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Yep. The body has to physically be there for the entire power animation. This is why you should only use it on a “new” corpse.

Just had a wild thought: How would you guys feel about changing the KB effect on Warshades to the Pull effect we see on Singularity or Whirlpool? It makes WAY more sense when you look at what gravity and supermassive black holes actually do. They drag crap in and crush it beyond our time line.

The real secret sauce has been my Street Justice/Ninjitsu build. With Combat Readiness, Shinobi, and Crushing Uppercut (with two purple procs), you are critting for a bit under 2,240 damage in one swing. (I remembered this wrong.) Yeetus Deletus

After extensive teaming with my Ice/Ice this week, I’ve come to find that my biggest holes are: Psi and Toxic. +4 Council are no problem, but +4 Arachnos can often kill me. So! My final build morphed to account for this. It’ll cost a fortune, but my final build has capped Resists to Fire, Cold, Toxic, and Psi. This is with two stacks of the SMotT in Icicles. I did this with two Imperviums, the Aegis, three full Luck of the Gambler sets, and then four Purple sets. Plus the +Res uniques of course. S/L and E/N Defense are capped, so I didn’t worry as much there. S/L Resist I got to about 58% and E/N is at 33%. Should be a monster with perma Hoarfrost capping my MaxHP (3534 HP). P.S. If you use Ice Melee, Call of the Sandman healing proc in Frozen Aura is obscene. 250+ Heal nearly every time you hit a full spawn with Frozen.

I was thinkin Melee or Clarion for similar reasons, yeah. Pretty sure Psi can even ignore Ranged in some instances!

I don't run Tactics, man! It's just a mule that lets me see ghosts. Anything in Venomous gets debuffed to hell; Tactics is never on. Gotta hard disagree on the Red Fortunes. The other sets would cut my Ranged Defense by 5%, which is notable. Same reason I went with Lockdown; it ups both AoE and Ranged. Poison's biggest weakness has been mez, much of which is Ranged. Getting hit more means getting mezzed more. Per above you've got 45% Ranged and AoE; it cuts mez problems dramatically. Soft mez protection, if you will; they can't mez if they don't hit. I've played squishies without mez protection and Resist builds; it's not even close. Defense wins hands down for Poison, as if you get mezzed Venomous Gas shuts off. And Poison DOES get use out of Power Build Up! It adds about 8 seconds duration to the Hold from Poison Trap. Gives you a 23 second AoE Hold on a far shorter recharge than any Controller can hope for. I've gotten in the habit of PBU, Poison Trap, Hail of Bullets. Anything that survives is easy to hammer with your debuffs or Suppressing to stack Holds. I'll definitely try your Piercing Rounds suggestion out. I mainly took Executioner's due to the faster animation time.

So I made something stupid. I've always liked Poison, but struggled to get it to FEEL right across various ATs. Had the concept for a Poison/DP and came up with this. It wound up far, far tougher than I was expecting. It has full-time softcap Ranged and AoE, and 32.9% Melee Defense. With your maxed Venomous Gas, this makes even +3s whiff in melee as you bust a cap on their ass. Note that this is WITHOUT using Envenom/Weaken, this is just on all the time. Why Dual Pistols? Two huge synergies: Suppressive Fire with Chemical Ammo combos with Poison Trap to lock Bosses, and Chemical Ammo stacks even more -Damage on top of Poison's already crazy high -Damage. You can just neuter the boss or even AV and shoot it in the face. Been mucking about with dropping Defense levels some to fit in procs, but honestly I like the sheer stupidity I can get up to with this level of survival. On teams you can wade into Melee and dramatically increase kill times. Toggles: I only run Combat Jumping, Maneuvers, Weave, Temp Invuln, and Venomous Gas. This is built to let you solo non-stop without relying on Vigilance to shore up Endurance. Krait - Hero Defender Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.7.5 rev. 21 ────────────────────────────── Primary powerset: Poison Secondary powerset: Dual Pistols Pool powerset (#1): Leaping Pool powerset (#2): Leadership Pool powerset (#3): Fighting Pool powerset (#4): Concealment Epic powerset: Energy Mastery ────────────────────────────── Powers taken: Level 1: Envenom A: Shield Breaker: Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge 7: Shield Breaker: Accuracy/Recharge 9: Shield Breaker: Accuracy/Defense Debuff 9: Shield Breaker: Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge 15: Shield Breaker: Defense Debuff 17: Shield Breaker: Chance for Lethal Damage Level 1: Pistols A: Superior Defender's Bastion: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge 17: Superior Defender's Bastion: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance 42: Superior Defender's Bastion: Accuracy/Damage 43: Superior Defender's Bastion: Damage/Endurance/Recharge 43: Superior Defender's Bastion: Damage/Recharge 43: Superior Defender's Bastion: Recharge/Chance for Minor PBAoE 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Damage/Endurance 46: Superior Frozen Blast: Recharge/Chance for Immobilize Level 18: Weave A: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance 19: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance/Recharge 19: Red Fortune: Defense 40: Red Fortune: Defense/Recharge 42: Red Fortune: Endurance 42: Red Fortune: Endurance/Recharge Level 20: Suppressive Fire A: Superior Vigilant Assault: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime 21: Superior Vigilant Assault: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance 21: Superior Vigilant Assault: Accuracy/Damage 23: Superior Vigilant Assault: Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime 23: Superior Vigilant Assault: Damage/RechargeTime 36: Superior Vigilant Assault: RechargeTime/PBAoE +Absorb Level 22: Poison Trap A: Lockdown: Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold 29: Lockdown: Accuracy/Recharge 29: Lockdown: Accuracy/Hold 31: Lockdown: Endurance/Recharge/Hold 31: Lockdown: Recharge/Hold 31: Lockdown: Chance for +2 Mag Hold Level 24: Executioner's Shot A: Superior Winter's Bite: Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime 25: Superior 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That's why they're slotted as they are above, ya. Like you can put the Explosive Strike % damage in Wolves but only one of their attacks can proc it. Pretty much every Wolf attack can proc Grey, Shieldbreaker, and Heel. They proc them a LOT; it's a massive DPS increase for them. And I was seeing good returns in Dire Wolf with the two Slow % damage procs; they affect his ranged and AoE blasts as well as one of his bite attacks. Defense Debuffs aren't great in Dire Wolf as they don't affect any of those same blasts or AoE. Lions are the underachievers of the family, but this means they're a good spot to throw ATOs for +recharge and/or the pet aura IOs.

