[Help me please!!]

Definitely Dark Melee for the heal and the endurance clicky which are both things Shield lacks.

[Fire/MA: the Brunker, and compilation of Fire Armor builds.]

I'm quite pleased at the tour de force in removing Tough from the Fire/Ice (the build I use without Frozen Aura though). A minor increase in EPS to 3.61 and a small EPS consumption decrease from 2.29 to 2.07, but now the 15% Tough was providing is baked into the build to be enjoyed well before Tough would have been picked, and the button can be removed from the bar.

[DA better for Brute or Tanker?]

The question boils down to the same as usual: want more damage? Go Brute. Want to be sturdier? Go Tanker.

[Decimation: Chance for Build UP VS Oil Slick is it possible ? Can it benefit ?]

13 hours ago, plainguy said:

Just wondering, I am looking at MIDs and I see that Oil Slick damage kicks up with the Build up Proc active. 
I know the Fire component is a pet of the Oil Slick.  

Just wondering if anyone knows if this in fact works ?

I am assuming would have to get the BU Proc up first. Then fire off Oil Slick, then activate the Fire component within the 5 second window I am guessing of the BU proc.  

 

 

I can only say that after lots of testing with Sentinels I never noticed Decimation doing anything.

[Is it okay to ask farming questions here...?]

There are zero rules against such. Farming is neither banned nor frowned upon.

 

Now I'm going to speak my opinion, and this being the Sentinel part of the forums it is mostly Sentinel lovers here so they might disagree out of love for their character/AT...

 

..but Sentinels are singularly badly equipped for farming.

 

- They do middling damage. This means unlike a Blaster they do not exterminate mobs at a quick pace. It's mostly whittling them down. The lack of damage is not as felt during 'real' play because the spawns are spread apart and by the time one is finished moping the Sentinel can Aim + nuke the next one and start over. But in a crowded farm map there are just more and more enemies. Farming is not about being super tough but doing lots of damage to keep things moving.

- They have no worthwhile CC. Controllers do low-ish damage but can buff themselves and, most importantly, spam mass CCs to stay safe and keep the enemies in place. This allows them to whittle stuff down. Sentinels can spam mass immobilizes at best and it's not enough as the enemies eventually crowd over and part of them are immobilized at range and part are in melee.

- They lack an agro tool. Brutes, Tankers and some Scrappers can just go ham and the enemies stay close. With a Sentinel they run off to the ends of the globe once their Hp reaches 20-30%. This means there is a constant stream of enemies running back and forth further slowing things.

 

 

Farming works with anything. Sentinels, Blasters, heck, some people farm on Defenders and Masterminds. But I'm going to say if you intend to actually farm then make a nice Fire Armor Tanker and discover how they do more damage than the Sentinel and are sturdier.

 

Or try something a little bit outside of the box. You can ouro some mission arcs that can be run pretty fast for a nice 12-20 merits. If you want you can even run them at x8 like an actual farming map and kill everything as you work towards the mission(s) goal. By the end you'll have killed enemies like in a farm and have obtained merits on top of that.

 

Simply doing TFs (solo or otherwise) also involves lots of enemies being killed and drops, then merits on top of. Soloing fast TFs like Yin gives you 20 merits for 40 minutes work if running with x8 enemies, or 15 minutes if running at x1.

 

Most of this is just slow though. Even an unoptimized Brute/Tanker can go into a farm map and make 5 million in 5 minutes just in raw inf.

 

Doing a Tinpex a day makes you 80 merits. Running a back to back Hami raid gives 120 merits. Both in total take an hour to run.

 

Check the Market side of the forums. It is chockful of tips that makes marketers laff at the pittance that farmers earn in an hour.

 

 

[The most unkillable tank (besides stone) would be...?]

5 hours ago, Xandyr said:

I never could figure out how to cap my resists with Invuln (WITHOUT using incarnate powers).

My DA/MA tank is pretty much unkillable.

Rad can be built to be very tough also, but you'll rely on heal/absorption to stay alive .

