StrikerFox

You can do it! It may require a respec with new power picks (Add CJ or Stealth), changing up slotting and IOs (Full set of winter IO's add +def to 2 different positions). Can take the Agility or Nerve Alpha as they both provide a +20% def buff (Probably equates to +4% def). Split up the Superior Scrapper Strike for +5% melee def. Full set of Gaussian's in Soul Drain will add +2.5% to all positions. Steadfast and Gladiator's Armor uniques for +6% def. Boost some IOs to +5 for a little extra oomph. Avoid small IO set bonuses that are better for type def like Pounding Slugfest and Reactive Armor. Their positional def bonuses are small. I'm sure there's a more efficient way to get to +58.75% def than the below. It's just to incarnate softcap, DDR is short 5%. Hope it helps. | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1119;532;1064;HEX;| |78DA6D92DD4E134114C7CF76B7967EB740690B5408054DBCD8A009F724561223AB9| |57A5F973AA51B36DBCDEE36D67701D44410545E04505FC25B3FDE603DBBE78CBDA8| |936C7E33FFF33F7366E6AC316EE5FAFD9D6D500A0F6DD3F7BB9D9E67BAAEF0668C5| |16006D6D08168A4F0ABCB50D710B6107ACBF40E69BAF22FD2127DE1F842EF8CA2D5| |9EE8DB622CFCF26367203CE104BA9CE4DBC3A1ADEF580783C0720E8AF16A5798AF8| |4E70F2C3727D72E06B364B5236FF5916BF5F44E60DA87D131465DC3F403E1BDA9E1| |F156F1F352204798802B15E0BE06896BE60DD1884C0A999290516251CB3273C45B7| |96681385324FA98ACC864E548A3E0313173C27C4BCCBD63BE273EC5645526AB5CB9| |C0950B5CB9C4954B5C79962B3FC3E4242743B212896918A198623191FA4A179CFD4| |69CFF4E6CA329CDAF02E91007282865A5948D2515A53C6FA5E4AB386BE0160F688B| |E7182CCAE2452EFE1AC5323D65A8965FD21D174CE63EB1D623EEA1794EEE301757D| |450AAC8C3574AB4696D9EAEBB582196D15495A62A9B16D9B4CCA6319AEAD4973059| |FF90A0E029F1F619F323F39CB87A41EC60F2923CD912DF6D01C586141B5B084D85E| |8D4E10B8CACC926AE71139BDCC42637B1C94D5CE726AE73137FE0736EC8E48D737A| |9A3B17CC4FCCCFC4BB5F9897C4F03F63599BFCF1103B60459BFCDFE1EE74BCADC93| |04A4A2CFDCC4C52D8F57B5AFA352DFD99969EDC03D8E4EDC3BF237AD5CE| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

I like Incarnate content. Pre-i19, hitting level 50 felt like a death sentence rather than an accomplishment. There was really no content after that. Once 50, fully IO then my heroes were typically shelved and a new character created. When incarnates came out, every hero was dusted off and replayed.

I once joined a team of doorsitters. Longest ITF ever and we didn't even pass the first stage. Joking aside, how people decide to play their game doesn't affect how I play mine. Doorsitting does not bother me.

The build will probably have some endurance issues. The Performance Shifter proc adds about 0.2 end and Panacea adds about .15 end recovery. Theft of Essense proc would probably help in Twilight grasp. Mastermind Supremacy adds +25% dam/+10% tohit to your pets within 60' radius, and pet accuracy looks high. Tactics can be slotted for less, maybe just a +tohit/end IO. Looks like your S/L res is still capped at +75% even when the Superior Mark of the Mastermind set bonus is removed from the Demon Prince. I really like Tar Patch and Howling Twilight. There's no power pick that will help your pets kill targets faster than Tar Patch. Howling Twilight doesn't need a dead ally to activate. Use it like a normal power to help prevent teammate/pet deaths. A big -rech/-regen/slow/stun debuff. I would build for recharge, get them up as often as possible. And get Hasten closer to perma. Overwhelming Force KD proc in the T1 pets helps with their survivability. Petrifying Gaze is a good proc bomb if you're into that. I found myself using PG just because it was there, but there was no real dire need for it. Though it will stack with the Demon Prince and Dark Servant hold powers. The best thing about the whip attacks are the -res debuff it provides. They also look pretty cool. I would skip them if endurance is too much of a problem. Maneuvers is 6 slotted with LotG with the final bonus providing +4.5% res to tox/psi. A Shield Wall unique with provie +5% res to all damage types. Other players have mentioned the uptick in dps with Hell on Earth active. I've never done testing for them before so I'm not sure how well they perform. I would slot them up regardless. Almost everything I said you can take with a grain of salt. You built for some high resists (For an MM) and have two big -tohit debuff powers. The build will perform well with little to no changes at all. Sorry if my reply sounds like gibberish, been an insomniac the past couple of nights.

