Savage/Stone Armor?

[Papaschtroumpf]

Never played Savage Melee, but already have several WP, EA, Bio characters (not all brutes)

I haven't played Stone Armor since Live where I remember it being good, but I happened to be one the people that liked the TP travel power (it was all pre-IOs). Back them Soene armor toons would kill ot get a kin on their team. I think it's not longer as true?

To be honest at this point the main reason I picked the combo is because I thought Savage Leap would complement/mitigate Granite's movement penalty.

There are probably sets than can be used to help with movement speed 

 

So anyway, anyone running it? Anyone thinking it's a poor combo?

 

If it's not a good idea, I may go Savage/Dark Armor as I don;t have a DA toon on Homecoming yet (but I was thinking about a D3 scrapper)

[Papaschtroumpf]

Lol, no answers, you talked me into it, that way I'll figure it out myself!

[Microcosm]

I think its likely a good pairing. Savage's blood frenzy stacks give +rech and -end cost, which are two problems Granite imposes, and Granite provides top end mitigation, which Savage lacks completely. Savage doesn't make up for the -damage, but otherwise they look like they complement each other quite well. Let us know how it goes.

[Papaschtroumpf]

Yup, got sidetracked by a dominator at the moment, but I'll get back to him.

[Frostweaver]

Savage DOES tend to mitigate stone's Damage issues somewhat, due to the set's speed and leap helping to keep you closer to brute cap in between spawns. It is also able to make a complete aoe attack chain with no gaps in granite if you grab mu ball/cages, which few sets other than claws can boast.
 

And, like he said, blood frenzy does make a pretty big difference with end and recharge.

At full 80% fury, the difference between granite and non-granite attacks is only 10% (as opposed to at base, which is 25%) and the closer you stay to damage cap as a brute, the smaller that fraction becomes.

[I-Dirty]

I just decided to do this combo....sounds like fun

 

Now to come up with a build....

[Outrider_01]

7 hours ago, I-Dirty said:

I just decided to do this combo....sounds like fun

 

Now to come up with a build....

Skip Hemorrhage, its a very slow DoT attack.  Kind of like gloom.

[bobdicator]

I think I'll put one of these together just to see the SM animations on Granite.

[I-Dirty]

funny havent tried to make a build in a very very long time...so im lost in the sauce but im learning 😛 lol

[I-Dirty]

Dont suppose anyone has a mids build for this do they?

[Papaschtroumpf]

I never got back to mine, but it's still around, i never deleted it either

[PLVRIZR]

On 9/4/2021 at 1:30 AM, bobdicator said:

I think I'll put one of these together just to see the SM animations on Granite.

 

...best one ever is Martial Arts in Granite Armor.  Laughs galore watching the giant rock do flips and spins and kicks 😆

[Cenozoic]

Granite Animation Fun!

 

I have Stone/Spines Tank, and Ripper’s backflip is very fun to watch.

 

I think your Savage/Stone build sounds like fun, also consider Rad or Spines for the extra damage aura, which cranks up nicely with Fury.

[Bill Z Bubba]

On 9/4/2021 at 1:30 AM, Outrider_01 said:

Skip Hemorrhage, its a very slow DoT attack.  Kind of like gloom.

 

Side note on this: Gloom's damage is DoT but it's also usually vastly better DPA damage than most brutes/tank attacks. This becomes relevant when you're pounding on hard targets like AVs and Pylons. Example: My shield/nrg tank uses ET(slow)-TF-ET(fast)-Gloom-BS as her attack chain because gloom is better DPA than any of the other nrg attacks. And now I'm rambling because I know other folks are getting better DPS adding more attacks but proc-monstering everything they use.

[I-Dirty]

Now I wanna see a spines/stone build...omg this altitis of mine SUUUCCKS lol

[Outrider_01]

2 hours ago, Bill Z Bubba said:

 

Side note on this: Gloom's damage is DoT but it's also usually vastly better DPA damage than most brutes/tank attacks. This becomes relevant when you're pounding on hard targets like AVs and Pylons. Example: My shield/nrg tank uses ET(slow)-TF-ET(fast)-Gloom-BS as her attack chain because gloom is better DPA than any of the other nrg attacks. And now I'm rambling because I know other folks are getting better DPS adding more attacks but proc-monstering everything they use.

Agree, but for a melee attack working the same way its not very great.  Since the dot damage takes so long to apply, it's inefficient on anything not a boss.   With enough recharge, the dot stacks but if you EXHAUST! one time you are on cool down for like 6 seconds where the damage is still barely finished.  And fast enough recharge means I can just hammer the first 3 attacks and Hit rending flurry at 4 Bloodfiry to keep up an attack chain while clearing minions around.  Get the recharge bonus consistently going, clicks like Firery Embrace or Bio clicks come back a little faster.

[Cenozoic]

23 hours ago, I-Dirty said:

Now I wanna see a spines/stone build...omg this altitis of mine SUUUCCKS lol

 

Happy to show you if you're in the neighborhood.  I'm @Cenozoic and usually on Excelsior or Reunion - happy to server jump if you're around.