My First Homecoming Scrapper - DM/WP

[skoryy]

He's fun, even if I'm having to continually run ahead of everyone just to keep Soul Drain fueled.  Solo, I need to keep popping purples until he gets to T4 Barrier, so I'm wondering if I should fine-tune his regen powers a bit.  More so since Torrent is just a set mule I use to play Bowling For Skulls in Atlas Park, but having all that recharge is handy for keeping the attack chain up.

Also, still sorting out how the Critical Strikes proc works.  If'm going Smite -> Siphon Life -> Smite -> Midnight Grasp, it makes sense to put it in Smite so that it procs for Midnight Grasp, right?

 

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Shaolin Midnight II - Hero Scrapper
Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.6.6 rev. 3
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• Primary powerset: Dark Melee
• Secondary powerset: Willpower
• Pool powerset (#1): Leaping
• Pool powerset (#2): Speed
• Pool powerset (#3): Fighting
• Pool powerset (#4): Leadership
• Epic powerset: Dark Mastery
  

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Powers taken:

Level 1: Smite

• A: Superior Critical Strikes: Accuracy/Damage
• 7: Superior Critical Strikes: Damage/RechargeTime
• 9: Superior Critical Strikes: Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime
• 9: Superior Critical Strikes: Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 11: Superior Critical Strikes: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 13: Superior Critical Strikes: RechargeTime/+50% Crit Proc
  

Level 1: Mind Over Body

• A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance
• 5: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance
• 5: Unbreakable Guard: +Max HP
• 7: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime
  

Level 2: Shadow Punch

• A: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Accuracy/Damage
• 13: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Damage/Recharge
• 17: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Recharge/Critical Hit Bonus
  

Level 4: Super Jump

• A: Invention: Jumping
  

Level 6: Shadow Maul

• A: Obliteration: Damage
• 34: Obliteration: Accuracy/Recharge
• 34: Obliteration: Damage/Recharge
• 37: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 37: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 37: Eradication: Chance for Energy Damage
  

Level 8: Touch of Fear

• A: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 39: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 40: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 40: Glimpse of the Abyss: Chance of Damage(Psionic)
• 40: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage
• 42: Eradication: Chance for Energy Damage
  

Level 10: Indomitable Will

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 11: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance
  

Level 12: Siphon Life

• A: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage
• 17: Superior Blistering Cold: Damage/Endurance
• 19: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 21: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 21: Superior Blistering Cold: Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime
• 34: Invention: Healing
  

Level 14: Combat Jumping

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 15: Kismet: Accuracy +6%
• 15: Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
  

Level 16: Rise to the Challenge

• A: Doctored Wounds: Heal/Endurance
  

Level 18: Hasten

• A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
• 19: Invention: Recharge Reduction
• 46: Invention: Recharge Reduction
  

Level 20: Quick Recovery

• A: Performance Shifter: Chance for +End
• 46: Performance Shifter: EndMod
  

Level 22: Soul Drain

• A: Armageddon: Damage/Recharge
• 23: Armageddon: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
• 23: Armageddon: Recharge/Accuracy
• 33: Armageddon: Damage/Endurance
• 33: Armageddon: Chance for Fire Damage
• 33: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Chance for Build Up
  

Level 24: Heightened Senses

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 25: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance
• 25: Luck of the Gambler: Defense
  

Level 26: Midnight Grasp

• A: Hecatomb: Damage
• 27: Hecatomb: Damage/Recharge
• 27: Hecatomb: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
• 31: Hecatomb: Recharge/Accuracy
• 31: Hecatomb: Damage/Endurance
• 31: Hecatomb: Chance of Damage(Negative)
  

Level 28: Spring Attack

• A: Obliteration: Accuracy/Recharge
• 29: Obliteration: Damage/Recharge
• 29: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 36: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 43: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage
• 43: Eradication: Chance for Energy Damage
  

Level 30: High Pain Tolerance

• A: Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All)
• 36: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%
• 36: Invention: Healing
  

