Infinitum

Sorry, but any credibility - any avenue you had on this topic you lost with this post. There was no need to go here even if you believed all of this BS.

She wouldn't be far off. I would say 99% of the planet at least. Nothing wrong with thinking something you know to be true.

The Energy Melee nerf.... Uh. Yes... We felt that one.

There are plenty of us that have so many hours of playtime on SR that negates your premise that it has issues. I literally have one on every melee AT and have no issues with it. No heal- don't need it No endurance- slot +end sets and build around it just like anything else. Everything has to have a weakness to overcome. SR doesn't have many - and ranks pretty high on my unkillable list - because IMO it is better than Rad on most high level content especially where debuffers of any kind are involved. I don't need any formulas or data testing to tell me its super strong when i can literally walk out of the room when i am in the middle of +4/8 ITF - surrounded - make myself a sandwich - eat the sandwich and they still haven't brought me down when i come back to the screen - that tells me all i need to know. Could an AV get lucky every now and then? Sure - that's part of the set - and goes for any of the sets honestly, but that is the exception - not the rule. Bottom line - if you are any bit capable in this game - you have to try really hard to die with SR. That is an incontrovertible demonstrable fact.

Invul/EM - simple effective powerful.

It might have had something to do with a TW soloing the magisterium incarnate trial.

Now that's a Sell. 😀

∀ Regen. 😁

An argument could be made either way for Taunt - I can see how it would be useful on any build and better for aggro management with it, however - my playstyle doesn't require it because I am 100% of the time in the thick of it surrounded by a proficient team - and any stragglers that get past my aoes and taunt auras will be quickly dispatched by the team. That is not at all to say taunt is not useful - it just isn't what I prefer. Now to the Ice/Ice question - there aren't many T9s in the tanker spectrum that are useful honestly - if you are in a situation that would need a power like hibernate then you have pretty much failed already - so my build takes the necessity for that out of the equation and as long as you are spamming Energy Absorbtion your defense and resistances combined with the -speed, -damage, and -recharge will more than carry the day for you. As far as aggro goes Ice/Ice by nature is an aggro magnet - cold generally makes most people more gripey lol Hope that helps and if you have any more questions please feel free to ask!

I go back and forth on the willpower, ice , and SR cluster. Those are all very close, but i think QoL between them is what makes that list accurate

Try an Energy/Shield Stalker for the AoE

This.... Right. Here. Haha

You ever just look at a theme and keep looking - and then realize ... Well shoot... This just doesn't fit. And then you play it and then it really starts irking your nerves - that this theme (character theme) just.... Isn't.... Right. That happened to me yesterday and the wild hair was on miracle grow at that point. So i went OCD and changed Paladin Infinitum from SR/Claws to Shield/Broadsword - because who in the blue hell has ever seen a holy knight with claws instead of a sword and no shield. Just didn't fit in my OCD anymore. Also Alpha Infinitum was Elec/Dual Blades - the counterpart to Omega Infinitum only the physical weapon just didn't fit the dynamic - so it is now a Elec/Psi Melee tanker - because Light side spiritual - telekinesis and telekinetic weapons matches up better as a counterpart to Omega Infinitum's Dark/Dark netherworld vibe. So then i was left with the dilemma of needed a new SR based Infinitum - because i really like SR - just not how it was paired with claws - so I started looking at Quantum Infinitum - the 4th Shield Infinitum - what if I renamed Quantum and kept him but made a SR/EM Quantum Infinitum - and I did both. lol. Seriously though this SR/EM is going to be slick - tons of recharge - Superior positional defenses - and lots of damage. I will probably complete it first because it looks awesome on paper and combines two of my favorite elements. SR and EM. While i was looking at SR - I also made a new DB/SR scrapper based on Captain Jack Sparrow - Named Sparrowpoint (don't ask me where that came from) - but its really cool and fun so i did that too. Lastly i made a Dual Blades/Ninjitsu Scrapper - full on Ninja based on Snake Eyes from GiJoe - Omega Shinobi - because why not. lol Space Marshall Givens. I am eyeballing because something isn't right with its theme also, but i was tired so he was spared for tonight. lol I will upload all this later with notes - and create a misc build section including builds i have helped people with and these builds that perished tonight in case people liked them.

How insidious of him. lol. Wouldn't have it any other way. What about acrobatics combined with what you already have?

Ah wasn't aware of that - hadn't tanked him with elec since before that. Im not near a computer. How many pts of kb protection does grounded get?

Are you opposed to getting hover? Reason i ask is i have tanked that at least 100 times on my Rad Elec Brute and never had any issues tanking Recluse - Hover will allow him to remain stationary but cut a flip in mid air to mitigate the KB. Elec is a beast in that TF for me traditionally though - and Recluse' channelgun wont phase your endurance.

Why is electric armor out?

Shield Electric is the AOE king it almost rivals a blaster's nuke when you full broadside your aoe selection. Fire EM might also be a good selection - awesome aoe and the best single target combined - with excellent mitigation also. Look up Ultra Infinitum and Lodestarr below for the builds there. And any others you may want to test out. I have a large selection my shield, and invul builds are all super durable if that is what you are looking for. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Glad you enjoy! you are more than welcome!

Ok ok ok. Im rather frightened now from the non response. I yield to your silence. 🤣

Ok that makes sense. I thought it was something like that. Do i remember correctly on live at some point when respecing that slots were by level also? Or did i dream that in a van down by the river?

So how does that work out when exemplared in terms of power?

I have never taken the time to ask this, but does the order of slot placement during a respec matter when exemplared still?

Oklahoma sucks..... There..... Saved the day for ya Falcon.... Cause that's what heroes do.

I believe Blessing of the Zephyr works in all of them - anyone please correct that if i am wrong. Blessing is the one in hover and evasive. There were 3 KB IOs in my build - But you should be ok with just 2 if you only got Super Jump. Basically you can swap things around in this build even some of the epic pool attacks if you wanted more stone melee - just make note of the current set bonus and try to duplicate that to whatever you are swapping. Make it your own however you see fit and if you need any help I usually respond fairly quick now that i am back in the game - always happy to help. Should be good to go - on paper this build looks really fun and durable.