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I recently restarted playing the game a couple weeks ago after being gone for many years, and I jumped right in to trying out a combo I have never played before. Time Manipulation was not on Live when I played last, and I have a lot of fun with the set. As always though, any help from someone with more experience would be greatly appreciated. Please take a look and let me know what you think. 

 

This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.6
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Kid Kadet: Level 49 Magic Defender
Primary Power Set: Time Manipulation
Secondary Power Set: Psychic Blast
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Power Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Temporal Mending

  • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
  • (3) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
  • (3) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
  • (5) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
  • (5) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge

Level 1: Mental Blast

  • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (7) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (40) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
  • (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance

Level 2: Subdue

  • (A) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (9) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Endurance
  • (11) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
  • (11) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize
  • (13) Enfeebled Operation - Immobilize/Range

Level 4: Hover

  • (A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance
  • (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 6: Temporal Selection

  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 8: Fly

  • (A) Flight Speed IO

Level 10: Time's Juncture

  • (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff
  • (13) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
  • (15) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
  • (15) Dark Watcher's Despair - Recharge/Endurance
  • (45) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Slow
  • (45) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Endurance

Level 12: Hasten

  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (17) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (42) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 14: Distortion Field

  • (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
  • (17) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (19) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (19) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (46) Paralytic - Endurance/Hold
  • (48) Paralytic - Accuracy/Recharge

Level 16: Time Stop

  • (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
  • (21) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (21) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (23) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (49) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold

Level 18: Psychic Scream

  • (A) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance
  • (23) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge
  • (25) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (25) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance
  • (27) Bombardment - Damage
  • (46) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage

Level 20: Farsight

  • (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
  • (27) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
  • (29) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  • (29) Red Fortune - Defense
  • (31) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
  • (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 22: Will Domination

  • (A) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (31) Call of the Sandman - Endurance/Sleep
  • (31) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Endurance
  • (33) Call of the Sandman - Sleep/Range
  • (33) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Sleep/Recharge

Level 24: Maneuvers

  • (A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance
  • (45) Karma - Defense/Endurance
  • (46) Karma - Defense/Recharge

Level 26: Slowed Response

  • (A) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff
  • (33) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (43) Undermined Defenses - Defense Debuff
  • (43) Undermined Defenses - Recharge/Endurance
  • (43) Undermined Defenses - Defense Debuff/Recharge

Level 28: Evasive Maneuvers

  • (A) Soaring - Endurance
  • (34) Soaring - Endurance/FlySpeed

Level 30: Stealth

  • (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 32: Chrono Shift

  • (A) Synapse's Shock - EndMod
  • (34) Synapse's Shock - Damage/Rechage
  • (34) Synapse's Shock - EndMod/Recharge
  • (36) Synapse's Shock - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
  • (36) Synapse's Shock - Damage/Accuracy/Endurance
  • (36) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 35: Psionic Tornado

  • (A) Kinetic Crash - Damage/Knockback
  • (37) Kinetic Crash - Accuracy/Knockback
  • (37) Kinetic Crash - Recharge/Knockback
  • (37) Kinetic Crash - Recharge/Endurance
  • (39) Kinetic Crash - Damage/Endurance/Knockback
  • (39) Kinetic Crash - Accuracy/Damage/Knockback

Level 38: Tactics

  • (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 41: Power Build Up

  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (42) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 44: Assault

  • (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 47: Scramble Thoughts

  • (A) Stupefy - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (47) Stupefy - Endurance/Stun
  • (47) Stupefy - Accuracy/Endurance
  • (48) Stupefy - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
  • (48) Stupefy - Stun/Range

Level 49: Grant Invisibility

  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 1: Vigilance 


Level 1: Brawl
Posted (edited)

So first thing is Time does the things you normally chase Set Bonuses to do (Def & Recharge). This is great for you because it frees you up to chase other things like Procs. Sadly Psi doesn't proc that well. Also toggles & patches don't do well with procs, so I tend to put them in "direct" attacks.

 

Took my Time/Sonic and rejigged them to Time/Psi. I prefer Snipes / Quick Snipes to standard attacks so replaced Subdue with the snipe. Also Scramble Thoughts is kinda meh, you don't have a lot of other Stun to stack it with. So I dumped it for the nuke. 

