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So this is what I mocked up. Thanks to @Infinitum for letting me use his Nova Sentinel build as a base! Any feedback is appreciated, this is my first Stalker! THE NAME IS GAMBIT.... REMEMBER IT. Gambit - Stalker (Staff Fighting - Energy Aura).mbd

SR could definitely work as well! QQ: can you recolor shruriken/exploding shruriken to be bright red, kind of like when Gambit charges things?

I’ve always dug the idea of this combo. Water Blast is a little more “user intensive” due to the build/spend mechanic, and Force Field is (I believe) one of the more “hands off” support sets. How do you feel it works on a Corruptor compared to a Defender? Shields will be less, but Scourge ticking on Whirlpool and what not might help with the OP’s desire to solo AV’s.

X-Men 97 has me wanting to create a Gambit type hero. I’m leaning Stalker since it gives the “Rogue” (pun intended) vibes Gambit has. I was bouncing some ideas off @Infinitum but wanted to hear from you all! I was leaning Staff Fighting/Energy Aura with either Weapon or Energy epic pool. Also, with some re-coloring, Ice Armor could potentially work with Energy Absorption. I’d love to hear ideas though, especially around which Epic pool you would choose!

Great call outs all around. In regards to Nin’s T9 and Unleash Potential, is the idea to cycle both those powers and use Nin’s heal/end recover to try and offset the crashes?

All of this. My Jedi is a DB/EnA user as well. It just so happens that the combo is top tier as well 😂 I agree, Vengeful Slice’s Dragon punch animation is the business.

This does sound fun, and like a boss killer haha. That was my question, if I'd be able to fit in TWO attacks in the span of EC's +crit window.

If you have a MA/Nin build, I’d love to see it.

So I gotta ask you @SomeGuy: between Shield and Ninjitsu, which do you like with MA?

Interesting. So with Ninjitsu, you can Shinobi in (lol) have a high chance to crit with Eagle’s Claw from hide and immediate follow up with Dragon’s Tail for a potential AOE crit.

Doesn’t MA have a mechanic that gives it a higher crit chances as well? Could be a nice synergy.

You know, I guess kind of both 😂

Great call outs

My only worry with Ninjitsu is the complete lack of AOE. I guess though that MA has an inherent increase in accuracy, correct? You could probably forgo Focused Accuracy and pick up one of the patron powers with an AOE (Ball Lightning, Fire Ball, etc).

Would be interested in this myself!

I’ve settled on giving MA a shot on a Scrapper. I have 3 concepts/secondaries I am looking at, and wanted to see which secondary people feel would mesh best with Martial Arts! **Shield Defense** seems like a good layered set. AAO is a cool damage bump, and Shield Charge brings some nice extra AOE to MA. I primarily team, so it’s nice that it brings some buffs to the team as well. The negative for this combo is that there is no heal power in either set. I guess I could grab Rebirth if I ever felt I needed one. I also dig the costume effects of Shield. Concept is kind of a crossover between Cap America and Thor, with the electric shield! **Stone Armor** was updated on HC and I have heard great things about it. It seems like a mix of defense and resists. Brings some AOE with it’s dmg aura and brimstone procs. +Max HP power and some endurance recovery. Two negatives I see are that there is no taunt aura. I primarily team, so I guess it isn’t a huge deal, unless I’m main tanking. Second is it might be a bit more difficult to build, due to it’s mix up of defense and resists. Concept is almost like an Avatar Earth Ninja that can harden his skin or use stone/earth around him for armor. **Ice Armor** seems strong on Scraps/Stalkers. Icy Bastion just seems like a great T9 power. Decent heal/endurance recovery and +Max HP. Primarily a defensive set it seems. Doesn’t help with AOE damage much, but has a slow aura and dmg aura with icicles. Negative for it is lack of DDR and not taunt aura. Concept for it is a Cryomancer warrior, kind of like Sub Zero.

I do mostly intend to do 50/endgame content. Thank you SO much for this, I will look it over when I'm home!

Slight update on the build to see if maybe this is better based on some of what @Nemu said. @Onlyasandwich sorry to hijack my friend, I might have to start my own thread 😂 Tanker (Dark Armor - Electrical Melee).mbd

Thanks for this! I might rework back into Harmonic, or pick up something with more AOE!

I've ran an Elec/Dark before and the idea of running the opposite (Dark/Elec) seems like a TON of fun. Kind of like a Tank-Troller with the controls. @Nemu I see you went with Electric for epic pools. What other epic pool would you or @Onlyasandwich suggest as well? Was thinking Psionic again for Harmonic mind. If I could get Endurance under control, I could see going Dark for the new Tar Patch being very tasty. This is kind of what I'm looking at currently: Tanker (Dark Armor - Electrical Melee).mbd

Staff Fighting! So I dig the animations/sound effects of Staff Fighting. Combo system seems pretty cool as well. I want to give one a spin! It also seems like the new Redraw change on Homecoming helps it a bit. That being said, which of these primaries do you recommend pairing Staff with? Someone mentioned a “Dragoon” thing in another thread, which I thought was awesome… I’m definitely taking Super Jump 😂 **Dark Armor**: I’ll be honestly, this was the tanker I saw that sold me on the pairing. I did some research and it seems like a pretty mythical combo. Looks like you can get 90% Resist to ALL with the Tanker ATO and Lv. 3 Sky Splitter plus soft cap melee/ranged/AOE defense. On top of that, a huge heal every 12 seconds or so? Honestly sounds pretty nutty. I’m pretty sure you need to take Cardiac Alpha to hit some of these numbers though. **Willpower**: Seems like Regen 2.0. Why I think Staff could pair nicely is it brings some extra resists with Sky Splitter + knockdowns for crowd control. Keeping enemies on their butts will really let Willpowers regen take over. Plus, zero clicking so you can just focus on Staff stuff. **Rad Armor**: Everyone seems to love it, and I get why. Looks like Staff would pair well with it for the same reasons everything seems to work with Rad Armor. It also brings +res and +def, which Rad will like. Wouldn’t be the most damaging Rad Tanker, but could arguably be the tankiest. **Bio Armor**: BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY STANCES, AMIRIGHT? **Super Reflexes**: I hear SR tanks are some of the toughest around. With great DDR and scaling resists (plus what Staff brings) I imagine it’d be really tough to bring down. **Invuln**: From a pure brick wall stand point, this might be the toughest. Able to hit max HP pretty easily, great resists and defense + some DDR. Like SR though, no damage aura or AOE’s, so it would be a bit light on damage. Brings +tohit though. **Electric Armor**: Honestly, it just looks sexy. I like that it protects against end drain, has a good heal/end discount. Since it manages end so well, I could probably go with Musculature as the Alpha.

I’ve looked at these combos as well (also at Fiery Melee). Dark Melee seems REALLY good, but in the character creator is seems rather… dull? Idk might just be me. Recoloring it could be cool. I did however just check out the Katana taunt after you mentioned it. It is pretty cool.

Thanks for this! From what I'm gathering, Rad/MA is kind of the the absolute min/max choice. All of them seem like they can do well though.

Those are good call outs on Rad Armor. So you feel Rad is kind of "Elec Armor 2.0" for the most part?

Hey Warboss, and thanks! So the OTHER hero I'm running is actually a Battle Axe Scrapper! Are there any other sets you feel go well with Rad Armor? I listed MA, but I had Fiery mixed with Elec Armor. Perhaps mix and match them with Rad and Fiery, if that'd be a better fit than MA.