It's not bad, still a strong debuff power set. As Astralock mentioned, the +speed/recharge from Accelerate Metabolism does not work on pets. Also Mutation and Fallout can't be used on dead pets.

Is that Vanellope from Wreck-it Ralph?

I've been using Pacific Rim name generators for some characters and MM pets. There are separate ones for Kaiju and Jaegers. They create pretty unique names like: Jaeger: Titan Bohemian, Echo Rebel, Solar Battler, Crimson Hellion etc. Kaiju: Shivmaul, Grievance, Tuskblight, Crystalreaver etc. There are several different generators, all with their own word pools. Easy to find them with Google.

It doesn't sound like it will make much difference unless I'm misunderstanding it. Out of everything in that patch, I'm most excited about the parkour run animation. Haha! 1. Tagging SpecOps' Flash Bang/Tear Gas as AoE. They were always AoE just not labelled that way. 2. Bug fix to show their AR during AR Auto Fire/Full Auto animations. 3. Speed up DoT damage. I think it will only affect Soldier's AR Auto Fire and Commando's Full Auto/Flamethrower. These are the only Merc abilities where the DoT ticks lasts longer than their attack animation. So for example, say Flamethrower currently does a total of 150 pts of DoT damage over 7s. After the change it will do a total of 150 pts of DoT damage over 3.5s (Flamethrower's cast time). 4. Soldier's Equip and Tactical upgrades gets a power swap. AR Heavy Burst for ASMG Heavy Burst. Slightly worse from MM levels 6-32 since AR Heavy Burst is a stronger power.

I considered making a KM/SA Stalker but went with Staff instead. This is what I would have rolled with if I did. Our stats are really similar. Softcap to S/L/E/N/P; high +res to F/C/T. There are a lot of IOs boosted to +5 in my build below. I ended up chasing +regen. Since SA can reach max HP easily, it's regen is better than most other Stalker secondaries. Including the Power Transfer x4 and Panacea IOs, this build should have an average of around 67 hp/s regeneration. But I think your build looks good and will serve you well. | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1449;697;1394;HEX;| |78DA5D935953134110C77BB313424202C410AE107270E48285F8A4A29628F220A40| |A8AF2285FE29A4CC24A4CA8641FC0E303E1F15D3C3F06489555BE59B199EE2916A7| |6AEBB73DD333FF3E662A471BE14663F31E1891072DBBD7ABEEB976EB4076FD15BBE| |9D44CC011C06F86A7AB15D992D2DA72DAD2756AD575D7B56B0709BDB8211BB2DD93| |D69EDB69CBEA7AF775A70BA19D4EA765ED1D4A598FA8DF4DA7B9EF3AEDE6552BACA| |C6D691FA231F5F0D0A959F73BF5E36AC5EEB9B27BACC39AC45872F8D951D0A3EF87| |1788B2009FCDAC222705881AD9A24E1C90CC12D2A0CD3E88E35F3908037FD10C0A1| |8FC8D49C704BC4405839DFCC61753ED1CFE4A1CFDC6FC4EBCF683C9CA015430B582| |394A0A636386721A8B13EBA8E02789BEDFFF934E18CFF988799FDA3459601689D32| |55A97D18BC6D066089CF854CC83281B645933388B7F3901D329E24C9639470CA2F3| |103BC350D250D9D7F0D8888E29D200A539DB64E64DE534CB59A65FD17CFA0099141| |0C2134774D62337E8EAA47729FBCC63621315A2BAAED1339F3A317393B2CADC22CE| |AD316F33EF10875021C69B458CEB3ACF759DE7BACE9F0BC5C53F4255258B51C4799| |3112F51CC8B4C031727F822C1441F07EC6384533AC2A932292F9ED0A1B90FCC8FCC| |4FC4C2676218CF4DE81624CAD4D4C2752A5C61DC50852A4E104D144F6AE7A4EA571| |08AAA5F0350CC92BDC4FD7230AC946E4DEA88E4968E996F88CB6F99EF98EF89110C| |2BAB5B93E5C25931A62A5C000486B3A09D16B413577785AB2B308CBCAE669E4BBDC| |2A50EE062492F96FE5B1CC7E32D7DE1AC2D2AC93006B6AAEFF1EA29BDBD84B87CDD| |FD198F71616387B6C5E503065843081376849EC34943F99D86BC7ECBF4FACFAE4CE| |669F29767D20F8F0C7A4E77E95184F8EA869E50DBC26953D9E10CE570EED96C0067| |3DCC59F7AF8E5DF42DB36FFFA9D778E6359E7B0D35FE018669D2F4| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Checkout the Wayback Machine. It has a lot of the original CoH website archived including a good chunk of the forums. http://web.archive.org/web/20120919194820/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/ Relive hysterical moments like:

