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Hey all! So I rolled a Staff/Stone Stalker (themed after a Dragoon!) and I really enjoy him. Tough as nails and some pretty decent damage. I’m stuck on an attack chain out of hide for him though. I want to use the build/spender aspect on Staff, so I can either get the +resists on Sky Splitter or the extra damage on Eye of the Storm. I’m not sure if it jives with the stalkers ATO and when we should use Assassin’s Strike though. If anyone has a Staff Stalker, I’d love to hear what attack chain(s) you use!

I really need to just figure out a concept for Water/Trick Arrow 😂

This makes sense. Water/Poison or Water/FF seem cool concept wise.

Haha that is true, Cold is top tier! Just thought why not give something new a whirl 🤷‍♂️

Hey all! Coming back home after taking a bit of a break. I’ve ran Water Blast once before, pairing it with Cold Domination. I really enjoy it as a blast set and want to give it another go! I wanted to pick some minds and see if anyone had any secondaries they feel pairs nicely/has good synergy with Water Blast? Water/Rad seems pretty popular. Great debuffs with it’s anchors that you can lay down and blast away. Water/Kin seems like it’d be a good time. Water has nice AOE, and Kin might help shore up some of its weaker ST dmg. Water/Time seems pretty synergistic. I wonder if it is slow overkill though! Water/Elec Affinity…. Might be a bit TOO busy 😂 These are some that came to mind, but I’d love to hear what you like to pair with Water Blast!

+1. I believe DM/Shield was one of the original “do it all” Scrappers. Just so synergistic.

Very nice! What is that new jump up and hit movie, kind of like Mighty Radial? Edit: it could be Thunderstrike, but I don’t remember it having that large of a radius/KD effect.

@Infinitum and @Hyperstrike have some great ones around here somewhere.

Might have to try that Rad Armor/SS everyone raves about. Or maybe Rad/MA.

Thanks for this Ston! What about your thoughts on Shield?

Would you not throw Fiery Melee in there? I know you were posting some pretty crazy runs with it. Also, would you say Shield is nipping on the heels of Bio/Rad? Pretty sturdy, gives defense to the team and AAO is a decent dmg boost.

@Sovera is who you are looking for. You can find their Fire/Ice Tanker build in their thread. Amazing build with just a ton of synergy, IMO.

Gotcha. I meant Mids won’t work at all and if you could copy and paste it out in text =P totally fine if not though! I’ve loved using your old builds as a baseline!

+1 to both of these as well. Both Lightning Rod and Foot Stomp feel so good when combo’d with Shield Charge.

Not to mention, when you run with the fiery sword out it looks AWESOME!

Not bad at all. Honestly, it is a really TOUGH pairing on a Stalker. I just need to wrap my brain around some attack chains haha. I enjoy it’s style though and the thwack thwack thwack.

Hard to go wrong with shield! Shield Defense + Dark Melee has long been considered a great pairing on any AT, really. ToF was updated to an AOE, which is nice when proc’d out ( @SomeGuyhas a great set up for this on his scrapper). DM also brings a heal, which is something Shield Defense lacks. I personally had a Psi Melee/Shield Defense Scrapper that I love. I could see the pairing doing well on a tanker. Shield Charge + Mass Levivate = a lot of fun and baddies on their butts.

Kaizen! Would you mind copy pasting your build out here? Would love to look it over, but my Mac is being weird with Mids/Firefox

What are the other two in your opinion? 😁

@Onlyasandwich @Spaghetti Betty You two are some of the best in the business! I love your builds. I have a Dark Armor/Staff Tanker that truly feels unkillable. The large AOE’s mixed with Dark Armor’s tool bag is just too much fun. I ran a Staff/Stone Stalker myself, for the same reasons Only noted! He is Dragoon themed. Seems awesome, but I have just been hard pushed to figured an optimal attack chain for him coming out of hide, as well as just generally.

Sword’n’board for the win. SomeGuy has a build floating around here somewhere that hits like a truck. Looks all kinds of awesome, although I do hope BS gets the Battle Axe treatment with some updates.

My first 50 coming back to HC was a Shield/Elec Melee Tanker. Still one of the most “fun per clicks” toon I’ve played in the game. Haven’t tried the heal procs though, I should look into that.

It’s a fun combo! Run with an energy shield and you have a full theme going =P between Shield Charge, Burst and Repulsing Torrent, you really can keep mobs on their butts.

Let us know how it turns out!

THE RULE OF COOL. Honestly, if this combo had a heal, it’d have everything haha.