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Help me decide . . . Defender or Corrupter Trick Arrow and Assault Rifle

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I keep looking at both of them and going back and forth liking one more than the other, then reversing.  What would you choose . . . and why?

 

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drbuzzard

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I tend to prefer defenders over corrupters since I'm of a mind that if I want to play buff/debuff, I want to be the best at it.

 

As for mixing a bow and a rifle, umm... I got nothing. I mean there's no trick rifle, so what can you do?

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Psyonico

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I would tend to go Defender, but in the case of TA/AR I think I would go Corruptor because AR's secondary effects won't be impacted by the higher defender values (ie: AR is basically 100% damage).

 

This is a combo I've always wanted to do, ever since AR was proliferated to Defenders, but for some reason I never have run it... hmm, perhaps it's time for another alt.

What this team needs is more Defenders

Bionic_Flea

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I thought about blaster, especially since they now get Oil Slick Arrow too.  But it's also about playing the new and improved Trick Arrow set with the new and improved AR.

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Luminara

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I'd expect Scourge interacting with the Assault Rifle DoTs to outstrip the small trade-off in debuff strength, so corruptor would be my suggestion.

 

And since both sets include fire powers, Pyronic Flea might be a fair name.

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arcane

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New trick arrow is awesome but, as someone with a Traps/AR and an AR/Dev, I must say AR feels miserably weak without blaster damage. I’d personally consider multiple characters here.

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  On 5/14/2021 at 11:17 AM, Bionic_Flea said:

Bonus question!!!  What adjective ending in 'ic' would you use to describe a flea that uses arrows and rifles?

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You can't fool me, Flea!  You're trying to get us to come up with your new name!  It won't work!

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  On 5/14/2021 at 11:17 AM, Bionic_Flea said:

Bonus question!!!  What adjective ending in 'ic' would you use to describe a flea that uses arrows and rifles?

 

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Ballistic.

"Of or relating to the science of the motion of projectiles in flight. Behaving like a projectile. Extremely and usually suddenly excited, upset, or angry."

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Bionic_Flea

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Ballistic is a great name!  So good that I already have it on my DP blaster . . .

 

So far the ones I've come up with is Synergistic for irony or Parabolic.

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  On 5/14/2021 at 5:25 PM, fitzsimmons said:

 

You can't fool me, Flea!  You're trying to get us to come up with your new name!  It won't work!

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That was a bonus question!  Answer or skip it as you please.

 

But what about the main question: Defender or Corrupter for the AR-TA combo?

 

So far it seems like Corrupter damage is getting the edge in voting.

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ith·y·phal·lic  (ĭth′ə-făl′ĭk)
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1. Of or relating to the phallus carried in the ancient festival of Bacchus.
2. Having the penis erect. Used of graphic and sculptural representations.
3. Lascivious; salacious.

 

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Psyonico

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Darn it! this topic got my to roll a TA/AR Def finally.  Yes, even though I said I'd probably go Corrupter I went Defender.

What this team needs is more Defenders

ZemX

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Really?  No one has offered up "Automatic" yet?

 

I am also fretting over the Corruptor/Defender choice but in my case it's AR vs Archery to go with Dark Miasma.   It's an old character from live that I did as an AR/Dark corruptor, so I wondered if I should try Dark/AR Defender this time but... not feelin it yet.  I like the damage and earlier attacks and... the support stuff always seemed "good enough" to me.  Helps that Tar Patch is the same either way in my case.

 

And yeah, Ignite definitely scourges.  I used to use it with Black Scorpion's Web Envelope although you will have an immob in your secondary to keep them fleeing out of the patch.  It's a slow animation but... it's going to look especially evil dropping an oil slick, an entangling arrow, lighting your foe on fire... and then walking away while they burn.  The walking away part is important so be sure to have the "Walk" power at the ready!

 

ETA:  Come to think of it... maybe "Semiautomatic" as a joke since the AR side is fully automatic and the TA side isn't any automatic. 🤪

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I have a reeeally hard time justifying Ignite since it basically requires immobilize/hold to function with that small radius, but I also assume I’d want it most vs bosses, further complicating the mez requirement. I don’t have the thing in any current builds.

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  On 5/14/2021 at 8:00 PM, arcane said:

I have a reeeally hard time justifying Ignite since it basically requires immobilize/hold to function with that small radius, but I also assume I’d want it most vs bosses, further complicating the mez requirement. I don’t have the thing in any current builds.

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This is true if you only solo.  I don't find immobilize all that uncommon on teams however.  Also in this case, TA has a Tier 1, mag 3 immobilize on a base 4 second recharge.  That's going to be fast and easy to stack on a boss.

 

On my AR/Dark Corruptor, I would leave it till later possibly because I'd depend on Web Cocoon which is (a) Not available until 35 and (b) Not very fast to stack mag without a whole lot of recharge and global recharge.  But it does have a generous duration at least.

Bionic_Flea

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Don't forget the power of Glue Arrow to slow them combined with the KD of Oil Slick Arrow.  Add to that that I have slotted Superior Frozen Blast set with a 3.5 PPM, mag 3, 10 second immob into ignite and things are going nowhere fast.

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  On 5/14/2021 at 8:00 PM, arcane said:

I have a reeeally hard time justifying Ignite since it basically requires immobilize/hold to function with that small radius, but I also assume I’d want it most vs bosses, further complicating the mez requirement. I don’t have the thing in any current builds.

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Glue Arrow.

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