Darkir

With the NPC attack type changes, does this mean that s/l defense softcap is no longer an effective strategy for soloing all missions at +4x8? I should instead do melee+range?

Ok, I think this is much better! We get sleet and icestorm now! With the changes to arctic air I don't think we need world of confusion unless we are trying to stack confuse with another dominator/controller in higher star games. This has the abiilty to kind of deal with the extreme end drain of arctic air at lower levels as well. Our s/l resistance is severely diminished though, we essentially traded that for sleet and icestorm (worth it in my opinion). We also went damage for our alpha and confuse for interface (just for elite bosses really or the aforementioned 2-4 star TFs). @Frosticusis this how you like Call Hawk? Or is there better slotting? | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1793;754;1508;HEX;| |78DA7594596B135114C7FF9399699AB435C62EE996364DF7244D53C1DD82D22AA82| |9B4D60D51E3D08634589B9044D10FE0BB56A12F3E0BFD06AE4FBEEA9BA8881F4010| |1770C1178D2773E6B4B7830E0CFCE67FEE39F77FCFDC7B676E4C37BE7C913E042D3| |0B56C95CB99E9C2D5FC8A552994CC192B975FD0418F97DEF04620335558A9940ACB| |C9630B59E1C866F470B96C5D5BAE24E7ADEB562E2B9FF0CF162865BE98CD2E066C4| |C67ADC56CA9BC942F36D9DF47F3B9A54A7E25D728D1227D741E29E617EC8966AC72| |255BBAB9E9AF9D4CC5E8DD55B3A8419E2A7DBEF2905F03065E33D4E18DC05B863FA| |3509F6AEDA507BB295B538A991A1E923461C08347028F190C3C61A8C75381670C35| |63FAA6A9AAA9E3B66147FCB823B0CAD088BB02F718B6E196C7863D54CD54DD98B85| |08BF868C84586EDB8249061D881CB02169789D2FFF32A65342FE2B087B408046988| |4F6D22C53467482BC3104EF0E286F08D81EAA0416D620337B199F426556F625D273| |DA02E2780EF5CA90D3F047E32B4E397C04E864E842837EC83416582EA7282E2B553| |BC3EA0FE37AB0E9A11E1857A28D2AA241BADD8CBED8A611FB72B86FD02073934864| |9560CCA0EA92B08614EB3230338C9308C7986519C12382D708641A7321DAABD0EAC| |F304BF695F76691B3BB06A7621C51EBA31C143BA91E086F4E0036FE61EDCA7B1C33| |570364E95CA843565FF8511E33211C479480423BA035738BB0F1901A74C1B75BA57| |ED74AF74BA4F3ADD1E04A26A47A2D04D3BB91F86802950673ACDF20AD4337451994| |175A64199695866EA2733234AD3B411BC639B29BC775A4355E2AA99B89849889984| |9849889931313326660E506392EA6148CA8D92941B252937CAB8DC282D642FA5FED| |3141BA7E3676CBDA0AADDC6BF2F9FB44BA71CAFC739723E8659432D45A91AA77EF2| |6F9D434A7EFE8FFEC5A513F6F17618C771CDDE055F5D43C8807386C6B1CA9B29853| |5B6F53CB6F5DF54D374FA26D4359FF7BB84736EE1AC5B98730BD11697301972091F| |075CC25ACD876A6C3DEA12FE02A132EA0E| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Without hasten or incarnates? I am pretty confident in saying that this cannot be done without heavy and informed usage of FF procs. I can get you recharging PA in 65 seconds without an FF proc. With FF procs? I'll try....but it isn't necessarily going to be reliable, nor will the build make sense. I don't play illusion or energy assault or even dominators in the 'normal' way. You are also probably going to be knocking enemies everywhere so I assume you want this to be for solo use. (OK, no, nevermind I tried for 30 minutes. Even with an attack chain of sniper blast->power burst->power blast->power push its not going to work out, if sniper blast FF doesnt proc everything falls apart and it has about a 30% chance of failing. Just take hasten and add FF procs and call it a win.)

It gets better if you take oppressive gloom and then stack with a stun proc. Oh, you already mentioned this. I should have read further. You can add a stun proc in dark consumption too. Things get better with electrical blast for the stun procs, but it's not worth it.

