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This: I can't overstate the difference in using procs in Burn and IG especially. I pack them with as many procs as possible. You hit burn and bosses just disappear...

Thanks! For some reason I thought it was an auto power.

I just picked this up on a Corrupter to help bump the defenses up a bit but the power never applies the defense bonus when enemies are within range (8 feet). The passive regen boost is working though.

Weird but I can't post full builds: There are better cheaper builds out there but here are mine. 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The thing I love about Fire armor is you can invest next to nothing and hit the fire cap leaving you with a lot of options to get creative elsewhere. After I raise a couple more concept toons to 50 I plan on slotting an alternate build on my Spines/Fire to make it more proc heavy. Honestly though of all my farming toons Rad/Fire/Pyre is hands down my fastest. For some reason I can't post builds and get a template error when I try.

I almost forgot about Force of Will, but before I roll another toon.... Any idea if/when Experimentation, Gadgetry and Utility Belt will come out?

Faction of Fury Fodder pretty much sums it up...

Psi/Elec With incarnate powers turned off, but I went Resilient anyway. He'snot 50 yet so I may change things a bit. May do Destiny Barrier to shore up the defense

Who in their right mind wouldn't like to punch Homelander square in his smug jaw...

<akes sense, SL is available at level 8 you're getting an active heal really early which goes a really long way. DM is actually really nice with Bio, Dark Consumption and Soul Drain are very good in dealing with minion fodder and Genetic Cont. should take care of the leftovers. The - To Hit pairs nicely with Bio's defense. Midnight Grasp and Siphon Life are heavy hitters and SL gives you a 4th heal. Out of curiosity, how often do you have DC and SD up?

That all depends on what you're falling short on, if anything. Do you have other powers to compensate like heals or +end? Personally I throw PS +end in mines as I feel I need the healing procs earlier on so I throw those into Health, and I never use more than the default slot.

Echo Erratic1, Although peoples play styles factor in any sets viability, Bio is one of my favorite armors. It's a "Jack of all trades" set IMO. I had one at 50 and can tell you it isn't squishy and I would solo +4 x8 on everything except Arachnos mobs. Deleting the toon in the 20s was probably way too soon. Three core powers from Bio aren't available until 28+ and unless you were rocking catalyzed enhancements you weren't taking advantage of set bonuses. If you have the patience you should try anything/Bio. My personal favorites Spines, Staff, Savage Melee, Rad. Soon I'll add TW to the list.

I had a Staff/Bio Brute back in the day whose build was on a PC that I need to try and recover data from. Sadly I didn't put my builds in the cloud. Not sure what I was thinking by only putting the numbers in Google Drive, but here they go. I may try to recreate it in Mids as I run a lot of Bio toons and the slotting is easily adapted: BigBoAGoGo Defense Smashing 36 Lethal 36 Fire 46.4 Cold 46.4 Energy 42.6 Negative 42.6 Psionic 23.8 Melee 40.7 Ranged 21.9 AoE 23.8 Resistance Smashing 74.5 Lethal 74.5 Fire 48.1 Cold 48.1 Energy 21.9 Negative 21.9 Toxic 38.2 Psionic 8.3 Health/Endurance Regen 378 Max HP 143.4 EndRec 203 EndUse 1.28 Max End 108.6 Misc Haste 128.75 ToHit 0 Accuracy 15 Damage 8

