Snarky

Just give in and ask the nice nurse for some drugs. stay a while.

I just gotta have a die hard Regen Brute now.

The dude said he wanted the hardest by AT and combo. I am therefore pointing to this oddball of Ice Control Force Field. If you want to discuss why Controllers are great soloers... start another thread? I might learn a trick or two.

Thats great. Apply that math to the crap Ice Control Force Field attack powers and you get an overall damage output of (*hold on, calling a Tank to get some DPS in here)

So... I am always trying something new. And stupid. I think back to my "Tank Mage: Invul Tank, Kinetic Melee" Ranged Tank. Just....odd. So looking at the lists real quick I notice only two powers different between Brutes and Tanks. Brutes get Regen and Energy Armors. Tanks do not. I have not come up with a Regen idea that works yet. Energy Energy Brute might be worth a go however. Anyone have experience with these two "exotic" armors? I realize Regen is just....wow, build for +health and carry insp? But Energy looks like it is great. Until an AV makes the shot lol.

You can really dial the game to what you want to do. Almost any AT has a certain playstyle solo that works. Some faster than others. When you mention combo that opens it up. Because certain power sets are just more team oriented. I would think an Ice Control Force Field Controller would really be painful to solo with.

they would probably try to eat the infamy. poor lost souls

Joined a MoDD run by Oklahoman on my new 50 Stalker. 50+1, so a little dicey. But the issue was the league. Oklahoman restarted after the league could not follow directions and kill the correct 4 heroes. Then....they barely scratched MoT. got him to 75% and then all the melee stood around him as he regen. And they, again, would not follow Oklahomans instructions. Bonus, somebody kept dropping Ice Patch. useless against MoT but great for obscuring his white regen marker. Then I joined a MoEden on my AR Blaster. only 6, but whatever. Then the people stopped to harvest Ambrosia. For a looooong time. I guess they deleted all their greens to make room. Because a couple stayed at 25% health for 15 secs or so in the first attack on the AV. Not even trying to heal. Then.... Yeah, we all know how this story ends.

Yeah. I just had a great experience on a PUG team that showed this. My Stalker is 3 days old. 1st two days were doing every pre 50 TF in order. (missed Cavern of Transcendance and Dr Q). Y=3rd day was getting Accolade powers and some badges. Overall I miss my new AR's massive ranged AoE lol. But damned, can the Stalker hit. So fits my Vampire theme I know this will be my final incarnation of the concept. We were doing the Maria Jenkins thing. Team leader insisted it was kill most. I think it was plus something but I honestly did not check. The clockwork and DE bosses were tough. I was able to quickly burn them down. Sometimes in as few as two hits. We all know Dark Melee is strong at ST and pretty much sucks at AoE. So, better or worse, this is enhanced on the stalker AT. The thing can delete Bosses fast. I let the team handle the light work and concentrated on the hard points. It can....barely...tank when I got way out in front and soloed a spawn once or twice. Propped up a little, but not much, by inspirations. I still need to get my rhythm down on the attack chain. I am okay but definitely not great. I did not take placate. No need and no room. I did take both aura toggles. I love me some Dark screw with enemies powers. I will be badging on this guy for a while. We will see where it goes. Just opened Judgement and interface. Both Dark of course lol.

That was called "acting" Took me twenty years to realize I never liked John Travolta because he was acting characters that I disliked. When I saw him act as a character I liked I was like...WTF?

Glad to have you on Homecoming! Yes, the game is easy at lower levels. Especially on a Brute. But there are many "challenge" types of things AT/Powerset wise. Then there is the deep end hard mode stuff at end game. First you will probably encounter teams running +4 content. then maybe try your hand at a 2star or more Task Force. Deep end indeed. Say hello to the Titannic while sightseeing!

On a resist armor I do not like any Resist below 50. This takes my toxic to 53%. My defenses are heavily reliant on Resist, Fear, Stun and ToHit debuffs. I do not know how well that will fare in 2star+ content but I am relatively happy so far. I need to run some 50+4 content at this point to see about that. My thoughts are it will be fine if I play smart. I doubt it will handle anything tougher than that easily. Shadow Maul at this point is an old friend, having run it on Brutes and Tanks. I find 3 pts KB prot a bit light, and would need to do advanced rebuild to squeeze on two PvP partial sets for -3KBx2 Assassin Mark in an AoE. Hmmm. Would that work in Touch of Fear??? (to fire the proc?)

