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I think on the toon shown in the pics I have the full set of Avalanche, which is a bad choice as the KD proc stacks with Axes inherent KD (probably adds to the scatter as well). I'll have to swap it with some thing, but atm I'm using it to up his Fire/Cold Def and I'm too lazy to figure out a better way to add that it back.

Under the "Fun with Axes" topic. Yes, you can move mobs using Axe Cyclone. It takes a little practice, but you can have fun moving them around. If you jump, then at the mob's head height, hit Axe Cyclone, you can "pull" them into the air. They do scatter but it's fun to watch. Once you can do that, you can start positioning them (to some extent). 1) you can jump towards and object and hit Axe Cyclone. I successfully did this and pulled a few mobs into a small dumpster. 2) Lampposts, if you gather them by and lamppost and hit it, it gathers the mob a little better, however the lamppost also provides additional scatter (do to the arc of the light arm(?)). 3) In low ceiling areas, there is little scatter, so if you jump then hit it, it pulls the mobs together nicely. 4) I successfully pulled a mob over a wall, onto a wall, etc... 5) it's very fun, give it try! We ran a BP mission and got to do a "Tiki Toss" as well. Very fun, but no pics at this time. Hopefully my teammate got some 🙂 If you haven't rolled a Axer, do so. They're fun!

Ooops, thanks for the catch on that. Of course it's 12/17, and I'm good with either Gold of DFB start. One though on DFB start, we should hit King's Row for the radios post level 10, pre level 14 to get Jet Pack reward.

Just a reminder, we're back on 13/17. Event starts at 9:30 AM Pacific! See you then!

A great turnout on Excel tonight. Thanks all for joining us! Welcome to all the new TTer's and welcome back all the regulars. Thanks to Ronin for leading Numina's and thanks to Kilo for taking the other missions team. Went to the WL's Realm, fought some AVs, you know, the usual fun! 🙂 12/13, we're back on Torch! Meet in King's Row by IP Gate at 6pm PT\9pm ET and we'll get rolling from there!

Do it, you'll love it!

Well... that didn't go as planned, but we still had fun and learned what we need to do for our next CoP attempt (Excel, Jan 31st). But we did take care of some AVs after and as always a good time teaming with everyone. We're back on Excel 12/6 (yes, that time of year already!) Meet in King's Row by IP Gate at 6pm PT\9pm ET and we'll get rolling from there! See you all in game!

As you already said, there really is no bad pairing, just tactics and play style. I'm partial to Fiery Melee, and with the current changes I'd recommend it even more. On a Tank I'd also highly recommend Axe. Recent changes provide Axe Cyclone with the ability to draw in mobs closer to the Tank. If you want the double teleport, then savage melee would also be an option.

Like "FRZNAVALNCH"?

Fun times on Indom tonight. Two teams, one did the weekly (Manti) and the other ran and ITF. Thanks for leading the Manti Col! Missions followed the ITF and we picked on an AV, and CoT. What a Tank sees in an AV mission... 11/29, CoP on Indom! Meeting in King's Row by IP Gate at 6pm PT/9pm ET and we'll get things rolling! See ya' then!

Fun times on Reunion today. We got in a Hess TF (Thanks for leading Ronin (and taking the team/league star)). We also got three Palis to begin with, ran a mission or two, then joined the local Hami raid. All-in-all a great event! Oh yeah, and we met a new Tank! Welcome! Stupid robot... We'll see you again Reunion on 12/17!

Similar to what you do. I use it to "jump attack" building to building/platform to platform (or mob to mob when possible). Can be use in combination with a KD or "grounding" (immob) power to bring down annoying hover-snipers (also used against flying/hovering targets to start an attack then dart around a corner, breaking LoS to get them to follow), once grouped up, AoE them down (new Axe changes work well with this and my ever favorite Fires Sword Circle (FTW!). Used to be able to use it to teleport/attack into things like guardhouses, rooms with windows, etc (not sure if this still works, haven't tried it in awhile). Used with Lightning Rod for the "Double Boom" affect. Add in Energy Torrent from Energy Mastery and you can run them down (SC), blast them while they're down (LR), then take a step back and knock them down again (ET) (SC and ET can be used either at the beginning or the end, depending on if you want to go bowling (ET) or just smash through them first). This attack chain can be used in any attack plane. With PSi you can "flip pancakes" using (Mass Levitate) (knock them down, the flip them up). So lots of fun to be had with it. Using it with Axe you used to be able to "juggle" mobs with the KD/KU, haven't tried that with the new changes, you can still probably do it (this is a fun one to watch as well, it's even more fun to do).

Hi all, we're going to start the event at 9:30 AM PT this week. We're trying to lessen our impact on the Tankerage of the server for the Hami raid. See you then!