Off with a flu, so I managed to dig up my old Beast/Cold. It's not even that expensive to build, from what I remember. Definitely far cheaper than Beast/Nature with all it's +Recharge sets. This has softcapped S/L once you've got Frozen Armor running. You can actually farm with it. Buttocules - Hero Mastermind Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.7.5 rev. 21 ────────────────────────────── Primary powerset: Beast Mastery Secondary powerset: Cold Domination Pool powerset (#1): Flight Pool powerset (#2): Leadership Pool powerset (#3): Concealment Pool powerset (#4): Fighting Epic powerset: Ice Mastery ────────────────────────────── Powers taken: Level 1: Summon Wolves A: Nucleolus Exposure 3: Nucleolus Exposure 3: Overwhelming Force: Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown 5: Touch of Lady Grey: Chance for Negative Damage 5: Shield Breaker: Chance for Lethal Damage 7: Achilles' Heel: Chance for Res Debuff Level 1: Infrigidate A: Invention: Accuracy 21: Invention: Endurance Reduction 21: Touch of Lady Grey: Chance for Negative Damage 27: Shield Breaker: Chance for Lethal Damage 29: Ice Mistral's Torment: Chance for Cold Damage 29: Impeded Swiftness: Chance of Damage(Smashing) Level 2: Ice Shield A: Reactive Armor: Resistance 7: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Endurance 9: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Recharge 9: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Endurance/Recharge 11: Invention: Defense Buff 36: Invention: Defense Buff Level 4: Snow Storm A: Invention: Endurance Reduction 31: Invention: Endurance Reduction Level 6: Train Beasts A: Invention: Endurance Reduction Level 8: Hover A: Winter's Gift: Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance 31: Winter's Gift: Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range 31: Winter's Gift: Slow Resistance (20%) 33: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 10: Glacial Shield A: Reactive Armor: Resistance 11: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Endurance 17: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Recharge 19: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Endurance/Recharge 19: Invention: Defense Buff 36: Invention: Defense Buff Level 12: Summon Lions A: Superior Command of the Mastermind: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge 13: Superior Command of the Mastermind: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge 13: Superior Command of the Mastermind: Accuracy/Damage 15: Superior Command of the Mastermind: Recharge/Pet +AoE Defense Aura 15: Edict of the Master: Defense Bonus 17: Call to Arms: Defense Bonus Aura for Pets Level 14: Fly A: Blessing of the Zephyr: Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 16: Evasive Maneuvers A: Hypersonic: Flying 33: Hypersonic: Endurance/Flying 34: Hypersonic: Endurance 34: Hypersonic: Flying / Increased Fly Protection 36: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 18: Fortify Pack A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 20: Arctic Fog A: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Endurance 37: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Endurance/Recharge 37: Reactive Armor: Resistance 37: Reactive Armor: Endurance 39: Invention: Defense Buff 39: Invention: Defense Buff Level 22: Summon Dire Wolf A: Superior Mark of Supremacy: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance 23: Superior Mark of Supremacy: Accuracy/Damage 23: Superior Mark of Supremacy: Damage 25: Superior Mark of Supremacy: Endurance/Pet +Resist +Regen 25: Ice Mistral's Torment: Chance for Cold Damage 27: Impeded Swiftness: Chance of Damage(Smashing) Level 24: Benumb A: Invention: Accuracy 45: Invention: Recharge Reduction 45: Invention: Recharge Reduction 46: Invention: Endurance Reduction Level 26: Tame Beasts A: Invention: Endurance Reduction Level 28: Sleet A: Undermined Defenses: Recharge 42: Undermined Defenses: Defense Debuff/Recharge 42: Undermined Defenses: Recharge/Endurance 43: Undermined Defenses: Defense Debuff/Recharge/Endurance Level 30: Heat Loss A: Invention: Accuracy 43: Invention: Recharge Reduction 43: Invention: Recharge Reduction 45: Invention: Endurance Reduction Level 32: Maneuvers A: Reactive Defenses: Defense 39: Reactive Defenses: Defense/Endurance 40: Reactive Defenses: Endurance/RechargeTime 40: Reactive Defenses: Defense/RechargeTime 40: Reactive Defenses: Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime 42: Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage Level 35: Flash Freeze A: Call of the Sandman: Chance of Heal Self Level 38: Tactics A: Rectified Reticle: Increased Perception 50: Rectified Reticle: To Hit Buff Level 41: Frozen Armor A: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Endurance 46: Reactive Armor: Resistance/Endurance/Recharge 46: Reactive Armor: Resistance 48: Reactive Armor: Endurance 48: Invention: Defense Buff 48: Invention: Defense Buff Level 44: Vengeance A: Rectified Reticle: To Hit Buff 50: Rectified Reticle: To Hit Buff/Recharge Level 47: Grant Invisibility A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 49: Stealth A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed ────────────────────────────── Inherents: Level 1: Brawl A: Invention: Accuracy Level 1: Sprint A: Unbounded Leap: +Stealth Level 1: Supremacy Level 2: Rest A: Invention: Healing Level 1: Swift A: Invention: Flight Speed Level 1: Health A: Miracle: +Recovery 33: Numina's Convalesence: +Regeneration/+Recovery 34: Panacea: +Hit Points/Endurance Level 1: Hurdle A: Invention: Jumping Level 1: 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Another good thing to note is that you DON'T need to worry about T1 pets missing versus +4s, as Sleet takes care of that. I think my favorite slotting for Wolves wound up being: two 53 Nucleolus, Overwhelming Force KB to KD, Lady Grey's %, Shield Breaker %, and Achilles -Res. Max damage and the best procs for them, but still with a native 75% accuracy. The Wolves are so Endurance efficient they never run out. Dire Wolf was the only one I bothered slotting for Endurance Reduction a bit.

