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Every toon of mine starts in Mids so I have a plan right from the start. That being said, plans change and sometimes adjustments are needed. I remember not too long ago I was making something (Ice controller I think) with "World of Confusion" in the epic pool. Stacking Artic Air with WoC was the whole reason I started the toon but by the time I got up to epic pool level it was apparent that it was not going to be as beneficial as I was hoping and had to change gears. Best laid plans and all that...

Dark is such an amazing secondary! It can really turn any troller into a tank with softcapped defense and hardcapped s/l resistance. I've decided to try every primary with dark, I only have 3 and a half left (half cuz I'm currently leveling an earth/dark) Plant will be the more traditional lock em down troller set while illusion will be more of an elegant chaos build. Both would be a blast and also very safe and effective builds. I'd give the edge to Illusion for its ability to take down hard targets solo. Even when an AV has their immunity phase where you can't get any holds or stuns off, your Phantom Army is still there taking all those punches for you and laughing! Build em both! Or choose one and then pair the other primary with Storm! They both go great with Storm too and that really kicks up the damage quite a bit! You can't make a bad choice!

Electric control is functional but unimpressive. I have an elec/cold troller that gets very little playtime. It's niche (-end) is cool in theory but it doesn't seem super effective in practice. I seem to have stumbled down a path of pairing every troller primary with the dark secondary, I'm only missing 4 primaries and electric is one of them, can't say I'm super excited to run that one up but maybe it'll surprise me. At least all the -to hit in Dark should help the gremlins stay alive a little longer. Maybe....I dunno...they're very fragile.... Way back on live... you could put the contagious confusion proc in the chain and it worked great to spread confusion but that was removed. I never understood why, it was never better than seeds or total domination and it really helped the set but you know how it goes...

Speaking for myself: If Badge = Incentive Then Incentive = 0

That looks good! I don't love no damage on the immob but it's a fair tradeoff for the utility. I'd play that set, ship it!

My order: Stalker Scrapper Tank Brute Scrapper is probably my favorite but I think my Stalker outpaces him. Bottom line, you can't make a bad choice here!

The new costume parts are great! The heads are fun but any chance of more color customization on the eyeball heads? It seems like the only change you can make is to the iris. I'd like to make a big red eye with a yellow iris! The Sybil Costume may be the highlight of the whole page! Love it! The front skirt part does kinda hang at an odd angle when moving, not a huge deal but worth mentioning.

They do indeed and I certainly appreciate that, however it's extremely rare that they change the fundamental effect of the power. For example we don't see them change a blast to melee or change a buff into a debuff or a sleep to an immobilize. If the set goes live with no AoE immob, it will never receive one. You've made your position clear, you don't want an AoE immob. I respect you opinion but to my eye, the set is begging for an immob and it seems the majority in here agree with that sentiment.

The problem is that once the set enters the game it will never be fundamentally changed. This set is not done baking and needs to go back in the oven and if that means it doesn't come out in this page, so be it. I'd happily wait a page for an improved set rather than having to deal with this set as it is now for the rest the games lifespan.

When I initially built mine, I just played it normally into the 30s on SO's. Somewhere around mid 30s it was able to basically farm itself up. Obviously not at +4 x8 but maybe start at +0 x4. Eat inspirations like they're going out of style to make up for anything thats lacking and get the base buffs, I still pound F1 and F2 like crazy when farming! As Sovera says you can also just level up via normal teaming and stuff too, though in that case I'd probably gear it more toward smashing/lethal def/resist and swap once you're max level. Sovera also make an extremely good point about making it on a second account. That's top notch advise!! Also just to avoid any confusion, it's the farming builds that aren't good for standard content, Rad/Fire brutes in general are just fine for all content when built accordingly.

I'm also assuming this is for a farmer, these builds are not great for standard content. I'll never get a better return on investment than this cheap farmer build! Before I finally upgraded, this build got me 670ish vet lvls, many billions of inf, many hundreds or maybe even thousands of purples and tons of power leveling. It is absolutely not the best farmer build but it'll do what you need for a pittance of an investment and boy did it serve me well! I really like Helens approach of evolving the build but I went a different route and my upgraded version has little to nothing in common with the cheap version. The upgrade version is a slightly tweaked version of a build I found on here, I'm afraid I don't remember who to credit for it. I use AE farm 54290. Hope that helps and sorry if you were just looking for a standard content build. Brute Rad Fire Brute not Cheap Atomic SF v2.mbd Brute Rad Fire Brute Cheap Atomic SF.mbd

Okay, I gotcha! It's an interesting concept. Sorry for jumping to conclusions, I see the letters "PVP" and go red!