 

 

On a Tanker it's not difficult. You get nearly 20% from the ATO.

[Finally done Night Ward...]

12 minutes ago, Doomguide2005 said:

SR would be a good choice.  Auto hit slows meet Quickness and defdebuffs run into DDR.

 

More like, auto hit meets 95% defense slows 😄

 

I was looking at an old build i never did try to level. Kinda impressive to be softcapped (with an amplifier) at level 24. Or just 40% defenses at 24 without amplifier. Hmm... Old build though, need to work touch of Fear in.

[Finally done Night Ward...]

1 hour ago, ViciousCabaret said:

The repeatable missions from Sir Lionel and Atherton Cromwell (both near the rail station) are also good fun if you haven't tried them, and about as difficult. They feature Night Ward enemies and some First Ward enemies scaled up to the 30-39 range. The Apparitions felt particularly nasty when elevated to those levels in my last run through the area. The repeatables are also a good place to find Spirit Stalkers en masse for getting their defeat badge, if that's of interest to you.

 

I was doing those but stopped once realizing they were the equivalent of radio missions. I'd rather experience the story from start to end than be in an endless loop.

 

 

34 minutes ago, Aeroprism said:

This brings a very interesting question:  Suppos I would like to experience the whole story (at a reasonnable level, say, +0x2 or +0x3 TOPS), what would be a good AT or powerset combo?

 

Because, you know, I read it somewhere that this game allows you to have alts.

 

I'm biased, but Fire/Ice Tanker. At that difficulty there will not be enough debuffing and the damage will quickly kill most things. As always killing faster works best. Like my Shield/EM Tanker that survived much better but killed so slowly I actually died more often than on a Fire Armor.

 

But it's my opinion. A SR Tanker would laugh at debuffs. With DM or Rad Melee for heals it should be perfectly safe since I think it could reach softcap levels by level 24 or something last I checked.

 

...unless the attacks are auto hit.

[Finally done Night Ward...]

Fortunately I just AoE everything down, but the challenge is certainly present with an at level character. As mentioned it is hilariously difficult (well, it -is- at x8).

 

Even now I'm doing the book arc with Epoch and mercenary and confronted with the praetorian clockwork, and while in the past I've mentioned how much their debuffing sucks it actually feels like a breath of fresh air as I collect XP to improve my character for the bigger threats since they are so much easier.

 

The stacking of the varied debuffs (especially slows) makes a difference as my recovery gets hit, my accuracy gets hit, my defense gets hit. With the clockwork they just debuff defense and I can counter with purples and kill fast. But killing fast when my Burn suddenly has 30 seconds to recharge is difficult.

[Remove Afterburner from Mids Build]

1 hour ago, MrPeabody said:

Hello:

I opened a older Dom Mids build which had selected Afterburner as its 49th power, but I cannot unselect it to put in another power.

 

How do I unselect Afterburner from a Mids build?

 

 

Ken

 

Latest Mids does this.

[Finally done Night Ward...]

1 minute ago, ZemX said:

 

Did... you think I said Gold isn't harder than blue?   I'm not sure what to make of this.  I was just commenting on WHY some missions are harder than others.  It's because they are newer.  The devs made things progressively more difficult as they went, probably in response to hearing people complain about how easy the game was over the years.  New content is new enemies AND new missions.

 

No, I just misunderstood what you meant. That's on me.

[Finally done Night Ward...]

3 minutes ago, ZemX said:

It's actually really interesting.  I think the more commonly held belief that gold is harder than red is harder than blue is really just "newer content is harder".  The devs making the missions simply refined their craft as they went.  They created more interesting enemies and more difficult missions because people were all the time saying how boring easy everything was.

 

 

Well... Obviously I'm pushing the envelope because I'm doing content meant for eight people. But being flooded with debuffs is not just 'new content is harder'. Lets not compare Clockwork, Council and Freaks to Talons and the living spells thing. Gold was definitely harder than Blue with plenty of debuffs happening that stacked fast.