 

Time is one of the few builds where the Epic pets from Villains can be permaed (and Soul has Power Boost for that critical PB > Farsight combo) so I went Soul for them. 

 

This isn't cheap. Feel free to replace the Winters sets with "normal" alternatives. The ATT sets (Defenders Bastion & Vig Assault) are very good value. They're basically Purples but at 1/3rd of the price (or used to be). I always split Sup Vig Assault 3 and 3 into two powers for the +10% recharge bonus twice. 

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

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Modul-8: Level 50 Science Defender
Primary Power Set: Time Manipulation
Secondary Power Set: Psychic Blast
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Temporal Mending

  • (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal
  • (3) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance
  • (3) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime
  • (5) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime
  • (5) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance
  • (50) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb

Level 1: Mental Blast

  • (A) Superior Defender's Bastion - Accuracy/Damage
  • (7) Superior Defender's Bastion - Damage/Recharge
  • (7) Superior Defender's Bastion - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (9) Superior Defender's Bastion - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (9) Superior Defender's Bastion - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (11) Superior Defender's Bastion - Recharge/Chance for Minor PBAoE Heal

Level 2: Time Crawl

  • (A) Accuracy IO

Level 4: Time's Juncture

  • (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff
  • (19) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge
  • (19) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
  • (21) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance

Level 6: Psionic Lance

  • (A) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage
  • (21) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance
  • (23) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Interrupt/Recharge
  • (23) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (25) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic)
  • (25) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage

Level 8: Distortion Field

  • (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
  • (27) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (27) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
  • (29) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold

Level 10: Temporal Selection

  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 12: Time Stop

  • (A) Accuracy IO
  • (29) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage
  • (31) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
  • (31) Gladiator's Net - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
  • (31) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
  • (33) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic)

Level 14: Fly

  • (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%)
  • (43) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)

Level 16: Psychic Scream

  • (A) Superior Vigilant Assault - Damage/RechargeTime
  • (33) Superior Vigilant Assault - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
  • (33) Superior Vigilant Assault - RechargeTime/PBAoE +Absorb
  • (34) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  • (34) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (34) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage

Level 18: Farsight

  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  • (36) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime
  • (36) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
  • (36) Defense Buff

Level 20: Will Domination

  • (A) Superior Vigilant Assault - Accuracy/Damage
  • (39) Superior Vigilant Assault - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (46) Superior Vigilant Assault - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
  • (46) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative)
  • (50) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic)

Level 22: Slowed Response

  • (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
  • (37) Analyze Weakness - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (37) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (39) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage
  • (39) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage

Level 24: Maneuvers

  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  • (13) Defense Buff IO
  • (15) Kismet - Accuracy +6%

Level 26: Chrono Shift

  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (40) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 28: Psionic Tornado

  • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  • (40) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  • (40) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  • (15) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  • (17) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (17) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge

Level 30: Psychic Wail

  • (A) Armageddon - Damage
  • (43) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge
  • (45) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
  • (45) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy
  • (45) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
  • (46) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage

Level 32: Hasten

  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (37) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 35: Dark Embrace

  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (42) Reactive Armor - Resistance
  • (42) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (42) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
  • (43) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)

Level 38: Power Boost

  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 41: Hover

  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 44: Summon Mistress

  • (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
  • (47) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance
  • (48) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (48) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
  • (48) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge

Level 47: Stealth

  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 49: Tactics

  • (A) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception

Level 1: Vigilance 


Level 1: Brawl

 

Edited by Carnifax
Posted

I definitely appreciate the insight. I will update my build with some of your thoughts. My main reason for adding as much recharge I did was so that I could have perms hasten and perma farsight. So I will definitely have to look at changing some things around. 
 

Quick question. When I am running Power Boosted Farsight I am well into being soft capped for defense. I just don’t seem to have much of a need for Time’s Juncture and barely use it during teaming. Is this something I really need to keep in my build if I barely even use it?

Posted (edited)

It does have some -dam as well so not useless. Knocking 25/30% off a boss (or AV, they only use their resists to resist -dam not the 85% they get to other debuffs). Also handy to act like a buffer against defense debuffs if you're in close (-ToHit to them is like +Def for you)

 

Mostly I have it for the set bonus and cool swirly FX. It fits my character (troll DJ). I've run whole TFs without realising it's switched off

Edited by Carnifax

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