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I like what you've done with the procs. I suppose irradiated ground does a lot more damage slotted like that? To my uneducated eye, your build looks like it might have END problems, but maybe not with certain Incarnate choices? Ageless? I don't have any Incarnate slots open, and I don't really understand the system, so perhaps I should learn more before respeccing for my final build. I'd hate to build a lot of +END only to turn out I don't need it!

Cool, I didn't know you could do that in the designer. You saved me a power and a slot, which is non-trivial. Thanks!

I'm trying to build towards perma-dom on my first dominator. I'm not far (only 23% global recharge), however, I don't see even that small bonus reflected in-game. If I right-click on Domination and view details, I see "3 min 20 s". Is there another way to view the real recharge value, or that's just the way it is? I mean, global recharge does still affect domination, right? Thanks.

I often find myself wishing I could take five pools. May I have one of yours?

True enough, thanks. I only realized that fact after reading the combat mechanics guide more closely... that hit-chance is calculated independent of rank, just purely on combat level.

Oh, excellent point. And an AV is not a +0 enemy. Even if they are +0. 🙂

Holy crap, that's awesome. So, once I have Power Boost, I don't need Tactics for the instasnipe, I guess?

Here's a new version. Defense overall dropped, obviously, with the expectation that Power Boost will push everything over soft cap when it's on (about 50% of the time). For the 50% off-time, I brought back Time's Juncture, with the expectation that I'll be effectively soft-capped against anything in its radius (so long as I don't get stunned). A small purple will soft-cap, too. Except AoE. Hmm. Might need an Aegis somewhere. The procs in Distortion Field and Slowed Response now serve as my AoE, along with Overcharge, of course.. Whatcha think? Villain Plan by Mids' Reborn : Hero Designer 2.6.0.3 https://github.com/ImaginaryDevelopment/imaginary-hero-designer Click this DataLink to open the build! Deepsight: Level 50 Magic Corruptor Primary Power Set: Beam Rifle Secondary Power Set: Time Manipulation Power Pool: Sorcery Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Single Shot (A) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage (5) Superior Scourging Blast - RechargeTime/PBAoE +End (5) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge (13) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (34) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (40) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) Level 1: Time Crawl (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 2: Temporal Mending (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (3) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance (11) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge Level 4: Mystic Flight (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 6: Disintegrate (A) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Recharge (7) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (9) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (50) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Recharge/Chance for Negative Energy Damage Level 8: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (11) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (15) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Time's Juncture (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance (29) Endurance Reduction IO (36) Dark Watcher's Despair - Recharge/Endurance (39) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance (39) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff Level 12: Arcane Bolt (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 14: Lancer Shot (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage (15) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (19) Decimation - Damage/Endurance (19) Decimation - Chance of Build Up (21) Decimation - Damage/Recharge (21) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 16: Distortion Field (A) Gladiator's Net - Chance of Damage(Lethal) (27) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage (31) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic) (36) Impeded Swiftness - Chance of Damage(Smashing) (36) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold (43) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic) Level 18: Penetrating Ray (A) Superior Scourging Blast - Damage/RechargeTime (23) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (23) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance (34) Superior Scourging Blast - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (37) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 20: Kick (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 22: Tactics (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff (37) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge (39) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge (43) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge (46) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance Level 24: Rune of Protection (A) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge (25) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (25) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (27) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (31) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (37) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 26: Tough (A) Gladiator's Armor - End/Resist Level 28: Farsight (A) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure (29) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 30: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: Weave (A) Reactive Defenses - Defense (33) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance (33) Reactive Defenses - Endurance/RechargeTime (40) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime (42) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime (43) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 35: Slowed Response (A) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (40) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage (50) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff Level 38: Overcharge (A) Ragnarok - Damage (45) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (46) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (48) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge (50) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance Level 41: Chrono Shift (A) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (42) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge (42) Performance Shifter - EndMod (45) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (45) Recharge Reduction IO Level 44: Dark Embrace (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (46) Gladiator's Armor - End/Resist (48) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 47: Power Boost (A) Recharge Reduction IO (48) Recharge Reduction IO Level 49: Vengeance (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Scourge Level 1: Sprint | Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1462;731;1462;HEX;| |78DA6594C94F137114C77F339D822D85165AD6B21428942E1486C5AB098B0685840| |0F1DA4C60289394B6E992E0D103FF0024A2D1B81D3C29823108C668F8034C4CF4E8| |D1830705D4B85EEAEB7C5F284927693E79EFF77BDBF77566666DC2B17DE9FA05213| |9C7135A361B1B4F6532F9742E95B1CE687163D12284B04DE87A3A6BC45772956479| |4F6FC4E6B4645C5F8A8EE9DA6A6CCE584EE8BED2D9587E7939BA60ACEAB1192D69A| |4F3092D67A492C2319B4A25A2F3A9CCA29EB9E6348D695D5BD233D915235D6DDA17| |8B958C64DC8EAB695D5FF24EA68DC56829F97C2A9FA0BCD91C2569A29E7AE877E01| |1FC14ACC2AF08A12A420932D76521028A70F4C2EE5465938188C5F4EF946285080B| |F36C977C9264FA64E9B3C5F4C95F407B07E236A9B085E32C1F91F315C559B90FEB6| |3DCAF78C2DC06CF3D65EE80EA2E584B0257A2A6A5B25E42AD2BA855E382ED7283CF| |A88E0D7514DB4BCCD7DA294C761FC0EEDD67EE811BD46F15F75BB58E7E5F539E6AE| |EB77A0BF13511F453771376DD1DD0738B791B7C4EB14E8E754E524C9B225AA690B7| |7D5532EDEE47CC7FB2C99006FB0DC5D6726C6D0FF6D2F01E791BDE819D01DED707D| |8FE3ED832E9E4E639DCBC5B37F9EAA19D527F173DF8EFF1FCF761871E80FD0FC11B| |A4472362AC8D2A746DFA85D99BFE822D8DE8B7FD376CFF1FECC342F59A112B9A55F| |8F668262FFF67BCA3046AB795D95E6C8EEE74515C1BEE486DFC5FF331153AEBE07E| |3A8E90D377CC3C0103DFC0E07730F4037C41B5BBA089DCF51673072AB013F5906CB| |7220E3D78578A1AF50C4183C8306B32020E8C82EA79709F62FA58D7BE796814DCC4| |597083732C60B648187B5AA3B261D621FC13FDF5B3460343E027871051F42245396| |E80E9211D0679BF83AC5BAB72E61D2DD02342659EC1328F5AE6192EF38C9479A68A| |1EF3E52F14A6CB4E67C923B147323D36D7E977A0F0D57EFADDE0D3E3924792AE424| |1F932A63A2ABB7D623FF3DDD982BE8E0DECD3E5833EFF01B73CF16D| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Thank you, Darkir, that's awesome advice! Don't sweat too much editing this draft; I'm reviewing the BR/Time you just tweaked for subbacultchas like two posts ago, so that shows me a lot of how to proc out the attacks, plus some of the other factors you mentioned. I'll use that build and your advice above as a guide for my next draft. Thanks again! edit: Oh, I get it... I took elec for the AoE of Thunderstrike, but if I put damage procs in Distortion Field and Slowed Response, that makes them AoEs. So maybe if I proc those for damage, I don't need to bring back Cutting Beam to replace Thunderstrike?