A build that seeks to answer the question "can I softcap s/l def in the new 4 star ITF and have a functional build?" Pretty close. This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Corruptor Primary Power Set: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Kinetics Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leaping Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Fire Blast (A) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage (9) Superior Scourging Blast - Damage/RechargeTime (11) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime Level 1: Transfusion (A) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (3) Numina's Convalesence - Endurance/Recharge (3) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (7) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (7) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (9) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery Level 2: Fire Ball (A) Superior Scourging Blast - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (37) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (39) Superior Scourging Blast - RechargeTime/PBAoE +End (39) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance Level 4: Repel (A) Endurance Reduction IO (5) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown (5) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 6: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (11) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (36) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (37) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage (37) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 8: Boxing (A) Superior Blistering Cold - Damage/Endurance (13) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (13) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (15) Superior Blistering Cold - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (15) Superior Blistering Cold - Recharge/Chance for Hold Level 10: Siphon Speed (A) Accuracy IO Level 12: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 14: Tactics (A) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff (31) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge Level 16: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (17) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (17) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (29) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (29) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (31) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 18: Blaze (A) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage (19) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Recharge (19) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (21) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (27) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (27) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Recharge/Chance for Negative Energy Damage Level 20: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (21) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 22: Blazing Bolt (A) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage (23) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance (23) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Interrupt/Recharge (25) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (25) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic) Level 24: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (46) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 26: Inferno (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (33) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (34) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (34) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (34) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 28: Transference (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy Level 30: Fulcrum Shift (A) Accuracy IO Level 32: Vengeance (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 35: Scorpion Shield (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (39) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 38: Jump Kick (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (40) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (49) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (49) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge Level 41: Web Envelope (A) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Recharge (42) Enfeebled Operation - Endurance/Immobilize (42) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Endurance (42) Enfeebled Operation - Immobilize/Range (43) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge (43) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize Level 44: Kick (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (45) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (45) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge (45) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 47: Flurry (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (47) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (47) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge (48) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 49: Increase Density (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (50) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (50) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (50) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 1: Brawl (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 1: Scourge Level 1: Sprint | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1704;727;1454;HEX;| |78DA7594DB4E13511486FF69A7620B58B02D052A95164A0B94917AE1B501255120E| |1E029DE90A61DCA2484366D49F401BC97935E888707F0F81E28447803AF3D249E4D| |CCB89CD505BB354E329D6FEFBDFEF5AF597B77A66F5D6879BD33751E9A7F7C395BA| |92C8C17CBE5D552B558F64C670B56CE0DBA9AE88E1C2E2CCC65570A66DE98B0CAE6| |C21889AAE1A3B5B1D5C54563D25A31AB56AE02FF4CB1B86C4C99D9BC59AE2C59A55| |6673C611596AAD64AC1E78CE64BA6996F91C012CD472E96AC9C7194733A9B33E9A7| |5235CBB73BA99404DD4917FD6890CBA661BF0E64741C4782C18701861DAD3ED603C| |C6ACE8A0B7302F30CC77045E0AA56CB778D21E552B3C0766B48B2413F520C031814| |3847D1192FDE90C2AD694775BA1183B3A2E31DC7EAB8E372A09DFAEC51EBF420A83| |9B13E8418FAD02630E9AE797F16F84DA21E1D1AA56952D2E84D5863A716AC0B6C30| |9CC0A6C016C32E29BDDAE18BDAF0A29B0B8E53DE66252F9A31CC2B015A695556B45| |63CA0570A7811C536839B42FCEABBF9F185EB6EC357816F0CA7F043E02C431461D2| |F67891A66CED6A9A763CE590937826F09C2188170CDD7829F08A815A82807A7A02D| |2E9A0743A299D1E21CB90DACE1076E164E9C09EC05B864EEC0B1CD496C829ACB626| |2C0623626990419772AEF42E6CF35EF4E221430C8F041E0B3C61D8A72411755722B| |8C747EFE06FCBD49DEC919D0C5251A715471A84F88C97A83F71B53171A9B24FEA1E| |90C684284B428975273043CFB84EBD9B6718C5ACC01C43910C52EA06A67097AD07B| |126B02EB0C130844D81ADDAFF95BC8755EF61F14E8B655A2CD3524D8C44862A3244| |6488C810D11911ED916054158DCAC1CDC8C1CDE0BBC0CFDAC1D5EBBF38345B738A8| |A53AF38F58AD32516E545644FE9502FDB99B46DCCE8F51F221A38F3EF7DF5AE12FF| |B1619E30C67526719906F415FBF01FE9A77FA5EB7CBA86709FBF5ABF3AE8A184D89| |343F51DB36FFA1A226E344E5C6F9C986D9CF80368D0D48B| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fire still does more damage. I have checked.