Here's something mildly interesting. That chest detail will incorporate the supergroup emblem when entering SG mode. Though I think it needs to be paired with "shirts" for it to happen.

Pretty sure all temp summons can be obtained more than once, but not more than one of the same type at a time. Love the All bots, all the time theme. Also pick up: Clockwork Connection temp summon Arachnos Combat Radio temp summon Rikti Drone temp summon Vanguard Heavy Power Core temp summon

I don't think it's possible. The reason Time is able to do it is because of the +50% recharge Chrono Shift provides. I'm going to give it a shot when I get home. If it can perma with Thermal, it will need Spiritual Core Alpha to get there. Definitely impossible without purples and incarnates. Crammed in as much recharge as possible, added Spiritual Core and just barely made perma-Gang War. A lot of powers/slotting were sacrificed to get there. | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1441;660;1320;HEX;| |78DA6594D972125110860F6190B00C04012109842504139611DEC0728926422A9AB| |85D5163D8A68AAD0258E665DC5EC1B5A25E5966F1DAE515DCC292A8B7633BDDA798| |2AA698FA987FA6FB74FF677AF20F2ED9CBE5E5F3CC3075B126B7DB85BCDCEE94B6E| |B4AA33899EF76E48ED26C18191C66387DA39B858D6EBDDE6C489BD56EA51DD1E917| |BAE532A87025D70A37E4A2A2A560D6F566B3266DB44AA5A253FB9B2BC9C5D276BBA| |AB45CDAF54AE3BED256EE2935A5B3236ACAB252A97694462570B9A56C49BA25F2F2| |5689EADCF143593138DF9B183F5413BB23309615D8C45D627F42A330200E91A78E9| |1BB22841978F03723DEFC8E9CFC41FC89B4FE221E21DF883C96A9CCA0C2C1DE8264| |24493006F0394F1079668E1842FAC3C80FD08189E7316979A260BA99EA62664D7A0| |7A92DFC298B26ED43948DB76EBB852DFB6F2367A8F5196A3D40AD07A875172C21F2| |60D16AD0C4391BD14E14916107D18B1421D8C98B71927800E5B87846571290B5B03| |031B287CD46F68907C8F943A41B32BAB973EE875863FA11527A4C7C823CF7146980| |202F0FF2AEA2387F8D9843C6F2C435A411827CDC5B9F66E421543E8D9BA99AA637D| |1C0D84D649C8C8C93917132F22C19B907C1B3BC88D9670C6F3E27BE402EBD24BE42| |0A5044907B15ECA1074B7D6462401C128F91A913E4475831C4DD0F691D38215F944| |B51DA1007880B5C5C20F135E458E4E52ED2BEA768DF53B4EF69DAF734EDBB073225| |79A62465EAD91993B8286965EC42F20C49C6CC27302828B0CC67E217E2576440184| |D2EFCFEC7E7C6A5BC4E52D785B1913BB28E469842FA3A099641D3EC3485769A4207| |4DA183A6B0379E6760D57F1D06F83A4C0D8927C8D3BF897F909EBFC82B095DDD57F| |5172B89D1D8AAAB89D1ABA75E8709C8D282EA3FF11FFE99| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Why not both?

I can't think of anything that would cause this, I've never had this issue myself. Maybe check his trays and see if he has defensive mode on a key. Maybe he's pressing it during play.

