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Owenknowone

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Hola fellow COHers.  I am currently leveling a stone armor / ice melee tanker.  I would like build advice for my final destination once I reach 50.  My goal for this tanker is uber survivability, take damage, hold agro and control.  Any and all builds and advice is greatly appreciated.  Thank you.  

PLVRIZR

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Here's my titular toon (thanks to @Hyperstrike, for much of the non-Granite build).  I kept Granite as an emergency button, but rarely need it.  It's SS, rather than Ice Melee, but you can plug and play the sets.  He's a little end hungry, but only when ex'd down, as Ageless fixes that issue.

 

https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1544&c=729&a=1458&f=HEX&dc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Hyperstrike

Hyperstrike

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Here's an Ice Melee takeoff, built with Granite if you really feel you need it.
But essentially an Un-Granite.

 

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If you want to be godlike, pick anything.

If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK!

Owenknowone

Owenknowone

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Thank you for the builds.  From what I have read and based on the history of stone armor, granite is no longer the go to correct?  Is it based of its drawbacks or is it just better to build through the other armors?

 

Onlyasandwich

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Here is the most recent iteration for my own Graniteless Stone/Ice Tanker:

 

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Strong resists across the board and very solid defenses even without Granite. Also I get to see my costume!

 

This build is moderately proccy, but mindful of survivability first. Runs a bit hot on end, but actually not bad at all once fully slotted with your end support. None of the Ice attacks are too end hungry, so no big spikes to create an end crisis that the steady recovery can't keep up with. I do not run Ageless, instead enjoying the extra buffer of Barrier when needed. Moderate recharge focus, and near immunity to slows.

 

 

 

Psyonico

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Granite is still the (numerically) best power in terms of Def/Res (excluding psi) since you can cap everything but psi and you can IO out all of the penalties except the jump height.  New stone armor, however, can be "tough enough" that you don't need to run granite all the time.

What this team needs is more Defenders

Onlyasandwich

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  On 4/6/2022 at 10:29 PM, Psyonico said:

Granite is still the (numerically) best power in terms of Def/Res (excluding psi) since you can cap everything but psi and you can IO out all of the penalties except the jump height.  New stone armor, however, can be "tough enough" that you don't need to run granite all the time.

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This is fair to be sure! Granite is still a good and efficient power.

 

Personally I can't stand how slow Rooted in Granite makes you, even with Teleport to keep me moving. I am thankful that Rooted no longer slows you down outside of Granite these days. 

 

The -recharge and -damage can definitely be made up for, but given how tough one can make Graniteless these days without going to crazy lengths, it's a much more balanced trade. 

 

 

Bopper

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If you want to be silly strong, here is a Granite/Ice/Soul build I crafted a few months back. If you can manage to proc Might of the Tanker every time on Frozen Aura, you can achieve capped Psi Resistance along with all other damage types being capped. Also, your Freezing Touch acts as a double absorb proc. You'll be slow, but Combat Teleport and Teleport are there to help you get you to wherever you want to go, while Taunt, Fold Space, Darkest Night, Dark Obliteration, and Gloom can help draw the action to you.

 

 

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Hyperstrike

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  On 4/6/2022 at 9:24 PM, Owenknowone said:

Thank you for the builds.  From what I have read and based on the history of stone armor, granite is no longer the go to correct?  Is it based of its drawbacks or is it just better to build through the other armors?

 

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No.  Granite is not automatically the "Go To".  With the advent of unresistable, essentially auto-hit damage, the downsides of Granite simply don't make sense.

If you want to still be the toughest thing out there?  Sure, build a Granite.  But build it AS AN ALT-build.


Here's a Granite-centric build that's aimed towards movement and sealing up the Psi Resists.

 

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If you want to be godlike, pick anything.

If you want to be GOD, pick a TANK!

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