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This sounds amazing! For some reason, the link isn’t populating 😕

This was my understanding as well, thanks Only. It does seem rather confusing! LR + SC can’t crit either, since they are “psueduopets”, correct?

Curious about this. Doesn’t Shield Charge not break hide? I also thought Shield Charge and Lightning Rod couldn’t crit, but I could be wrong.

Anyone have a Trick Arrow/DP build they’d like to share?

Running and Elec Armor Tanker inspired by recent threads. Torn between pairing it with either Dark Melee or Katana. Dark Melee: With two heals and two end recovery options, this thing seems like the energizer bunny. I don’t know if it is overkill though. Prob not the best damage wise, but should be super tough. Would rely on Soul Drain for damage, but Elec gets free recharge to help with that. Katana: Since Elec can cap resists so well, it really gives an option for Katana to proc up. The -Achilles heel is nice, and I think Flashing Steel has a really nice AOE on a Tanker. Seems to bring a bit more CC than Dark Melee and good DPA with procs. Not really a big deal, but it has an awesome looking taunt animation 😂

THE RULE OF COOL. I need to look at updated mine as well. I took ball lightning and Zapp on mine, but the new psi pool looks interesting.

Man, this is tough. Push come to shove, I’d probably go Rad/MA and Shield/Fiery. I like the idea of covering your primaries weaknesses, as you said.

I run a Psi/Shield Scrapper myself that I absolutely adore, but I agree that end can be an issue. It is probably even more taxing with Battle Axe.

Haha I appreciate it @Warboss! Yeah, I feel like Rad/Fire brings some crazy AOE goodness. I like the aesthetic of Shield/Fire, although I have fun a Shield Tanker before.

I want to run my first Fiery Melee hero. I really like Combustion, so I want to run it on a Tanker. Which of these secondaries would you recommend I pair it with, and why? Shield: I kind of dig the fire sword aesthetic with shield. AAO + Shield Charge + FSC + Combustion sounds like a room cleared. My only worry with this combo is endurance. Elec Armor: Brings a damage aura, a heal and endurance recovery to deal with Fiery Melees end costs. Rad Armor: Everyone seems in love with Rad Armor, and for good reason. Heals, absorb and decent endurance recovery. I’m not sure if Fiery Melee has a ton of +Force Feedback slotting to push the recharge, like SS or Stone does.

What @ZemX said! Honestly it seems like every tanker primary can have an area where they are the “best.” For me, across all content? I’d probably say I like my Shield Tanker the most. Positional defenses + some really decent resists underneath. Plus you can bring some extra defense you your team… what’s not to love? That being said, even though it is great all around, there is some content that my Elec/DM or Dark/Staff Tankers will breeze through that my Shield/Elec would struggle with.

Good call out!

I’ve had this thought as well. That being said, being a jack of all trades, master of none can sometimes make it a bit more difficult in the focused HM/4* content where you can plan on covering your one big hole, rather than a few minor ones. Also, WP completely lacks DDR. On the flip side though, it is one of the few sets that provides terrorize protection. I think it has a tougher time solo, but (theoretically) I imagine it could be an absolute monster with the right team behind it for the HM stuff. When you have barriers going off and people are buffing your defense and resists to the gills, I imagine Willpower’s HUGE regen would allow it to shine.

@SomeGuy and @PasswordisTaco are right in mentioning /Rad. I have a StJ/Rad that is awesome. Like Stone Armor though, you gotta have a concept for all the effects haha. I haven’t run stone armor myself yet, but in a team setting where you aren’t solo holding aggro, I could see it being great.

/Nin does seem really cool on a Scrapper, I’ve teamed with a couple and they seemed really tough. Nice to know about the T9 as well! As for /Bio, are there any attack sets that you feel pair particularly well with it? Battle Axe seems like one, but any others? I remember hearing Kat/Bio was pretty monstrous. As a suggestion to OP, I have quite loved StJ/Rad Armor and Psi Melee/Shield. The StJ/Rad just seems to combo together really well, nice procable AOE’s and great ST damage. Psi/Shield is just…. Well the rule of cool. Looks awesome. Shield Charge + Mass Levitate is good times.

Love this Sov. If I could pick your brain, could you share what your endgame, properly invested build would look like? Edit: don’t mind me, I found it. My bad! Would you ever think about picking up Granite as an “oh crap” button, if needed?

Stone/Fire does sound like it’d be very beastly.

Really cool hybrid fort style. The best thing find yourself hopping in and out of range?

Need to respec. Placate a one slot wonder? How do you slot it?

I kind of mean like you did in this older post!

Appreciate this Kaizen! Would you mind copy and pasting the Fort build out? Mids doesn’t like my Mac.

It might have been for a Tanker, but I believe @SomeGuy paired TW with Electric Armor to great success haha.

I really like your build, I might have to respec and make some changes to my own. What attack chains have you been using from hide?

^This. You basically just need to watch out for the crash, use your heals and hit it again haha. Fun fact is, if you are somehow BELOW 50% health when the crash hits, it’ll heal you haha

My bad all, didn’t know there was a specific time frame this was ran! @TrooThis is a great idea nonetheless, thanks for putting it together!