Fifty-Fifty Showcase

Dark Current · June 27, 2023

Hello, all!

Like many of you, I have a lot of alts. And over these last few years, I've gotten dozens of them to Level 50. All kinds of archetypes and builds. So I decided to have some fun and put together a showcase of fifty of my level 50s over the course of fifty days of playing.

I went through my list of characters and picked out 5 from each of the major ATs that I play and that present a unique or interesting combo (IMHO):

5 Blasters
5 Brutes
5 Controllers
5 Corruptors
5 Defenders
5 Dominators
5 Masterminds
5 Sentinels
5 Tankers
5 Miscellaneous (VEATS, HEATS and Defender Elite)

No, I didn't forget Scrappers and Stalkers. I don't have any as I don't like their playstyle. Sorry!

Anyway, I'm going to record videos of each of them starting with the concept, followed by the Mids build, then some solo play, and finally some team play. I'll provide my commentary and suggestions throughout. Most of the builds will have a theme or quirk. I don't typically focus on capped Defense or Recharge that a lot of forum builds show. Instead, I put together what I consider to be a fun and focused build that does one or two things really well. They're often experimental and answer the question, "What if?" I try to push the envelope and hopefully give you all something to consider putting together yourself. I think you'll find many of the builds are relatively inexpensive and just about anyone can afford. Of course they're not perfect and I'm sure you can think of improvements and tweaks you'd make or could suggest for me.

So if you're interested in catching a glimpse of my character design process, or want to see how a specific combo works in actual play, or are just looking for some unique builds to try for yourself I invite you to check my YT vids linked below (I'll update as I go). Feel free to share your thoughts below with the caveat that I am not pretending that my builds are the best and only ways to do a combo or that they are the most efficient way to put them together.

Hungry from even more builds and live game plays? Check out my 20 / 20 Rewind just completed in October 2024!

Blasters

01) Prometheus - Dark / Dark / Soul

Theme = To Hit Debuffer

Build: Prometheus - Blaster (Dark Blast - Darkness Manipulation).mbd

02) Epimetheus - Rad / Plant / Flame

Theme = Def Debuffer

Build: Epimetheus - Blaster (Radiation Blast).mbd

03) Midnight Zone - Water / Temporal / Leviathan

Theme = Speed Debuffer

Build: Midnight Zone - Blaster (Water Blast).mbd

04) Knife Fish - Elec / Ninja / Elec

Theme = Hold Stacker

Builld: Knife Fish - Blaster (Electrical Blast).mbd

05) Warlok - Energy / Martial / Force

Theme = KB King

Build: Warlock - Blaster (Energy Blast).mbd

Edited October 27 by Dark Current
added Mids links

Dark Current · June 30, 2023

Here come the brutes right up in your face!

Brutes

06) Neso - Staff / Bio / Soul

Theme = overlapping HP, Regen, Absorb + Debuffs.

Build: Neso - Brute (Staff Fighting).mbd

07) Tethys - KM / Elec / Mu

Theme = stun stacking, end drainer.

Build: Tethys - Brute (Kinetic Melee).mbd

08) Enceladus - Spines / Ice / Earth

Theme = slows and -DEF, control / debuff.

Build: Enceladus - Brute (Spines).mbd

09) Summer Blaidze - DB / Fire / Soul

Theme = Damage of course!

Build: Summer Blaidze - Brute (Dual Blades).mbd

10) Phoebe - Radiation / Dark / Soul

Theme - walking debuff and damage machine / negative damage farmer.

Build: Phoebee 2 - Brute (Radiation).mbd

Edited October 5 by Dark Current

Dark Current · July 5, 2023

Brutes are done! On to the Controllers!

The first video I recorded is the reverse order of my previous showcase vids. I start literally in the middle of team action as Liquid Remi drops the 6 of us into a meat grinder! I circle back at the end to review the build and its strategy.

Controllers

11) Ogham - Earth / Cold / Primal

Theme = Patch Master of Control and Debuff.

Build: Ogham - Controller (Earth Control).mbd

12) Himalia - Plant / Nature / Leviathan

Theme = stand-off controls and buffs. Lots of heals, regen, absorb, recovery support.

Build: Himalia - Controller (Plant Control).mbd

13) Caliban - Dark / Pain / Psy

Theme: stand-off controls and buffs. Pet-heavy, Chaos-medium damage and support.

