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Night Widow: Tanky, used RoP and Hasten, no Epics
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Looks like I was able to squeeze more out of this build than I thought. I rearranged the slots out of Mask Presence and MindLink to add a 6-piece purple set to Boxing...now my ideal way to build, but I'm willing to do it if the build becomes stronger overall (which it has). By making these moves, I have increased my Toxic resistance to 40.5%!!! I also slightly increased my net endurance recovery, defense, and recharge.
So what does this do? It makes my Rune of Protection that much more of a god-mode. With it activated, I will be at 85% resistance to S/L/P, 83.5% resistance to F/C/E/N, and 79% resistance to Toxic. At 85% HP, my F/C/E/N becomes capped, and at 71% HP, my Toxic resistance becomes capped. Not bad for a character already incarnate soft-capped to positional defenses.
I would love to have my slow debuff resistance higher. Currently it sits at 75%, but I'd feel a lot more comfortable it it was at 90%+. I could chase that by ditching the Boxing muling for Winters, but that would be a large hit to recharge which I rather not do.
The new build (no incarnates selected):Siren's Night - i27p7 - v5 - Hasten and RoP - no Epics.mbd
With Rune of Protection inactive:
Original Write-up
Here is another Night Widow build I just finished up. It originally was going to be listed as a variant of the previous build, but it feels like it needs its own post. This build takes both Hasten and Rune of Protection, but skips on taking an Epic pool. The survivability is impressive, and the AoE isn't bad for a melee character.
The highlights:
Melee Defense: 73% (nice for those ITFs)
Ranged Defense: 64%
AoE Defense: 59% (I wish this was higher, but it's still incarnate soft-capped, so I'll live with it)
45%+ resistance for S/L/F/C/E/N (before Rune of Protection!)
Psionic resistance is hard-capped at 85% before RoP
Toxic resistance is a very solid 34.5% before RoP
With RoP:
That's nearly hard-capped before scaling resistance. With Reactive Defense, you'll hit hard-cap on everything but Toxic at 85% health or lower.
It is an exemplar-friendly build, as you take all of your attacks by level 26. Follow Up, Lunge, Slash and Eviscerate for your ST rotation (yes, I use Evis against STs), and you'll get Eviscerate, Spin, Psychic Scream for your AoE. That won't be a complete AoE rotation, but with Widows you simply sprinkle in your ST bombs as filler.
Hasten is not perma'd, but at ~126s it's close enough to not worry. Base Enhancements can get you the rest of the way there, or you can take Agility alpha.
The build: Siren's Night - i27p7 - v4.mbd
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Night Widow: Tanky, uses RoP, no Hasten.
I took a look at Night Widows with fresh eyes today, trying to see how I would want to build one after the Page 7 changes. Like most of my builds, there were a number of variants that I came up with, but the one I liked the most was a very sturdy build that skipped on Hasten but went with Sorcery Pool. This build went extremely heavy on Resistance set bonuses, as you'll see here. Siren's Night - i27p7.mbd
There are no incarnates in this build, but if I were to choose an Alpha, the clear winner would be Agility. My positional defenses would go up another 5%, the End Mod would help my recovery reach 3.66-3.72 eps, and the Recharge would help for obvious reasons. The nice part of this build is getting all my non-toxic resistances to 42%+. That allows me to reach 80%+ resistance with Rune of Protection, before scaling resistances. Maybe someday I'll make a build that hits 45-47% so that my RoP can hit the 85% cap, even at full health. (*Note, Cardiac Alpha will achieve this, while hitting 73.5% toxic resistance).
Ok, now that we see the build, let's discuss.
Defenses are at 63%+ for all, giving ~4% buffer over the incarnate softcap. DDR won't save you from defense-debuff heavy mobs, but it gives you enough cushion to take on that first debuff. Elude would be a useful variant power pick if you ever want those 3 minutes of god-mode followed by potential death. Still, RoP before the Elude crash could make for a nice combo. Ok...I went off track, bottom line is, you have really good defenses with this build.