Dark Armor does. I run that....everywhere. Yet I can always choose the option that allows me to see my loving vampire in full glory. Same with Devices from AR. Not so Stalker. And it has a "beyond cosmetic" impact. (and lets face it, the game says RP, so we are building a role) On my Stalker I need to build up and Assassin Strike. When you are invisible, especially in a huge combat, it is REAL easy to not place your Stalker correctly. And blow the attack. So it screws your DPS hard. So, for Role Play reasons, and Game Play reasons, just allow us to see the character we run.

After levelling a Dark Dark Stalker and listening to the good advice here I have revised the build. I find The Cloaks do HEAVY lifting for my survival. I knew they were important on my Tank but they really slow the pace of incoming attacks and allow me to murder the people coming in one at a time. 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 Stalker Primary Power Set: Dark Melee Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor Power Pool: Sorcery Power Pool: Fighting Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Smite (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage (3) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative) (3) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage (5) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (5) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (7) Superior Blistering Cold - Recharge/Chance for Hold Level 1: Hide (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 2: Shadow Maul (A) Armageddon - Damage (13) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (13) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (15) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy (15) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (17) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage Level 4: Dark Embrace (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance (17) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Recharge (19) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (19) Titanium Coating - Resistance Level 6: Assassin's Eclipse (A) Superior Stalker's Guile - Accuracy/Damage (21) Superior Stalker's Guile - Damage/Recharge (21) Superior Stalker's Guile - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (23) Superior Stalker's Guile - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (23) Superior Stalker's Guile - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (25) Superior Stalker's Guile - Recharge/Chance to Hide Level 8: Build Up (A) Recharge Reduction IO (11) Recharge Reduction IO Level 10: Shadow Dweller (A) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) Level 12: Murky Cloud (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (25) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (27) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (27) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (29) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (29) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 14: Shadow Punch (A) Superior Assassin's Mark - Accuracy/Damage (31) Superior Assassin's Mark - Damage/RechargeTime (31) Superior Assassin's Mark - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (31) Superior Assassin's Mark - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (33) Superior Assassin's Mark - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (33) Superior Assassin's Mark - RechargeTime/Rchg Build Up Level 16: Obsidian Shield (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (33) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (34) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 18: Siphon Life (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage (34) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance (34) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge (36) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (36) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative) (36) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance Level 20: Dark Regeneration (A) Touch of the Nictus - Healing/Absorb (37) Touch of the Nictus - Healing/Absorb/Recharge (37) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing/Absorb (37) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Healing/Absorb (39) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge (39) Touch of the Nictus - Chance for Negative Energy Damage Level 22: Touch of Fear (A) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Damage (39) Multi-Strike - Damage/Endurance (40) Multi-Strike - Damage/Recharge (40) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Recharge (40) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Fear/Recharge (42) Unspeakable Terror - Disorient Bonus Level 24: Cloak of Fear (A) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/ToHitDebuff (42) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Recharge (42) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage (43) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Fear/Recharge (43) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Endurance (43) Unspeakable Terror - Disorient Bonus Level 26: Midnight Grasp (A) Hecatomb - Damage (45) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (45) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (45) Hecatomb - Recharge/Accuracy (46) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance (46) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 28: Mystic Flight (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 30: Soul Transfer (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: Boxing (A) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 35: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (46) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (48) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 38: Superior Conditioning (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End Level 41: Focused Accuracy (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 44: Physical Perfection (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End Level 47: Oppressive Gloom (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun (48) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge (48) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge/Accuracy (50) Absolute Amazement - Recharge/Accuracy (50) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Endurance (50) Absolute Amazement - Chance for ToHit Debuff Level 49: Weave (A) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 1: Assassination Level 1: Brawl | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1603;680;1360;HEX;| |78DA6594D94F135114C6BFE94C2D94D65AD69652CB6269696D0557DC1251F4015A2| |521F1C1254D032334548A531E28E0F2271888F19FD228826F3E6AE28B4BE2FE60EA| |61CE1CBDD22637FDCD7CE77CE7DC656E7E65DCF7FC59EE0234FFA572B15A2D4C2F1| |7CB0BA6E5CE17E74A333AE8E7A111725E17F266D934B3E3456B81B15B8471F38EB9| |5875A431EB6EC5826FAA522967A72BD68C69D5FCF6C395D2DCFC7269712E603FE5C| |CE2AC6955E74B4B2DAC9677E5F0E5A5D24CF66265B656C817ABCB942B4D85A89318| |8D5A33D45FDD0DDCA0FF8401170A028F0D60C480810D814D867D78C230BC6BA3FDB| |3A1F19B46D4C02A299AA2B8358CBAEC1C1F4E0B9C61D88FB302E7180EE03CC308D9| |E88A8DAE23A539216986566404B20C6B94E4566BBBF152B795766C09BC62E8C4B6C| |00E4308AF19D6C9C6A3D8681EA4612B5E816314D2ACCEBF19939C7C949416B58716| |7C15FF6F0CDDF82EF083A1073F057E31AC908D5FB5F1638597FE206A02AB026B0CB| |D5817B8CF709C6C028A8D2B20DDF44A377DD2C4038A0DAA25837234FA7053E016C3| |006E0B14045A75FB009C209B36EDEFE1A8BBDBD0C6050EA15DA043A09361105D022| |1868764D3A176D381253821F71812B0045E6876ED04B61986B0C370926CBA549B2E| |BC753921EF04DE33A4243B852D01C7E611D984559B3006F9A01E4642202930C4904| |14A20CDB0190722EAB189E00D2BA35420AAAC1AA272D4E8F421A6E6C464C97552FA| |D5CDED97CDCDC8E61E91CD3582405C7589E32957A66D46525592B4CDB6E22125AD2| |A69C93945DD66D5E5C862C2E5149C14C8395F32F2025705AE3118348161B5C030BE| |70BB11E3FF6BAADE63345C38CE2AE4F684DAE1F53AA60C3581DE6BFCFE83B7C1698| |0E7FBB15149B2F2698F42EDF7E9CE8D38A1D96D34E13A5F429F1B633778BA4DB27C| |5EFAFA6CF803C875BE39| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pool powers are always stronger than AT powers.