Build Himalia - Controller (Plant Control).mbd

14) Callisto - Electricity / Time / Mu

Theme: TANKTROLLER.

Debuff patches and aura that drain, slow and reduce to hit + high dmg resists = draws aggro into focused survivability pocket.

Build: Callisto - Electric Control - Time Manipulation.mbd

15) Hydra - Fire / Kinetics / Soul

Theme: damage capped self- and team buffer. Edge of seat, kill or be killed play.

Build: Hydra - Controller (Fire Control).mbd

Edited October 5 by Dark Current

Dark Current · July 17, 2023

Controllers are done! On to the Corruptors!

Corruptors

16) Io - Fire / Rad / Fire

Theme: Damage and Debuff - melt em all, let Recluse sort em out! Edge of seat, kill or be killed, but safer than a blaster.

Build Io. - Corruptor (Fire Blast).mbd

17) Nereid - Water / FF / Mace

Theme: Bubbles and Blasts! Witness the binary boom or bust of Forcefields in action!

Build: Nereid - Corruptor (Water Blast).mbd

18) Elara - Beam / Poison / Power

Theme: Pew Pew Poison - Debuffs, debuffs, debuffs from range.

Build Elara - Corruptor (Beam Rifle).mbd

19) Titania - Energy / Kinetics / Psychic

Theme: Buffs and Blasts, Boom boom pow!

Build: Titania - Corruptor (Energy Blast).mbd

Split video into 3 parts - Build, Solo, Team. Part one is linked above and will link to Part two through YT.

20) Charme - Psi / Pain / Psychic

Theme - Single target control buffet.

Build: Charme - Corruptor (Psychic Blast).mbd

Edited October 4 by Dark Current

Dark Current · August 5, 2023

Controllers are finit! Say bonjour to the defenders!

Defenders

21) Juliet - Traps / Water / Psychic

Theme: slow, slow their roll + high defense + debuff the bejeekers out of the enemy

Build: Juliet - Defender (Traps).mbd

22) Portia - Nature / Psi / Psychic

Theme: Stand-off buffs and blasts... but, ah heck, let's swoop in and nuke their minds!

Build: Portia - Defender (Nature Affinity).mbd

23) Sycorax - Storm / Beam / Mace

Theme: Hover Blasting Chaos Warrior

Build: Sycorax - Defender (Storm Summoning).mbd

24) Red Ridin Hood - TA / Fire / Flame

Theme: Offender - Debuff EVERYTHING and then burn it to the ground!

Build: Red Riding Hood - Defender (Trick Arrow).mbd

25) Triton - Cold / DP / Soul

Theme: Mobile defense platform - raining shields and icy death from above

Build: Triton - Defender (Cold Domination).mbd

Edited October 5 by Dark Current

Dark Current · August 14, 2023

Defenders be done, so it's on to the dominators!

Dominators

26) Miranda - Gravity / Earth / Primal

Theme: Ground 'Em and Pound 'Em. Or as Conan would say, "To crush our enemies. See them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of the women."

Build: Miranda - Dominator (Gravity Control).mbd

27) Spring Fury - Plant / Electric / Psi

Theme: Plant seeds of confusion, then call down the thunder among the creeper patch.

Build: Spring Fury - Dominator (Plant Control)3.mbd

28) Thalassa - Fire / Rad / Fire

Theme: High damage output, with mistaken reliance on Medicine Pool.

Build: Thalassa - Dominator (Fire Control).mbd

29) Janus - Dark / Energy / Soul

Theme: Stun Stacker

Build: Janus - Dominator (Darkness Control).mbd

30) Pasiphae - Electric / Martial / Mu

Theme: Chain, Drain and Pain

Build: Pasiphae - Dominator (Electric Control).mbd

Edited October 5 by Dark Current

Dark Current · August 25, 2023

Dominators have run out of endurance. So it's on to the masters of pets!

Masterminds

31) Witch Leather - Thugs / Traps / Mace

Theme: Insurmountable defense and high recharge to cycle traps quickly.

Build: Witch Leather - Mastermind (Thugs).mbd

32) Spore King - Ninjas / Nature / Soul

Theme: "Creeping Doom" tank - mobile mass of regen, heals, absorb, resists, and debuffery that spreads infection across the field

Build: Spore King - Mastermind (Ninjas).mbd

33) Air Drop - Mercs / FF / Heat

Theme: AC 130 Gunship - Death from Above using Group Fly + Machine Guns

Build: Air Drop - Mastermind (Mercenaries).mbd

34) Doctor Voltaous - Necro / Elec / Mu

Theme: Mad Buffbot

Build: Doctor Voltaous - Mastermind (Necromancy).mbd

35) Galatea - Beast / Rad / Lev

Theme - Radioactive rage monster!

