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Savage is Brute friendly. so I would do it with SR(because I did) or Shield(two TPs). The downside is those TPs, IIRC, are pets which don't benefit from Fury, but Savage is still great anyway.
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On 4/23/2025 at 10:08 AM, Story Archer said:
It's funny how different people's play experiences vary. My first 50 was a SR/Dark Tanker and I thought that was the most boring character I'd ever played. The animations for Shadow Punch, Smite and Touch of Fear couldn't be more generic and I felt like I spent literally half the game rooted in the Shadow Maul animation. Meanwhile with Claws I have a ranged attack, a ranged cone attack, a melee AoE attack and a very cool animation heavy hitter in Eviscerate, plus I've been able to make some of the coolest costume options that I could never hope to have made with DM. Different strokes, I guess, but that's one of the things that makes this game so great.
I don't use Shadow Maul due to the animation. You need to play around with ToF with procs, and I'm not sure I'm still happy with it in my current slotting. Dark/sr Scrapper needs a little extra juice. Maybe one extra proc. My Dark/shield Scrapper feels fine, but that's a Scrapper and Shield helps nicely. Tankers don't due high DPS, they do larger AoEs. I don't think I could talk myself into a Shield/dark Tanker. It's simply too low of base damage even if said damage is consistent.
Eviscerate is a waste on a Claws build unless you somehow found yourself with underwhelming recharge. Spin + Shockwave are all you really need.
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On 5/1/2025 at 9:51 AM, Duck-Smokes-Quack said:
Could you share you build for Emma Strange? (Ill/Dark troller)
Would be very keen to see considering its one of your "top 10 most fun toons"I believe I used DocMidknight's build seen here. It's near T4, and I've been too lazy to fix anything on it as if there is anything genuinely wrong with it. It practically solos as well as anything I have even if it is slower than some builds.
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On 4/7/2025 at 7:16 AM, Serbonez said:
Morning all, I was wondering if any of you have a spare moment if you could give me suggestions on how you would set up a build with this power set. I am terrible at doing builds and tried doing a couple of my own but unfortunately i just end up deleting it. I figure with some help and suggestions I could a good outline and go from there. Thanks
This still the non-purple build I use. There's maybe a couple 5-slot purples I could swap in, but we are nitpicking at point. Discussion for the build is also below. I really should update that aspect at some point though. Note, if all you are looking for is general team play then it works more than fine. My current diff setting for solo play is +3x8, and only gets changed based on the mission.
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On 3/6/2025 at 12:26 PM, Story Archer said:
On that point and as an aside, do you think that a more exotic power set like Dark Melee gains a noticeable advantage over the more commonly resisted S/L sets? Not against every mob, obviously, but over the life of the character?
To the OP, I am REALLY digging my Claws/Bio right now... she feels as strong or stronger than any scrapper I've played to date.
I've only gotten a couple Scrappers to 50 using DM. I would still rather do more play testing on Dark, and this is me essentially logging into the forum for the first time in months, so no clue when I would be back in the game. I'm still trying to get Dark to be at a more happy place in terms of damage in part because it's raw DPS is on the low side. I would say I'm more happy with Claws, but it can get watching grass grow boring as where Dark is lesser, but it is just simply more consistent. As always, what you pair with things can alter performance, see Dark/Shield. I'm personally not a fan of Bio, but I have a Rad/bio Brute at 50. Damage isn't the issue.
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20 minutes ago, BrandX said:
Snyder always sucked.
I liked 300. I'm not sure what else of his I have seen, but I also really don't care to watch anything else at this point.
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9 hours ago, BuiltDifferent5 said:
Gotcha, you feel that Shield/Fiery on a Tanker just flat out outperforms the Scrapper version? I could see that with it’s natural damage and the addition of Combustion.
I haven't done the Scrapper version. I'm just saying going from Point A to Point B can be faster on that build than various Scrappers. Now add in a Tanker being far safer.
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On 2/8/2025 at 11:46 AM, Trike said:
Trying to figure out what the sign behind her says.Polar ice?
Poultice?
Pollllice?
Pop Ice
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On 2/11/2025 at 5:06 PM, BuiltDifferent5 said:
I'm looking at Claws/EnA myself. Seems like it would be solid defensively and still do well on the dmg front. Still messing around with what I want to pair with Shield Defense.
I like Claws on a Scrapper due to Spin having a shorter recharge and the crits help out Claws being Lethal damage at times. There's not enough alcohol for using Claws on a Tanker against a +4 boss of certain mobs types.
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On 2/7/2025 at 3:16 AM, BuiltDifferent5 said:
I could see a Fire/Shield Scrapper looking awesome and being bonkers.
