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Ah, yes of course. But for the proc to trigger I would have to use Kick in my rotation regularly, right?

I know you can build around travel powers. however, I like my toons to always have one just for thematic reasons. So here I go with Leaping bc I find combat jumping more usefull on a melee toon than Hover, take the Leap for travel, and then I am already qualified for Spring Attack. And I absolutely love that power as an opener to zoom into a mob and knock them down. Not too much concerned about the mediocre benchmark. I just like it for style 😎 I wasn't aware tho about the difference between Kick and Punch. What is the effect that comes into play here? And thx for the heads up on Tough, wasn't thinking about that either.

Hi @TrixieKixx, count me in for saturday, but I am still somewhat undecided what I want to show up with... By default, I would be coming with Droidica MK5, this version being an Ice / Claws tank. Smashy looks! However, Mister DeWinter would be wanting that Ice Mistral badge. In this incarnation he is a Fire / Nature Controller, but all his powers are specced to Winter Theme. Don't know if that qualifies? It looks nice and icy 🙂 I also have a little Storm / Ice defender, Icebloom Djinn, which I have been wanting to push some levels on for half an eternity, so kinda just will do that and see if I can get to 35. And then decide what I feel like going with when I get there...

I have been looking for a build for my Invul / Spines tank (yes, it is because of theme), but haven't found any so far. So I tried my hand and used a SS build as basis. Needed to substitute some Winter IOs for classic Purples because of all the AoEs in the set, but money is not an issue anyway. On paper it looks quite ok, I think. But before I start respec and go shopping, I would like to get some feedback from the pros, especially on things like the proc slotting (Kismet and the healing procs basically... not sure if those work as intended?). Appreciate any suggestions on how this can be improved. Or just confirmation that this is the best Invul Spiner ever. Also, this may be helpful for those that are in the same alley and looking for a build. Doesn't seem to be a very common combo... This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.6 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Scornlord: Level 50 Mutation Tanker Primary Power Set: Invulnerability Secondary Power Set: Spines Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Resist Physical Damage (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (3) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (3) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (5) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (5) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (7) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 1: Barb Swipe (A) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (11) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (11) Superior Might of the Tanker - Recharge/Chance for +Res(All) Level 2: Temp Invulnerability (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (13) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (13) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (15) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (15) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 4: Spine Burst (A) Armageddon - Damage (19) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (21) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (21) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (23) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage (23) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 6: Dull Pain (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration Level 8: Resist Elements (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (25) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (25) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Super Jump (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%) Level 12: Unyielding (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (27) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (29) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (29) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 14: Resist Energies (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 16: Boxing (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage Level 18: Invincibility (A) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (33) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (33) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (33) Shield Wall - Defense (34) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 20: Ripper (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (34) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (34) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (36) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (36) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (36) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown Level 22: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (37) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (37) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (37) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 24: Weave (A) Shield Wall - Defense (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 26: Tough Hide (A) Shield Wall - Defense (40) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (40) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (40) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (50) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 28: Taunt (A) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage Level 30: Combat Jumping (A) Shield Wall - Defense (42) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (42) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (42) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 32: Build Up (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 35: Quills (A) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage (43) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/RechargeTime (43) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (43) Superior Gauntleted Fist - RechargeTime/+Absorb (45) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (45) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 38: Throw Spines (A) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage (45) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance (46) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (46) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (48) Superior Frozen Blast - Recharge/Chance for Immobilize Level 41: Spring Attack (A) Eradication - Damage/Recharge (48) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (48) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage (50) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (50) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal) Level 44: Conserve Power (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 47: Physical Perfection (A) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb Level 49: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 1: Gauntlet Level 1: Brawl Build Note: This is still from MIDS without the updates to the power availability of issue 5. I will probably take some powers earlier (e.g. replace Barb Swipe with Lunge) as they become available when I actually respec, but haven't got the MIDS update to work yet...

Wow, that sounds amazing! Enjoy! Where are you, somewhere in the Rockies? Or some mountain ranges more to the east?

That sucks, @Jaxman100 Hope you find enough time to join again frequently!

On pic duty for this one, here is Bananiacs summary of the Weaponized Goths Theme Team! Line-up of this weeks small but effective team. Note Trixie giving in to the Goth'nRoll lifestyle already. And here after we gave her the meds... Fräulein Mental, still pissed over that dog thing... Umber in his Imperial Roman Goth Toga Goblin misfit of the day: Bananiac After all..., why not airguitar it out? Short brake for Trixie doing the Trixie thing 😉 That one mission, where Umber ghothed it right into the triple ambush... Fun fact: Having the triple Beam Rifle was a blast! Those creeps just disintegrated everything in their way... well, away. Final thought: Happy Birthday @Midnyte, you were missed. But understandably had probably something important (there is no "better", of course) to do. Hope to also be able to welcome @drdread again next time! Don't give up on us! 🙂 Great fun, this one! See you all next week!

