Mythcreatio Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 As the title says! I'm just seeking what people have loved/enjoyed playing the most! Seeking some inspiration for my next tanker! My current/first/and only tanker ever is a DA/Sav that has been cool thus far, but now I have that itch to test out different builds etc for tankers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Z Bubba Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 SR/Claws for overall utility. But my bias was set a looooong time ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heraclea Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I chose well very early on in HC. Inv/Dark Melee for overall toughness. Bio/Spines for aggro holding ability and earning potential. QVÆ TAM FERA IMMANISQVE NATVRA TB ~ Amazon Army: AMAZON-963 | TB ~ Crowned Heads: CH-10012 | EX ~ The Holy Office: HOLY-1610 | EV ~ Firemullet Groupies: FM-5401 | IN ~ Sparta: SPARTA-3759 | RE ~ S.P.Q.R. - SPQR-5010 Spread My Legions - #207 | Lawyers of Ghastly Horror - #581 | Jerk Hackers! - #16299 | Ecloga Prima - #25362 | Deth Kick Champions! - #25818 | Heaven and Hell - #26231 | The Legion of Super Skulls - #27660 | Cathedral of Mild Discomfort - #38872 | The Birch Conspiracy! - #39291 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulbasaur Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Dark/Dark hands down. Having a control aura as well as a taunt aura is great - you're not just controlling aggro to keep your teammates safe, you're controlling enemies to keep your teammates safe while you goes head to head with the bosses. 1 Doctor Fortune Soulwright Mother Blight Brightwarden Storm Lantern King Solar Corona Borealis Blood Fortunado Dark/Dark Corruptor Rad/Rad Brute Gravity/Time Controller Storm/Water Defender Peacebringer Dark/Dark Tanker The Good Missions Guide: A Heroic Levelling Journey through Story Arcs Blueside Guide Easy IO Cheat Sheet The Mean Missions Guide: A Villainous Levelling Journey through Story Arcs Redside Guide Fortunatas are the Bestunatas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovera Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I've gone on for too long about Fire/Claws to start about it once more, but having decided to level another one for my actual account it feels so nice. Even while leveling but already chock full of attuned IOs and ATOs it's all about killing minions with one use of Burn, seeing the sudden melting of things with Follow-up, Spin, Burn. And it starting doing so early. But it's squishy. It's fine while we level and do easy content but the defense debuffs mess it badly and it needs Incarnates to survive well. The opposite is Invulnerability that just ignores everything and plows through things without a sweat but then we are whittling enemies nice slow and steady. I prefer the Fire Armor approach -because- we have Incarnates and can build for damage and then use a clicky for the tough moments, but most of the time the tough moments are well spaced apart so for me it's about the 90% of the content, not the 10%. - Simple guide for newcomers. - Money making included among other things. - Tanker Fire Armor: the Turtle, the Allrounder, the Dragon, and compilation of Fire Armor builds. - Tanker Stone Armor: beginner friendly (near) immortal Tanker for leveling/end-game and Stone Armor framework. - Brute Rad/Stone and compilation of Brute Stone Armor builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovera Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I was thinking about my reply and decided to add to it. I really really feel that I am super-hero with this. I'm sturdy, I stab faces, I wade first into a room full of enemies and break them with none of the 'tanks are meant to do low damage' from other games. Looking at other things I've tried in the past I consider how far my Controllers were from this fantasy. Even a powerful multiplier like a Plant/Kin does not make me feel like a super-hero. Things like running around during Numina to kill greys and be slowly whittling them is pretty anti-heroic-feeling. Or wanting to AoE and not having it - Simple guide for newcomers. - Money making included among other things. - Tanker Fire Armor: the Turtle, the Allrounder, the Dragon, and compilation of Fire Armor builds. - Tanker Stone Armor: beginner friendly (near) immortal Tanker for leveling/end-game and Stone Armor framework. - Brute Rad/Stone and compilation of Brute Stone Armor builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitum Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) Well, it doesn't exist as it was at the time of it being my favorite. Invul/EM. Currently for survivability: Invul/SS Shield/STJ For Damage Fire/EM For AOE fun Shield/Elec But really if it's a tanker I like them all, except Ice. Sorry to my ice brethren, just not my cup o tea. I recant my ice position btw - it's awesome and I love it now. Edited February 12, 2021 by Infinitum 