Love it! Defeats the bad guys and sticks around to clean the crime scene.

Stalkers got a raw deal on Dual Blades: 1. The Weaken Combo which is more useful at lower levels, can't be achieved until level 32 on Stalkers (Lvl 6 on other ATs). 2. Two of 3 powers that trigger the Empower Combo doesn't even do damage (BU and Placate). On other ATs they're 3 damaging attacks. 3. On Stalkers, two of 3 powers that activate the Attack Vitals Combo are the set's weakest dps attacks, negating it's usefulness. 4. Stalker's Sweep Combo is a single target attack while other AT's have an AoE. Other AT's Sweep can also be chained continuously, while the Stalker relies on the recharge of BU. DB is fine on Stalkers if the combo system is pretty much completely ignored. Street Justice shines on Stalkers. AS building combo points for finishers; finishers build AF for AS, just works out really well together. Some of StJ's best attack chains do not need a lot of recharge to run so slotting procs and chasing damage bonuses is pretty easy.

I would make Thugs and Gang War look just like my MM. It would be like a Madrox the Multiple Man or Flashback (Alpha Flight) character. It would work out well since the secondary is Time.

GC has a 65%, and SotW has a 75% chance to build AF. It's more than just a 4 dps difference between the two powers. T1 and T2 powers are typically the weakest attack in a chain. Using the quicker cast power means stronger attacks are used more frequently over time. But I've never tested it with NB and maybe NB's longer AS cast time could affect it. But I've gotten better results (VS a pylon) using Initial Strike over Heavy Blow (Stalker StJ) and better results using Nimble Slash over Power Slice (Stalker DB).

Gambler's Cut is better than Sting of the Wasp. It has higher dps. Build is missing the Stalker ATO2 proc. Dark Armor has no KB protection. Will need to slot for it. Karma, Steadfast, Blessing of the Zephyr etc. Just some general reslotting. S/L resist is well above cap so a lot of the IO set bonuses aren't really helping. Like the Reactive Def IOs in Combat Jump, Weave and Shadow Dweller. Or all Aegis and Steadfast IOs could be removed, with only a single end redux IO slotted in Tough, and S/L will still be capped at 75%. I think Placate is is still an autohit power so accuracy isn't needed. Dark Regeneration needs to hit to heal. Some accuracy would help it. Cloak of Fear benefits with accuracy, Cloud Senses IO set would be better than Dark Watchers. Hide costs no endurance. I'm a fan of Oppressive Gloom. I use it and CoF at the same time. If a target isn't quivering in fear, he may be stunned or vice versa. Or maybe it's overkill, I don't know. All in all, it's a really good build. Great job! I like the overall stats you got. I wonder how the build would change if you take Divine Avalanche and integrated it into an attack chain. L/M would softcap easier, it would free up a lot of slotting to possibly improve other areas. But in the end would likely be a dps loss.

Slow pets. They're always late to the party on speed teams.

Do you use Mids'? Click INCARNATES, select ALPHA in the new window, pick the power and it will say what it buffs. Can also login with your character, click POWERS, then INCARNATES, select the CREATE tab, pick your ALPHA, and hover the curser over the power. It lists the buffs it provides.

The only damage proc worth slotting in the Lich is Cloud Sense. Four out of six Lich powers can activate it (Dark Blast, Torrent, Tenebrous Tentacles and Life Drain). Two of which are AoE. The four attacks are the Lich's quickest recharging powers so they are used the most frequent. The remaining damage procs only have a chance to activate in a single power. Knockdown, Torrent; hold, Petrifying Gaze; immobilize, Tenebrous Tentacles; heal, Life Drain; fear, Fearsome Stare. If you have a spare slot and want to add another proc, I would go with either immobilize or hold. TT is the Lich's second fastest recharge power so it will be used more often. It's also an AoE. Hold because it can slot a purple proc (Unbreakable Constraint), so it will do a little more damage. Also I think it may activate 100% of the time (PG has a 16s CD)

Weird. Login to do some sleuthing and found there is no SG called, "The Babes of War," on Excelsior. Claimed it, dm me when you can login to take it over. Pacific Time and can hop on most evenings.

Forgoing the space between words landed some neat names. Fullthrottle, ArcticArcher, PromQueen and CryoJenny. Also have Hasta la Vista Baby and Apoceclipso that I like.