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Yikes! Glad to hear that's resolved (?).

First up, SUCCESS, the Tanks of Paragon City once again defeated Hami (there were on and off, roughly 32 of us). Thanks to all who joined the event. It's great to see a group of players get together and accomplish something outside the normal design of the game. I'd like the thank all the teams leads as well. MsA for taking the Taunt team. Shana for being the Hami punching bag (Main Taunt Tank (sorry bud I knew it would be rough)). Ronin and Umann for leading the Yellow Mito Kill team, which became the Blue Kill team and ultimately who's numbers allowed us to take out the Greens. Great job to all. Tanks aren't know for their holds. or their ranged attacks... or really their melee DPS numbers, and yet we took out a challenge that required all those things! Pics to follow, I need to convert them first or I'll go past my pixel allotment... Next week were back here on Excel (2/6) meet in King's Row at 6 PM PDT/9 PM EDT and we'll get rolling from there!

And success!! See TT thread for details.

As I recall a friend and I tried to get WP Tanks up to the point where the could regen while being blasted by Hami, but even with the maths seemingly correct the debuffing couldn't be compensated for (from the other mitos). To that end, the "self-sufficient" Hami combo I ever saw was a Dark/Dark, that utilized Siphon Life, both as a heal and an attack (to help maintain aggro). I had the basics of the build around somewhere... not sure what I've done with it now, but I didn't have time to play with it. Basically the Tanker would park next to Hami himself and us SL changing position as needed to accommodate the rest of the raiders and direct the blasts away from them. I don't think there have been enough (or any changes) to the Hami raid since then so the build/tactic would probably still work. I don't recall the exact numbers, but w/o EoEs I think Hami hits for 450 or so and then does "x" number of ticks of DoT. WP could regen from the initial hit, but the ticks of damage plus the other mitos tended to drag them down. SL was set up on the Dark/Dark build to cycle very fast, that and using Dark Regen kept it on it's feet. Obviously there was some player skill and experience involved as well, but it was cool to watch the Tank in action.

Hey Zem, No worries, we'll use you on the hold team. I think Agoogala or MsA will have a solution for us. Plan on keeping with your Rad/Icer.

Hey all, Sorry, I've been really busy with RL lately. But to follow up on this 1) I'm planning on a "no retreat" raid, so basically once we enter the jello, we'll be in the jello until Hami is down. Now, if we get wiped, we'll reorganize and go from there. I'm thinking we'll be able to take out the first round of mitos and then based on our DPS on the purple egg go from there. If the bar is moving fast enough, we'll drop pets and go for broke. If I don't like the way the DPS looks, we'll eat EoEs clear the 2nd round of mitos. I'm pretty sure we'll be able to take Hami out from there. Okay, so what do you need (to do, have, buy) 1) holds, Tanks are notoriously short on holds. Get Golden Rings if you have candy canes, and if you have the origin power (the one with hold (Taser?) then that helps. 2) Ranged attacks, one (or more) from the power sets or Epics would be great. 3) I recommend flight packs (unless you have a flying build). Flight lets you get to all the mitos easily. The plan (in a nutshell) 1) We will have a Hami Taunter and a Yellow Taunt team (MsA will be leading the Yellow Taunt team, we'll need a Hami Tuanter as PLV won't be able to make it (ZemX, please report for Hami duty)). If someone wants to step up and take this roll, I'm sure Zem will let you. 2) We will need Yellow damage team/s (Ronin will be leading at least one of these, we will likely have two). 3) We will have a Green "Hold" team, which will likely be acting like a distraction until the rest of the league can come play with the greens. If we happen to take a few out prior, then "Yay" us! I'll be leading the "Green" team and calling the raid. 4) We might have a "Blue" team, but most likely the Yellow teams can circle back through and take out the Blues. 5) HOLD PETs until called for. 6) Have EoEs, these will do the bulk of the heavy lifting protection wise for us, so make sure you have at least four on hand. 7) Numbers previously when attempting this (prior to incarnates and all the IOing) 35 Tanks was the magic number with 38+ being even easier. So lets hope for a good turnout. 8) Come early, we're going to be doing this on the largest population server. I have no idea how many players will join us. 9) Meet in King's Row FIRST! We'll go to the Abyss from there. 10) If you have nukes, hold them until called for. Feel free to ask me questions as you like. Note, I have limited time so not sure how quickly I can get back to you (doing this while on my break).

You know... you can color the "Ice Swords" red and yellow... and add fiery aura to them... just sayin'...

Good turnout on Indom tonight. We had two Yin teams and MsA lead missions for us. PLV and I ran Yin TFs, and Pep took the star to lead Numina's for our team (after Yin). Jan 30th 2024 all Tanker Hami on Excel! Meet in King's Row at the usual time. Bring holds, and ranged attacks for Hami, come early, as I'm not sure the level of turnout we'll have for this event.

Glad to help, go axe things and have fun!!! Axe Cyclone BEST POWER EVER!!!

Hmmm... good point. We skipped the xp boost for the first 15 levels to run DFB (I think.., don't recall) get the Raptor Pack from the King's Row Safeguard mission, and get run FrostFire. I guess if we want to forgo those we just go for it. Otherwise let's skip the xp boost for the first 15 levels again and see how it goes.

Yep, 6:00 PM PDT. See you there!