Ok, so you wanna try the +4 ITF? This should work well. We have extra accuracy in our powers because even though we should be able to count on tactics and other buffs from our teammates we cant guarantee it. This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Corruptor Primary Power Set: Water Blast Secondary Power Set: Cold Domination Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leaping Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Aqua Bolt (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (37) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (37) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 1: Ice Shield (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 2: Water Burst (A) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage (3) Superior Scourging Blast - Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (42) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 4: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (5) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (5) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (7) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage (7) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 6: Whirlpool (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (9) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (9) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (11) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (11) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (37) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 8: Tidal Forces (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge (47) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 10: Boxing (A) Empty Level 12: Dehydrate (A) Superior Scourging Blast - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (13) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (13) Superior Scourging Blast - RechargeTime/PBAoE +End (15) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (15) Healing IO (17) Healing IO Level 14: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (19) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (19) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (25) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (27) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 16: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 18: Water Jet (A) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage (34) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Recharge (34) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (36) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (36) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (36) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Recharge/Chance for Negative Energy Damage Level 20: Arctic Fog (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (21) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (21) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (23) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (23) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (25) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 22: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 24: Benumb (A) Accuracy IO Level 26: Geyser (A) Ragnarok - Damage (27) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (33) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (33) Ragnarok - Recharge/Accuracy (33) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (34) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 28: Sleet (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (29) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (29) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (31) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (31) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (31) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 30: Heat Loss (A) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge (49) Preemptive Optimization - Accuracy/Recharge Level 32: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 35: Dark Consumption (A) Obliteration - Damage (42) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (43) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (47) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 38: Dark Embrace (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (39) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (39) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (39) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (40) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 41: Tactics Hamidon Origin:Cytoskeleton Exposure Level 44: Soul Drain (A) Obliteration - Damage (45) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (45) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (45) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (46) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 47: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 49: Super Speed (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Scourge Level 1: Sprint | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1863;780;1560;HEX;| |78DA7594CB6F12511487CF3033A56F4AA1F405D4424BE90B69B5AE4D5B4D8C6D527| |551E3869042E9A42D834013DDA9897F8271E533BE9AF85CBBF0B5D5B51BF76A8C8F| |C4F7A38E877B38701DF42603DF9C73EFB9BF73EE993B7F6CB6F9D9D3B9DDA0B866D| |692854262C6CCE737724533AFCF2733C6920A389CF8F82B8EC4C16436934EC51693| |C5743E318DAB8AC1AA737A6379393663AEA512B3E6BA914D160D330BAE05D35C8BC| |DA593A974BEB062E45AC4FB5E23B35234B29946F17628974EA79A79620EEDEE3D39| |6329369BCCAF26E6719374FE78170A99C467358C3F0AF0B0748073F83FA1C1009C6| |7B840300417192E110CC36582FBCADF61F0E95084673D5C72545C96AAC080263C0E| |18648868E570A71D02DC5827550AA7A9E02D856B008DE29660BF2AE6D6C147862D9| |C1BD0208B5BEA724E3AA8BA98520F1A834ED008750C4EBD9C6E3D8119A6F3AA8471| |C215923702570962708D603B5C67B8C1B049A0608C06290CBE58382087E19BE4F04| |D304465688628C330412BC41D22EB569427A08D41C5F02D72A95AE013D5A31D3E33| |7C21E8826F043D3049A0E16A97B45A7171A1DBB8D04751A75BAEA61B6ED2E27EB8C| |5709B200C7718EE32DC237880213C72180FEBF4B24E2FEBF4B14E1FABE962352127| |7556A59A1D304A857888D64ED9D389690A4F0133E856AA2DA877C32495B30776106| |C839D0C530CBB08FAB9291F61845E39835E6E2B3FB7959FDB2AC86D15E4B60A725B| |3DC61081EA1761290138433BC5E1AB26C08749F6C9A9F471FA27B02E21A5928BA58| |7E0A7A3FCEDFCE2E6DC62F84D300E16B72B505D4FE2DFA0DC34837C18113E8C089F| |4104BEABE5AFBE54DE400378505E54961785A9D2DDA6C2299C392AE5A68FB2BC319| |637C6F2C66AE48DB3BC76DC20266F10C35310F987D113973D7178418BFD1AC8A374| |0389CF6C9F266EA614DBADB9FF4C5CD0E41B0CED0AD9DF36D65C6DE324E67DADA79| |F127857EB89D29A0FB59EB394C04BDFDFBAAC5776C36BBBE1C90856433654C711DC| |6742DAC73A6C372CDA0D07EC861F3E9B21E4B519C478EEB159DF0CFC6B9A189B219| |B6BD3BEF80FF8860A5E| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