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellania Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Strangely, its invul/ss. When homecoming opened up, I remade my main into bio/dark. Under most conditions, more survivable than my invul/ss namesake. But ... I notice the differences. Fighting COT and their -tohit, rage does care, while dark melee will wiff more. During some fights, I noticed the -regen or -recharge (bio is about the recharge to get your 3 heals/hp shields up). I ended up switching bio/dm with my invul/ss (name wise), and back to favorite. It might be a preference, since I played invul/ss so much, everything is second nature, and with bio (even with a 50!), I still play with the build, or attack chains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Pow Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Most of my COH time has been playing the classic Inv/SS. I keep trying to branch out but then it's just a hero game instead of SUPERhero. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Boy Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Of my three level 50 tankers, my main, an Invulnerability / Street Justice tanker, is my favorite. This is the only toon I have that can handle AE 801.2 solo at +2/8. (I can't do +4/8 with anything yet.) My Super Strength / Willpower proc monster can solo an AV but isn't nearly as good at tanking. The lack of defense debuff resistance in Willpower is a problem. Functionally, this is a tough, low-damage scrapper. My Dark / Dark tanker is quite tough. It's a ways away from full incarnates, so I can't make a fair comparison yet, but I think I prefer the layered defenses of Invulnerability to going all in on resistance. (The build does have softcap defense to melee and S/L, but only 30% to everything else and no DDR.) I don't have the endurance issues that some people report with Dark Armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC4800 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I currently have 3 lvl 50. Rad Armor/WM on Indom. Ice/Stone on Everlasting. Fire Armor/Savage on Excelsior. A lvl 30 Elec/Elec on Torchbearer. All have their strengths/weaknesses, depending on who I am fighting. The Ice/Stone is my best build. 1 Victory: reserved for future use Indom: Schtick, Pummel Pete, Plymouth, Pilkington Reunion: Ghost Legacy, 7s7e7v7e7n7, Mind Funk, Bluto Excelsior: Phrendon Largo, Fred Bumbler, John van der Waals,Allamedia Jones, Tzapt, Sn1pe Torchbearer: Phrendon Largo, Kenny Letter, Bewm, La Merle, Enflambe', Rock Largo, Bulk of the Weather, Retired Phrendon Everlasting: Phrendon Largo, Krown, Buzz Words, Bicycle Repairman, Dee Fender, Carmela Soprano, Radmental Boy, Beet Salad, Sporanghi,Sue Ahn Cuddy, Fukushima Technician, Snow Globe Girl, Thug Therapist, Apple Brown Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobbledigook Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 My favourite at the moment is Rad/SS with Rad/DM close behind. Great mitigation/heal set and some nice added AoE damage clickies. I am partial to Dark armour also. Looks cool. WP is fun also for easy straight forward tanking whilst attacking. I have not tried SR Tanker yet , I keep meaning to. Back in the day my main was an Ice/SS Tanker. I enjoyed that back then but haven't made one since. All Tankers are good though it's hard to make a bad choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VV Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 ALL the fire! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warboss Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Back in the day (a loooong time ago...) I really enjoyed my Fire Tanks. Very fun, all aspects of them, and I leveled up all the combos. I really enjoyed my Invuln/Stone, he was incredibly difficult to kill. I had Fault slotted for recharge and between bouncing goons and Invincibility there just wasn't much that could touch him. Here, I really enjoy Radiation Armor/anything! After so many worked so hard to get the set going, it's nice to have it here and extremely fun to play. Rad/Fire is my combo choice, and probably over all my favorite Tanker combo to date. Note: I did run Electric/Fire for a long time on live and I enjoyed that combo as well. 1 Nothing warms your opponent like Fiery Melee. Tanker Tuesday and Tanker Tuesday Tour Info: 1st Tuesday-Excelsior 2nd Tuesday-Torchbearer 3rd Tuesday- Everlasting 4th Tuesday- Indomitable Special weekend run for Reunion/Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomo Kimyata Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 I can't claim to really be a tanker kind of person, but I'm REALLY liking my Bio/Energy. Who run Bartertown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Azrael Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Favourite? Ice/Ice/Ice. It's phenomenal. Thoughtful. Depth. It has it all. Heal. Defence. End recovery. Slows. Knock down. Hibernate. AoE damage. Holds. Arachnos Smasher. A joy to play. My Invul/EM was rock 'ard ( I did enjoy it, great on ITF!!! (but very dull by comparison. And EM hits like a fairy. Azrael. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sura Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 1. Ice/Electric 2.WP/Ice Leveling a Rad/DB right now, and that's been fun too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxzero Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Whatever I am building at the moment. Currently working on SR/Rad which may be my best character ever (although I think that with every build). 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colder Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) Bio/fire. People hate combustion because of the cast time but with build up and the offensive toggle running that and fire sword circle clear most of the group. Not to mention he's ridiculously durable with a handful of options for nearly every situation. Vet level 40ish Edit: just wanted to add, my other tanks are Shield/dm, which is a fun combo but the damage just feels extremely low in comparison to the bio/fire. Level 49 And then there is my Elec/MA. I swapped the kicks to the punches and it feels kind of clunky. But he's durable as heck. He's my only red side tanker at this time. Level 46ish I plan on adding an Ice Armor/something eventually, as my favorite toons and mains are an ice/ice stalker, and a Rad melee/ice brute Edited October 9, 2020 by Colder Added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandyr Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I have the following tanks: Fire/Staff Elec/Staff Invuln/WM Bio/Rad Rad/Spines Dark/MA WP/Staff Shield/Dark (work in progress...only level 32) Ice/Elec My favorite? Bio/Rad. It's fun, damn near unkillable, and it's awesome seeing you regen 200+HP/Sec. The Elec/Staff was fun to play, as was WP/Staff. Fire/Staff has soooo much AoE. I'm thinking the new Shield/Dark tank will be a beast. But yeah....Bio/Rad is my fave. What you wanted to know about Bio, but never asked - Tanker - Homecoming (homecomingservers.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Redux Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Shield/Martial Arts. Looks great with all the kicks, shield adds so much goodness, and Tanker MA has a solid AoE and a parry ability. Only wish Shield's mez resistance wasn't a clicky. But that's a small quibble. Character has great health, solid defense and appreciable resistances. I specced out of Aid Self as a result, never need it. @Force Redux on Everlasting ----- (read my guide) ----- Gather the Shadows: A Dark Miasma Primer for Masterminds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) My Fiery Aura/Energy Melee Tank, definitely. Back in live, a loooing time ago... Fire/EM Tanks could practically 2 shot any squishy in PvP. Something about a Build Up + Fiery Embrace buffed Energy Transfer/Total Focus just seemed.... dirty. Even with the nerf, I still love it. When you use both of your build ups, Energy Transfer and Total Focus SLAP. Even level bosses can be two-shot frequently and +4 bosses may as well be. You will frequently team with Kinetics users and de-buffers.. this just makes it hilarious. I’ve watched AV hit-point bars drop like a bosses would with just one Energy Transfer... 😎 You just have to take my word for it! Edited October 16, 2020 by Camel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninja surprise Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Shield / Stone is my ultra survivable hoot, with the stomps and charges and constant smashing. Bio/DM is fun for lots of clicking and having to pay attention or die but rewarded with oodles of damage with Soul Drain buffing the Bio AoE into mini nukes. It's what I wish Dark Armor was more like. Rad/Fire is coming up my enjoyment scale though. Plenty tough with good damage, don't need to worry about mitigation and exemplars well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Z Bubba Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, ninja surprise said: Bio/DM Hmmmmmmmmm. Edit: I'd be more interested if I didn't feel forced into the MG/Gloom/SL/Gloom attack chain. Edited October 19, 2020 by Bill Z Bubba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shocktacular Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I play brutes a lot more than tankers, but my Bio/Rad tanker is still a bunch of fun. I put the Avalanche "chance for knockdown" proc into one of the dmg auras, and the results are hilarious! Basic strategy for this tanker is pretty much just walk into a mob and attack the bosses. Everything else has usually melted by the time the bosses are down (there may be one or to Lts in some groups who are still just barely up). 2 Want more from Praetoria? Check out my level 40+ Praetoria missions in AE! I've got 3 complete arcs so far. Praetorians can get to AE in Pocket D by going through Studio 55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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