I wish i could play a melee defender !!!

[smnolimits43]

So i was talking to someome in chat, and they asked why we couldnt have melee defenders, and i told them, they are callled Tanks.  So with that in mind, i thought i would make a new Tank.  I already have a lvl 50 Inv/Super Strength tank.  I was thinking of making a SR/SS Tank.  

[smnolimits43]

I should also note that i'm not looking for a build, maybe a cool name with a cool concept.  Give me some cool ideas.  Thanks in advance.

[FupDup]

If you want to lean into the "support" role, you could try Radiation Armor because it has a power that heals nearby allies (and damages enemies). 

[hakurr]

You could do rad/ ??? And call it Radiant Defender

[smnolimits43]

I'm already working on a Rad/Fire defender.

[smnolimits43]

besides Fire, what would be another good AoE secondary

[Psyonico]

/Electric is a good go-to for AoE damage.

[Sovera]

Ice Melee. Drop Ice Patches and keep mobs flopping while the team kills safely.

 

Radiation Armor. Ground Zero heals your party.

 

Dark Armor. Keep on fearing and stunning the mobs.

 

Fire Armor: Ultimate defender build: kill everything as everything being dead they are incapable of harming your team.

[SeraphimKensai]

Or alternatively, you could make a defender and build it to play in melee range. Poison and Kinetics are a couple of examples of supportive buff/debuff sets designed for melee play.

[Thrax]

Rad armor/Ice/dark.  Have the rad heal, ice patch, and darkest night.  

Edit:  Could also take sorcery pool and get spirit ward, then medicine pool for heal and rez.  

Edited March 26, 2023 by Thrax

[Psyonico]

3 hours ago, Thrax said:

Rad armor/Ice/dark.  Have the rad heal, ice patch, and darkest night.  

Edit:  Could also take sorcery pool and get spirit ward, then medicine pool for heal and rez.  

This sounds like a lot of fun... And I've been thinking of rolling a new Rad tank anyway...

[MrAxe]

You could roll a Shield Tank and use both Grant Cover and the Leadership pool to buff the team.

[carroto]

I am currently working on a Rad Blast/Sonic Resonance Corruptor built for melee play.  Because the first two Rad Blast attacks have such horrible DPAS for non-Blasters, I'm skipping/ignoring those and taking the melee attacks from the Fighting pool as well as a melee attack from an Epic pool.  One nice thing about Rad Blast for this is that it has two AoEs (plus the nuke) that are usable in melee range.

 

Mez protection, capped S/L resistance, and decent resists to most other damage types.  A decent bit of regen.  It won't be the sturdiest melee fighter around and certainly not the most damaging, but I'm hoping it will be a fun combo of buff/debuff and melee.  One other bonus of playing SR in melee range is that the other melee fighters will get the benefit of being in the big bubble, which they normally don't get when I play SR.

 

I built a similar character back on live and quite enjoyed it.  I'm hoping this one will be even better.

[ZemX]

On 3/26/2023 at 4:01 PM, Psyonico said:

This sounds like a lot of fun... And I've been thinking of rolling a new Rad tank anyway...

 

Playing Rad/Ice feels like a melee controller to me more than a defender.  That said, I do think a few of my Rad Armor tankers have the "2 million points healed" badge and all of that was from Ground Zero, which isn't even slotted for heal. 🤪

 

Edited for hilarity: My Rad/Rad tanker has the Three million points healed badge: "To the Rescue" (Praetorian version of "Medical Specialist")

Edited March 29, 2023 by ZemX

[StriderIV]

Shield/Kinetic Melee would be a contender. Buffing your teammates with Shield. Causing enemies to do -Dmg with both AAO and KM attacks. Some nice control with Shield Charge, Burst and Repulsing Torrent.

 

Overall, I think it is a great Tanker combo for keeping not just you, but your TEAM alive.