I should also note that this would also be for when we are alone. I am not sure if the added recharge of sleet and heat loss from agility would be worth it in an 8 man group.

Oh, sorry. To kill an AV quickest use: a proc'd out infrigidate AND benumb (AND we would want to switch out our alpha for musculature, especially with how Agility fucks procs) I'm messing with things now in mids trying to get more recharge while not sacrificing anything else. Water/Cold gives a lot of build permutations due to all the slotting choices and the flexibility that arctic fog gives you for getting to the softcap.

Yeah Benumb makes way more sense on anything that has AVs in it. I'm sure there is still optimization I can eek out of the build. I have also not done enough of the new content. Edit: I should also note that a proc'd out infrigidate is also far better for ST

This is what I am currently testing: This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Mutation Dominator Primary Power Set: Ice Control Secondary Power Set: Savage Assault Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leaping Ancillary Pool: Psionic Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Block of Ice (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold (3) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold (3) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold (5) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold Level 1: Maiming Slash (A) Hecatomb - Damage (5) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (7) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (7) Hecatomb - Recharge/Accuracy (9) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance Level 2: Frostbite (A) Superior Ascendency of the Dominator - Accuracy/Control Duration (9) Superior Ascendency of the Dominator - Control Duration/Recharge (11) Superior Ascendency of the Dominator - Endurance/Recharge (11) Superior Ascendency of the Dominator - Accuracy/Control Duration/Endurance (13) Superior Ascendency of the Dominator - Accuracy/Control Duration/Endurance/Recharge (13) Superior Ascendency of the Dominator - Recharge/Chance for +Damage Level 4: Vicious Slash (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage (17) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance (19) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge (19) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (21) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (21) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 6: Arctic Air (A) Coercive Persuasion - Confused (23) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Recharge (23) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Recharge/Accuracy (25) Coercive Persuasion - Recharge/Accuracy (25) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Endurance (27) Coercive Persuasion - Contagious Confusion Level 8: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 10: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 12: Ice Slick (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (46) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (46) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (46) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (47) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (47) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 14: Tactics Hamidon Origin:Cytoskeleton Exposure Level 16: Boxing (A) Empty Level 18: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (37) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (37) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (37) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (40) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 20: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 22: Rending Flurry (A) Obliteration - Damage (31) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (34) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (36) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 24: Super Speed (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 26: Blood Craze (A) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (27) Numina's Convalesence - Endurance/Recharge (29) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (29) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (31) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (31) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery Level 28: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 30: Feral Charge (A) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance (40) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage (43) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal) (45) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative) (45) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) (45) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 32: Glacier (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold (33) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold (33) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold (33) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold Level 35: Link Minds (A) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime (36) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (49) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (49) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 38: Mind Over Body (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (39) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (39) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (39) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (40) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 41: World of Confusion (A) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (43) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown Level 44: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 47: Indomitable Will (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 49: Spot Prey (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Domination Level 1: Sprint | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1823;766;1532;HEX;| |78DA75945B4F134114C7FFDB6E8116B09472874A29D0428BA598A031BE684013051| |2106F41A06EA096466C9BB618FD007E015F78F2F6C837F0FAE4ABBE19E5C16F60BC| |C54B340AEBE99E1E18D630C9667F732E73CE99333353B7C6EB5EBF9A3C01CD3BB66| |A148BC9F1DC8D4CD628E50A35536B25A394C9659DA0514D5F6047971CCB654B85DC| |6AFCCC524A38B8AB3D592C1A6BABA5F8AC71D348A7640ACF748E5C66F3A9D4B2D7C| |2C994B19C2A145732F97A6B7E3A935E2965B2E93AD1E669D27D2A9F598A4F172993| |CC5272CA28965285DB9C66BA1CAD8D328BD3375ACE53830C93A66F1C94B40E07DE0| |ABC63D0B1C9B03DB8D74907C2A41971934984A10A0302830C3588321CA1189AE2ED| |D2F09844233A993C61F0E0A9C033863A3C1778C18028E0549771628EFE111D0DB8C| |2D08879810586262C0A24198ED26A2E751917E639CF162C082C32B421297095A103| |86C3CA2644ADAE5696A1D6C76099F848E356349A1B4D9AA5194633C331CAA156CDA| |1164E97B5EC21E8022E812A8638AA056A18FC14A95ECDA11EA3E543E884461A2F14| |8D17260D3849EE531BE9C377DEDD3EFC10F829F08B2182C30C3A79FBD5CAFC5259A| |F54E6A02635AB9535E30F6FD841FC65E8C196C0B680C9D04B1D66A048AD6AFEAD78| |CF263A05685703B46346B3341D38C7D0855981F35A25F605818B0C2D14A0532DA55| |32A884A4D261DFAC0EEA9375D01A4B9C3115C43C5F63AACE586E4740D21E6A848EE| |301CA78ABAD50BD72D172E28172E28172E28172EE403426A95217C755676FA1B6FD| |1B0D548F5542530C1AA04B6602DD347CBF4ABEDEE977687A5DD61E97218BFA5DDAD| |E41270A39FBC0754EF01DCD32D9341DC177820F090218A470C8DB4C331F570C6A8C| |F5C828F9FA21D4D9C2BD0E1A4E626544D021BBC8B5D3AD46196BFF2810ED9E4E6E4| |3E86D3BAFA82915C63F947CFDEA74DEC3FDBE4843DBC3F077056B37AFD691FD72FF| |FBBDEE5D7A301EB5C4ED9CE7C19DD7BC8CD093F29154773CE63135CB60B2ED90533| |7641A8C926D8B447B1C6873E9B74BD6C06BB9935364236DB7F360605BE| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| @Frosticus If you want you can absolutely switch vicious slash out for call hawk, there are a number of things you can switch things out for now actually.