Resistances, already mentioned above, but worth highlighting again. There is enough resistance in this build that you may consider not taking sorcery pool. I did that with one of my variant builds, taking Hasten and a couple other powers. Still, with Widows I will always be a Rune of Protection stan, so I kept coming back to it with this build. Having the 33% uptime of an extra 38.5% resistance to all, just makes for extremely tanky capabilities. You'll hit your 85% to non-toxic at 70% Health. Nice.
SpoilerWith RoP toggled on:
The damage isn't crazy strong - this isn't a proc build, afterall. Still, it is serviceable as you have your premium ST attacks (Follow Up, Lunge, Slash, with Swipe as filler). You'll also have a good amount of AoE with Spin, Psychic Scream, Electrifying Fences, and Ball Lightning. There is enough AoE there, that you should strongly consider taking Eviscerate over Spin. Only reason I am not is because I don't want my first AoE to show up in the level 20s. But for end-game, if you have no expectations of doing much exemplaring, go ahead and take advantage of Eviscerate's higher damage and crits. Another option is to go with Gloom and Dark Obliteration. This will impact the defensive set bonuses, but that's not too difficult to navigate for your build liking.
Endurance is ok, but not great. A net of 2.5 eps, before incarnates and without travel powers enabled. Agility or Cardiac will help with that.
Finally, the build does come with 90% slow resistance. Something I like, especially with this build lacking Hasten.
Variants:
SpoilerLess Toxic Resistance, but better Melee/AoE defense and net endurance recovery.
Siren's Night - i27p7 - v2.mbd
No Rune of Protection, TT: Assault and Hasten instead. Better Melee defense, but worse net endurance recovery.
Siren's Night - i27p7 - v3.mbd
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1 hour ago, Errants said:
Also, does it go offa base HP for level/class, or actual max HP, taking into account +HP buffs.
It goes off max HP. So buff that max HP to your heart's content.
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23 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said:
Sounds good. On my Night Widow I got a decent increase in recovery, an additional 200hp or so, around 15% res to all minus Psi, and all it took was respecing in to Pain Tolerance and dropping Assault from Leadership. The 15% damage boost is made up from the increase in damage from Slash and Eviscerate.
That's what I'm thinking, and possibly stealing slots from various powers. I was looking at my first build, the Melee ST/Support, and would have gotten rid of the 2nd travel power in the build, and moved all the enhancement slots to Pain Tolerance. I likely would have also removed the 2nd Assault in the build for Placate, but for thematic reasons (Support) I might leave that as is and make such a change on a more solo-oriented build.
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On 2/23/2024 at 6:29 PM, Glacier Peak said:
Would there happen to be a Page 7 build update in the making, @Bopper?
I don't anticipate doing changes for any of the DPS Fort builds, but I might update some of the Night Widow and Control-based Fort builds when I get time.
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On 2/4/2024 at 7:28 AM, Errants said:
Yup, specifically a stalker... Okay, so it doesn't kick in until I go below 60% max HP... Current (level, any+HP from sets/accolades/buffs), class max, base (no enhancement/powers/accolades) max?
I feel as tho I should start wanting to hit a green when I'm about 1/3-1/4 of my health bar left... to max resistances without getting gibbed by chips.For Stalkers, you only have two auto powers that grant scaling resistance, as opposed to three. But, they scale to a max of 25% each, instead of 20%. So at 0% HP, you'll have 50% resistance.
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32 minutes ago, Errants said:
Stupid question of the night: How do I read the kHitPoints variable for checking on powers - SR's passives, Radiation, et alia... Is it the difference from max, amount remaining? Does it matter if there are buffs to the base numbers via sets/accolades/powers?
Trying to more accurately understand SR and how to play it...You have 3 auto powers that give scaling resistance. Each one works the same. *note, if you're a Stalker, let me know and I will give you other info as they are slightly different.
Each of these powers will start granting you resistance when your health dips below 60% of your Max HP. It will scale linearly to a maximum value of 20% resistance, at 0% health.
