VeritasWaits Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 After having re-discovered the amazing CoH rebirth I'm trying to get my head around the game mechanics. When I played as a kid I just made whatever concept seemed cool to me. I know that's the best way to approach this game, but now I can't completely turn off my worries about making a strong character. I don't know anyone in game (yet), so I'll be doing a lot of soloing and am looking at making a scrapper. I have my eye on Fiery Aura for my defensive set. Can someone with more game experience tell me how well it works in practice? Seems like you trade defense for offense a bit. Does that make you too squish squish for soloing? For Primary sets I'm looking at Fiery Melee, Dark Melee, Katana, Staff, or Dual Blades. Do any of those stand out as being especially strong or effective, especially for soloing? My other thought was that I could go with Fiery Melee and then Shield as a defensive set if that would be a lot stronger or more practical. So yeah, basically I'm looking to make sure I don't sink my limited game time into a combo that turns out to be less effective than one of the others that would have worked just as well for my character concept. Help?
Cheese Slicer Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 The big trend at the moment is Spines/Fire. It's a great AOE combination, and people are using it for farming.
Nightmarer Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 Dark Melee/Fire is awesome, Soul Drain + Burn is great AoE combo and if you get another AoE from ancillary pool (Ball lightning so you have 3 different kinds of dmg is a good choice) you will end up with a killing machine, especially if you invest in IO sets.
FUBARczar Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 Like Nightmarer said above, Dark Melee is great. Other alternatives IMO would be: Psionic Ice Radiation
Without_Pause Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 The big trend at the moment is Spines/Fire. It's a great AOE combination, and people are using it for farming. More so as a brute since they have a higher cap on resists, and they get a taunt aura so mobs stick. Top 10 Most Fun 50s. 1. Without Mercy: Claws/ea Scrapper. 2. Outsmart: Fort 3. Sneakers: Stj/ea Stalker. 4. Emma Strange: Ill/dark Controller. 5. Project Next: Ice/stone Brute. 6. Waterpark: Water/temp Blaster. 6. Mighty Matt: Rad/bio Brute. 7. Without Hesitation: Claws/sr Scrapper. 8. Within Reach: Axe/stone Brute. 9. Without Pause: Claws/wp Brute. 10. Chasing Fireworks: Fire/time Controller. "Downtime is for mortals. Debt is temporary. Fame is forever."
MunkiLord Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 The big trend at the moment is Spines/Fire. It's a great AOE combination, and people are using it for farming. More so as a brute since they have a higher cap on resists, and they get a taunt aura so mobs stick. True, but Scrapper Spines/Fire is capable of soloing the ITF, so they are pretty great as well. I'm sure a Brute can too, but SCRAPPERLOCK The Trevor Project
marcussmythe Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 Ice Fire sounds tempting. Sure, Ice is about the worst damage set out there, but thematic, and all the slows.. ALL THE SLOWS. Plus Scrapper-Damage based burn. "Oh, you just THOUGHT you were running out of my burn patch!" Great Justice - Invuln/Energy Melee Tank Ann Atomic - Radiation/Super Strength Tank Elecutrix - Electric Blast/Super Reflexes Sentinel Ramayael - Titan Weapons/Bio Scrapper C'len - Spines/Bio Brute
Nightmarer Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 Ice Fire sounds tempting. Sure, Ice is about the worst damage set out there, but thematic, and all the slows.. ALL THE SLOWS. Plus Scrapper-Damage based burn. "Oh, you just THOUGHT you were running out of my burn patch!" Dammit, see what you did? now I have to roll one myself *shakes fist*
FUBARczar Posted June 7, 2019 Posted June 7, 2019 Ice Fire sounds tempting. Sure, Ice is about the worst damage set out there, but thematic, and all the slows.. ALL THE SLOWS. Plus Scrapper-Damage based burn. "Oh, you just THOUGHT you were running out of my burn patch!" Dammit, see what you did? now I have to roll one myself *shakes fist* Ice isn't so bad, Freezing Touch is amazing, and Frozen Aura is a good AOE
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