Marine/Water/Leviathan Build

[SableShrike]

So Marine's pretty good with IOs, it turns out.

 

You can get pretty sick Resists (75% S/L/Cold) going as well easily cap your AoE and Ranged.

 

Benthica - Hero Defender
Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.7.5 rev. 21
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• Primary powerset: Marine Affinity
• Secondary powerset: Water Blast
• Pool powerset (#1): Leaping
• Pool powerset (#2): Leadership
• Pool powerset (#3): Fighting
• Pool powerset (#4): Concealment
• Epic powerset: Leviathan Mastery
  

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Powers taken:

Level 1: Soothing Wave

• A: Golgi Exposure
• 3: Golgi Exposure
• 3: Golgi Exposure
  

Level 1: Aqua Bolt

• A: Superior Defender's Bastion: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 5: Superior Defender's Bastion: Damage/Recharge
• 11: Superior Defender's Bastion: Accuracy/Damage
• 11: Superior Defender's Bastion: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 13: Superior Defender's Bastion: Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 13: Superior Defender's Bastion: Recharge/Chance for Minor PBAoE Heal
  

Level 2: Hydro Blast

• A: Superior Vigilant Assault: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 5: Superior Vigilant Assault: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 29: Superior Vigilant Assault: Accuracy/Damage
• 29: Superior Vigilant Assault: Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 36: Superior Vigilant Assault: Damage/RechargeTime
• 37: Superior Vigilant Assault: RechargeTime/PBAoE +Absorb
  

Level 4: Water Burst

• A: Superior Frozen Blast: Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime
• 36: Superior Frozen Blast: Recharge/Chance for Immobilize
• 42: Superior Frozen Blast: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 43: Superior Frozen Blast: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 43: Superior Frozen Blast: Accuracy/Damage
• 43: Superior Frozen Blast: Damage/Endurance
  

Level 6: Toroidal Bubble

• A: Gladiator's Armor: End/Resist
• 7: Gladiator's Armor: Resistance
• 7: Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All)
• 17: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%
• 21: Steadfast Protection: Knockback Protection
  

Level 8: Tide Pool

• A: Tempered Readiness: Endurance/Recharge/Slow
• 9: Pacing of the Turtle: Endurance/Recharge/Slow
• 9: Invention: Slow
  

Level 10: Combat Jumping

• A: Kismet: Accuracy +6%
  

Level 12: Brine

• A: Touch of the Nictus: Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
• 15: Touch of the Nictus: Accuracy/Endurance/Healing/Absorb
• 15: Touch of the Nictus: Accuracy/Healing/Absorb
• 17: Touch of the Nictus: Healing/Absorb/Recharge
• 40: Touch of the Nictus: Healing/Absorb
• 40: Invention: Recharge Reduction
  

Level 14: Maneuvers

• A: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance
• 37: Red Fortune: Defense/Recharge
• 37: Red Fortune: Endurance/Recharge
• 39: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• 39: Red Fortune: Defense
• 42: Red Fortune: Endurance
  

Level 16: Tidal Forces

• A: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Chance for Build Up
  

Level 18: Shifting Tides

• A: Invention: Endurance Reduction
• 19: Invention: Endurance Reduction
• 19: Invention: Damage Increase
• 21: Invention: Damage Increase
  

Level 20: Boxing

• (Empty)
  

Level 22: Barrier Reef

• A: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance
• 23: Red Fortune: Defense/Recharge
• 23: Red Fortune: Endurance/Recharge
• 25: Red Fortune: Defense
• 25: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• 40: Red Fortune: Endurance
  

Level 24: Tough

• A: Unbreakable Guard: +Max HP
  

Level 26: Power of the Depths

• A: Panacea: Heal/Endurance
• 27: Panacea: Endurance/Recharge
• 27: Panacea: Heal/Recharge
• 31: Panacea: Heal/Endurance/Recharge
• 31: Panacea: Heal
  

Level 28: Weave

• A: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance
• 33: Red Fortune: Defense/Recharge
• 33: Red Fortune: Endurance/Recharge
• 33: Red Fortune: Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• 34: Red Fortune: Defense
• 42: Red Fortune: Endurance
  

Level 30: Geyser

• A: Ragnarok: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
• 31: Ragnarok: Recharge/Accuracy
• 34: Ragnarok: Damage/Recharge
• 34: Ragnarok: Damage/Endurance
• 36: Ragnarok: Damage
  

Level 32: Tactics

• A: Rectified Reticle: Increased Perception
  

Level 35: Shark Skin

• A: Gladiator's Armor: End/Resist
• 50: Gladiator's Armor: Resistance/Rech/End
• 50: Gladiator's Armor: Resistance
  

Level 38: Hibernate

• A: Doctored Wounds: Heal/Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 41: Spirit Shark Jaws

• A: Unbreakable Constraint: Hold/Recharge/Accuracy
• 46: Unbreakable Constraint: Recharge/Accuracy
• 48: Unbreakable Constraint: Hold/Recharge
• 48: Unbreakable Constraint: Hold/Endurance
• 48: Unbreakable Constraint: Chance for Smashing Damage
• 50: Apocalypse: Chance of Damage(Negative)
  

