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I made this character several months back. Anything that uses lots of endurance works well with Ice Armor thanks to EA and its relatively quick refresh. The thing with me and builds I explore is I always go onto the test server to see how well they will operate at 50 while +4x8. I pit them against enemies that attack my DDR. Ice/BA did very well so I made a live character for it. Tanker (Ice Armor - Battle Axe).mbd

With the advice provided, I think I came up with a build that feels more comfortable to me. It did bother me before that Might of the Tanker could push the resists past the max and make things inefficient. I put more into Consume since I changed the incarnates for improving endurance. I didn't go with Synapse though. Optimization gave me faster recharge which surprised me. I could easily do it though if I took the two slots away from Fly. It would have buffed my status resists but with the new enhancement in Fly I got an addition 20% over what I had before anyway. I'm still above the targets you usually look at for resists but I feel comfortable with where they are at still and my melee defense is at 50. There isn't a lot of extra damage over what I had before but there is some. Tanker (Fiery Aura - Energy Melee).mbd https://api.midsreborn.com/build/download/FllBZzhLBrjlIsLD |MBD;26442;1686;2248;BASE64;| |G0lnERWcKACtDnhq1Jk7MXpwUA1sWPmv605HpejZEc0t9csEGNqSM6VXaU3lp4llkrZ| |3D9iBMkuWrr7WYQHp6obDWOVNrH3m1K+ver9fl645ejGJZzd6yHKQ5Cw5OP9pabNnLM| |YhbJ11ibAYm/kzSy3tp27cSIo6S2vCtOpw/s7RrOCvmvfVJupicUGRuEMIh8REtrxJm| |RnPntBvQ4jBZEU4FtlfKsS7Ba6rMWjPf1u5kJtaaP5E47LfffY8wRFpfWNZXC3w09g3| |2lycF3bf+zVuSCPtwPWF1r2y+Xy+uMIdZLTkUrqmsVwbWjzQKCrJzvYExmzpfh8nnmC| |ueLNFc0y3YbPVTC76YmXzzGKRMJBXb6GMR7ACrdNPGmjkllrJjVjZOq/N0zbHqzlvVI| |XpMLonrgnIYevMFr/0ONOpkMV42q2HF+Ww22QftPrMYZWHhRnplrBB2itfviYoeSqtt| |9o9dbayUP/LEgv0pcPmmMdo30sX826jRH3v1luNnwx6fdms9Cujhxvl2olc/5mMU80p| |WN3kWc2Zm0/65S6c/fHRfsFfGHgVu3y8G1hq3iFlIbpEowTIfYlxOluaOZPd51Wc9/z| |oy/hNb/Ge87Me5w9hel3sJFgWt+YH0YlHFYoj8aAA4VnNKMRV9xTNjOofvRkX49Y1BD| |Fm9LzkNb8rzt4aZL1/tRsRgTdZW+o5fqWgajm7jCS/YivrbfqfXOHJZnfZLwgKUUiko| |AiF5AHFUEgZhjx7ftS4qPUFlTD1t4RhMB9wCcN0uVMnH3b5zeU9h7AhWc5zYDxJYirZ| |XkliH/krtFRvDM7fwqcYS8A1DHu/YuXJ3FwC5O4hJgSOZTolB/Jk1DPug+FH0WN2BUe| |hWI1ve8UkhF2K9SRQhMAqihpgHMmegRAgRE6h4ZtGsGfcInjF93+dguVlLHYJzRIqo7| |uFUN2BYigcUFCAwnEBpg1YbpSofNr+qM7ap3C2Uv00IX+s61brJt0OMJanRPvL2Y4qc| |WZlfQxwv0g9BOSqYSqW8c6GHJA8qbYsYBZVaRzqqlDRFSi7DkbQlfYsAEIGk3uIpuca| |V0Fckker9UX/e+