 

But I'm approaching the content on a x6 or x8 setting and obviously a large team or smaller groups would make the difference. Two days ago I dropped out of a First Ward team because on a team of 8 running at +0 we just melted things before they did anything in return.

[Finally done Night Ward...]

Instead of being upset I'm actually feeling challenged. Now I want to solo it all at x8. I need to uncover all the arcs so I can find them over Ouro.

[Finally done Night Ward...]

... on a leveling character. And holy guacamole, I now get why people say it is insane.

 

My only experience is doing it on a level 50 and of course all IOed to the gills I'd burn through things while watching curiously why my level-appropriate-team would struggle and sometimes die.

 

So far I've fought the animated spells with the auto-hit-always-on slow aura, which complete with the 'orb of blizzard' conspired to leave most of my cooldowns on the double digits. Nothing to press since nothing is available. Managed to slog through it with big pauses

 

Now I'm doing a Talon mission and I'm bombarded with defense debuffs, -recovery, slows, AND, my FAVORITE, -jump and -fly whatever. So I am literally down a ledge and the mobs are at arm's length but I am unable to reach them, while they are content to plink me from afar and keep on spamming that -fly and -jump power. I had to run down a tunnel while gobbling purples hoping they would miss enough times that I could..... jump the little ledge and reach them...

 

(They did btw, no deaths so far thanks to a bucket full of insps)

 

Okay, at 30 I'll get EvM which has -fly protection and I'll spare a slot for 20% slow resistance on Fly. Wish me luck!

[HELP! My Claws/Ice is EATING End like a madman!!!!]

Yes, but one accuracy, three attack, and then two end reduction could be a thing, but this is very old school.

 

It seems understandable you're running out of endurance if you're using generic IOs or SOs. Check my signature for some tips if you're strapped for cash. Slotting a Panaceia proc, Miracle +recovery and a Performance Shifter proc will all alleviate things.

 

But just alleviate. Ice Armor is heavy since it's designed to rely on Energy Absorption.

[I am a vigilante now. How to continue toward villain?]

Not sure if it's an achievement thing you're working for or just the badge, but there's an NPC you can talk to instantly move from one alignment to the other.

[HELP! My Claws/Ice is EATING End like a madman!!!!]

Ice Armor does that. That's because it 100% relies on Energy Absorption to be used at every pack pretty much. As Zork said pick Recovery Serums since they are so cheap and live off them until Energy Absorption can be picked.

[Fire/MA: the Brunker, and compilation of Fire Armor builds.]

1 hour ago, Fomsie said:

Not sure if I missed it (damned old eyes) but did you try out Fire/War Mace? And if so, what did you think? I'd honestly love to use Axe for theme reasons, but it is just so underwhelming... and Mace is so very smashy.

 

Then let me help you by saying that Axe goes like a house on fire (see what I did there?) with Fire Armor. Thanks to the first AoE having a FF it does the same job of Dragon Tail in accelerating all the build's cooldowns. You'll find it in page 6. The WM I tried as well, it is in page 3.

[Ice Meele attack discussion]

Just now, hejtmane said:

We have been talking Ice melee in other threads and i want to bring up the early attacks around Frozen Fist and Greater Ice Sword a lot of people skip these attacks i took GIS and it is very clunky and mediocre but my other option is FF. 

 

My question is has anyone tried Frozen Fist since it does have -res vs GIS or does everyone else just skip them and I am the only one that punishes myself with GIS

Going by mids Numbers  FF is 1.33 68.82 for a 51.74 DPA and GIS is 2.33  134.9  for 57.90DPA does the -res make up for the higher DPA on GIS

 

My other options are skip these attacks makes it hard when leveling and side kicking hence why i took GIS other option if you can squeeze in boxing early use that and its a set mule just as bad we force in early cross punch

 

It doesn't have -res though. It's just a bad copy from Tankers back when they had -res in their primary. You can check the in-game info but you'll see it's just Mids. Not even Tankers have the -res now.

 

Frozen Fists is acknowledged as terribad due to the lengthy animation and T1 damage. But Ice Melee is lacking in attacks so it tends to be used. GiS is just... like, wow, bad. It animates in the same time as Frost but only hits one target and does a whooping... nine more damage.

