Tuffy Stones

[smnolimits43]

I thought i would try something a little different.  So i decided on Energy Blast/Stone Armor.

[smnolimits43]

what do you guys think of this combo ???

[evetsleep]

If you think it's fun I don't think it matters!

 

That said stone is a great set, but be prepared to slot endurance reduction first in every power.

 

Energy blast is an acquired taste.  I'd look to slot kb->kd in your AOE attacks as a priority to avoid upsetting teammates if you're teaming.

[smnolimits43]

alright i just hit lvl 9 and i'm enjoying the character.  I decided i wont be using the aoe powers, going for single target attacks only.  I was gonna post a build but for some reason, my version of Mids Reborn does not have Sentinel's power selection.  Is this because Mids hasn't been updated yet ??

[Oysterhead]

1 hour ago, smnolimits43 said:

alright i just hit lvl 9 and i'm enjoying the character.  I decided i wont be using the aoe powers, going for single target attacks only.  I was gonna post a build but for some reason, my version of Mids Reborn does not have Sentinel's power selection.  Is this because Mids hasn't been updated yet ??

 Mids was updated yesterday for i27 page 5. Are you using the newest, homecoming specific version of mids reborn? Hit the update twice if so (first time updates the software, second updates the database), it should sort itself out. If that doesn't, hit the mids section of the forums and start fresh.

As for going single target only, certainly a choice you can make, but, the energy blast AOEs with kb->kd slotted are rather excellent in practice. You can make everything flop so often you feel like a mini controller all on your own, which makes the area attacks going from team annoyance to team benefit.

[smnolimits43]

could you post a link to Mids, i updated mine, and there is no sentinel option ??

 

as for the aoes, ill hold off till i'm 50 and respec.

[InvaderStych]

Mids has a Discord. Download the Zip in the linked comment and run Update twice to get app/db updates.  Version in the link has /Stone for Sents, next version has some fixes and such.

 

https://discord.com/channels/593336669004890113/593336669789487106/1037495983174602772

 

 

Edited November 23, 2022 by InvaderStych
fixed it

[smnolimits43]

thanks for your help Stych, i got it all figured out.  Tuffy Stones is now lvl 34, just finished the Croatoa story arc.

[smnolimits43]

ok, here is where i'm at so far:

 

This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7
https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Tuffy Stones: Level 49 Magic Sentinel
Primary Power Set: Energy Blast
Secondary Power Set: Stone Armor
Power Pool: Teleportation
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Speed

Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Rock Armor

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Level 26: Boxing

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Level 28: Minerals

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Level 1: Brawl

[smnolimits43]

Note:  I use Rocket Board as my travel power.

 

How do you slot Terra Firma ??

 

How do you slot the Armors ??

 

I took stealth, but someone suggested celerity in sprint ??

 

 

[Oysterhead]

1 hour ago, smnolimits43 said:

How do you slot Terra Firma ??

 

How do you slot the Armors ??

 

I took stealth, but someone suggested celerity in sprint ??

 

Oh I grouped with you on I think Posi TFs earlier in the week!

The pinned Sentinels guide has some great Stone Armor advice for slotting that Underfyre posted, I'd recommend a glance at that. My advice here is based on that.

Terra Firma does not need many slots or any slots if you're getting a good amount of accuracy from set bonuses, I dropped in Rectified Reticle: Increased Perception to it because that's always handy against Archanos. The armors I did 3 or 4 Luck of the Gambler for Rock Armor (which also has Kismet +6% accuracy) and Minerals and Weave, 3 Shield Wall + Performance Shift Chance for +End in Crystal (it takes end mod, so take advantage of that!) Brimstone I put Aegis, Stone Skin gets the two +3% def uniques and Aegis. That's going to give you a nice bump to accuracy/to-hit, push up your cold/fire def values which are our lowest.

 

Celerity Stealth IO in Sprint lets you stack with Stealth giving you essentially full invis to most things, well worth it if you're taking stealth.

[WumpusRat]

On 11/25/2022 at 4:45 AM, Oysterhead said:

Terra Firma does not need many slots or any slots if you're getting a good amount of accuracy from set bonuses, I dropped in Rectified Reticle: Increased Perception to it because that's always handy against Archanos.

Since stone armor is a type-based defense set rather than positional, putting two slots in terra firma is a great way to get a little bit more defense out of it. Two-part rectified reticle gives you 1.88% more smash/lethal defense, in addition to the +perception of the one IO part, so it's quite nice.