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On certain sets like EA the lethal defense bump it very superfluous, but on others it is a bonus. But, don't forget it comes with an equal amount of melee defense, which is very useful in most cases.

@Warshades Thanks for the detailed answer! Yeah once I did the math for the DPA between the two I found the difference. I'm gonna roll a NB today and see if I like it. I don't much like the animations for BS, my character is female and smoother animation has me intrigued.

Mkay.... Yeah Ninja Blade's damage per activation is considerably better.

Hmm after a little more reading some have said that Ninja Blade is superior to Broad Sword, but after a look at them together I can't seem to find much difference at all. I went with Broad Sword because I assumed (wrongly) that the Excalibur sword skin wouldn't be available in any other set, it is in fact available with Ninja Blade as well. I haven't committed to the set yet, but anyone got clarification on why NB is better than BS?

I don't joust with it...the dead don't fight back Just zerg... Seriously pop Aim or Build Up on your way in, Inferno them all, ease back out to the next group. Between Infernos just ST everything. If you die, Rise of the Phoenix I was in a Yin the other week with a buddy of mine and we went up the elevator in the police station. I hit Build Up on exit (with Gaussian) floated to the mob hit Inferno and then clicked the Exit button. My friend never made it to them...

I don't know if I agree with this. Stalkers can do way more DPS than a Brute. And prob a tad more than a Scrapper. Stalkers are like Blasters in melee. They may not have much AOE at their disposal but their attacks are quick and deadly. I've seen Stalkers solo clear packs in +4 ITFs, she was a DB/Nin. Don't get me wrong, I have more Brutes than any other class, love'm, but they aren't in the same league as Stalkers. Brutes stay upright more easily, so if the fight takes too long a Stalker is gonna get their tail handed to'em where a Brute won't. Those have been my observations at any rate...

I borrowed the build from @Sarkany post and switched out the primary to Broad Sword. My question is, do I take Parry or put Assault back in? Assault, aside from the team aspect and minor debuff resist doesn't do much except add an additional end drain to the build, IMO. But Parry seem superfluous, given the amount of defense that was built into the secondary. BTW, an amazing build! I'll attach the modified build with Parry in, it shores up Melee defense really well.... Thanks, -WT Stalker (Broad Sword - Energy Aura).mbd

OK..... I found that there is no way to target by rank... GRRRrrrrr

Is there anyway to target by rank? I know we can by name, even partial name. What I want to do is find the Bosses in group more quickly. Or is there a trick anyone can let me in on? Thanks -WT

I was already picking up, TP, TPT, and CTP from the Teleport pool and thought it'd be fun to get Fold Space to work....but alas.... Hasten it will be.

Thanks everyone! Looks like I'll pick Hasten back up.

So everything but a boss would be TP'd so long as I have 95% acc in the power? My Scrapper has more than that...maybe I'm using it poorly somehow.

Slotting to make Fold Space work for +4s, two +5 Acc? Or does it need more? I have it on a Scrapper, but only 1 slot of +5 Acc, and it fails more often than not at +4, basically pointless. I see others use it to great effect....and I'm left wondering. Thanks, -WT

One of my boys is a DnD junkie and he and I were talking about dragons the other day and concept was born, a poison dragon! So, after much reading and advice I landed on Defender for the AT. Now it's concept first, functionality second. For instance I read that the cones are not exactly optimal since poison likes the fray, but dragons breathe fire and this one also breathes poison. But what I was wondering is, what does Rain of Fire really bring to the party? I was thinking about dropping it and maybe pick up Char, or something else. Also, with the build as is, I didn't pickup Hasten. Inferno looked to be the only thing that really benefitted from it and the attack/debuff chain looks OK, I think. And lastly, I want Fold Space to work, is 2 +5 acc enough? I have it on another toon and it fails at +4 more than it works, very disappointing. Also, this is a teams only toon. Thanks! -WT P.S. I originally went Corruptor, cause...Corruptor, but I have only one Defender and the Poison debuffs look better. Defender (Poison - Fire Blast).mbd

I think another knock on SR is lack of a heal. If you go Dark Melee this is fixed, otherwise you'll have to add in some HP procs. I like Electric Armor alot, my favorite after Rad Armor. But SR is VERY survivable. Your resists scale up as your HP lowers, and it will lower.

I rolled a version of Betty's SS/Regen Brute build. I opted out of the Sorcery Pool, save Mystic Flight, picked up Hand Clap, and chose the Soul Epic Pool. Between Hand Clap and Foot Stomp I can wreck any chance bad guys have of standing in my melee circle of pain. Add in the ST KDs as well...yeah brutal. However! I have loads of problems in ITFs with him since Romans laugh off KD powers. So, in those cases, if my support isn't there then death becomes part of my rotation.

Not my build.... But this thing has some really high numbers, Tanker (Invulnerability - Super Strength)4.mbd

This is not my build, but I forget whose it is. At any rate, as far as resistances go, this build has the best I'd seen for Invulnerability. Hmm, won't let me upload....brb Server issues won't let me upload... I'll try again later.

I don't have a Savage Melee tank, only Brutes, because the bleeds increase with rage, Also, my SM builds are proc'd to help boost the frontload damage. I worked on a SM/DA Brute build, but this was before Obscure Sustenance and didn't like that I couldn't get a epic AOE because of the endurance demand from DA, so I knew it wouldn't be as good as my SM/Bio build, so it seemed pointless to pull that trigger. BUT man do I have a great concept for it. That being said... How is Obscure Sustenance? Does it really help with the endurance woes?

As far as I know, RT was the only thing that got hit. I'm respec'ing out of it on my Tank and Brute, but my Stalker is keeping it just with reduced slotting. In my testing thus far, Radiation Therapy only adds survivability, which my build doesn't need. Though I will admit, RT did save me a couple times in a 4* Aeon, I threw a full set of TotN in it and it will refill the green bar fully with just a few baddies on you and the recharge isn't half bad a that point. Rad Armor is prob still my favorite armor set, just now I feel like I'll need to find another AOE...

Question about proc'ing out Fiery Melee... I was putting a build together and according to MIDs most of Fiery Melee's attacks proc out very nicely. BUT then I got to thinking, fire damage is the least resisted in game, so would it make more sense to just boost the inherent damage of the power and then also reap the benefits of all the set bonuses? I was putting together a Brute build, but assume it's the same across all the melee ATs. Thanks! -WT

I looked through some builds and pieced together this WB/CD. Hoping to get some opinions on it. For regular content and on a good team for possible star content. Thanks! -WT Forum Share - Corruptor (Water Blast - Cold Domination).mbd

Honestly, from where I'm sitting, it's probably the best class, or at least it brings more to the table than the rest. At this point, a lil over a year in, I've rolled most ATs. But I always come back to my two favs, Corruptors and Brutes. I have good builds on any 50 that I also have full incarnates on, that include everything but a Controller, a Sentinel, and a Master Mind. These three classes just don't jive with me. Corruptors are pretty strong good damage and good buffs/debuffs/heals

You could try this... Scrapper (Savage Melee - Radiation Armor).mbd

Once RT lost out on procs it became useless as an attack to me. My Stalker can still benefit from the heal so I've altered that build to 2 slots in RT and picked up Ball Lightning to replace the AOE we lost.