Ygx1V6U6ardOg3SqezjIL40a6xAyYQSWFAAvSLO36nhlWHEkTxvgn| |8xA7DbxBNu2kxOiQRnOSqSaAI5bTUNMA4kowase00miucfwEXmekUJyPcMPhxkouFP7| |KVFVAMZZclsYrsrzQLMfMpeqDrwdygKKJRlssFEqzAHW6Ap4SadnE8TbMYUudE0zQf5| |8ZVf38KHqg5dv5apUKPBRWD51CMwDPEJRTFAzwhMkMsBB4QWUAX2f+lzb9l2wLuywf7| |2AMHV5rT0p27mKdWq3JXrgzAy7MIlZTU3NBrUULxa+VzNQJcm39LTO9H/7/yC3fQApb| |ByZGXXl6wMhWeko8f0tqCb8v+qmD8508nSYVPZWlCqERoIsQllDLTPLH50h3NWfbrW7| |4XhTaJruZ8V7AVwQAFm0/5m2n2G/jWVFpUh3o/a9McO0raNUbxRgBcGK7dzUsagtVXB| |WO30MQIjm7N3Dw6bHSIAZG2zY9I91nDmnKHakAkiI+2kK9nG1Gm1YFHqEPgCeoIeIbI| |DMkKz6GOAy8QQaCpmM2177m+4is6YMIwn1MMXVEzUmKXJKwZ1hiyiP5ClqQG6zyhAM8| |bw+w/4iZwYDgu81MfyQ9m7SDgo1dLh5KAtKiOuunN6AcM2swuO/Hk/Qy4MNz97n3FJI| |tl96M5UNHpvj1vKTPjpYXqXAMlNngqyAWy/1ZSQsiNo/MqHjeGVzCwYdgrV6aCTDWaQ| |OmbFD76HZkqP/q7e9xUkcV+Brzm1e7nRZlcwSzgy/1G6k0Z4Fw3Iy9/5EPmGlOBTDZ9| |WrJ9kUZPS0711yy1fcjAx+6zT7SaCmXiL/k7zCvUB5pPjtVoz6/LK/PalTkAE4Zpk+t| |JffL/u9a/6/zoq/p3r4c9z0N0XdGNhey50p/cUV7mNQbPoIHD6ExQYmAQzXAchArN8H| |7OuIY6UjT9hjHpRwWL5p3LC9Tl7Evj2gf5wrHX+pBKLecEZDogjaeyr3BG9iF5JH/sQ| |DiKW3320L4dJO5+0Qy6Tt80uw7KpGhxgGic+Dl/IKA5Gp1PrugKkzB8jJkymVZcFDpc| |kgWj9WycLpFedEHQiXn2uN6Yh8TtD43Yt6AHX3qd8GfIl5ZPfxuj1wwrj2WoFVfD1Yz| |Ae/rLi/oZ3AjXPNfZB+vk9OpnQTE9bvYsx/IG|

Is there a target on amount of defense you aim for or do you just ignore it?

At what level of the incarnate ability does the permanent 5% happen? I slotted it at just the beginning and I only see something happen when I click it.

Are you able to show me your approach with a build example?

Thanks for the tips. I'm garbage for knowing where to slot some of these things. Barrage I took only because when I ran the Incarnate missions in Cimerora, I ran into some Elite Bosses that for some reason were getting their health back awful fast during combat. The bosses around them were all dead but these specific ones kept rebuilding health. I am not sure I could have punched through it without the -regen. Usually in my attack chain, it is already all ready as I cycle through it anyway due to agility core so the faster recharge of energy punch didn't make much of a difference in that regard. By swapping out what was in blazing aura into barrage, that also made it recharge a bit faster too. It is now at 2.3s with agility core, 2.5s without. I had tactics because I really did not know what else to take. I had everything I wanted and there was nothing I really needed. I could ditch maneuvers and take hasten then take evasive maneuvers from flight just to get the luck of the gambler back. I am not sure