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@Heracleautterly on point. Great choice! The Roots - Hurricane (reinterpreting Bob Dylan)

Agree fully with @Strawberryand @Riverdusk. Level 32 is the point of transformation where the Necro pets start healing themselves. Also, the change to the pet AI keeps the Lich at a good distance to hit many, many mobs with its cones. So much so that slotting -ToHit starts to become a little more valuable. The diagmagnetic recommendation is solid as well. That and the advice to slot Overwhelming Force KD proc in the tier 1 helps to layer increasing levels of mitigation parallel to the hefty resistance levels. Overall, great summary here.

IOs can fix just about anything. I’ve been running my claws/fire brute through tons of non-farm content. I don’t think I’ve switched to my “farming” build in months. Staff primary will certainly increase slotting and set flexibility. Here’s a thread from a bit ago that illustrates an approach. Might be an idea or two in there: (Nonfarm build bear the end)

@Doc Ranger I’m pleased as punch to see this (albeit from February) pairing. I’ve just recently returned to the game, and my earth/sonic/leviathan is my favorite controller. Not Def softcapped; merely focused on recharge. @Coyote and @oedipus_tex both speak truth though (as to the value of procs and the limitations of /sonic, respectively). Once I got the pet, it was relaxing to begin upping the difficulty solo, and teaming is a zen-like experience. I hope you tried it out. Here is the thread where the forumites here provided some much-appreciated advice:

Death - Politicians in my Eye

Deep Purple - Highway Star (It’s nice to be back... the latest *troubles* have really taken all my private and professional attention. Miss you all and this thread!)

@Deadshot7 Here is the (historic) article explaining the enhancement diversification figures and diminishing returns: https://archive.paragonwiki.com/wiki/Enhancement_Diversification Basically, it depends on the schedule of the enhancement. Heal is schedule “A.” Quoting from the article, “These bonus types will see a 10% reduction when the bonus is 70% or more, a 30% reduction at 90%, and an 85% reduction at 100% or greater. Specifically, if you put six even-level Single Origin enhancements in one power, they will enhance the power to the following degree: 33.33%, 33.33%, 28.33%, 4.99%, 4.99%, 4.99%.”

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

@Tryna_Dugid I believe this is the build/post you were referring to regarding a farming build: Why do you want to you use a dominator for farming?

I was waiting for this! The Damned - The Turkey Song

Iggy and the Stooges (I mean really though... can’t we agree that this is just the Stooges... frickin’ Main Man...) - Death Trip

Pere Ubu - Street Waves

@Heracleais right on the money. This way, all your alts are working together at all times to amass a functional way to slot up all your characters.

Fire is still Queen for farming, for fire resists, burn and the damage aura. Bio also has *many* adherents. Many combinations are discussed in the linked thread. Dark would be less efficient: no spammable AOE, and Soul Drain boost becomes pointless for a damage boost since you will be eating red inspirations as fast as possible. See also:

Check out the recommended builds in post #2. Another version (from the same post, just deeper in):

Pavement - Cut Your Hair

Clearly, Golden Palm runs an SO only build and has not reached softcap. 😝

I really like the layered nature of a Willpower chassis. My WP brute has 32.5 for all types (S/L/E/N/F/C/P ... yes, psychic too), melee radial hybrid for a defense/Regen boost, Ageless Radial for debuff protection, along with Diagmagnetic Core (up to 20%) and Darkest Night -hit debuff (~15%) for run-of-the-mill faux defense (debuff cushion double duty) and pulling. With high S/L resistance (almost 80%) and Regen (122 health/sec without hybrid, 173 with), it handles a lot in a broad spectrum of cases and damage types. Overall, it’s a great secondary with many options, cooperating with many primary power sets.

I’d die to see that in a bio!

*Stolen Crey bio enhancements *fancy anti-super equipment, special bullets, swords crafted of enchanted metal, armor woven with alien technology (clearly not ninjas - everything hurts them) *magical spells woven around minions *genetic modification *deal with a Demon *ninjas/thugs/beasts/mercs = poorly played ATS in need of a good team leader And on and on and on .... This is all imagination. Player generated.

That’s frickin’ poetry right there...

Can - Mushroom

If only using SOs, then Rise of the Phoenix is an excellent power for resetting a fight - Mag 4 stun for 15 seconds, time to bring up your toggles, a medium-sized heal, and a KB to the mobs around you (I like it even on IOs: it is a decent recharge mule for a stupefy or any of the heal sets, or a nice one-slot-wonder for the preventive medicine proc). Inspirations don’t allow for the same kind of effect unless you eat a Rez, a break free, and a bunch of purples for defense. If you had all those (mainly the defense), you wouldn’t have died in the first place! 🤣

@pretty_jesushave fun! And incarnates to taste/situation. The build doesn’t rely on any particular alpha/destiny/hybrid.

