Soft Capping defense....struggles

[Nferno]

I’ve seen some threads were Doms are able to soft cap defenses yet also have Perma Dom. I have really struggled with this on my doms. Most are such end hogs that it’s tough to keep many toggles up. 
Would love to see some build examples with both Soft Cap D and Perma Dom. Hopefully I can get some ideas and figure out what I’m not seeing on my own. lol
Thanks in advance!!

Edited May 5, 2020 by Nferno

[Coyote]

Dark/Savage. Uses Barrier to soft-cap Ranged D, but it would be easy to take a power that is frankenslotted with damage IOs and convert it to a set that will give Ranged D.

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Fire/Psy. Also uses Barrier, but manages to softcap both Ranged and AoE. You could change the winter set and Scirocco's to something with Ranged D and end up with capped Ranged D without Barrier, though you lose the AoE capping. Note that this relies on Link Minds so you're locked into the Psy epic.

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Mind/Energy. Ranged D is capped without Barrier.

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[Mezmera]

Any secondary with a power boost effect can pull 30% defense out of Unleash Potential and it also gives +recovery, plus you can also slot in a gambler.  It's up for a minute and down for a bit over a minute where I'll alternate with a Barrier.  There's a bunch of controls that benefit from defense bonuses, especially Mind since it has two confuses. 

 

Your epic pool can help with end issues.  I go with Soul Mastery for Soul Drain but I also take Dark Consumption for when I really need endurance, along with the shield.  For permadom I generally aim for a comfortable 90% additional recharge along with hasten so that typically ends up being the ATO set, 4 purple sets, 3 gamblers, manticore in snipe and then something like an obliteration and a control set.  I'll also look to build in whatever defenses I can from those sets.