cprice Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 I have a level 50 DB/DA scrapper. Fun playing, fun animations, but I'm looking for more output. I'm seeing that the only combo worth using, and I mostly agree, is Attack Vitals. With that being said, should my aim when making IO sets be shorter global recharge time bonuses and perma hasten in order to get that attack vitals combo up and much as possible? Of course we know DA is an endurance hog, so of course I will be focusing on recovery too. Any suggestions? Any builds? I'm not really comfortable with the hero builder as far as experimenting with build inside of that.
nihilii Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 You will be able to chain Blinding Feint - Attack Vitals consistently way before perma Hasten (and you want to use Blinding Feint, the damage boost is too good to pass). If you're getting perma Hasten levels of recharge, the dynamic generally becomes to forgo combos entirely and run Blinding Feint - Ablating Strike - Sweeping Strike - Ablating Strike, which does slightly more damage. Personally, I like sticking to BF -> AV, and not sweating recharge too much as a result. Thanks to the "bonus" combo damage, you're not losing as much as you would on a powerset where you're downgrading your attack chain. And it leaves you full freedom to build for defense, recovery, what have you. :)
jack_nomind Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 Personally, I like sticking to BF -> AV, and not sweating recharge too much as a result. Thanks to the "bonus" combo damage, you're not losing as much as you would on a powerset where you're downgrading your attack chain. And it leaves you full freedom to build for defense, recovery, what have you. :) As long as you're hitting at least three dudes, you're definitely dealing more damage with Attack Vitals than the non-combo chain. I Think it's true with even just 2, but I don't remember exactly what % of SS's damage the proc does (IIRC it's something like 50%). No-Set Builds: Tanker Scrapper Brute Stalker
Kaeladin Posted June 22, 2019 Posted June 22, 2019 Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Scrapper Primary Power Set: Dual Blades Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Nimble Slash (A) EmptyLevel 1: Dark Embrace (A) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (3) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (3) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (5) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (5) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 2: Ablating Strike (A) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (7) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (7) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge (9) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance (9) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) (11) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff Level 4: Murky Cloud (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (13) Reactive Armor - Resistance (15) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (15) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge Level 6: Death Shroud (A) Superior Scrapper's Strike - Accuracy/Damage (17) Superior Scrapper's Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (17) Superior Scrapper's Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 8: Blinding Feint (A) Superior Critical Strikes - Accuracy/Damage (19) Superior Critical Strikes - Damage/RechargeTime (19) Superior Critical Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (21) Superior Critical Strikes - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (21) Superior Critical Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (23) Superior Critical Strikes - RechargeTime/+50% Crit Proc Level 10: Obsidian Shield (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (23) Aegis - Psionic/Status Resistance (25) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (25) Aegis - Resistance Level 12: Boxing (A) EmptyLevel 14: Tough (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance (29) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge (29) Reactive Armor - Endurance Level 16: Dark Regeneration (A) Superior Scrapper's Strike - Damage/Recharge (31) Superior Scrapper's Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (31) Superior Scrapper's Strike - Recharge/Critical Hit Bonus (31) Theft of Essence - Healing (33) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance Level 18: Vengeful Slice (A) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage (33) Superior Blistering Cold - Damage/Endurance (33) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (34) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (34) Superior Blistering Cold - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (34) Superior Blistering Cold - Recharge/Chance for Hold Level 20: Cloak of Darkness (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (36) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (36) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (36) Shield Wall - Defense Level 22: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (37) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage (37) Reactive Defenses - Defense (37) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance Level 24: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge SpeedLevel 26: Sweeping Strike (A) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (39) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (39) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge (39) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (40) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage (40) Fury of the Gladiator - Chance for Res Debuff Level 28: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge SpeedLevel 30: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (40) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: One Thousand Cuts (A) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (42) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (42) Obliteration - Damage (42) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (43) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 35: Moonbeam (A) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (43) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (45) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (45) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (45) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 38: Confront (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt (46) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge (46) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge/Range (46) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge (48) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Range (50) Mocking Beratement - Recharge Level 41: Shadow Meld (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge SpeedLevel 44: Soul Storm (A) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Recharge (48) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Hold/Recharge (48) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Recharge (50) Unbreakable Constraint - Endurance/Hold (50) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 47: [Empty] Level 49: [Empty] Level 1: Brawl (A) EmptyLevel 1: Critical Hit Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) EmptyLevel 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) EmptyLevel 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) EmptyLevel 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) EmptyLevel 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) EmptyLevel 1: Sprint (A) EmptyLevel 2: Rest (A) EmptyLevel 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift (A) EmptyLevel 2: Health (A) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance (11) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (13) Miracle - +Recovery Level 2: Hurdle (A) EmptyLevel 2: Stamina (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +EndLevel 50: Musculature Core Paragon Level 50: Ageless Core Epiphany Level 50: Reactive Radial Flawless Interface Level 50: Assault Radial Embodiment ------------ Couple of things about this build: 1) This build is contingent on ageless destiny to handle your endurance consumption needs; if you don't have access to ageless, I'd advise putting 2 more end mod slots into stamina and taking the body mastery tree instead (conserve power w/1 or 2 recharges + physical perfection with performance shifter +end proc). This will drop a considerable amount of recharge, but end management will be an issue if you do not. 2) With this build (and in general at about 260-270% total recharge put into ablating strike via recharge slotting + global recharge), you can start using the BF - Ablating - Sweeping - Ablating for single target. For group situations, BF - Attack Vitals combo is the way to go (can also use 1k Cuts as well to add to your AOE). 3) 2 power slots available for whatever you'd like. 4) If you have less than 260% recharge for ablating (from slotting + global recharge), use the BF - Attack Vitals combo for both ST and AOE. Should see a nice mix of damage and survivability with this build; only issue will be end management pre-ageless. Some slotting is flexible; if you want a usable nimble slash, you can drop the slots in confront and put them into nimble slash. I'd advise kinetic combat 4-piece + frankenslotted 2 whatever. Hope it helps.
cprice Posted June 22, 2019 Author Posted June 22, 2019 Thanks a lot for the build. Pretty pricey, but I bet the gist of it and will work toward something like that. Thanks for the side note too.
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