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I should say that I am touched that I got just a few people into Dominators with my ridiculous build idea. I am not really a dominator player (as my build shows I think 😛 ).

Use it, but I am attempting to mess with it with the new changes to min/max it more. Give me a few days.

I have no idea. Reading patch notes and catching up. This is the first of my builds I will look at with the changes, mainly because I read there is a new difficulty level and I want to try that on max safely. I think with tweeking this is the best contender for that. After I mess around with this one I will look at my fire/kin....might continue my idea of making it an elec/kin.

Lol, sometimes you just wanna do damage without having to worry about all those pesky enemies and you/me/everyone needs to experience a proc'd out leap.

Lots, just look at my posts in the corruptor forum.

What is odd about me saying that stalkers are more tanky than corrs/def/trollers because stalkers get mez protection? (I know I can't convey tone, but I am confused why this is odd. I mean this with no hostility.)

I mean if we are considering the destiny slot the melee ATs will still be more survivable because they can choose barrier or rebirth instead of clarion. Fair point about the damage scale though.

Not true at all. The survivability difference between the melee ATs and the ranged ATs is stark. You get mezzed all the time on the ranged ATs and almost never on the melee ones. A single mez causes your toggles to drop on the ranged AT and you take a faceplant. This is one of my biiggest complaints about the RoP nerf. Melee ATs still get run around with mez protection and ultra survivability and the one power that helped squishies deal with it cost a 3 power investment and could only be up 50% of the time with very good recharge. Now its not even worth mentioning. Melee ATs are absolutely more survivable than the ranged ATs. Then on top of all that you get higher damage scale for all the melee ATs except brutes who have inherent +%dmg and a super high %dmg cap. So, most of the time (outside of something like kinetics on corruptors) melee ATs end up doing more dmg and are more survivable. (edit: higher dmg scale except for doms and blasters) /endrant