Here's my take. To be honest I had to put my 'feel' to the build. By that I mean I tend not to do things like slot more than the default in my build up or travel powers. I did however have 'extra' slots so I threw in some Kismets, Regen tissue, Impervium Armor and Pounding Slug fest. There are a few shortcomings that can be plugged with Alpha and Hybrid Incarnate powers later on. Tell me what you think Kysmelly Hot Plate Avenger Diff Defense Smashing 20.9 23.4 2.5 Lethal 20.9 23.4 2.5 Fire 18.7 19.4 0.7 Cold 18.7 19.4 0.7 Energy 20.9 22.2 1.3 Negative 20.9 22.2 1.3 Psionic 14 17.8 3.8 Melee 49.3 50.5 1.2 Ranged 49.3 48 -1.3 AoE 44.9 42.4 -2.5 Resistance Smashing 43.4 47 3.6 Lethal 43.4 47 3.6 Fire 20.3 31.3 11 Cold 20.3 31.3 11 Energy 18 23 5 Negative 18 23 5 Toxic 18.8 17.8 -1 Psionic 7.5 12.5 5 Health/Endurance Regen 232 275 43 Max HP 134.9 130.4 -4.5 EndRec 195 172 -23 EndUse 1.51 1.57 0.06 Max End 107.1 105 -2.1 Misc Haste 127.5 137.5 10 ToHit 0 6 6 Accuracy 51 66 15 Damage 32.5 30 -2.5 Shield Charge End Cost 7.59 10.16 2.57 Recharge 36.37 30.29 -6.08 Accuracy 158 155.9 -2.1 Fire Circle Sword End Cost 9.61 12.53 Recharge 8.65 6.43 Accuracy 182.1 208.8 Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Hot Plate Avenger: Level 50 Magic Brute Primary Power Set: Fiery Melee Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense | Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1563;687;1374;HEX;| |78DA6D94DB6E52411885676063053605CAA9B4D402A507684128351EE221D6164D0| |F490DD10B4F84B453D84A2801ACAD773E85CFD00B7D10CFDEFA0E5513AF3451FCD9| |FF6A69C41DC837B366FE596B6633ACEF2DE9AF6FBEB826A4F346ADDC6A95169B4FD| |BCAB65EAE189B562184F7D64E3BBA512BB755F4FAAEAA57547380D49039ABB4AE6A| |4A650A866AEE733BC2FA92DA56F596CA14AB86AA6D1D7585BEB1B353CBACA972C3A| |8575C66A76054AA6DEA39CC5EB1A1D496FB68D6966AB6AA4623BCDC303633CB75D5| |AC904BB9D5EEBA993EC394244F5F8F14783A36718F30AD09CB7DF001537B083E629| |E2A31DFE844895A0735723436C83CED069D4C870EBA985E8952AA95F0D5E1ABC377| |10BE83F0F5C0F72DF95AE16B85DF10FC87E0EB87AF1FBE41F80E116CEC2B6C07165| |3F39136802C03C8124496616419469611641941967794C5CE5934FB6DF688DC018B| |CCB943ABC974529A35EFA9C6890CCE59C1F928808BD7B1BA025C77C60F7A402FF30| |3D5BBA534EBDD31AE9754EFE535A5779530A689DC0AF323CDF7E1BC7C583B8A35A3| |3E105EC955CE3AF78319A775035C6B09206B0CCC81569A13E23932D46D90676A9EE| |B83D40DE36CC3BBA87FC69CD803F7C1E7CCC41F7E2F9F28F728F6348ADC31E4D6C8| |730CE73586B104C612D8CB14F6D68D348E0CE3DBEC3155011F33A7ABE013D0607EA| |60C71AED5E2173857F222788999BA0C5E61DAE9454C723631F992359DB4196833D0| |BCB487599CED2CF690FECDEF2CFD93D99533F0CFCC73DDD93CB8009E63E6CE33276| |8DD2C7E5FD92FAC45B4E37B4E1F7A44AA4FC9F629B93E25DFA72CF42905EDF87FA1| |B3D66BD345E12C1BDAF1DD17D2ACB07BE846B3D23974D0A83C39FAADA758E40ADF2| |1CF5DDCADABFC7BFBDA57F5FDA48213EF0E745EF9A80DB3DE331E2055FEAB9ACFAF| |E0FF0ACCE720DE1B2A847AEDBF55310F0A| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Energy I think only has one multi target power, Shield has one offensive one as well. IMO you need more than that to be effective. With that said, whether or not it is the 'wrong' combo is subjective. There's nothing wrong with that combo but there are others that are way more efficient. I've been playing this game since beta and can't ever recall seeing as many Spines/Fire or Fire/Spines combos. They are good and kill pretty fast. Since you're new I'd suggest you go an alternate route and choose Bio Armor. Spines, Staff, Titan Weapons and Savage Melee are really good. I will try to locate my builds but I took all these builds to 50+ to break up the farming monotony. Spines/Bio is the only one I re-created so far. He has no problem farming any of the fire farms although my preference are the Comic Con farms. He also has no issue on S/L farms (Comic Con S/L version). Occasionally when I need quick normal XP rates I breeze through the Unai Kenan Council mission a few times. All these are done at +4/x8 and my only regret is that there is an aggro cap.