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Ice has very high single target DPS, as well as 2 single target holds (one of them being rotational). My Therm/Ice Defender can easily solo (no temps/incs) most AVs and GMs, including Lusca

The amount of inaccurate information here is baffling.

Congrats dude, that's pretty metal.

Aren't Melee/Support Bane Spiders and Nightwidows? And Fortunatas kind of fill the Control/Armor role.

That's because there aren't for a lot of people nowadays. Many of them have a farmer on a second account and just PL themselves to 50 in a few hours.

Pop a purple or two

Strong and pretty.

Thank you very much for your answers. What about its DPA?

I'm looking at mids, currently working on my Rad/Rad Brute, and I see that Cross Punch has better DPA than Devastating Blow. It also apparently buffs the user's global recharge rate by 100% for 6 seconds? I don't see a flag that limits that bonus, suggesting that it can be made perma? That sounds almost too good to be true. Could someone people clarify these points for me? Thanks in advance.

Hands down the best AT to solo AVs and GMs with

To further expand on this, they're usually Mind Control powers, such as Mesmerize, Dominate, and their AoE versions. Used commonly by The Lost, Rikti, and certain AVs such as Sister Psyche and Malaise

I don't have any numbers, but anecdotally it feels like tankers clear spawns faster due to their increased target caps

Equip Thugs doesn't get replaced; it gets complemented. There are very few powers, if any at all, that ever get replaced in the same powerset. And as for what to skip, as a rule of thumb, you generally want to skip the attacks on your MM's primary

I ignore people who give out wrong information on the /help channel. Naturally, my ignore list is full.

Marauder (Maria Jenkins' version) as an AV doesn't have any significant damage resistance, but when he's low on health he does pop a DCD that makes him highly resistant to all damage types. An AV who I think deserves an honorable mention is Dominatrix, who does have an inherent 50% resistance to all damage types. To a lesser extent, the "Tyrant" clone from the same arc has 25% resistance to all damage types. Then there's also the robotic types (Siege, Nightstar, etc) who have the standard resistances for robots (resistant to lethal and psi). Other AVs have resistances that seem thematic, like Infernal is resistant to fire and Ghost Widow to neg.

Or maybe non-moving body parts are easier to animate than moving body parts.

Yep, that's the mission where you fight "Manticore" and "Positron" Spoiler alert: It's a Nemesis plot.

I actually tend to agree with this, which is why I do my solo stuff without temps or incarnates of any kind (not even alpha slot). So far, I have soloed all GMs including Lusca and Kronos Titan, most AVs in Maria Jenkins' arc (damn Malaise with non-positional attacks and Dominatrix with 50% res to all + spamming ranged holds), all AVs in Mender Silos' arc (on both sides), on my Blaster (Beam/Mental), Defender (Therm/Ice), Corruptor (Fire/Rad), Controller (Fire/Cold), and Dom (Dark/Psi). My MM (Thugs/Traps) is also a solo beast, but cannot take down Lusca due to her mechanics being pet unfriendly

And people usually scream in horror when being set on fire, but you don't see that with Thermal Radiation's buffs.

Isn't that what Vigilante Morality missions are (supposed to be) about?

What are the best places or story arcs for the defeat badges needed for HPT? Namely Gangbuster and Spider Smasher. Also, what would be the best way to get the badges I missed for Invader? Thanks in advance for your replies.

That's what most smart people do

Interesting, I need to try this thing with one of my toons

There's an arc in KR where you face an AV at around level 14ish

Fair enough, I think that sounds reasonable. I'll edit my original post.