Had a good turnout tonight on Everlasting. We had three teams, a Hess TF, and two missions. Thanks for leading the Hess PLV and thanks to MsA for leading the other missions team. After we got folks leveled we ran a Yin TF, so a good time tonight. We also got to meet some new TTers. Welcome one and all, and as always we got to see some of our regulars, always great to have them along. This Sat 11/19, we're on Reunion. Meet in King's Row by IP Gate @9:30 AM PT. We're staring earlier than usual to offset our impact on the Hami there. Maybe we can join again at the end of the event! ;) 11/22 we're on Indom, meet in King's Row by IP Gate a 6pm PT/9pm ET...AND we're on Indom again on the 29th for a Ronin lead CoP!

Makes sense. I saw the IOs in question right after the post. Thought I edited it in time.

That's a pretty nice build. I know why Rune of Protection was chosen (great additional Resist, but only every three minutes), I'm not sure it's a power choice I'd make (I'll have to run it on the test server). I ran my Ice/Icer last night and got all his Incarnates unlocked, and I definitely need to improve his Resists. Thanks for posting the build, I'll have to try it out. I think there have been other Ice Armor builds posted that do not use RoProct. it might be worth looking at those as well and deciding which way to go.

Absolutely loving the changes to Battle Axe. A friend and I duo'd Citadel last night and Axe Cyclone allowed me to position, reposition, and drag mobs around and really control the combat. (note: this iteration of the build has Axe Cyclone updated from the when Whirling Axe was available at 20). With the changes, Axe Cyclone now not available until 28, so you'll be w/o it on lower level TFs (but there's still time to get it for Citadel!). I sort of miss it at level 20, but I think the swap was made to allow from greater damage earlier, and Pendulum is an awesome power in it's own right at level 20. This was with a Bio/Axer. I believe my friend was running a Rad/Dark Def (Yeah, my Tank was pretty buffed, and the mobs pretty debuffed. No, I didn't feel sorry for them. They were Council after all....). I just started work on a Rad/Axer which looks very promising. Can't wait to get both these toons totally built out. So anyways, I love the changes to Battle Axe, thanks Devs for making the set better and giving it a unique mechanic that actually works great for ATs the set was created for.

Fun times on Torch tonight. We ran a Citadel TF at 8+3 and finished in 48:58. Not bad for a bunch of Tanks. We also had a missions team, thanks for leading that MsA. And finished the night with a few missions. Always good to see regular TTers and to get new players involved as well. 11/15 we're on Everlasting. Meet in King's Row by IP Gate a 6pm PT/9pm ET and we'll get rolling from there! AND... Indom CoP on the 29th! See you in game!

On a Fiery note, I got a chance to run my Fire/Fire/Mu Mastery Tanker last night (haven't run him in awhile). His Incarnates range from T1s to T4s. I had forgotten I was experimenting with with the build to see what I could do PSi-Resist wise. It uses Impervium Armors instead of UGs. Anyways... against 8 +2 Carnies he did well, except for the End Drains. When Consume was used at the start of the fight there were no problems. I could also decrease the affect of the drain by eating a mid size Purple Shield. I think once I get Hybrid Melee to T4 he might be even sturdier. Anyone have an idea/trick to getting Consume's recharge faster (currently running Ageless, Hasten, and a couple of LoTGs). I'll test against other mobs soon. But so far this build looks pretty good.

Numbers wise it's an interesting build, functionality wise, I'm not so sure. What are you looking to get out of it, and are you currently enjoying it, and looking to improve, or are you still leveling and wanting a final build. A couple things stood out to me. You don't have Frost, which is a must for this set (put the MoT ATOs in there), and Ice Patch which is an excellent way to help mitigate damage.

Are you adding procs to your STs, Franensloting or sets (with whatever procs they have in them)?

Points for knowing what and "Adze" iz, but I thought the whole distinction of the tool was the blades relationship to the handle. Anyways, look at how much you can learn on the Tanker threads... With that said, to learn even more fun and interesting facts join us for Tanker Tuesdays on a server near you (schedule in sig) (yes, I know it's a shameless plug, but that's my job).

With the changes to Axe I don't think there is a "bad" pairing. Dark is going to hate End a bit more than the other sets, but other than that, any of the primaries should be fine.

I noticed something like this the other night when playing, but nothing I tried to repeat. Now that you bring it up, I'll have to see if I can reproduce the affect/maneuver. I've always liked FM, but it wasn't until a few months ago I saw the reason why, posted on these forums (less resisted by mobs). With the new changes the set has really come into it's own. I had a Shield/Fire Tanker on live and he was a blast to run even back then (go Fire Mastery for the Epic set and pick up Fireball for more AoE fun ). 😉 I thought I saw something about the changes that made me do a double take on BoF, but sounds it's not like a keeper. If you can pack both Incinerate and Greater Fire Sword into the build you can pick up some high end damage output. I usually take one or other, with GFS being the choice, it does a big whack of damage and is great for starting the damage chain and finishing off the remaining hit points.

Citadel, my fav all Tanker TF. I'll lead that one next week. And, as a bonus, on Torch I have MANY Fiery Melee Tanks, so we'll have at least two to test with. If anyone else wants to join with FM, we can get that one crossed off my list. 😉 Although I think the additional magic with the FM changes comes with Fiery Embrace. I don't recall.. and there were a lot of words in the post that explained it...