Spines/Fire build request-entry level build

[Kysmelly69]

Ive just hit level 40 and I'm finding that if I run into a wall I die, lol.  Last night while playing I was named the squishiest scrapper the group had ever seen.  I have a final build made up, but currently I cant figure out how to live longer than 15 seconds and keep my endurance up.  Any suggestions on an entry level 50 build?  I need some help bad.  I dont remember my scrapper being this pathetic back when I was on live.  Thanks!

[MunkiLord]

How much influence and merits do you have now that you're willing to spend? Also, can you post your current build?

[jack_nomind]

Well, yeah, Fiery Aura is easily the squishiest secondary, especially on a Scrapper.  Rise of the Phoenix is there for a reason.  My #1 advice is to eat candy.  Restock your insps at a contact or hospital whenever you can.  Four small or two medium purples will make you briefly all but immortal.

 

Here's a very basic L41 build.  It's written up with SOs in place of vanilla IOs, but you should definitely use L35-40 IOs whenever possible.  It also includes 8 set IOs, all from yellow sets that should be fairly cheap on the market; 6 of them are the complete Multi-Strike set distributed over three powers to get you a little more S/L resist.  I don't recall how to set IOs to a particular level -- just getting them at 35 or 40 should be fine, and you can pretty much get whichever ones are cheapest (change the vanilla enhancements slotted into those powers to balance out the stats).

 

If you lose something in this build you're heartbroken over, you can swap out Conserve Power and Physical Perfection to whatever you lost -- but it'll cost you in terms of endurance.  I really wouldn't recommend cutting anything else.  If you have the merits for it, getting either or both of Shield Wall (+5 res all) and Reactive Defenses (Scaling Resist), both in Defense sets, will significantly help.  If you can get both, steal the second slot from Temperature Protection for Combat Jumping to slot them.  If you buy them with merits, get them at the lowest level they scale down to.

 

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Level 49 Science Scrapper

Primary Power Set: Spines

Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura

Power Pool: Leaping

Power Pool: Fighting

Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

 

Hero Profile:

Level 1: Barb Swipe -- EndRdx(A), Acc(3), Dmg(3), Dmg(5)

Level 1: Fire Shield -- ResDam(A), ResDam(5), ResDam(7), EndRdx(7)

Level 2: Lunge -- EndRdx(A), Acc(9), Dmg(9), Dmg(11)

Level 4: Healing Flames -- EndRdx(A), HrmHln-Heal/Rchg(13), RechRdx(15), RechRdx(15), Heal(17), Heal(17)

Level 6: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff(A)

Level 8: Impale -- EndRdx(A), Acc(19), Dmg(19), Dmg(21)

Level 10: Temperature Protection -- ResDam(A), ResDam(21)

Level 12: Kick -- Empty(A)

Level 14: Super Jump -- Empty(A)

Level 16: Plasma Shield -- ResDam(A), ResDam(23), ResDam(23), EndRdx(25)

Level 18: Acrobatics -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(25)

Level 20: Consume -- EndMod(A), Acc(27), RechRdx(27), RechRdx(29), RechRdx(29)

Level 22: Blazing Aura -- Mlt-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Mlt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31), Dmg(31), EndRdx(31)

Level 24: Quills -- Mlt-Acc/Dmg(A), Mlt-Acc/EndRdx(33), Dmg(33), EndRdx(33)

Level 26: Ripper -- EndRdx(A), Acc(34), Dmg(34), Dmg(34)

Level 28: Burn -- Mlt-Dmg/Rchg(A), Mlt-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Dmg(36), Acc(36), RechRdx(37), ClvBlo-Dmg/Rchg(37)

Level 30: Tough -- ResDam(A), ResDam(37), ResDam(39), EndRdx(39)

Level 32: Throw Spines -- EndRdx(A), Acc(39), Dmg(40), Dmg(40)

Level 35: Conserve Power -- RechRdx(A)

Level 38: Rise of the Phoenix -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(40)

Level 41: Physical Perfection -- EndMod(A)

Level 44: [Empty]

Level 47: [Empty]

Level 49: [Empty]

Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Critical Hit

Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)

Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)

Level 4: Ninja Run

Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)

Level 2: Health -- Heal(A)

Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)

Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod(A), EndMod(11), EndMod(13)

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