Thanks for doing that. Not sure how we overlooked that and had us all packed into my SG there, but glad you got TankHQ up and running. We really need to have it available on all shards. Yes, Feb 17th will be our next visit to Reunion, and if you've already made a Bio/Fire then you've just spoken it into existence. Let's go with Bio for the new set. So Bio for your Primary, your choice for the Secondary. See you all there on the 17th!

Wait...why is your SD/Axer parked at 32? With the changes to Battle Axe that Tank has the potential to be one of your strongest/funnest builds (Axe Cyclone FTW!!) (I mean you can knock them down (SC), Axe Cyclone them into place, take a step back and then hit them with Energy Torrent (if you take Energy Mastery). That aside, as others have mentioned Electrical Melee and Dark Melee are pretty fun, and if you want to add some KB to KD IOs Kinetic Melee can be pretty fun on Shield Tanks (imagine the above scenario, but more so). Mobs spend a lot of time on their backsides (which is another form of damage mitigation...). Oh, forgot to mention, Fiery Melee add Avalanches and you can get KD from FSC!! What's not to love there... I mean... Fire!!!

Good fun on Reunion today, we were few, but might! Three Palis showed up to start the event, then we flashed back and got the Spelunker badge, fought Infernal, ran Numina's TF, and got our TFC badges. Oh, Ronin lead the festivities today and I goofed off (thanks Ronin). We're still discussing which primary to start our next round of Tanks with. At the moment I think Bio has the lead (it's between Bio and Fire).

Katana? I'll have to look at that again. I've never had much luck with it (or damage either).

In the past SS with Rage couldn't be beat, even with the Rage crash. Now, with IOs, procing, and changes to some sets I'm not sure. Certainly the right pairing with SS can make big difference. I've always been partial to Fiery Melee and I think the last change to the set gave it "moar Fire damage over time". I'm not sure anyone has done an analysis since the old days. Might be pretty complex now. But, I'd love to know how the sets shake out. As others have said Fire, Bio, Rad would likely be the best Primaries for pairing (Offense wise). After that for the Secondaries, SS, Stone Melee, Fiery Melee(?), the "B" tier might include EM, BA, etc... I know the Battle Axe changes (Axe Cyclone) make it the "Best" set for Tanking period. Since you can use it to draw enemies in and (after practice) actually relocate them. Not sure where it ranks for overall damage, but I know my Rad/Axer using Musculature can pump out some nice number, but so can my Rad/Fiery Melee toons.

DooOOOooooom!!???

Three Ice Tanks!!?? I didn't realize I had set the team up with that. I'm surprised you could herd anything with the slows that must have been going on.

Good fun on Everlasting tonight. Thanks all for joining us, and special thanks to all the team leads. PLV and SB lead ITFs, and MsA and Ronin took the missions teams. 1/20 will be January's TT on Reuion (9:30 AM PT). Jan 30th 2024 all Tanker Hami on Excel! Bring holds, and ranged attacks for Hami, come early, as I'm not sure the level of turnout we'll have for this event. 1) bring holds if you can get them 2) bring ranged attack (at least one) 3) bring a jet pack to easily access all mitos 4) show up early, as I have no idea the level of turnout we'll have for this event. 5) we'll meet in King's Row at the usual place and usual time, then head to the Abyss.

Hey Lauci, We'll meet at the usual time then head to the Abyss. So, 6:00 PM PDT in King's then after the initial gathering, off to the Abyss.

Good run on Torch tonight. A bit of a slow start, but we got things rolling. Four teams over all, two missions teams and two Synapse teams. Thanks for taking a mission team MsA and thanks to Ronin and Lolly Gagger for running the Synapse teams. 01/16/24 we're back on Everlasting! Meet in King's Row at 6PM PST/9PM EST. 1/20 (date correction) will be January's TT on Reuion (9:30 AM PT). Jan 30th 2024 all Tanker Hami on Excel!

Good turnout on Excel tonight. We had three missions teams and ApeMage team. Thanks for taking missions MsA, Shana/Witty, and thanks for running ApeMage Ronin. 01/09/24 we're on Torch! Meet in King's Row at 6PM PST/9PM EST. 1/16 will be January's TT on Reuion (9:30 AM PT). Also, Jan 30th 2024 all Tanker Hami on Excel!

Three teams tonight on Indom, so a great turnout for that server! Thanks for leading the missions team MsA, and thanks to Ronin and Pep for taking Manti and Posi1 and 2! Welcome to all the new comers and welcome back to all returning Tankers/TTers! Opening event, a Winter Lord stopped by along with three Palis! And since he stopped by to say "Hi", went went to his realm to wish him the best. Tanker Style! (cleared the map ;)) 01/02/24 we start the new year on Excel! Meet in King's Row at 6PM PST/9PM EST. 1/16 will be January's TT on Reuion (9:30 AM PT). Jan 30th 2024 all Tanker Hami on Excel!

Please don't misunderstand what I saying. Winter-Os were needed to get to the numbers I wanted when I tried the build as well (prior to finding your post).

Thanks for the build SB. I appreciate it. It also looks pretty close to what I came up with. So it was good to have another source to look at. And yeah, I don't think I'd do Invuln/Rad again, it hasn't been my favorite pairing, but I think I can make it work.