Shield Charge is now merely an OK power

[nihilii]

Came to this realisation playing my SD/rad Tanker.

Atom Smasher now recharges in a fourth of the time, deals 72% of the damage, affects the same amount of targets and has the same radius.

Wow, the tanker buff is good. I can't complain! It's so good it leads you to rethink past wisdoms.

I'm now considering whether I should drop SC to make room for OwtS (can't fit both). Such a thought would have been heresy, in the past.

Although, it is nice having the extra oomph of Build Up + Shield Charge for an alpha strike.

Edit: scratch the radius part, Shield Charge is still much wider. Does it benefit from the radius boost? I could swear it was only 15 feet before (but I'm probably wrong).
 

Edited January 31, 2020 by nihilii

[SinergyX]

Its a primary power, you cant simply compare that to a secondary power (stuff like footstomp etc). 

 

Personaly i would keep SC, knockdown is also a part of damage mitigation, where the cooldown of OwtS (unenhancable) is once in a while (and i always keep a few orange insp's ready in case of emergencies).