Level 44: Summon Coralax

• A: Blood Mandate: Accuracy/Damage
• 45: Blood Mandate: Damage/Endurance
• 45: Blood Mandate: Accuracy/Endurance
• 45: Blood Mandate: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 46: Blood Mandate: Accuracy
• 46: Blood Mandate: Damage
  

Level 47: Grant Invisibility

• A: Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
  

Level 49: Stealth

• A: Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage
  

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Inherents:

Level 1: Brawl

• A: Invention: Accuracy
  

Level 1: Sprint

• A: Unbounded Leap: +Stealth
  

Level 1: Vigilance

Level 2: Rest

• A: Invention: Healing
  

Level 1: Swift

• A: Invention: Run Speed
  

Level 1: Health

• A: Miracle: +Recovery
  

Level 1: Hurdle

• A: Invention: Jumping
  

Level 1: Stamina

• A: Invention: Endurance Modification
• 39: Invention: Endurance Modification
  

Level 1: Combo Level 1

Level 1: Combo Level 2

Level 1: Combo Level 3

 

 

[BurtHutt]

Any chance you can link your MIDS on here? I wouldn't mind taking a close look at this build.

[SableShrike]

Will do when I’m off work!

 

Water Blast is kinda rough in that the best attacks are gated in the mid-20s.  I built this for teaming at low levels, so took the first three attacks for an actual attack chain on Positron etc.  

 

My experience with Water is that mainly you’re just waiting for a buffed Geyser to recharge.  Steam Spray is great, but it comes really late in the set.

 

Similar with Water Jet; it’s a better Hydro Blast, but comes so late you won’t have a rotation on Positron.  I also tend to prefer saving Tidal stacks for Water Burst AoE.

 

Tide Pool is crazy good.  Even on DFB it’ll trivialize the Vahzilok mobs.

 

Forgot to mention this:  Toroidal is natively set for Recharge right out of the box.  It comes already perma, so I just autofire it and hang in the middle of the team.  Helps decrease some of the micromanagement.

 

Ideally you want to be aggressive with Marine.  Defeating enemies in Tide Pool is what triggers the knockdowns and damage buff/debuff.  You won’t see this effect if you’re just standing around spamming the heal.

Edited August 1 by SableShrike

[BazookaTwo]

3 hours ago, SableShrike said:

Will do when I’m off work!

 

Water Blast is kinda rough in that the best attacks are gated in the mid-20s.  I built this for teaming at low levels, so took the first three attacks for an actual attack chain on Positron etc.  

 

My experience with Water is that mainly you’re just waiting for a buffed Geyser to recharge.  Steam Spray is great, but it comes really late in the set.

 

Similar with Water Jet; it’s a better Aqua Burst, but comes so late you won’t have a rotation on Positron.  I also tend to prefer saving Tidal stacks for Water Burst AoE.

 

Tide Pool is crazy good.  Even on DFB it’ll trivialize the Vahzilok mobs.

 

Forgot to mention this:  Toroidal is natively set for Recharge right out of the box.  It comes already perma, so I just autofire it and hang in the middle of the team.  Helps decrease some of the micromanagement.

 

Ideally you want to be aggressive with Marine.  Defeating enemies in Tide Pool is what triggers the knockdowns and damage buff/debuff.  You won’t see this effect if you’re just standing around spamming the heal.

 

I think I ran Posi 1 with you yesterday? I'm running a Marine/Storm Def

[SableShrike]

Probly!  I’m a veterinarian by trade.  I use CoH as my destress time.

 

It was either computers or hard drugs.  My parents encouraged the computers.

 

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Edited July 25 by SableShrike

[Stellarex]

Omfg this combo is so fun thanks! 

[arcane]

I see no LotG’s, no Whitecap, no Water Jet, no Dehydrate, etc?

[Griffin]

7 hours ago, arcane said:

I see no LotG’s, no Whitecap, no Water Jet, no Dehydrate, etc?

In the other thread asking about water vs storm people are going crazy with the water jet slander.  Saying to skip it, it isn't good, it's disappointing, etc.  it's the best single target damage in the set and has an insta recast feature.  If you don't take it your single target damage is severely gimped.  To each their own, I guess. 🤷‍♂️

[Stormangel]

On 8/1/2024 at 6:00 PM, Griffin said:

In the other thread asking about water vs storm people are going crazy with the water jet slander.  Saying to skip it, it isn't good, it's disappointing, etc.  it's the best single target damage in the set and has an insta recast feature.  If you don't take it your single target damage is severely gimped.  To each their own, I guess. 🤷‍♂️

I cannot understand the thinking of Water Jet being useless... I tend to build up to water jet, tidal focus for geyser, rinse and repeat and it does amazing damage.

[Griffin]

12 hours ago, Stormangel said:

I tend to build up to water jet, tidal focus for geyser, rinse and repeat and it does amazing damage.

Bingo. This is the way.