hmmmmmmm an interesting question: on the one hand shield's biggest weakness is not having any kind of healing and so getting to the defense softcap and as much resist as you can is of supreme importance to the set (or pairing it with a heal primary like dark, but we aren't doing that here) and so I would think this would favor a tanker. However, things stop hitting you when they're dead and savage melee really shines when you give it +damage and proc out savage leap. The tanker would get a much improved shred and I would absolutely take it on a tanker (but no other AT). Hmmmmm...the biggest problem I see for SD is how to live through the hits that will inevitably get through, you can put power transfer procs in physical perfection and health to get some passive regen....but it wont be anywhere close to enough for hard content on a tank or a brute. For casual play I would 100% go with the brute. On a team with a single corr/def/troller? Brute. I'd only consider the tank for casual solo play. Damage is just too important to the overall game and savage melee in particular to warrant picking a tanker for general use. Maybe I'm wrong though, with the higher tanker def/resist numbers and the ATOs, maybe you could take some other powers or proc something else out in a creative way to increase your survivability greatly. You'd certainly have a lot more slots to play with on an SD tanker. In summary, I'd probably go brute, but I'm not 100% sure, its very possible that I'm missing some huge thing on a tanker that could fix SD's heal/regen hole. Shield charge>proc'd out savage leap is still gonna be super fun on anybody though.

I think its five levels, honestly not sure, I used to know when I played more. yeah, I was wrong here, I just tested it out and made sure. I edited that part. No, you only get it when you cast it, but with the +end corruptor ATO and the +end performance shifter IO you get back 20% of your max endurance or 23.44 endurance when you cast it (you have a max endurance of 117.2 endurance as long as you get the accolades). Yeah, that's not your mistake. Thats on me 100%.

I'd go savage/shield for what you are looking for. You get easy softcapped def, ok resistance, and another leap ability in shield charge that you can put a FF proc in it.

ummmm soul drain is integral to this build as its very important to double dip doing more damage with additive +damage% and multiplicative -res%. If you were to make a water/storm hover build it would be best to start with that idea from the start and go from there. I personally don't like hover builds as they take too long to move from mob to mob in my opinion and pbaoes become useless.

1. Because Lightning storm is crazy expensive endurance wise and with those two end procs it makes it not just free but net positive, which isn't all that important for farming, but its good whenever you do other things. 2. On corruptors you only get freezing rain at 16, which is when I took it. You may switch out when I took hasten for assault if you wish, I think on a team assault is better because you will run out of endurance quicker, better to have your whole team hit harder. Tactics on a lvl 14 team will on average add much more dmg than just about anything else because at lvl 14 people generally dont have the acc necessary for higher lvl mobs. You may switch out tactics for tidal forces if you wish and that would honestly be better for farming. 3. That travel power is providing knockback protection and 1.25 ranged defense, which is necessary to get close to the softcap. 4. The defense IOs apply at all levels as long as they are slotted, they are not like +accuracy IO or +res IO that needs to be toggled on to take effect. The OP specifically asked "I love this toon so much. I'm terrible at builds, wondering if anyone has any Mids builds? I'd like to use her for farming but not exclusively. Thanks!!" so we can assume that this toon will be 50 when built. 5. Yes, but more end drain and I'd rather have a bit less end drain than .5-.7 s/l resistance. 6. Yeah, you will lose some recharge when you exemplar down, but the OP asked for a farming build. My mistake was quoting you and not them (I thought you were the OP at first, sorry) @tjlauri29 7. uhhhh yeah, thats a hold over for the old version of mids when this was made, there used to be a bug in mids with +5s and it looks like I just didnt correct it, which reminds me...they didn't have artillery then. Soooooooooooooo: 8. huh? My melee defense is 45.92% and my ranged defense is 44.67% for the old build, but 44.99% with the above build. Are you not turning on the agility alpha? Even without the agility alpha, the build has enough defense that if a single person on your team has maneuvers you'll be softcapped. With the Alpha its very very worth it. 9. Oh....so you did see the alpha....ok then, the proc chances for lightning storm are still capped, water burst and tornado proc chances were never that high in the first place, but they'll proc with lots of targets which this is designed to be surrounded and thrive in the middle of mobs (you know, for farming). Agility is necessary for getting to the def softcap and gets you more recharge to hasten so you only need 1-2 ff prcos (which is just two lightning storm casts) and then it also gets soul drain very close to perma, but it will be perma with a single FF proc which lightning storm will provide. M/R defense is better for farming than hover builds.