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Also man, I can’t express how thankful I am for you taking the time! I used to play this game when I was younger and I’m coming back. Since I have a wife and 3 kids now, I don’t have a ton of time to play (which is why I’m pretty picky) haha. I probably will only be able to level 1-2 heroes realistically. With your help, I went from like 848297473 different choices and have come down to (all brutes): Savage/Bio Savage/DA TW/Elec Psi/Rad Elec/Shield or Savage/Shield (could be sold on doing this as a Stalker if it is much more optimal there) I just want to make sure I’m investing in something that can do well at mostly all things endgame.

Nice man, I appreciate it. It’ll come down to if I want a Savage/Bio Brute or Savage/DA tanker. I’ve also been a bit drawn to Elec/Shield, but I feel that would play best on a stalker.

Thanks my man. By chance, do you have any experience with Brutes? Looking at potential combos there as well. Maybe Savage/Bio, Savage/DA, Elec/Shield, TW/Elec or StJ/Bio.

This is awesome man thanks. So much think of with Stalkers. While I have you, do you have any experience with Brutes? Looking at potential combos there as well. Maybe Savage/Bio, Savage/DA, Elec/Shield, TW/Elec or StJ/Bio.

Since you have a wealth of knowledge on Stalkers, are there any you would say are really fun to play and effective endgame? I obviously like Savage. I heard Elect/Shield is great, as well as SJ/Bio and Psi/EA

I’m also pretty interested in your Savage/EA build =P

Perfect, glad to hear that. Yeah, I’m very torn between SM/EA and SM/Shield 😂 SM/EA I feel fits concept better. SM/Shield seems like it would be fun with the 2 AOE leaps haha

As a second question, I hear some people skip Savage Leap on a SM Stalker? Do you 2 know if this is typically the case? It seems like such a fun power to me haha

Thanks a lot man! Can also play into an Energy Vampire them 😈I really appreciate all of this info.

As an older player, I appreciate that! 😂 this is great information. What is the insanely powerful EA stalker build, if you don’t mind me asking?

Sorry, I’m pretty new =P is “EA” Energy Aura or Electric Armor?

Thanks for this!!! I have a /bio brute, might switch it up. Both Savage/SR and Savage/Energy Aura (or was that Elect Armor?) seem like they could be on theme.

Thanks for keeping it simple for me! I’ll update this thread with a pic of the hero when he’s complete =P I’ve been partial to Brutes in the past, but I’ve heard good things about DA/Savage on tankers once the AOE buffs. Do you feel it is more optimal on either class?

You’ve been my dude, so LAST question for you. Settling on Dark Armor to pair with Savage. Was wondering if you thought it would be more effective on a DA/Savage Tanker or Savage/DA Brute. I’ve always leaned towards Brutes (have a couple of them) but I’ve heard Tankers had a recent AOE buff, and I feel that could mesh well with Savages AOE moves

I appreciate this. DA/Savage just seems so fun. Would you mind sharing your build? Do you feel it would be more effective on a tanker than a Brute?

I just saw that, thanks so much man.

Such a good breakdown. I appreciate you taking the time man, you’re a legend.

Ooof man it’s tough to decide! I guess it comes down to playstyle. For the tanker at least, do you think Savage/Dark or Savage/Shield is better?

What a great breakdown man, I appreciate it. At the end of the day, in PVP at least... fully built Savage/Shield Stalker and a fully built Savage/Dark tanker are probably never gonna kill each other 😂 or the fight is gonna go for 30 mins lmao. it does seem, from what I gathered, that Savage/Shield would be more optimal on a Stalker and Savage/Dark would be more optimal on a tanker.

That is good to know! So it seems Savage/Shield would be better on a stalker and Savage/Dark would be more optimal on a tanker.

That’s good to know! You might be swaying me to stalker over tanker haha. Both seem like they could be a lot of fun though

Super helpful! If I were to build a Savage Melee stalker, would you recommend either Dark Armor or Shield defense to go with it? Or both could be decent?

Also, I tend to like surviability on heroes. Would you say stalkers have similar levels or survive ability/tankiness to a scrapper?

That is awesome dude! So if I put you in a bind and made you choose, you’d probably say Stalkers are the best with it endgame? I hear rumblings that Tankers with Savage are undervalued.

Hi heroes! I’m looking to build my first Tanker since LIVE. Savage Melee seems fun, and I’m kind of going for a Vampire type character =P I also think the quick animations on a tanker could be cool. 2 defensive sets I had my eyes on were Dark Armor and Shield (with the dark shield of course). I feel like the passive end recover from Savage would help with the Dark Armor end cost. Shield seems like it would be a lot of jumping around once fully built, which could be fun as well. Would anyone have recommendations on either of those 2 sets, or another they would throw in there? Thanks in advance!