What's The Optimal Solo Scrapper?

[biostem]

Can't go wrong with katana/ninjitsu - pretty much all your bases are covered, and you have tons of utility!

[Sunsteal]

So I have a Claws/Regen scrapper. Had a fully slotted one on live but for the life of me cannot remember how I built it. I do remember it cost over a bil... Any pointers or builds I could look at as totally stuck and no good with mids?

[Without_Pause]

Incarnates are Level 50. If those are included, then other sets will also see similar benefit if not even more so. I care about the ride to 50 as well. Plus, it takes a variable amount of time to even get Ageless to be up enough to really start to cover that hole. Again, it is far better on a Brute or Tanker. WP simply isn't on the same level as SR or Shield and more so Incarnates included. 

[Sovera]

A Fire/Fire Tanker.

[Lazarillo]

23 hours ago, Without_Pause said:

Incarnates are Level 50. If those are included, then other sets will also see similar benefit if not even more so. I care about the ride to 50 as well. Plus, it takes a variable amount of time to even get Ageless to be up enough to really start to cover that hole. Again, it is far better on a Brute or Tanker. WP simply isn't on the same level as SR or Shield and more so Incarnates included. 

I'd note that if you're steamrolling groups at x8, the ride to 50 is gonna be pretty short anyway.

And that, again, that's only part of the equation.  There are things that /SR and /Shield can do that Willpower cannot, but they do not make up, from my perspective, for what Willpower can do that they can't.

Edited 14 hours ago by Lazarillo

[Without_Pause]

44 minutes ago, Lazarillo said:

I'd note that if you're steamrolling groups at x8, the ride to 50 is gonna be pretty short anyway.

And that, again, that's only part of the equation.  There are things that /SR and /Shield can do that Willpower cannot, but they do not make up, from my perspective, for what Willpower can do that they can't.

I don't care about teams where inferior sets can be carried. Solo. Maxed out settings. WP isn't on par. Even more so on a Scrapper. 

[aethereal]

3 hours ago, Lazarillo said:

I'd note that if you're steamrolling groups at x8, the ride to 50 is gonna be pretty short anyway.

And that, again, that's only part of the equation.  There are things that /SR and /Shield can do that Willpower cannot, but they do not make up, from my perspective, for what Willpower can do that they can't.

 

What do you feel it is that WP can do that shield and SR can't?

[Octogoat]

7 hours ago, aethereal said:

 

What do you feel it is that WP can do that shield and SR can't?

 

It dies real well to certain mobs that Sr and shield cant

[Lazarillo]

8 hours ago, aethereal said:

What do you feel it is that WP can do that shield and SR can't?

I mentioned these in a previous reply as well, but summarizing it bullet points:

 

SR:

-Lacks taunt aura, causing enemies to scatter very quickly

-No protection against Confuse without Tactics.  No protection against Terrorize, period.

 

Shield:

-Can't be paired with several sets (including, IMO, the best set)

-Locks character stance, makes you look stupid while moving (looking cool, by contrast, being objectively the most important thing in the game)

[Without_Pause]

So non-sensible and things which are factors in rare situations. I concede the Taunt aura being a bit of an issue, but a snipe can be added. I mean, how pretty does a character look while faceplanted? Shield can be paired with arguably the best set for it, Dark. 

[Erratic1]

As I recall, the final nail in the coffin for my Willpower Tanker was being hit with so much -Recharge his attacks were slated to be available the next time the world's continent's merge to form Pangaea.

 

SR has some resistance and on any defense set, the attack has to land for the nasty to occur.