Not 100% sure if I can make it on time this weekend, but if I can - and if I get the remaining 4 levels on my toon to get to 25 🙂 - I will be there with Smiley Goblin (Beam Rifle / Traps Corruptor). @TrixieKixx EDIT: Going with The Theme, I decided to rename my guy to Gothy Goblin, because alliterations are the best!

Thanks for the input. This here has really been my takeaway for most of the toons I got to 50 now. I usually get by without any slotting anything until I hit the 20ies, where I start to add standard lvl25 or lvl30 IOs to boost up hit rate, endu management etc. This is usually where I start to notice that your effectiveness takes a serious hit if you don't do something about it. And then I ride this out until I hit 50. At this point I have probably taken most of the powers from my primary and secondary, just to get to understand which mechanics I like and which powers hit hard and which don't, which pool or epic works well with the concept, etc. And then it is getting interesting, putting a build together and developping the complementary incarnate abilities. This is where I still use the help of other builds, which I tweak for the powersets and powers I want to use. I generally give thematic fit and concept the nod over efficiency, so my builds tend to be not super optimized. But the immediate power level jump from my "level-up" build to the Set IO build is usually so massive that I still feel god-like with the monsters that I have created! 🙂 Money not being an issue for my builds is going a long way in supporting this playstyle, I have to admit...

Got some business that day, need to see how I can fit it into my schedule to make it on time. But should be easy enough to drop in later once you are going. Thx.

Hey @Warboss, when is next TTonReunion visit scheduled? Would that be tomorrow?

I can see dancing cows in my mind right now...

Build Snow Beast is a Temp Power from the Winter Event or included as loot in Winter Packs.

Thank you so much again for the great collection of pics, @Midnyte! This was fun and a nice demonstration of how powerful a Tank & Brute team can become. Nice job on the MoApex Badge everybody! I was curious how miserable that final Battle Maiden fight would turn out to be, given we had to spend most of it in melee range. Overall, not too bad, I'd say! This usually gives me serious fits 🙂

I am not very much into the numbers game, but all I can say is that my Shield/SS Tank just hits like a truck and is nigh untouchable and that I totally love the guy. I use Rage and hardly notice the crash at all. But then again, I don't care watching my numbers all the time. All I can say is that things die around him fast enough and I don't get clobbered myself. And nobody has yet mentioned all the Knock Up that can be generated with this combo! I love Knock up! Knock Up Good! But More Knock Up More Good! Did I mention the general goodness of Knock Up?

I quickly repurposed my Mercs / Cold Mastermind Major Fenrir to a more bovine outfit and named him Major Minotaur. Reporting for duty! 🐮

Happy new year to all of you! 🥳 I had the most relaxing 2 weeks off in years and a really good time chillin' with the family. Are any of you planning to go online for Theme Team tomorrow? I am, and if anybody wants to join me, I am happy to lead the Weekly SF. I think we got Tinpex and Dr Q, so proposing to go for Tinpex because Dr Q is... Dr Q. How about Brute Forceing it with an all-Tank-or-Brute team? If that will be difficult to field, we can extend to an all-Melee case, so feel free to dig up what suits you best. Cheerio Ban

Did you actually manage to get out, @Jaxman100? One hears horrific stories about weather over there...

A very merry christmas to you all, my fellow Teamers Of The Theme! This is what I got from my daughter tonite, just needed to share it here: I am happy that my family is so supportive of my hobby 🙂 ... They are also making a lot of jokes about their gamer nerd daddy, however.

Over here in Germany it is Christmas Eve that is the traditional celebration day. So I will not be online this saturday, got the house full with family. Love the idea of an all-stormie team, tho 💨⛈️

That game.... holy smokes! How did the Colts manage to blow that one up so badly!?! I am almost glad I haven't watched it...

That is awesome! Thanks so much, @Tellos! This is really my goto place when it comes to look for starting points for my toons that I like and decide to pimp up. So this whole thread is just golden, @JJDrakken! I really appreciate the effort, even more so as I was regularly combing through those pages looking for that one combo I was hoping to find here, and this overview makes it just so much easier!

Talking about "The Comings of Winters"... How about a future "Game-of-Thrones-Themed-Theme-Team"? I mean, you got Kings, Queens, all kinds of medieval knighting and soldiering types, Priest(esse)s, The Nights Watch, White Walkers, Wilderlings, a Red Wedding, Wolves, HODOR(!), Dragons (all creaturewss great and small), Faceless Men, Harlots (that could also be queens), Horselords, Pirates (kinda...), sooo much to chose from! That being said, I am signing out for the saturday after next. We got our company christmas dinner that day, and given the exquisite quality of food I have been served on occasions since joining that gig, I will definitely not be missing out on any opportunity for more!

You always do such a great job with it. I would be missing something if there wasn't the recap.

I like every thing you said here!💝 Was really thinking about the same thing when I logged these days and saw the event had come online... Sounds like fun, and - coincidentally - I have just the right toon for that: Wylde Winter Witch - Cold / Ice Defendress And I would love to get her as many of those winter badges here as possible! Especially keen on the "Lady of Winter" one....