Level 32: Fast Healing

• A: Invention: Healing
  

Level 35: Boxing

• (Empty)
  

Level 38: Tough

• A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance
• 39: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance
• 39: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 43: Unbreakable Guard: RechargeTime/Resistance
  

Level 41: Weave

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 42: Luck of the Gambler: Defense
• 42: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance
  

Level 44: Torrent

• A: Ragnarok: Damage
• 45: Ragnarok: Damage/Recharge
• 45: Ragnarok: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
• 45: Ragnarok: Recharge/Accuracy
• 46: Ragnarok: Damage/Endurance
  

Level 47: Dark Blast

• A: Apocalypse: Damage/Recharge
• 48: Apocalypse: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
• 48: Apocalypse: Recharge/Accuracy
• 48: Apocalypse: Damage/Endurance
• 50: Apocalypse: Chance of Damage(Negative)
  

Level 49: Maneuvers

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 50: Luck of the Gambler: Defense
• 50: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance
  

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Inherents:

Level 1: Critical Hit

Level 1: Brawl

• (Empty)
  

Level 1: Sprint

• (Empty)
  

Level 2: Rest

• (Empty)
  

Level 1: Swift

• A: Invention: Run Speed
  

Level 1: Hurdle

• A: Invention: Jumping
  

Level 1: Health

• A: Panacea: +Hit Points/Endurance
• 3: Numina's Convalesence: +Regeneration/+Recovery
• 3: Miracle: +Recovery
  

Level 1: Stamina

• A: Performance Shifter: Chance for +End
  

Level 4: Double Jump

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Accolades:

• The Atlas Medallion
  

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Incarnates:

Musculature Core ParagonBarrier Core Epiphany

 

 

Shaolin Midnight II - Scrapper (Dark Melee - Willpower).mbd

Edited April 14 by skoryy

[Thraxen]

I’d probably put it in midnight grasp so it fires more often and smite and siphon heal would crit. I’m not a dark expert though. Never could get into it. I’ve got a good kat/wp I made not too long ago I can share. It’s pretty good. 

[skoryy]

1 hour ago, Thraxen said:

I’d probably put it in midnight grasp so it fires more often and smite and siphon heal would crit. I’m not a dark expert though.

 

That means you won't get it for Midnight Grasp, though, and that's your heaviest hitter.  Also, having it in Smite means its rolling for proc twice every 7~ seconds.  The proc rate's lower, but it's going to pop up more often in a longer fight.  I'm curious if anyone's ever done the math on that.

[Sovera]

10 minutes ago, skoryy said:

 

That means you won't get it for Midnight Grasp, though, and that's your heaviest hitter.  Also, having it in Smite means its rolling for proc twice every 7~ seconds.  The proc rate's lower, but it's going to pop up more often in a longer fight.  I'm curious if anyone's ever done the math on that.

 

No math here, but Siphon Life is the second hitter and the regular rotation of MG, Smite, SL, Smite, MG makes it so if it goes off in SL it should hit Smite and MG. And in an AoE situation we'd usually be in a loop of SL, ToF, SM without gaps and always draining life.

[Sancerre]

not the math nerd on DM particularly here, but as a baseline... smite is the best place for the crit proc to go for pure DPS.  it is not necessarily the most reliable place though.  midnight grasp would be the most reliable.  i believe there was some oddity with the ArcanaTime of siphon life and/or midnight grasp as far as *WHEN* the crit proc happens (mid animation) such that you lose a substantial part of the buff duration.

 

that said, the biggest problem you have right now is that you have your crit proc button slotted to hell and back full of recharge.  whatever button has crit strikes in it should have ZERO recharge (aside from the crit strikes proc itself...... unfortunately coming with recharge).  the goal should _not_ be to just move the crit strikes set to another button.  stop being bamboozled by set bonuses.  check out procs-per-minute math threads if you need a better explanation.

 

**ArcanaTime is a real interesting thing to dive into if you wanted to read up on it but also just a whole lot of 'more-than-you-needed-to-know'.