Build: Galatea - Mastermind (Beast Mastery).mbd

Edited October 5 by Dark Current

Meknomancer · August 29, 2023

Some nice cossies in there. Loving the look of Janus.

Dark Current · August 30, 2023

Thanks, Janus is one of my favorites. That was before the costume feature was added that would allow asymmetrical options for all sorts of things. But I like the classics!

Dark Current · August 30, 2023

Now that Mids has been updated, I can finally post all the missing build links since Episode 13.

Also had to update all the older links as they didn't seem to function in the new version.

Anyway, enjoy!

Dark Current · September 7, 2023

Masterminds have run out of pets, so it's time for you to keep your eye out for the Sentinels!

Sentinels

36) Astrologer - Dark / Invul / Dark

Theme = Flying Fortress

Mids Build: Astrologer - Sentinel (Dark Blast).mbd

37) Skin Tight - DP / Ninja / Ninja

Theme = Femme Fatale assassin / spy

Mids Build: Skin Tight - Sentinel (Dual Pistols).mbd

38) Banisher - Sonic / Dark / Psi

Theme = Stun stacking, fear-wielding wicked soul collector

Mids Build: Banisher - Sentinel (Sonic Attack).mbd

39) Sifon - Elec / NRG / Elec

Theme = Drain and pain hovering energy siphon

Mids Build: Sifon - Sentinel (Electrical Blast).mbd

40) Europa - Ice / Ice / Psi

Theme: How slow can you go? Stacking -SPD, -RCH

Mids Build = Europa - Sentinel (Ice Blast).mbd

Edited October 27 by Dark Current

Dark Current · September 17, 2023

Sentinels are going on break. Time to call in the tankers!

Tankers

41) Dione - Fire / Staff / Pyre

Theme: Burn, burn, burn. Burning with fire. High damage tank.

Mids Build: Dione - Tanker (Fiery Aura).mbd

42) Yule - Ice / Staff / Arctic

Theme: Freeze and shatter. Slow and slam high damage ice tank.

Mids Build: Yule - Tanker (Ice Armor).mbd

43) Sao - SR / TW / Mu

Theme: High speed and agility to build momentum fast and dodge hits like Neo. Very scrappy.

Mids Build: Sao - Tanker (Super Reflexes).mbd

44) Cressida - Rad / Fire / Pyre

Theme: high survivability nuclear furnace

Mids Build: Cressida - Tanker (Radiation Armor).mbd

45) Puck - Bio / Savage / Leviathan

Theme: Brutal, high speed slasher. High survivability through regen and absorb.

Mids Build: Puckk - Tanker (Bio Armor - Savage Melee).mbd

Edited October 27 by Dark Current

Dark Current · October 5, 2023

Tanks have been spanked.

So what's next?

Warshade?

Crab?

Any AT requests for the other 3 aside from Scrappers and Stalkers?

Ringo · October 6, 2023

Spiders and Widows!

Also some of these screenshots really make your costumes POP.

Phoebe, Triton, and Sifon are my favorites!

Also, I'm really curious what parts Spore King's costume is using

Dark Current · October 7, 2023

Thanks for the looks. I spend a good deal of time on costumes when I make a new character. I'm no pro at it, but I like unique looks and try to tie them in with the character's theme. Luckily this game's costume creator is unmatched still even after all these years.

And the screenshots probably are the hardest part of this whole series - getting the right angle, some sort of action pose, moving the camera, editing the pic. The screenies aren't are good as the real things, but they get the idea across for what the character looks like.

Spore King is a hodge-podge of parts from different sets with a lot of the fire/ice elemental pieces. Included a lot of asynchronous pairings. It's hard to make a mushroom looking guy, so I went with this amorphous combo that suggests different types of fungi all fused together.

Head

Hats

Face - fire and ice 1

Hat - resistance

Ears - elf

Detail 1 - cosmic corsair left

Detail 2 - soul patch

Upper Body

Robotic Arm 3

Chest - fire and ice 1

Shoulders - circle of thorns 1

Right arm - fire and ice 1