I guess my point was Cold covers nearly every “problem” people have with Beasts. Their synergy is nearly 100%. A lot of folks don’t understand the damage output two damage procs and an Achilles will give to Howler Wolves. It more than doubles their damage output! And the three Wolves can keep Achilles -res on a hard target nearly 100% of the time. Even the Slow procs in Dire Wolf don’t come near the damage from Howler Wolves. My first IO buys are the Howler damage procs and Achilles, two Slow procs for Dire, and then the +Defense pet IOs. You can respec after unlocking Dire and have maxed out murder pets by 22. Sleet and Achilles -res both combine to ramp proc damage by 42.5%. It gets stupid. And as mentioned, you can build with Ice Mastery and Flight to easily have solid personal defenses. The teardown versus AVs is pretty nuts. With Degenerative Radial and Infrigidate/Benumb hard targets get woodchippered.

Definitely won’t need Tough! All your Resist comes from perma-Eclipse once you have it.

No prob! Orbiting Death is a signature power to some folks, but I don’t have it on Sable as I flit about with Hover to line up max target Gravitic Emanations. BUT! Orbiting is an absolutely massive 20 foot radius damage AoE, and in longer fights versus big mob numbers can easily turn out to be your most damaging power. It hammers everything near you for the entire fight. Easily hits the entire group. Just depends how you want to play I suppose! It kind of locks you into a more melee playstyle to use it most effectively.

Beast/Cold is NOT bottom of the barrel, it’s a complete buzzsaw of murderous fangs. I have never run an easier MM to 50 and Incarnate content. Beast does dramatically improved damage with the two Slow damage procs in Dire and the two Defense Debuff procs in Wolves. Sleet is amazing; it and Snow Storm guarantee you can drop flyers into a big debuff slip patch. Hovering with softcapped S/L or Ranged Defense means only your pets are at risk in melee. And with the Ice shields, pet IOs, and Maneuvers you can cap their Defense too. They just rip crap apart while you float in safety slinging debuffs and shields. It’s a complete murder machine versus x8 spawns or soloing AVs. It’s literally my strongest MM I ever built. I stopped using it, it was so overwhelmingly strong. I wanted more of a challenge, and nothing could stop it!

From what I saw on my Katana/Ninjitsu, your best “opener” is gonna be your strongest AoE in a full spawn, or versus a hard target your strongest singletarget attack. This is what makes Street/Ninjitsu so crazy. You can reliably crit with a boosted Crushing Uppercut for over 2,000 damage when your build is maxed out (two purple procs and Muscular Alpha). My biggest gripe with Katana/Ninjitsu was that Soaring Dragon was my best hard single attack. Golden Dragonfly is AoE, so it’s not as reliable to crit from Shinobi.