If you're suggesting that end game content should require participation in any amount of PVP then I could not possibly disagree more! As it stands PVP can be ignored at all levels with no detriment to my character, that should remain the standard. No PVP in my PVE please.

Huh, that's a very good point! All the more reason for these stats to finally be updated!

My puniest toon name is probably: NP Seymour but honorable mention to: Sir Kit Breaker Bernjamin Tanklin Scorched Eartha Double Ohm 7 Miss Konstrew Names are fun! I often come up with a name and then build a toon to fit the name.

Yeah, I'd kill for some new stats! My completely unfounded guess is that they don't want to advertise how many ppl are playing an "illegal" game.

I get lots of use out of Flashback missions! I usually duo with a buddy and doing arcs through Flashback ensures that we both get the merits for it. That can be done without Flashbacks but its just easier this way. I have a "Merit Run" that I do pretty often, Freakshow War, it's 55 merits and I can bang it out in under 35 min. Add a second account in there who just hangs out in the base and I'm getting 110 merits in 35 min. It's tough to beat! It's also fun to go back to low level stuff once you're fully slotted. Frostfire is a fun one and if you do it without Flashback you can easily out level the arc before its complete, doing it through Flashback makes sure you're getting consistent XP. Then of course, you've got the badges you need for accolaids, Spelunker, Shrouded, multi-dimensional ect, Flashback makes them so easy to get!

Axe/Ice/Soul is a beefy monster! It may not be meta but Scrapper Ice Armor is so dam good! Just tons of tools at your disposal.

I've only just started playing it, I'll have to let you know.

I think I'm building one of these next and this is my first draft. I haven't played Nijitsu before but I have a couple Axe toons and really love the set! It's a leveling build so no purps/superiors/incarnates. There are couple spots to swap purps in for extra recharge after 50 but it'll cost a little s/r resist. Scrapper (Battle Axe - Ninjitsu) v1.mbd

So after playing this for a while, the T1/2 power is an awful place for the 50% proc. It went off so rarely that it might as well have not been in the build at all! I just did a respec a couple nights ago and swapped the proc into Shred and it is much more successful! This allows me to keep Leap as a proc bomb and keep the big recharge bonus from the Critical Strike set. The FF proc in Vicious goes off very often as well. I'm 45 now and my meager defense plus Shadow Meld soft caps ALL def. Thats usually all thats needed to get through most groups and if I need more I still have IH and MoG and DP and a quick heal! It's become pretty sturdy, however Sappers and Super Stunners and are target #1! I went through a stretch in the 30s where I really wasn't enjoying it because Leap drew too much aggro to overcome before some of the def/res was in place and some of the powers were better slotted. It got much better in the early 40s! One thing that really surprised me was that the end usage was much higher than expected. With Quick Recovery and a low end set I thought it would sip blue. I guess it sort of does but its also very quick fire and it adds up. Again, it's getting better in the mid 40s as powers fill out. Definitely having fun with it now! Scrapper - savage Regen v1.4.mbd

Looking for input on a Savage/Regen Scrap. Also, where is the best place for the 50% ato proc? Is it worth sacrificing the big recharge bonus to split the proc from the set? I mainly duo with another regen scrapper, we're just looking for a fun ride to 50 and have no specific post 50 expectations for this toon but I'd like it to dish out some nice damage from now until 50+. This is a leveling build with nothing catalyzed and no purps. I'm level 27 so far. *better build a few posts down Scrapper - savage Regen v1.3.mbd

I got really into the Dark secondary for quite a while (can be seen in my sig) and took 6 of them to 50! It's a beast of a secondary and pairs well with everything!

I think you and I build very similarly! I always push for def softcap of some variety and high recharge to get hasten as close to perma as possible and I PL to 32 to skip the low level grind. I think Fire/Dark might be good for your goals though I haven't done any 4* content so I can't speak to that. I'm not at home right now but if I remember correctly my fire/dark had most defenses softcapped and s/l resist hard capped and perma fade and hasten. I believe the attached build is what I used but I'm not 100%, I can't use mids on this comp to check but regardless, it might offer some ideas. Controller fire dark v3 Toot Sweet.mxd

Much appreciated! I'll check it out after work. I finally got the Fire/Storm started and I'm loving it so far! Endurance isn't too bad as long as I only run either hot feet OR hurricane and don't spam lightning bolt. LB uses so much end, it's nuts! I'm mostly only bustin it out on bosses for the moment. But with flashfire, cinders, char, bonfire, freezing rain and tornado nobody gets a chance to attack before they are stunned, held or falling down! Great fun!