 

I suggest Freezing Touch, Ice Sword, Frost, Ice Sword. Repeat. You can focus on a boss and ignore the rest of the pack and by repositioning you'll be killing everything at the same time you're walloping the boss.

[Price of enhancements]

26 minutes ago, Zhym said:

Why do I think it's a good sort of broken?  Well, prices have been fairly stable over time, for one thing.  Sure, enhancement converters used to reliably sell for 90k and now they're worth about 70k.  Prices of other things have changed as well.  But there hasn't been rampant inflation or deflation of prices, nor have there been huge fluctuations in prices over short periods.  When rare salvage selling for 600k or so instead of 500k is worth conversation (and when the occasional time that rare salvage sells for $1M is worth a whole lot of conversation), that says the market for rare salvage is remarkably stable.  For at least a year and a half, the prices of most items on the market have been more or less around the same general range.  So something there is working.

 

And as you said the prices keep up. For sure we used to sell converters for 90-120k, but purples were also worth 24-25 mill. Now we sell them for 70-75k... but the purples are worth 17-18 mill.

 

RL this ain't where converters would drop to 70-75k and purples go up to 30-35 mill.

[Badging Praetoria through Ouro only....how? No really, how the...]

As an aside Praetoria has... so... much... content... I tried to do it once by Ouro. My god, it never ended. So... many... arcs... Which would have been fine if I was not locked at level 10 for most of it and with access to minimal AoE.

 

I completely burned out by the time I got to the level 14-19 ones. That said I ought to have run them at x1 just for the sake of experiencing it.

[Claws/Bio, the scrapper version.]

3 hours ago, StriderIV said:

Necroing this a bit @Sovera! I’m still in search of a scrapper to play, and I thought this Claws/Bio combo looked really solid. I know you’ve been playing some other scrappers as of late as well.

 

I’m torn between going Claws/Bio, Claws/EA or matching either /Bio or /EA with Katana.

 

Well, Bio is squishy until you get all the defenses in place. But I suppose that is true of everything. Consider that Ice Bio I posted recently so you're not as squish, or Claws/Invuln. EA too is great but it once more demands being in the 40s to have all defenses in place.

 

In a team it does not matter much since everything dies in seconds. At most just don't charge into the alpha without Ablative up.

[Fire/MA: the Brunker, and compilation of Fire Armor builds.]

I bit the bullet and am currently leveling the Fire/Spines. Not quite sure what to think of it though. On one hand I went into Posi 1 0x6 with bosses at level 18 (for those not in the know this means Burn with one slot and Ripper, my only other AoE, with three slots, and no IOs in Hasten and BU) and walked out without a death. Then I went into Posi 2, same, and somewhat to my surprise Vahz melted.

 

I'm not really sure why, but it just melted. I looked back to Mids and the three ST attacks are still weak so I can't really say what happened, except perhaps that using both T1 and T2 meant that I had a nice attack chain going with minimal pauses. Ripper also helped a bit with the FF proc I guess.

 

Speaking of Ripper it feels like a disappointment to be honest. Such a slow animation, such low damage. I also don't 'feel' the 180º angle, perhaps because I was using Frost which is only 90º, but with the Tanker buff (which Ripper doesn't get) turned it into 135º. With its long cone it was easy to catch a lot of enemies and it still does a ton of damage despite showing as only 227 compared to Ripper's 294. I already had the same reaction to Shadow Maul VS Frost where SM also had much better Mids numbers but when using both Frost just seems to vastly overperform.

 

Perhaps it is only a case of perception.

 

As it is the combo has a certain Axe feel about it. As I posted a few pages back it too was brutal in taking down Posi 1 and 2. It too had an early AoE which took a FF proc and an early BU.

 

But I have no real complaints so far other than the combo will need Quills and Throw Spines to finally get an identity.

 

It's just difficult to judge a secondary when Fire Armor carries so hard. On the other hand it's great to play with concepts since we know it's not going to be a slog.