With all 3 combined, it will scale to a total of 60% resistance at 0% health.
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On 1/21/2024 at 7:21 AM, Twitchy McNutz said:
Is there any chance we can get you to update the first posts with the .mxd or .mbd files instead of the dead links? Would be very much appreciated. 🙂
I will try to find the old .mxds and update to .mbds
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9 hours ago, balor said:
How do I use the View This Build In MRB it just opens a blank page for me and I don't see a clear option to use it with Mids' Reborn v3.6.6. This is likely a me issue but I would love to give some of these builds a try. At 39 and I think I need a shack-up and try something different.
This looks wild did and I would love to try it at 50. Also what one of your builds would you suggest for a solo day that does not have a lot of time to play?
It's not a "you" issue...I am pretty sure it's a Mids issue. No worries, I have this build saved. I hope you can open it now. If not, keep in mind the file is json-formatted, so you can always open it in a json reader and see all the power selections and slotting.
Siren's Control - Arachnos Widow (Fortunata Training - Fortunata Teamwork).mbd
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12 hours ago, PancakeGnome said:
Is this still the run speed cap?? I was outsped after slotting super speed by someone in a foot race.... makes me think the cap is higher...
Unfortunately this guide is outdated. It was relevant for the speed caps that existed from Live, but have been recently buffed in Issue 27 Page 2
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1 hour ago, smnolimits42 said:
The title says it all, i'm looking for slotting options, preferably SO's. Thanks in advance.
How do you want to play the tank? Is it while leveling up? End game? Do you want to do a lot of damage? Do you want to be a tanky taunter? Etc.
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Agree with onlyasandwich, not a fan of 6 slotting the build up. I recommend 1 slot that, and move most the slots into rooted. Make it a 5 piece Panacea with the proc (+5 all the IOs).
For earth embrace, I probably would 5 slot that as Panacea and put the PM IO into Geode, or 6 slot ER with PM set.
You net endurance looks rough. Ageless might carry it, but if you exemplar you will want a plan
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6 hours ago, Akiceter said:
just wondering but I noticed you put Preventative Medicine Absorb on Spirit Ward. Dose this effect work on me if I'm not on a team or only the player I'm with who its cast on? I also am thinking of replacing Aura of confusion with Arcane Bolt. What would you recommend slotting it with?
The Preventative Medicine special IO is a set bonus that grants you an auto power that has a chance to proc the Absorb. You do not have to use Spirit Ward to get its benefits.
If you're going with Arcane Bolt, the slotting will just depend on what you're looking for. Want more range defense? grab Thunderstrike. Want more recharge? grab Decimation.
Personally, I would not choose Arcane Bolt over Aura of Confusion. But if you must, I'd go with one of the above mentioned sets.
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On 12/28/2023 at 7:39 PM, Akiceter said:
I tried to remake the Siren's Fort: Ranged Tank Fortunata build in mids as I can't seem to open the link. If you get the chance, would you please tell me if its, correct?
Arachnos Widow (Fortunata Training - Fortunata Teamwork).mbd 43.24 kB · 2 downloads
You were very close. Here is the build I think you're looking for (I had many variants of this, this one had Summon Widow while others had Unrelenting).
Biggest difference I saw was Indomitable Will, you slotted it with resistance, I slotted it with the defense special IO.
Siren's Fort (Fortunata Training - Fortunata Teamwork) - RoP v3 - Summon Widow.mbd
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1 hour ago, Story Archer said:
Thank you guys for the responses. It seems to me that it's kind of a dud, at least compared to some of the other options. Does a standard Jump IO offer some benefit? I know that Mighty Leap takes them, but if its a power that enhances other powers I'm not sure the bonus transitions.
It depends on how you use it. Think of it as giving you the jump height buff from combat jumping. Your base jump is 4', which you'll notice isn't much when you're a level 1 character. But when you take combat jumping you'll notice a difference...this proc will give you the same difference. As others noted, that can be useful when your main form of travel are the P2W run powers. Those come with a jump height buff of +27.8 feet. Combat jumping won't stack with that, but if you had the Thrust proc slotted you will gain an extra 8 feet, which might be just enough to clear those pesky walls/buildings.
