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This is great, @AboveTheChemist

 

I'm trying it out now on a new goldside character and it works really well. Definitely something I'll be using on my other characters.

[Best Base in Paragon, 2.1 !!! (Use this thread)]

Sounds fun! Here's my entry:

 

Erstwhile Bounties Inc.

EBINC-12975

@MirroredMan

 

The Ellipsis is the fastest bucket of bolts in the 'verse, and also serves as home & base of operations for Tex Erstwhile, the time traveling, bounty hunting, space cowboy.

[Leveling Tri-Form Warshade]

11 hours ago, Redlynne said:

Lots of useful info about Starless Step

I soloed the Hollows arcs a couple of hours ago and was doing the Frost mission. Last room, there stands Frost surrounded by his buddies and a Quantum.  Lesson learned about Starless Step's usefulness!

 

It is a quirky power, though. Teleporting sometimes aggros the group and other times they'll happily stand still, completely oblivious to the fact that their pal is 100 yards away getting beat down. Lots of ins-and-outs to learn but that's part of the fun.

 

11 hours ago, Redlynne said:

Well, from  Levels 1-5 you're limited to the Bolt and Eye attacks.

As soon as you hit Levels 6-19 you're going to be doing a LOT more Nova blasting, and the combination of T2 Human  plus T2 Nova will usually 2 shot most Minions, which is HUGE in the early going!

Once you reach Levels 20-42 and have Dwarf Form you'll have mez protection on demand by shifting to Dwarf form, but you don't finish out slotting Nova form until the early/mid-20s.  Once you've finished slotting out Nova Form you'll want to start slotting Dwarf Form, but with the Level 32+ Human Form powers taking priority it's likely you won't be finished slotting up Dwarf Form until the early 40s (Level 42 in the case of my new rebuild that I'm working on getting posted).

Finally at Levels 43-50 you can finish slotting out your Human Form powers and the whole thing comes full circle ... such that you started with Human Form and finally end your advancement investing in Human Form powers.

 

As for playstyle, it really depends on the demands of the context for the situation.  The key to playing a Tri-Former is to keep your mindset flexible enough to use the Right Tool For The Job™ that you're currently trying to accomplish.  So long as you remember that you are NOT a One Trick Pony™ you'll manage better.

Thanks! Sounds like I'm on the right track:

1-5: Not many options at these levels, I relied on Ebon Eye and the p2w powers to mow things down.

6-11: Still only two attacks for human form so I'm only occasionally shifting into it to drop Gravimetric Snare on a tough enemy but otherwise blasting away in Nova form.

12: Sunless Mire looks like the next big bump in power.

[Leveling Tri-Form Warshade]

Appreciate the build & binds, @Redlynne. Most of the builds I've seen focus on post-50 playstyles/content so yours has been very helpful as I level up.

 

Couple of questions for you:

 

1). What's the reason for taking Starless Step @ level 8? I feel like I'm missing something about this power pick.

2). Might be outside the scope of this thread but you mention the build 'evolves' at certain level ranges. Could you talk a little about what your playstyle was like at those ranges? Are you spending most of your 6-20s in Nova form, for example?