[What's The Optimal Solo Scrapper?]

  

Just a small update on the Ice/Bio. Definitely very squishy. Ablative helps but gets, well, ablated. Without the defenses all in place I found I actually died three times during Citadel.

 

Yeah... against Council. Shamefur dispray! But also because my amplifiers had run out and I wasn't Ice Patching. Once I started dropping Ice Patch at the start of the fight no more deaths. But it was a case of going in, getting whittled to half during the alpha, then try to squeeze another AoE and during the 2.5 seconds getting the other half whittled down by the post alpha before I could use DNA Siphon or Ablative.

 

The damage is as good as expected from a Scrapper paired with Bio on top of. Even at Manticore it wasn't uncommon to have a PP pop their T9 after BU + Freezing Touch + Frost + Frozen Aura. Needless to say the pack of mobs was mostly dead as well.

 

Frozen Aura is a godsend to finish up moping enemies because leveling with a single AoE is sad (still better than none, eh Super Strength?).

 

I decided to remove the critical proc from Ice Sword and place it on FT so it is less awkward to use. In an AoE situation I want to use FT - Frost - FA, not use Ice Sword. This means the proc won't be available at the very low levels and that FT won't be buffed by it, but it means the lower damage skills will get a damage boost where FT already hits hard enough by itself.

 

The slotting of DNA Siphon is still malleable. I'm not sure how useful the Theft of Essence ends up being considering how good DNA is at replenishing the blue bar, or how useful the healing it gets from Panacea though it doubles as a second heal. The bonuses from Panacea are crappy where six slotting Synapse Shock has much better bonuses, but do we really need more endurance? In long ST fights we're going to suffer anyway and may need to use a Recovery Serum either way. So, dunno.

 

Slightly altered build. Last I played it was soloing Manticore's TF which was going fine though I ended up dying from more burst. Even with the defenses mostly in place they remained porous.

 

Spoiler

This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.5.7
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Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Ice Melee
Secondary Power Set: Bio Armor
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Ice Sword -- Hct-Dam%(A), Hct-Dmg/Rchg(21), Hct-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(25), Hct-Acc/Rchg(45), Hct-Dmg/EndRdx(45), TchofDth-Dam%(46)
Level 1: Hardened Carapace -- RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctArm-ResDam(3), GldArm-3defTpProc(5), RctArm-ResDam/Rchg(5), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(19)
Level 2: Frost -- Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech/End(A), Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech(7), Bmbdmt-Dam/Rech(7), Bmbdmt-Acc/Rech/End(9), Bmbdmt-Dam(9), Bmbdmt-+FireDmg(11)
Level 4: Environmental Modification -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), Rct-Def(15), Rct-Def/EndRdx(15)
Level 6: Build Up -- AdjTrg-ToHit/Rchg(A), AdjTrg-EndRdx/Rchg(17), AdjTrg-Rchg(17), GssSynFr--Build%(19)
Level 8: Ice Patch -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 10: Adaptation
Level 12: Hover -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP(27), Rct-ResDam%(27)
Level 14: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 16: Ablative Carapace -- Prv-Heal(A), Prv-Heal/EndRdx(29), Prv-EndRdx/Rchg(31), Prv-Heal/Rchg(31), Prv-Heal/Rchg/EndRdx(31), Prv-Absorb%(33)
Level 18: Inexhaustible -- PrfShf-End%(A), PrfShf-EndMod(36)
Level 20: Evolving Armor -- UnbGrd-Max HP%(A), UnbGrd-ResDam(36), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(37), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(37), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(37)
Level 22: Fly -- WntGif-ResSlow(A)
Level 24: Evasive Maneuvers -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A)
Level 26: Freezing Touch -- SprCrtStr-Rchg/+50% Crit(A), SprScrStr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), SprScrStr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), SprScrStr-Dmg/Rchg(34), UnbCns-Dam%(34), TchofDth-Dam%(34)
Level 28: DNA Siphon -- SynSck-EndMod(A), SynSck-Dam/Rech(29), SynSck-EndMod/Rech(43), SynSck-Dam/Rech/Acc(45), SynSck-Dam/Acc/End(46), SynSck-EndMod/+RunSpeed(47)
Level 30: Maneuvers -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), Rct-Def/EndRdx(39), Rct-Def(48)
Level 32: Frozen Aura -- SprScrStr-Acc/Dmg(A), SprScrStr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), SprScrStr-Rchg/+Crit(40), Erd-%Dam(40), Erd-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Erd-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42)
Level 35: Genetic Contamination -- SprAvl-Rchg/KDProc(A), SprAvl-Dmg/EndRdx(42), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(42), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43)
Level 38: Focused Accuracy -- RctRtc-ToHit(A), RctRtc-ToHit/Rchg(39), EndRdx-I(47)
Level 41: Physical Perfection -- PrfShf-End%(A), PrfShf-EndMod(46)
Level 44: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 47: Tough -- RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctArm-ResDam(48), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(48), RctArm-ResDam/Rchg(50)
Level 49: Weave -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), Rct-Def(50), Rct-Def/EndRdx(50)
Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 1: Brawl -- KntCmb-Acc/Dmg(A), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx(21), KntCmb-Dmg/Rchg(23), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23)
Level 1: Sprint -- Clr-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Pnc-Heal/+End(A), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(11), Mrc-Rcvry+(13)
Level 2: Stamina -- PrfShf-End%(A), PrfShf-EndMod/Acc(13)
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 50: Void Radial Final Judgement
Level 50: Assault Radial Embodiment
Level 50: Banished Pantheon Core Superior Ally
Level 50: Degenerative Radial Flawless Interface
Level 50: Barrier Core Epiphany
Level 50: Intuition Radial Paragon
Level 50: The Atlas Medallion
Level 50: Task Force Commander
Level 50: Portal Jockey
Level 50: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 10: Defensive Adaptation
Level 10: Efficient Adaptation
Level 10: Offensive Adaptation
Level 22: Afterburner
------------