I've been toiling with the below build for a solo beam/time/elec AV-killing machine. On paper it seems nuts... perma-hasten, perma-Farsight, perma-Chrono Shift, perma-insta-snipe... perma, perma, perma! The plan is to suppress regen with Distintegrate, Single Shot, and Time Stop, while applying Lancer Shot and insta-snipe every three seconds for massive damage. Distortion Field (can have two at once) helps control the trash mobs, while Overcharge and Thunder Strike provide some AoE for taking aforementioned trash to the curb. Ranged defense is soft-capped, and all defenses are at least mid-30's, thanks to Farsight. S/L resist, even without Rune is almost 50%. With Rune, S/L is hard-capped. And there's Temporal Mending to patch what damage trickles through. Still, is that enough control and AoE to keep the trash from getting out of hand? Also, I still have to juggle break-frees, because Rune will be down 44% of the time (70 seconds out of 160). That might go as low as 25% (30 seconds out of 120), depending on how often the FF -recharge procs fire; I'm not sure how the math works out there. Also, am I gonna just plain run out of endurance after 60 seconds? Plus, what else did I miss? Your insight is greatly appreciated! Villain Plan by Mids' Reborn : Hero Designer 2.6.0.3 https://github.com/ImaginaryDevelopment/imaginary-hero-designer Click this DataLink to open the build! Deepsight: Level 50 Magic Corruptor Primary Power Set: Beam Rifle Secondary Power Set: Time Manipulation Power Pool: Sorcery Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Electricity Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Single Shot (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (5) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (5) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge (13) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance Level 1: Time Crawl (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 2: Temporal Mending (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (3) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance (11) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge Level 4: Mystic Flight (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 6: Disintegrate (A) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (7) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (7) Apocalypse - Damage (9) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (9) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge Level 8: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (11) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (15) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Aim (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 12: Arcane Bolt (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 14: Lancer Shot (A) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage (15) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Recharge (19) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (19) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (21) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Recharge/Chance for Negative Energy Damage (21) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 16: Distortion Field (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold (27) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge (31) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold (43) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold Level 18: Penetrating Ray (A) Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage (23) Scourging Blast - Damage/RechargeTime (23) Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (34) Scourging Blast - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (37) Scourging Blast - RechargeTime/PBAoE +End Level 20: Time Stop (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold (34) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold (40) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge (40) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold (40) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold (48) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold Level 22: Tactics (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 24: Rune of Protection (A) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge (25) Gladiator's Armor - Recharge/Resist (25) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (27) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (31) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 26: Kick (A) Empty Level 28: Farsight (A) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure (29) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure (29) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 30: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: Tough (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (33) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (33) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (42) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (43) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime Level 35: Weave (A) Reactive Defenses - Defense (36) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance (36) Reactive Defenses - Endurance/RechargeTime (36) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime (37) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime (37) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 38: Overcharge (A) Ragnarok - Damage (45) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (46) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (48) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge (50) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance Level 41: Chrono Shift (A) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (42) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge (42) Performance Shifter - EndMod (45) Numina's Convalesence - 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In the highlight reel of my life - along with wedding and kid stuff, blah blah - will be the moment I hit 50 for the first time, on Deadshooter, my DP/Dark defender, soloing the finale of Dark Watcher's mission arc, in a mission where the objective is literally "Save the World!" Like all of us, I was devastated when the servers shut down, not because I'd lost a game, but because I'd lost a space in which my imagination could soar and I could truly be... a hero. The last couple of months have been a miracle. Literally, a miracle. Thank you for working miracles for us.