As for the 40 feet of max jump height, that is mostly useful for your travel powers that were already getting you to the 200' regular cap. With Thrust, you can now go 240' into the air which will allow you to leap further distances in a single bound.
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15 hours ago, biostem said:
This either of the below links, hopefully they can help you out...
https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Launch:_Jumping_Speed/Increased_Jump_Height
https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=boosts.crafted_launch_d.crafted_launch_d
Thanks for the link. I will say though, the first part of that article is inaccurate.
"This enhancement grants an 8 foot increase to jump height and a 40 foot increase to maximum jump height for 120 seconds. When used in a click power, the effect is granted every time the power is used. When used in a toggle power, the effect persists until 120 seconds after the toggle power is deactivated. "
I would rewrite it as this:
" This enhancement grants an 8 foot increase to jump height and a 40 foot increase to maximum jump height. When used in a click power, the effect is granted every time the power is used and lasts for 120s. When used in an active toggle power, the effect persists until the toggle power is deactivated."
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1 hour ago, Story Archer said:
If there is no conflict or diminishing returns, was this a problem before that has since been corrected, or was it never an issue as far as you know?
There is no longer a conflict. I think I updated the original post with that detail, but comments in the thread may be outdated.
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On 12/1/2023 at 11:03 AM, Story Archer said:
Little thread necro here - in part because I have a question and in part because it's always a good thread for people to see.
If you increase your maximum endurance, does that basically add a flat amount to the 100 number we have set for base?
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In other words, does a +5 to maximum Endurance also increase your recovery rate by 5/minute?
At base recovery, yes. You start the game off with a base recovery of 100%, which translates to "you will recover all of your endurance in one minute of gameplay". So if your max endurance goes up from 100 to 105, then you will recover an additional 5 endurance over that minute. Now, if you increase your recovery, you will get all of your endurance back faster. For example, if you have 200% recovery (+100% from base), then you will recover all of your endurance in 60s / 200% = 30s. That translates to getting 200 endurance per minute if your max is 100, or getting 210 endurance per minute if your max is 105.
I'm assuming that an increased max endurance also increases the recovery rate by a commiserate amount, so that you will recover fully in the same time frame rather than extending the amount of time necessary to get there.
Correct.
Answers in red.
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On 11/30/2023 at 11:25 AM, Story Archer said:
I'm pulling this up because you really seem to have your finger on the pulse of how healing and Regen works. I've been trying to figure out something for a while and I'm hoping you can help me with it.
Assume Siphon Life unenhanced for healing. If I'm reading Mids right, when it successfully goes off, it heals you 10% of your health (total health, right?). I'm trying to get a sense of what that would be in terms of equivalent Regen - is this not possible due to Regen functioning in relation to your base HP vs. procs (which SL is more akin to) functioning in relation to your total HP?
For discussion's sake, let's say that it goes off reliably once every 10 seconds, or is the equivalent of an automatic 20% healing proc what can I compare that to? Would that be the equivalent of four P.T. procs?
The best way to come up with a formula is start somewhere that has all the same units. Given your question, I think we should look at how to convert everything to HP/sec, then convert back from there.
Starting with Siphon Life, that power does 10% of your base HP. If you enhance it, it will be your strength x base HP x 10%. Great, that tells us how much HP it will give us, but what is that in HP/sec? We would need to know the cast time of the power and the recycle time of the power's use. Siphon Life has a 10s cooldown and 1.93s cast time. For argument's sake, let's assume you slotted the power with a healing SO, and two recharge SOs, that puts us at 33.3% heal strength and 66.6% cooldown reduction. That gives us a heal amount that is 13.33% of base HP and a cooldown of 6s. Combined with the cast time, that gives us a cycle time of 6s + 1.93s = 7.93s.