 

[Fire/MA: the Brunker, and compilation of Fire Armor builds.]

One of the very very last combos I had yet to try: Fire/Spines.

 

I haven't actually started on it because I keep staring at it from all angles and trying to decide whether it is worth the attempt or not. It does have an early FF-able AoE like Martial Arts, and it does have an early BU like Ice so it's a mix of both worlds. But the ST is weaker even just comparing to Martial Arts... but it does have a second damage aura which will narrow the gap. Hrrm...

 

I'm not sure yet whether to go for it or not.

 

I've started by drawing from my experience with Fire Melee and ditched Spine Burst. It's a carbon copy of Combustion with the glacial 3.2 animation and damage so low it would not kill a clockwork's Gear. With a different primary this might matter more but having Burn it makes no sense (IMO) to keep such a trap as Spine Burst.

 

Then I got rid of Impale. It is the hard hitting skill but by the time it has animated I can do Barb Swipe and Lunge instead and have done more damage (Impale 328 damage VS Barb Swipe for 153 and Lunge for 253 = 406. 2.64 animation VS 1.85 + 1.05 = 2.90) while also making leveling and exemplaring much smoother. This leaves Ripper for ST and AoE. With an FF proc in it it will speed the build like Dragon's Tail does when in AoE.

 

This is an obvious AoE bent build with Ripper, the second damage aura and Throw Spines, which is in turn a carbon copy of Shockwave but without the FF proc. But at this point I'm hrrrm-ing all over since I ditched Shockwave in my Claws build, so doesn't that mean having a second cone would just have me park it as well? Perhaps Shockwave being 90º and Throw Spines being 180º (?!) will make a difference.

 

But in my experience as much as we say CoH is an AoE game we don't need a lot of AoEs. By the time we have done two-three AoEs most things are dead and we are back to ST to mop up.

 

 

In my experience with Axe, who also had an early BU and a FF-able early AoE, the build ought to melt low level content. It does lack either the defensive Ice Patch or Storm Kick for the end game. I'm unsure how much survival the -recharge actually adds though lots of AoE and killing fast has always been the best defense.