The issue I have is the Tanker version exist. That build doesn't retire Brutes. It can retire Scrappers.
On 2/7/2025 at 7:02 AM, JJDrakken said:List for least to most resisted goes as
Fire, Cold, Negative, Psionic, Energy, Toxic, Smashing, Lethal.
Dark cakewalks being the least resisted. The counter-point is its DPS isn't that great. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1arWBGWuwGCWqSrkLgnWK26xNTrILUO_QNKn8034A3L0/htmlview#gid=0
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4 hours ago, Techwright said:
Rotten Tomatoes score (R.T.) / Metacritic score (M.C.):
Thor: The Dark World: R.T. = 67, M.C. = 54
The Marvels: R.T. = 62, M.C. = 50
Eternals: R.T. = 47, M.C. = 52
Captain America 4: R.T = 52, M.C. = 43
Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: R.T. = 46, M.C. = 48
I didn't include the D+ projects, though I'll report that the hated Secret Invasion scored R.T. = 53, M.C. = 63 which would put it between the top two in this list.
So not the worst one out there, but definitely not far from it. It's pretty much tied with Eternals.
EDIT: Cap 4's score adjusted to show current status as of Feb 12 @ 6:30pm EDT USA.
The worrisome aspect is it is that low of a score, and it isn't even out yet.
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My namesake here is Claws/wp. WP is simply their own willpower, and she uses the fingerless gloves, but the Claws look attached to them, so it is not the same as Wolverine. Batman can be super due to how much of a tactician he is so that can be considered natural.
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Someone loves Fantastic 4 so much they have four fingers.
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I don't think it will be that radical of a change as it is within the same AT. If you were going from Scrapper to Brute, you could play around where the ATOs go as you care less about procs triggering. As mentioned above, you might tweak a set bonus here and there, but that's essentially it. The -Res and KB/KD procs are going in the same places.
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Things to note, EM can do a truck load of damage which means you can overkill in terms of damage. Also, Em is going to be less resisted than Claws so there will be times EM is simply outputting more damage depending on the target.
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On 1/22/2025 at 6:02 PM, Uncle Shags said:
FF doesn't work that way in practice. Mids display of FF - recharge is wrong. The most it can be, even if it's constantly refreshed, is 100%. Which is why someone would suggest to turn it off in mids.
I went and looked at a Claws build I have without Hasten. Global Recharge is 102.5% While yes, that is informative to know about the procs, it really don't change my stance.
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Energy is lacking and it doesn't really gain an advantage with either AT. Ice and Elec are solid sets. I still prefer Ice. I will say if I ever did another Def or Corr using Time and Ice is at the top of the list.
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I don't think AE still grants full XP. I went from hitting Level 21 in a single run through and then hitting Level 17 post XP change. YMMV for how you want to power level these days. Farming might still be one of if not the most effective ways for power leveling, It's just not what I do as I care about fun.
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On 1/18/2025 at 11:25 AM, lemming said:
He said he wasn't going to post. There's still useful bits to the forums.
I'll miss his commentary though
As someone who has gotten temp banned elsewhere, my rage didn't last. He'll either walk away or come back to posting. Odds are he'll check out for updates even if just for that which will keep him around. Are we really going to put odds on him resurrecting his posting? The dude who's persona is a vampire? At some point you have to accept going to a forum everyday to only not post isn't really a hill worth dying on. You either come back posting or you walk.
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IIRC, WP doesn't offer protection from -Recharge. Outside of the possible display issue, I would change tactics to where those debuffs aren't coming in at a slower rate.
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Solo controller = Ill/dark.
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10 hours ago, Ultimo said:
Not necessarily. Because he won't frequent the forums doesn't mean he won't play the game.
I just checked his profile. He was on the forums 34 minutes ago.
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9 hours ago, SomeGuy said:
Turn off the FF Recharge procs.
Which would be odd since I never mentioned not using them. Sure, going from 300% to 80% Recharge while removing them and Hasten is a massive difference, but at no point did I say to remove both. The build would be at 280% Recharge without Hasten. Those procs are going to fire off well enough. 280% Recharge is way more than what Claws needs. You are looking for that kind of Recharge only for Bio.
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On 1/16/2025 at 12:31 PM, SomeGuy said:
Hasten seems mandatory. Granted, I also thought Stamina was mandatory before it became inherent and people screamed at me tooth and nail about that opinion too.
Build currently lists 300% Recharge. That's way more than enough for Claws. As I said, it is more for Bio as it is click based.
I am done with Brutes
in Brute
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Yeah, and you were done posting on the forum. 😆