Grant Cover

[KelvinKole]

Sorry to make a post just for this, but I noticed in game today that the description for Grant Cover says it applies a defense bonus, stealth, and resistance to defense and recharge debuff to nearby allies. The power details screen only shows the debuff resistance though, and not the defense or stealth numbers. Is the power bugged? Or does it actually provide all of the stats in the description?

[Brynstar]

It does provide all that for the team. The power details only shows what it provides you. Many of the power details in the game are incomplete.

[KelvinKole]

Good to know and thanks for confirming. Quite a handy little power. 

[Frosticus]

take it for the ddr. enjoy it for everything  else it does 🙂

[Call Me Awesome]

It's nice for the DDR it provides, however I usually pick it up very late in my build.  My Elec/Shield Stalker got it at 49, my BS/Shield Scrapper is likewise planning it at 49.  The only benefit it really gives YOU is the DDR and another LOTG mule.

 

I did get it earlier on my Shield tankers, but that's for a different role in combat.

[Darkir]

This power is the best power a brute/tanker/scrapper/stalker can provide to a team. You can give everyone on your team 10%+ def to all. That is a lot of defense for your team. A brute/tankers job is to stop the team from taking damage, they normally do that by making the mobs attack them instead, but with Grant cover you can also make the mobs miss your team more often too. To my mind it would be like a kinetics not taking speed boost or an empathy not taking fortitude.

 

Now on a stalker it isn't really included in their role on a team to take grant cover, but man is it nice to take for your team. For most sets, grant cover is the power that would be switched with hide, but not with this set for whatever reason. You can help your team stealth missions with this power.

 

On top of that you get ddr which seriously helps against mobs with defense debuffs (like cimoreans) and you get another place for a 7.5% Lotg. There is very little reason not to take it in my opinion. 

Edited March 10, 2020 by Darkir

[Call Me Awesome]

54 minutes ago, Darkir said:

This power is the best power a brute/tanker/scrapper/stalker can provide to a team. You can give everyone on your team 10%+ def to all. That is a lot of defense for your team. A brute/tankers job is to stop the team from taking damage, they normally do that by making the mobs attack them instead, but with Grant cover you can also make the mobs miss your team more often too. To my mind it would be like a kinetics not taking speed boost or an empathy not taking fortitude.

Unless it has changed... I haven't looked at the numbers recently... it only has a 3" radius around the character so it'll only affect players who are right on top of you.

[Darkir]

45 minutes ago, Call Me Awesome said:

Unless it has changed... I haven't looked at the numbers recently... it only has a 3" radius around the character so it'll only affect players who are right on top of you.

Both mids and the in-game tooltip say a radius of 15". I have also used this power a lot and those numbers seem accurate. Essentially, it affects people close to you, the radius of a fireball, but certainly not people right on top of you. 

[Doomguide2005]

Hmm wonder if it got changed at some point (or was just always incorrect) as I recall the same thing as Awesome from back on live.  Certainly vastly more useful with a  15ft rad rather than 3.