 

Spoiler

This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.5.7
https://github.com/Reborn-Team/MidsReborn

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Level 50 Magic Tanker
Primary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Secondary Power Set: Spines
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Blazing Aura -- SprGntFis-Acc/Dmg(A), SprGntFis-Rchg/+Absorb(3), SprGntFis-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), SprGntFis-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), SprGntFis-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5)
Level 1: Barb Swipe -- KntCmb-Acc/Dmg(A), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx(7), KntCmb-Dmg/Rchg(7), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(9), TchofDth-Dam%(40), ImpSwf-Dam%(45)
Level 2: Fire Shield -- UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(A), UnbGrd-ResDam(9), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(27), UnbGrd-Max HP%(29), GldArm-3defTpProc(46)
Level 4: Lunge -- Hct-Dam%(A), Hct-Dmg/Rchg(19), Hct-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19), Hct-Acc/Rchg(21), Hct-Dmg/EndRdx(21), TchofDth-Dam%(25)
Level 6: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17)
Level 8: Hover -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP(23), Rct-ResDam%(25)
Level 10: Healing Flames -- Pnc-Heal/EndRedux(A), Pnc-EndRdx/Rchg(27), Pnc-Heal/Rchg(11), Pnc-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg(11), Pnc-Heal(13)
Level 12: Plasma Shield -- UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(A), UnbGrd-ResDam(31), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(31), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(31), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(33)
Level 14: Consume -- SynSck-EndMod/+RunSpeed(A), SynSck-Dam/Rech/Acc(33), SynSck-EndMod/Rech(33), SynSck-Dam/Rech(34), SynSck-EndMod(34)
Level 16: Ripper -- SprMghoft-Rchg/Res%(A), SprMghoft-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23), SprMghoft-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), SprMghoft-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Erd-%Dam(36), FrcFdb-Rechg%(37)
Level 18: Burn -- Arm-Dam%(A), Arm-Dmg/Rchg(37), Arm-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(37), Arm-Acc/Rchg(39), Arm-Dmg/EndRdx(39), Erd-%Dam(39)
Level 20: Build Up -- RctRtc-ToHit(A), RctRtc-ToHit/Rchg(29), GssSynFr--Build%(40), RechRdx-I(49)
Level 22: Fly -- BlsoftheZ-ResKB(A), WntGif-ResSlow(42)
Level 24: Evasive Maneuvers -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A)
Level 26: Fiery Embrace -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(34)
Level 28: Maneuvers -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A)
Level 30: Boxing -- KntCmb-Acc/Dmg(A), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx(47), KntCmb-Dmg/Rchg(48), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(49)
Level 32: Tough -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 35: Quills -- SprAvl-Rchg/KDProc(A), SprAvl-Dmg/EndRdx(43), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(43), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 38: Throw Spines -- Bmbdmt-+FireDmg(A), Bmbdmt-Acc/Rech/End(40), Bmbdmt-Dam/Rech(42), Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech(42), Bmbdmt-Dam(43), Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech/End(47)
Level 41: Focused Accuracy -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 44: Weave -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def/EndRdx(48)
Level 47: Physical Perfection -- PrfShf-End%(A)
Level 49: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet
Level 1: Brawl -- KntCmb-Acc/Dmg(A), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx(46), KntCmb-Dmg/Rchg(46)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Pnc-Heal/+End(A), Mrc-Rcvry+(15), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(15)
Level 2: Stamina -- PrfShf-End%(A), PrfShf-EndMod(17)
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 50: Pyronic Core Final Judgement
Level 50: Reactive Radial Flawless Interface
Level 50: Banished Pantheon Radial Superior Ally
Level 50: Barrier Core Epiphany
Level 50: Assault Core Embodiment
Level 50: Portal Jockey
Level 50: Task Force Commander
Level 50: The Atlas Medallion
Level 50: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 22: Afterburner
Level 50: Musculature Radial Paragon
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