So in this example, we're looking at Siphon Life doing 13.33% base HP every 7.93s.
What is that in terms of regeneration? Well this now depends on what your Max HP is, because regen works off max HP (self heals work off of base HP, as shown previously). Let's assume you have raised your max HP by 50%, so your max HP = 1.5 x base HP. Knowing that 100% regeneration (base regen rate) gives you 5% of your max HP every 12s, we can state 100% regen = 5% x 1.5 x base HP every 12s.
So what is Siphon Life in terms of Regeneration in this specific example?
Siphon Life = 13.33% base HP every 7.93s = X% regen = X% (5% x 1.5 x base HP every 12s). We are solving for X
( 13.33% x base HP / 7.93s ) / (5% x 1.5 x base HP / 12s) = X%
(13.33 x 12) / (7.93 x 5 x 1.5) = 159.96 / 59.475 = 2.69 = 269%
So, as you can see, there is a way to convert Siphon Life into terms of regeneration equivalency, but it depends on what your max HP is, how much heal your siphon life is doing (relative to base HP), and how often you're casting Siphon Life.
There is one thing I did not include in the calculation that is worth noting. I assumed Siphon Life hit. If you factor in your chance to hit, you can simply scale from there. Let's say you had a 90% chance to hit, then your regeneration equivalency would be 0.90 x 269% = 242%
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Interesting, I wonder if the power used to have another design intended but changed from targeted AoE to PBAoE and forgot to remove the range and the ability to enhance range. Like you said, it does nothing in regards to the design intent of the power; just has cleanup needed.
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I believe it's sort of common for debuffs to now show combat log messages. I could be wrong though, but I think the messages are generated on the targets who get hit by the debuff, but not necessarily show up for the debuffer. Someday it might be worth a pass to add messages to all of these attacks that have hit rolls, but it would be a bit of work.
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When it comes to attributes, your resistance will resist all aspects of that attribute (e.g. Current, Strength, Resistance).
For example, if you have 40% damage resistance, it will resist 40% of the damage you take (Current), it will resist 40% of damage strength debuffs you take (Strength), and it will resist 40% of damage resistance debuffs you take (Resistance).
Again, this goes for all attributes. If you have 40% endurance resistance, it will resist 40% of an endurance drain you take (Current), it will resist 40% of an endurance strength debuff you take (Strength, e.g. Ice Arrow does -strength debuffs), and it will resist 40% of an endurance resistance debuff you take (Resistance, e.g. Acid Arrow does -resistance debuffs).
Once you understand that, you'll know almost everything you need to know about the resistance mechanic in this game.
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The amount of damage resistance an AV has will fluctuate. Last analysis I saw on the subject showed on average AVs have about 10% damage resistance to all types. Granted, that doesn't tell us much as some could have 90% resistance to 1 type, but 0% to others. Some may even have weaknesses (negative resistance). Ultimately, just use a power analyzer on an AV and see for yourself the amount of resistance they have.
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Saw it this weekend. I liked it. It was fun to watch.
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Siren: My many Widows (Night, Fortunata, and Proc-Heavy builds)
in Arachnos Soldier & Widow
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Night Widow - Minor Proc build, heavy S/L/E/N/F/C/P resistance
Here is a variant of the previous build, where I trade in some Range/AoE defense as well as all the Toxic resistance, and start incorporating in some procs for added DPS. My focus here was to add some potency to my ST attacks to help with those tougher bosses. For good measure, added plenty of procs to Spin to help on the AoE side of the house.
For this build, I recommend Cardiac alpha as you'll need help with your sustained DPS given the number of procs being used, plus that resistance bonus will help your RoP get you to 85% to all but toxic resistance.The screenshot below shows with Cardiac active. Without Cardiac, you'll have 42.25% S/L resistance, 46.5% F/C resistance, and 45% E/N resistance. RoP will get you to atleast 80% for all those.
Siren's Night - i27p7 - v6 - Hasten and RoP - no Epics - proc heavy.mbd