SR/DB Build Advice

[Draeth Darkstar]

Hey Tankers.

 

I haven't built a new Tank since Live, and back then I was mostly building for Resist and mixed sets. I never built a pure Defense Tanker, but I wanted to try out SR/DB on Homecoming and it's been a lot of fun to play around with, so I started looking at an endgame build.

 

The trouble I'm having is that my usual build strategy is... well, overkill, for SR. I wanted to build for Incarnate defense caps for this one, and once I looked at what I'd come up with I realized that I overshot those without even trying.

 

What I'm wondering is: Is it worth it to leave it be and have an ~8% buffer in case of debuffs, or is there something else I should try building for to get more use out of it?

 

Note that I actually plan to take Boxing, Tough, and Weave as the last 3 powers, since they aren't needed for non-incarnate softcap and Homecoming doesn't enforce slot levels, but as far as I can tell Mids still does.

 

This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.2.19
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Level 50 Magic Tanker
Primary Power Set: Super Reflexes
Secondary Power Set: Dual Blades
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Focused Senses

• (A) Reactive Defenses - Defense
• (3) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance
• (3) Reactive Defenses - Endurance/RechargeTime
• (5) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime
• (5) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime
• (7) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage

Level 1: Nimble Slash

• (A) Empty

Level 2: Agile

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
• (7) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
• (45) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)

Level 4: Ablating Strike

• (A) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage
• (9) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/RechargeTime
• (11) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• (11) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• (13) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime
• (13) Superior Gauntleted Fist - RechargeTime/+Absorb

Level 6: Practiced Brawler

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 8: Dodge

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
• (15) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• (15) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge

Level 10: Combat Jumping

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
• (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
• (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 12: Evasion

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (17) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
• (17) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (19) Red Fortune - Defense
• (19) Red Fortune - Endurance

Level 14: Focused Fighting

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (21) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
• (21) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (33) Red Fortune - Defense
• (37) Red Fortune - Endurance

Level 16: Boxing

• (A) Empty

Level 18: Lucky

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
• (23) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• (23) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge

Level 20: Blinding Feint

• (A) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge
• (25) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (25) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge
• (27) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance
• (27) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative)
• (29) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up

Level 22: Tough

• (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
• (29) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
• (50) Gladiator's Armor - Resistance
• (50) Gladiator's Armor - End/Resist

Level 24: Weave

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (31) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
• (31) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
• (31) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (33) Red Fortune - Defense

Level 26: Quickness

• (A) Run Speed IO

Level 28: Vengeful Slice

• (A) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage
• (33) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Recharge
• (34) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (34) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (34) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (36) Superior Might of the Tanker - Recharge/Chance for +Res(All)

Level 30: Maneuvers

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (36) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
• (36) Red Fortune - Endurance
• (37) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (37) Red Fortune - Defense

Level 32: Tactics

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff
• (39) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge
• (39) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge
• (39) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge
• (40) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance
• (40) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge

Level 35: Sweeping Strike

• (A) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge
• (40) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (42) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge
• (42) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance
• (42) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage
• (43) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage

Level 38: Focused Accuracy

• (A) Empty

Level 41: Physical Perfection

• (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration
• (46) Miracle - +Recovery
• (46) Power Transfer - Chance to Heal Self
• (48) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
• (48) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance
• (48) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End

Level 44: Hasten

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (50) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 47: Taunt

• (A) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage

Level 49: Super Jump

• (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%)

Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Gauntlet

Level 1: Sprint

 

Edited January 19, 2021 by Draeth Darkstar
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[eknudson]

You have 95% defense debuff resistance, so on my SR tank I didn't feel I needed a lot past the incarnate defense softcap. I can't imagine a scenario where you'd get hit with anything like enough defense debuff (given your resistance) to lower defense appreciably. Especially since you only get debuffed by things that actually hit you...plus, I don't know that I've run on a team doing incarnate missions where somebody wasn't running maneuvers or some defense aura. You'll probably be at 80 or 90% defense much of the time, which is wasted.  

 

I'd add some energy resistance rather than yet more defense. Enough things hit with energy damage. I wound up going musculature for my alpha-- I couldn't see how anything else actually helped me. I didn't really need the more defense from agility, resilience barely helps, nothing else jumped out. 

[Draeth Darkstar]

9 hours ago, eknudson said:

You have 95% defense debuff resistance, so on my SR tank I didn't feel I needed a lot past the incarnate defense softcap. I can't imagine a scenario where you'd get hit with anything like enough defense debuff (given your resistance) to lower defense appreciably. Especially since you only get debuffed by things that actually hit you...plus, I don't know that I've run on a team doing incarnate missions where somebody wasn't running maneuvers or some defense aura. You'll probably be at 80 or 90% defense much of the time, which is wasted.  

 

I'd add some energy resistance rather than yet more defense. Enough things hit with energy damage. I wound up going musculature for my alpha-- I couldn't see how anything else actually helped me. I didn't really need the more defense from agility, resilience barely helps, nothing else jumped out. 

Sorry for the dumb question, but building for Resistance set bonuses is new to me - where did you find much in the way of Energy? The only big one I can remember seeing when I looked was on a tanker ATO set.

[eknudson]

Some unbreakable guard, some bombardment, some adjusted targeting. With one ATO proc active I'm at 41.7% E/N resistance.  It's hard to get a lot, agreed. My Dark tank looked hard for energy resistance since that's a hole for him and wound up building more for energy defense (he's at 45.5% e/n def and 52% res).