[StriderIV]

On 3/29/2023 at 12:21 PM, StriderIV said:

Shield/Kinetic Melee would be a contender. Buffing your teammates with Shield. Causing enemies to do -Dmg with both AAO and KM attacks. Some nice control with Shield Charge, Burst and Repulsing Torrent.

 

Overall, I think it is a great Tanker combo for keeping not just you, but your TEAM alive.

One call out: just make sure you’re fine with all the one handed animations on KM when you run shield as your primary 😂

[SeraphimKensai]

On 3/29/2023 at 3:21 PM, StriderIV said:

Shield/Kinetic Melee would be a contender. Buffing your teammates with Shield. Causing enemies to do -Dmg with both AAO and KM attacks. Some nice control with Shield Charge, Burst and Repulsing Torrent.

 

Overall, I think it is a great Tanker combo for keeping not just you, but your TEAM alive.

If you go that route, add in Soul Mastery for Darkest Night for another -30% damage.

AAO is -7%, as is KM attacks in siphon mode.

 

That could leave a lot of mobs essentially tickling people to death.

Edited March 31, 2023 by SeraphimKensai

[ZemX]

1 hour ago, SeraphimKensai said:

If you go that route, add in Soul Mastery for Darkest Night for another -40% damage.

AAO is -7%, as is KM attacks in siphon mode.

 

It's -30% for DN in PvE.  You might have looked at the PvP value, which is -40.

 

Also, keep in mind you only care about these debuffs when fighitng enemies that are at least +3 to you (common situation at level 50).   Purple patch then makes DN a -19.5% dmg debuff and AAO -4.6%.   Still good.  Just not -37% good.

[StriderIV]

2 hours ago, SeraphimKensai said:

If you go that route, add in Soul Mastery for Darkest Night for another -40% damage.

AAO is -7%, as is KM attacks in siphon mode.

 

That could leave a lot of mobs essentially tickling people to death.

 

46 minutes ago, ZemX said:

 

It's -30% for DN in PvE.  You might have looked at the PvP value, which is -40.

 

Also, keep in mind you only care about these debuffs when fighitng enemies that are at least +3 to you (common situation at level 50).   Purple patch then makes DN a -19.5% dmg debuff and AAO -4.6%.   Still good.  Just not -37% good.

Good call outs by both of you. Honestly it seems very synergistic (I only have this combo at lv 26 atm). This would just be a very endurance heavy melee defender 😂

[SeraphimKensai]

51 minutes ago, ZemX said:

 

It's -30% for DN in PvE.  You might have looked at the PvP value, which is -40.

 

Also, keep in mind you only care about these debuffs when fighitng enemies that are at least +3 to you (common situation at level 50).   Purple patch then makes DN a -19.5% dmg debuff and AAO -4.6%.   Still good.  Just not -37% good.

Good catch, I meant to type 30% but my fingers are fat, or lazy. Take your pick. I updated my post.

[Ph1ushot]

Shield/Ice with Manuevers.  Hands out a nice chunk of defense to the team, Ice Patch, a hold, and a 15ft AoE Sleep gives tons of utility to a team.  Plus AoO for a little damage reduction. 

 

Does the DDR of Grant Cover apply to your teammates?

[Troo]

On 3/25/2023 at 6:51 PM, smnolimits43 said:

So i was talking to someome in chat, and they asked why we couldnt have melee defenders, and i told them, they are callled Tanks.  So with that in mind, i thought i would make a new Tank.  I already have a lvl 50 Inv/Super Strength tank.  I was thinking of making a SR/SS Tank.  

 

melee defenders are simply arachnos..

 

this has been a "the more you know" public service announcement.

[Psyonico]

2 hours ago, Ph1ushot said:

Does the DDR of Grant Cover apply to your teammates?

Yes

[StriderIV]

3 hours ago, Troo said:

 

melee defenders are simply arachnos..

 

this has been a "the more you know" public service announcement.

I LOVE the VEATS and their flexibility. I just wish you could adjust the colors of their powers like the other AT’s.