what else I could take that I would need. Looking at the Incarnate powers, the Musculature I will be giving serious consideration. Resilient gave me about 6% extra to everything except psionic which I am not sure if it is worth to me at this point if I am now triggering extra resists through my reslotted barrage. Agility core was there not so much for the defense buff to bring melee defense to 60 but to have more endurance modification and recharge to get things like healing flames, build up and fiery embrace faster. Going with musculature will get me endurance modification as well as that extra damage and some extra protection. I never felt the need to put many slots in consume but I have used it before. It typically refills my bar and before it is completely drained again, everything is dead. Malta mobs had been a problem and they usually drained my endurance so fast I couldn't even activate consume anyway. I wouldn't mind being able to slot it but then this would probably affect the entire build. This is what I got now. My melee defense is at 54 now which I hope should still be enough to keep pressure off. Tanker (Fiery Aura - Energy Melee) v2.mbd https://api.midsreborn.com/build/download/Flgb9RCSBcDGWqwK |MBD;28455;1591;2124;BASE64;| |GyZvERWcFgCtjjcWhhULKSkJmmw08N/2qg7DwoyVI5pb6pcJMLQlZ0pv0pzKV3dE8sJ| |foBSUWbJ09bUOC0hXyNmUagm9Fh6sn6/qp9OuJO3mbQk6E8/WO5uFRBmkePe/b+31Rc| |lIs+v+CRtjb2f3rkSocP5rgK8uoCoRNaGr84hSdra0M+r+lmVdU5e4VAhXE3HrkA78r| |fAstdTSbC+TQ7DICBXdeRE4z0KvNf5u4TrcSmi+TeFxfuc+c4Mg0qyCW6wv4MfQNxpd| |nNvued/XiCHVrX7+ELunFJ+PElG4NfQSXUrpFrkrnUACDUYlmdluRh8lye8W2MMZ6Tt| |LuEi6mV3Vosl2v5xRPLMYKwzk8osp/SFIR+nxLXo2clGtZC2mlF5r3miL4FX+Bl6YTX| |t3xPkEENhK98v01O1FrdalbR/ldIipw26ufdLqNIelp8mxsy5sJO3pl1dwSh7KVovvb| |j21nJj/yxKjpaV1Jh+btUul40i3QUK9TtG1YgedNn+T4eJ/wXrqL3MlctbnaZhqTMG0| |Ei+Vz80p/bKBsyo2rQG/reMyWWWzZGCouY54wqtYwR3kjiLst7akjJksO78ivOesd6J| |XWon0nJv1PX6wpufJSoJhcdM/iNa+y1wU2psL0OPYcCEknpJM8LKXftKvml3gfXjK0+| |9RbTB7ayTr/addCO7YydoyyfFdBXOmsYolyBWbst7c/8EMj05iDNIO4UIopdpwYZSSA| |xdBKR3Ir1BkLc9VG19gfIogmtou1tAZJ75AMVYD7PDDKsdIqzEV2yTTuRasCyXW2LIb| |SkzQv0Wv6irtqGUQGGIJfAPFWcWecTA3q8Y5HiJF2bsZRsmOOOj+zHegeGAMnMngYEB| |Z4wuuIRnFPorlJHBhFGwjqICNQu8pMAKFyHpqeIIFuvJdFL7F9/8dR9psnKxiGrNeHt| |w5QnQCF0bpeIaLIDyDjSK0A7kqOO4cSj9t/WjCbF0GM8bqy0/5e26bu414Sjz6FmtHN| |67YcxK5Yki7y71ODdEheVC76RhjRKXfK6qykVVI3MeGIStddQwADSZ3HB4W2TcdJq9r| |+k2/ujmXKQvFfhodGUg1Hi0+DvUme9BhhP2Y8WQfimePcV0pgV9Ih/HhIh/BYhK4MJK| |MxRSwUehsf/Q7GrVvmH8xXrRYg9HwgysabDvY5djzOrKFVXARJJ9mw9A/YqDYA8oNR4| |uMOpZQYFxGzuowiycy8UQmninEM+ALIob98ljaV8fGS89AJVl7JQj0Bcc9WZcHPb+9Z| |TsjAd/0BlSYrEL9n/GFXZb4z6W2l4QbT8OlHRmhsJB82JpmjX529Ex1Dst6J0ozVbGw| |+PYsSQgiESRhhMWoZFfTifVLcgxA0Gz5LVZu3koGPWK+y3hqEuJN0z++KH6HDu4alDK| |gHuyrrsyoZpB81qtUU5MkqB5JfL6FR18xpcluhZkZ44XiNUsRycbG/PGOvjbTkjnvob| |fwjlIAUyhtvO+KoRUgZ5EtEgVF5dp1QVC37AlqCGrE00I8beg18UFS+64j94OBMQaKe| |US9oSrm8KhRcE80uIucRL0gpmgUajwjC57I0PAgrmTcUNxWYcwAkgOtxYMCh14pFUIC| |1Oo6u9WKBD+XzDxWWfYfTmeMF4p3lVpNf8o4WWqhBzw6WyTgAWWiX1rJajdChSOsQc7| |E69SetQ/7cFV3a4M9mHGgOFMWapDLWlwJqVooQ7qtgWKpAf5cF/sFYjKdMX7dv/HLQ0| |JZwixgkV4R6ebcPYx5pUf4cz4EfqkqwCAjfPzyRTbYj7KGsKZSOwDJcWvHltfPmBXKy| |If8IebpahPMx2M++ssvaZ7Ze2FMjIFiftcgmnH/8tJ/67zpZabvX93a4zqEjvTauIN+| |OuoXu3KI3uaQg0+vjq1R2qHC0pYTDBtxIM2HhrATXQ2Hxtfk6Rc0XQsKNE95rrAJ64R| |wWtZ0oyueoEYyoioCn3D+YhvcMLkIY1WH3yp2NkYID6foqecBa4uMShfxW8djda3LKq| |+6/aq+jqpxvbG3X/f33OV/7py8oelCC6qiiTXcAiJ/mq+cAit/MbonxNnDZACTDQh4s| |AXOhNPi5xMCAKpQZQr+eFdX6DO2bJjpVcLBfIJjH3ad1A==|

I played CoH way back in 04 for a while playing around with classes and never really brought anything to 50 except for one blaster and a defender but it was the tanker I really ended up truly enjoying the most but never got to 50 then. I just never really got into do much with crafting enhancements. I got back into playing in recent years off and on and have finally brought brought a tanker to 50 with Fiery Aura and Energy Melee, something I tried way back when that really felt comfortable. So the build I am about to post I wanted to check if there is anything I am overlooking or just don't understand properly. https://api.midsreborn.com/build/download/FkRoQfC6fjQ3X4HM |MBD;25090;1551;2068;BASE64;| |GwFiIKyKx/lXLKSkJLigx4yXS5GuPVtOVL66rhMGnodka7ocLBdllixdfa3DAtLVaau| |UR28mLdBP6VPyTFXSaVfadvO2BJ2Js3Vvs6AogZQ+UID4/y3f2RgbTxUOoWboIyzG/p| |2ZXWop76e1xaUodG22VYfztUuXN2rvo6/iSxwnLrgghMPGmN0P+z2IlEwR+zFlekXRd| |wpxe38yRoGhNf8u2Y7zSiD5PgWuN68eE6CHNLtAqzgm0LvI8yJTnHvu2y4MWkhlZc3r| |AJ57anFxtGjCrWWUYEqpMCWtVWisAtriRp/vugWjlxD61sFxQna469Zz7PXJmcXPC48| |TsXH9w5WxRVagdPdWg0YeBpXcdGrppeZ3O9StksNoc/Hy0JsY9xM1rO1L4NDrhZ3BpT| |13OdzIab5uHolebzSssBr7ba7lqkh/4doNglKP0mph7Lb5qYn5N5YYIxitN6Nft/oAO| |p5imw2jtyni0/1h0OdnCFzyL1lXHdU6aZwdPIoSTQmY3vOVkjfz9r5cB1r9t7R28z0D| |r8kqy0NARMxtJBaiiheIALXXwNOdJfT+Hst9H7292CtFem/zS1Cc8+/8iD/gpmOwUhB| |Jtxk/aNYuFEJ7oQhanXIoCuMOyQxve2+D8dbVRKL1CHj6NboJlW5VFL//1IciAjclm1| |UZjiJ1Vv+26oEOVvvKCUZRtG6WQwHM8lAMZmU5CZ6irPJY2ks0wtRvcUNjrnAJxXQmV| |3seVtl9ec0m3aKYzzbt3KAAhnkohvyV4zvFA5Ojj1JXRCLgGoq9GrHykW3ObnJ+iMUf| |H6Y7pRryYbAZtyFnRyLlHMg58