bio / staff

[Crossie]

Okay so I did this on a scrapper and it's great.  I did it on a brute and it's also great.  

 

I'm thinking Tanker might be the king of the hill for this combo because they get way greater range for their AOE's and staff is all about the AOE's.  Has anybody tried this build and is it as saucy as I think it will be?  

 

Love,

Cross

[Crossie]

Orrrrrr.  I'm wondering if Bio might pair better with Savage.  Hmmmm.  

 

I've never tried Savage Melee on a Tanker before.  

[Psyonico]

Bio generally doesn't need help with endurance, which Savage helps a lot with.  That being said, the recharge bonus from Savage could be nice for Bio...

[ZemX]

I have taken a Rad/Staff to 50 and Bio/Staff only about 30ish.  I'm just a bigger fan of Rad Armor but the Bio/Staff is definitely interesting for all the stance selections you have.  But you're already familiar with that from other ATs.

 

As far as Staff goes on Tankers, the finisher bonus in Form of Body on Sky Splitter is a huge +13% res(all).   On top of that, you have Tanker ATOs, both of which stack on top of Bio (or Rad Armor) res and absorb.   Bio is more of a hybrid def/res than Rad Armor and Staff only gives melee/lethal defense in its defensive cone attack.  Still, that might be worth something depending on your build.  

 

But yes, the main thing is that on tankers, the cones are both 135 degrees wide and can hit ten targets.  The PBAoE is 15ft radius and can hit 16.  The main downside of Staff is long animations, which harm its overall damage output as compared to other sets, if you care about that sort of min/maxing.  

 

Savage has three AoEs: the short cone, the tricky PBAoE, and the leap attack AoE.  The last one is excluded from the Tanker AoE bonus.  It's 20ft radius for everybody, I think.  But both the small and large versions of Rending Flurry get the Tanker AOE +50% radius bonus.  And the cone, though short, at least goes from a relatively narrow 80 degree, to a generous 120 degrees making it much easier to hit a few enemies standing side-by-side in front of you.  The recharge bonus is modest, but nice, and the AoEs cycle pretty quick.  Rending Flurry can be up often and is enormous (22.5ft radius) when boosted by Frenzy.

[Xandyr]

Yes, I have a Bio/Staff and it is awesome. 

[Gurox]

@Xandyr do you have your build for your bio/staff? been readying your break down on Bio and its helped alot 🙂 just want a solid template I can work around 🙂 if not totally get it, just thought id ask.

[Xandyr]

On 8/19/2024 at 9:37 AM, Gurox said:

@Xandyr do you have your build for your bio/staff? been readying your break down on Bio and its helped alot 🙂 just want a solid template I can work around 🙂 if not totally get it, just thought id ask.

Yeah. I posted it just the other day under the topic "Help with a Bio tanker" . That post is just 1 or 2 below this one.

 

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