'd out, do you find yourself primarily staying in one of the other stances, either Body or Mind? I could see Form of the Body being preferred, if you could fix endurance issues and get enough recharge once IO'd out.