All the caveats -- It's not a "farm" build but with Incarnates, it *can* emulate one. (I use a typical "farm fresh" build for that). It was thought experiment, and now I use it for doing Ouro content and goofing around, working on accolades, etc. I'm positive it could be improved and/or streamlined a bunch. In-game, my s/l resists are capped at 90, but in the builder, they are at 81.5%. I don't know wtf happened. This week has kicked my ass so staring at it is making me see penguins. Dancing penguins. With flower-shooting machine guns. *ahem* ignore the last part... I hope it helps! Villain Plan by Mids' Reborn : Hero Designer 2.6.0.7 https://github.com/ImaginaryDevelopment/imaginary-hero-designer Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Mutation Brute Primary Power Set: Claws Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Leadership Villain Profile: Level 1: Strike -- TchofDth-Acc/Dmg(A), TchofDth-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50), TchofDth-Dam%(50), TchofDth-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(50), TchofDth-Dmg/EndRdx(50), TchofDth-Dmg/Rchg(50) Level 1: Fire Shield -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(50), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(50), UnbGrd-Max HP%(50), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(50) Level 2: Slash -- Mk'Bit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Mk'Bit-Acc/Dmg(50), Mk'Bit-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(50), Mk'Bit-Dmg/EndRdx(50), Mk'Bit-Dam%(50), AchHee-ResDeb%(50) Level 4: Healing Flames -- Prv-Absorb%(A), Prv-Heal(50), Prv-EndRdx/Rchg(50), Prv-Heal/Rchg(50), Prv-Heal/EndRdx(50), Prv-Heal/Rchg/EndRdx(50) Level 6: Spin -- SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), SprAvl-Rchg/KDProc(50), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50), SprAvl-Dmg/EndRdx(50), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg(50) Level 8: Follow Up -- Mk'Bit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Mk'Bit-Acc/Dmg(50), Mk'Bit-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(50), Mk'Bit-Dmg/EndRdx(50), Mk'Bit-Dam%(50) Level 10: Combat Jumping -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), Ksm-ToHit+(50), Rct-ResDam%(50), Rct-Def(50) Level 12: Kick -- Empty(A) Level 14: Tough -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(50), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(50), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(50) Level 16: Plasma Shield -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(50), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(50), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(50) Level 18: Focus -- Apc-Dmg/Rchg(A), Apc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(50), Apc-Acc/Rchg(50), Apc-Dmg/EndRdx(50), Apc-Dam%(50) Level 20: Consume -- EffAdp-Acc/Rchg(A), EffAdp-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(50) Level 22: Blazing Aura -- SprBrtFur-Acc/Dmg(A), SprBrtFur-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50), SprBrtFur-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(50), SprBrtFur-Dmg/Rchg(50), SprBrtFur-Rech/Fury(50), SprBrtFur-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50) Level 24: Weave -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def(50), LucoftheG-Def/EndRdx(50) Level 26: Eviscerate -- Obl-%Dam(A), Obl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50), Obl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(50), Obl-Acc/Rchg(50), Obl-Dmg/Rchg(50), Obl-Dmg(50) Level 28: Burn -- SprUnrFur-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), SprUnrFur-Acc/Dmg(50), SprUnrFur-Dmg/Rchg(50), SprUnrFur-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50), SprUnrFur-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50), SprUnrFur-Rchg/+Regen/+End(50) Level 30: Super Jump -- BlsoftheZ-ResKB(A) Level 32: Shockwave -- SuddAcc--KB/+KD(A), PstBls-Acc/Dmg(50), PstBls-Dmg/Rchg(50), PstBls-Dam%(50), PstBls-Dmg/EndRdx(50), PstBls-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(50) Level 35: Fiery Embrace -- RechRdx-I(A) Level 38: Rise of the Phoenix -- RechRdx-I(A) Level 41: Superior Conditioning -- PrfShf-End%(A) Level 44: Physical Perfection -- PrfShf-End%(A), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(50) Level 47: Temperature Protection -- GldArm-3defTpProc(A) Level 49: Maneuvers -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def/EndRdx(50), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP(50) Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A) 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 1: Fury Level 1: Sprint -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A) Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A) Level 2: Health -- Mrc-Rcvry+(A), Pnc-Heal/+End(50) Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A) Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A) ------------ | Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1443;630;1260;HEX;| |78DA8D944B4F135114C7EF9D4E954287B642295550D0A8283230EADEA850A3D2849| |50B5F4D85697BB1699BCE54EDD22FA04B371AC1C7D68D223E177E0F776E7C009AA8| |51A3584FE7FCA9358DD1499A5FEEFF9C73CFAB33C94BE3C17B472E1F10B2E3703EE| |D38A943E58A6BB7252B6EDA55C5824FD0B39E7E114F4F25EDBC6D9BE479D1E96565| |DCCED805C73613CA2E5753072BE5B4084E158B7973D24E9754216B788784CAE65C3| |A45BCD3D1C205E5A8732AAFDC6A68CD79C62E3B39558A4F94D4B43951B0CBD96A2A| |9976DCFAB55EAA3895B19D7ED386C053F3CB93849DBAB0CE8229F00C780A3CCD5CA| |887492F56979FA83B8B6C9FC1AFE03730468EFDBA98311042F9B459C1B60CA8C02C| |781E7CA109D1A58B453AFA10AB2FE3DED7E05BF01DF8065C62DA94D7CFB1FABA9B3| |ADBE6C139F006789D9931EAEB925E4CDB7FD6DA43FB0DF04C7CED51C9B655E1F56E| |7D444D2B4C8D7C3BB82611ACD1237CA41888EEFCDB44BF301F935708BEE17FF8E6A| |89308BADF30A2B1CD0447C131D0623E21EF2EEE5E765F85ED0AF321A951CEEDEF99| |43AE3BE02D701EBC0BDE66EAD4638C63B5DEB509758361A6A27AE3D8F44681F81A6| |AF809FE0057C1EFCCA714B509B17D9DD8681034C010180623CC18D5D68F8D6C7EC9| |F7CD522D5B70DFC02BF8DFC7D617C047E0037091F98CB015F76D1B66ED39DEBCBAB| |6035A809633C43311BBAE71DE2069C3ACC93DD0AC133C9F7A3A13FEA37B793E11AA| |7D0C73B5A27FCED33ACE3E7D7AE36D17D2FBC7ED6E51C65A14AB49D13C655F8BB2B| |F4549E88DAF436DB2C96A0D72CF537AE34B808840B8F17ED796DBC98A0EB5118E78| |FF5B93F298E46FD12077B6D2E42F87D8FF43B336C0DA2F23C1EA68| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|