xzVQNDBZ8ShXA3f9jrZ4i4UbVyEuj+ROZcnt9kCthH| |f5/0fpvzySZnK5LWH+ASK4YfkOBTgh9RBtdd+dHW0ucKlujslrn44//J04wVSp5y1cE| |yntp099lPoJWIctfpSgTHoD5XNS2aD1EPNbQKmE5XZN7macrImjOtgAFmZ4wRA8JBxp| |0D3XG3SqHt11d/pzxa2m5rUXKmyX2CVGrNkPxpp4NYMD2UxcPc9FPdB37Ne/RLS7mI4| |zaFXTAUKYNIS0wBD6CwxPAocWS6j4gt4UWspMD2PvGHw62EeXuvnUS0sgWIw74IB9Lc| |YEuux9vnGiJo1zfIHDpd6pE/9DwWWT+NkFdecioSZy5YQHWCsaFj7ExhF5ggYImtCQC| |Jc7tpJ2c7ANVRuhtQeBkn+GteBTDywxnHbyhp+ANfZD8OZXi31/8rLrgLuX1P9Dm2Vk| |3DtwMpUeEptHz2rMd/BflqwLFOn6I8XecL0i1eSKERSSAJkCxhyRW3SGpbQaN5KjfVu| |qUXwOlJSkIpd4B50Ea/zGmigVj1HzVtTCAXggHeo8k5z1Q3z3qASzU11obgc7uUO9HZ| |iynu1W6gsA14o3qjqjVgb6I8PtNNcbfZ4j/6DaIgEgJPQypkrBod//PW4HhHik39eBf| |JTocmen0qXo0onaEJQQauYl3Oa+evrCpVfwIRiPqNhqIrZIwco0O0LHqImUV/IKWZ4q| |i7HMk+/MOIm3gQuKC5naWW01BbGyBuk2ORKSQgpYDeoU5k5IfthXuazSoV5NJgBLxTv| |anpd8YjxUtVfAPgc16N3WJmMVyLZz+vEcHZSs2tjpK5E5uVM/JC7u4HyF9hQ7KlJs2t| |xgisjawk/giupgWOkgfyGFZ6F1D8AD9If7jLa6V9OOlaVT/wI1A0IfBD4+nHxdsJxOd| |YH4Wxvq7rEdtUa+DKzYHFEjX2HP7oaod64twkYQ0s+l/OybTIbYEIxf9dGmPN/Humuu| |r70NYN3qbvt7V90W1GNM5t3x33jRrMw1Oh+hgYuowLEcM7sjiYcF5Gspnge5FlNHSno| |/oYx6Rd/WYvOyRPEBXrHP0Wi8p67TwmyyWyBix+PFt6ds3OFM0x2cKN4jwvhmDx+ppt| |PILeazi3oQZkI3MlqQ6jgS/emxpzqe9GLxsyLcuh44NuFheHbtn2G1mOcWP1kdTt71d| |AQKqYnv4dOkqZ2pURVmLjhqzskjwpVm9ixwxjTguqc7lI6zHUHdx//9eQG| A few notes to explain why I went certain directions. I am not sure how effective those choices really are though. I six slotted Temperature Protection to squeeze in 4 Unbreakable Guard to increase my Cold Resistance. I wanted to try to increase as many resistances as I could while also boosting Melee Defense. I could have put it into Tough but my S/L resist was already past 90% so I figured why not just get the Cold Resist. I am not sure how much the Melee Defense is worth though without some Defense Debuff Resist. I never tried to solo any TF or anything very challenging so I never pushed it to any real limits. I also took Barrage instead of Energy Punch as I have seen on several builds because I noticed when Energy Focus is active, Barrage gives a -regen of 100% whereas Energy Punch gets nothing. I am pretty sure the debuff on Regen helped me on a couple of Elite Bosses in missions. So is there anything I chose that is just pointless? Perhaps the Aegis in Temperature Protection? I had been taken down in one hit immediately by a Rikti elite boss' psionic attack so I just slotted in as much psionic resistance as I could find. I am not sure if the Status Resistance part of the Aegis enhancement does me any good.