DA/FB Build

[redtwister666]

Running a DA/FB Defender, so far it is amazing, great combination.  I'll add more when I get further into the build, but happy to get feedback on others' experience here with the build.  I really like the offense Fire Blast brings to Dark Miasma.

 

Question: Do you find that putting debuff auras on enemies makes them run away, like Darkest Night?  They used to run at me, but I had a team lead today say they make them run away and then you have to chase them all around.

 

Here's my first run at a build out I plan to follow.

 

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Shroud: Level 50 Magic Defender

Primary Power Set: Dark Miasma

Secondary Power Set: Fire Blast

Power Pool: Speed

Power Pool: Leaping

Power Pool: Concealment

Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery

 

Hero Profile:

Level 1: Twilight Grasp

• (A) Touch of the Nictus - Healing
  
• (3) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing
  
• (9) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration
  
• (11) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 1: Flares

• (A) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
  

Level 2: Darkest Night

• (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge
  
• (3) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
  
• (5) Dark Watcher's Despair - Recharge/Endurance
  
• (36) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
  

Level 4: Tar Patch

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (5) Tempered Readiness - Endurance/Recharge/Slow
  
• (37) Pacing of the Turtle - Endurance/Recharge/Slow
  

Level 6: Howling Twilight

• (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun
  
• (7) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
  
• (7) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge
  
• (13) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (13) Absolute Amazement - Endurance/Stun
  

Level 8: Fire Blast

• (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (9) Decimation - Damage/Recharge
  
• (11) Decimation - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (15) Decimation - Damage/Endurance
  
• (37) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  

Level 10: Hasten

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (19) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (23) Recharge Reduction IO
  

Level 12: Fire Ball

• (A) Ragnarok - Damage
  
• (17) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (17) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (23) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
  
• (27) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
  
• (27) Endurance Reduction IO
  

Level 14: Rain of Fire

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (15) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  
• (19) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  
• (25) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  
• (25) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (31) Endurance Reduction IO
  

Level 16: Fire Breath

• (A) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  
• (21) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (21) Detonation - Damage/Endurance
  

Level 18: Shadow Fall

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  

Level 20: Fearsome Stare

• (A) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff
  
• (31) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/ToHitDebuff
  
• (31) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (34) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (37) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 22: Combat Jumping

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  

Level 24: Super Jump

• (A) Jumping IO
  

Level 26: Petrifying Gaze

• (A) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold
  
• (29) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Hold/Recharge
  
• (29) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (34) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Recharge
  
• (40) Unbreakable Constraint - Endurance/Hold
  

Level 28: Blaze

• (A) Apocalypse - Damage
  
• (43) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge
  
• (45) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (45) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (45) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance
  
• (46) Endurance Reduction IO
  

Level 30: Acrobatics

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (40) Endurance Reduction IO
  

Level 32: Dark Servant

• (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
  
• (33) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration
  
• (33) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/ToHit Debuff
  
• (33) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 35: Grant Invisibility

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  

Level 38: Inferno

• (A) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (39) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge
  
• (39) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (39) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance
  
• (40) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage
  

Level 41: Dark Consumption

• (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
  
• (42) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
  
• (43) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (43) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (46) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy
  
• (46) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance
  

Level 44: Dark Embrace

• (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
  
• (48) Titanium Coating - Resistance
  
• (48) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 47: Soul Drain

• (A) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
  
• (48) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (50) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
  
• (50) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (50) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 49: Soul Transfer

• (A) Disorient Duration IO
  

Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Empty
  

Level 1: Prestige Power Dash

• (A) Empty
  

Level 1: Prestige Power Slide

• (A) Empty
  

Level 1: Prestige Power Quick

• (A) Empty
  

Level 1: Prestige Power Rush

• (A) Empty
  

Level 1: Prestige Power Surge

• (A) Empty
  

Level 1: Sprint

• (A) Empty
  

Level 1: Vigilance

Level 2: Rest

• (A) Empty
  

Level 4: Ninja Run

Level 2: Swift

• (A) Empty
  

Level 2: Health

• (A) Miracle - +Recovery
  
• (36) Miracle - Heal
  
• (36) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
  

Level 2: Hurdle

• (A) Empty
  

Level 2: Stamina

• (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  
• (34) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
  
• (42) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
  
• (42) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
  

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[redtwister666]

Made level 20.  I love the DM power set, it is amazing, but I never realized how good Fire Blast is with it.  The damage output is fantastic and it makes farming possible already.  I assume it will get better, but most yellow/orange mobs I can lock down fairly well with Fearsome Stare/Twilight Grasp/Howling Twilight/Tar Pit and then cycle a lot of damage with Hasten.  Definitely not Spines/Fire Brute fast, but still better than I would expect a Defender to be.

 

I tweaked the build a bit to get more aggro early.  I have found against AVs that often I don't want to use offense at all, except Rain of Fire, since it doesn't seem to draw aggro, and just debuff/heal/Res with Howling.  I haven't single-handedly taken out AVs, but I have been the only reason the group did.  I am very excited to get up further and get Pet + high damage attacks.

[DecreeOfJustice]

Here's a build that I have if you want to look it over, and pull some ideas out of it for your build.

 

It takes Alpha into consideration, as well as a few +5 boosts (mostly for Hasten).  It aims for perma-hasten with those in mind, and looks to cap (come near it) in typed defenses.

 

Hope this helps!

 

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