Yes, the time was right to bring my namesake to the correct AT. So far I am NOT disappointed. I alt acct farmed to 24. Then did (in this order) Posi2, Posi 1, Synapse, Tarikoss, Yin, Silver Mantis. Now at 36 and will be doing the TFs SFs and Trials in as much level order as possible. I always find this helps me learn a new AT or powerset. Having run Dark Dark on Brutes and Tanks it is insane to see it obliterate enemies. The stacking Fear from Touch of Fear, Cloak of Fear and AS is chef's kiss.

good advice thx. just ran a posi 1 and 2. very nice ST damage. looking forward to the fear effect in AS stacking with Dark Fear. Going to be a slog through kill all TF in the lowbies. but i bought p2w 'nades. Then, i can see at the high level, just a ton of ST where you need it.

This is very important. I was not sure what to do as Dark lol. thanks

No Fade is a thing on many invisibility powers. Some stalkers want to fade away. They love it. Others of us, we like how we look. We KNOW the idiots cannot see us because we are "magic/technological/timewarped/whatever" and do not need to disappear from the screen to make this a real thing. Just a nice option. One that could not possibly be that hard to slap on.

I based this off my Brutes and Tanks. With them I ignore Def (No, i don't. I rely on to hit debuff, Fear, and Stun) Then build for Resist and lean into Recharge and Heal. No idea what this really will be on a Stalker. Anybody give me some ideas or let me know the ship will sink before the egress of the dry dock? 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 Stalker Primary Power Set: Dark Melee Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Flight Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Smite (A) Superior Stalker's Guile - Accuracy/Damage (3) Superior Stalker's Guile - Damage/Recharge (3) Superior Stalker's Guile - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (5) Superior Stalker's Guile - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (5) Superior Stalker's Guile - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (7) Superior Stalker's Guile - Recharge/Chance to Hide Level 1: Hide (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6% (7) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) Level 2: Shadow Maul (A) Armageddon - Damage (13) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (13) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (15) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy (15) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (17) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage Level 4: Murky Cloud (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (17) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (19) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (19) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (21) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (21) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 6: Assassin's Eclipse (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage (23) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance (23) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge (25) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (25) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (27) Superior Assassin's Mark - RechargeTime/Rchg Build Up Level 8: Build Up (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge (27) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge (29) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge Level 10: Shadow Dweller (A) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 12: Placate (A) Perfect Zinger - Threat/Placate/Range (29) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage Level 14: Dark Embrace (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (31) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (31) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 16: Obsidian Shield (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (31) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (33) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 18: Siphon Life (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage (33) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge (33) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (34) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (34) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance (34) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance Level 20: Dark Regeneration (A) Touch of the Nictus - Healing/Absorb (36) Touch of the Nictus - Healing/Absorb/Recharge (36) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing/Absorb (36) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Healing/Absorb (37) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge (37) Touch of the Nictus - Chance for Negative Energy Damage Level 22: Touch of Fear (A) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Recharge (37) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Endurance (39) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Fear/Recharge Level 24: Cloak of Fear (A) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Recharge (39) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Endurance (39) Unspeakable Terror - Disorient Bonus Level 26: Midnight Grasp (A) Hecatomb - Damage (40) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (40) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (40) Hecatomb - Recharge/Accuracy (42) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance (42) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 28: Shadow Punch (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage (42) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance (43) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge (43) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (43) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 30: Soul Transfer (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: Oppressive Gloom (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun (45) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge (45) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge/Accuracy (45) Absolute Amazement - Recharge/Accuracy (46) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Endurance (46) Absolute Amazement - Chance for ToHit Debuff Level 35: Kick (A) Accuracy IO Level 38: Tough (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance (46) Titanium Coating - Resistance Level 41: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (48) Recharge Reduction IO Level 44: Dark Blast (A) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage (50) Superior Winter's Bite - Recharge/Chance for -Speed & -Recharge Level 47: Moonbeam (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage (48) Decimation - Chance of Build Up (48) Executioner's Contract - Accuracy/Damage (50) Executioner's Contract - Damage/Range (50) Executioner's Contract - Damage/Recharge Level 49: Fly (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 1: Assassination Level 1: Brawl | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1641;692;1384;HEX;| |78DA6594C94F535114C6BFD7BE0AA55464EE40A10343072DD411A744627501AD923| |471E1441A7C6243A5A4AD09A8A87F831B3626C6B871E35F61A21B8D22B873AF1B87| |C479619E87777AF0D2DEE4F5FDDE3DDFFDEE39E7DDBEEC52BAF5D5CBCC0968EE93C| |57CA53293ABE68BF346D991CDCF1566EDA0D14497A7363D93358A86914CE7CBF38C| |3E09A48DABC642A5169A285F2F95E19E2E958AC9D385B96BD5C2C2DCF6A716EB29B| |76818575C1C286E46BCA7160BB349F1CC956E1467B2F94AD5282F7B288B085DCB4E| |FAD120C374006F28CD940E1BD604DE32E85817D860D881770C637536847FE91ED89| |44CB1E426493475270DE3362BD28AC302471876E2A8C031865D38CEB0976CECAA8D| |1DDFED35C90F860EFC14F8C5D085DF027F186E918D43B571E03CDD4774F4E082C04| |5060F2E095C66F06145B76C6E934D9362636BC243CED387470C7D78CCB08FB44E45| |0B27BE71322B1471A9DD73A12C8B2B0C2992B8D58DDC5276BF94DD2FD5EE276D9BA| |A6D6BD006457B87B4ED6A1FDAA50F41293F28E587A4FC90B428840EBBF5960F904D| |A7B675024C47273A798308BA04BA057A1806D12BE061B84B36DD6AE6DD78AD591B0| |C628D6118EB0C0749DBAB6A7B453BFC5FBBC1708FB45EB54A2F86B9AF231811880A| |C41862880B241896C8C6AFD8E87E69564C3A1297AEC5A56B71E9DA38AD0E283D420| |00958BE872832A0A6378049DE7137A604320259863D38237096810E1FC2EA010BD3| |29B422768A0CA9076C0871ADB638C910264954954425BB51810FF49212AA248127F| |C3748E129C3479224A174288955AE7E140F049EA1B6E8B9C00B0617E530A6163086| |F75C9A5F873A4CB3AF6EC29A344D64F4ED1F22BAA26C3EADAB018A68BCE2534BC38| |A08AFF85217A154427C4E9B31A959C534E31CB7EF73A38BE5FEB5D1E33E97D48255| |8120EF676E8DA93835422D973E46DB27FE01AA9ED006| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Not even kidding. Of all the years I have been on CoH/V I have probably played a Stalker in total less than 24 hours. In the "modern" CoH what does the Stalker do? Like on a Team. Do you have to wait for Hide W/E to happen then Strike, or in big scrums do you just start acting like a Scrapper? Why do Stalkers have AoE? (I am of course considering a Dark Dark. all toggles. I am a fanatic after all) Don't toggles just screw up what a Stalker is doing and turn them into a less effective Brute?

Well that is interesting. My mind convinced itself I saw an accuracy count for Caltrops in MiDs....that is not there. But I found out it is used for Procs. Which I am mostly annoying minions with and running Targeting Drone, Tactics, and a Kismet+6% on. So. A little wiser and not sweating it. I may even adda proc!

The power accepts accuracy and counts the value. Is accuracy not checked?

I think it might be Rest turned on