My SECOND Stalker - We're going in a new Direction.

[Soulsifter]

 Hello again,

 

 After wonderful advice on my first build attempt I really wanted to embrace the key thoughts provided. I also wanted to do so, unfettered with thematic constraints built into the concept.

 

 Thus was Rogue Shock (A.k.a. William Westinghouse III) born.

 

https://api.midsreborn.com/build/download/FuGabrx7rI0S4mbK

 

 

Rogue Shock - Villain Stalker
Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.7.5 rev. 21
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• Primary powerset: Electrical Melee
• Secondary powerset: Willpower
• Pool powerset (#1): Leaping
• Pool powerset (#2): Speed
• Pool powerset (#3): Fighting
• Pool powerset (#4): Leadership
• Ancillary powerset: Energy Mastery
  

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Powers taken:

Level 1: Charged Brawl

• A: Touch of Death: Accuracy/Damage
• 17: Touch of Death: Damage/Endurance
• 17: Touch of Death: Chance of Damage(Negative)
• 19: Lethargic Repose: Accuracy/Recharge
• 19: Lethargic Repose: Accuracy/Endurance
• 21: Lethargic Repose: Endurance/Sleep
  

Level 1: Hide

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 37: Luck of the Gambler: Defense
• 40: Kismet: Accuracy +6%
• 43: Kismet: Defense/Endurance
  

Level 2: Jacobs Ladder

• A: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage
• 5: Superior Avalanche: Damage/Endurance
• 5: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 7: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 7: Superior Avalanche: Recharge/Chance for Knockdown
• 33: Fortunata Hypnosis: Chance for Placate
  

Level 4: High Pain Tolerance

• A: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Endurance
• 13: Numina's Convalesence: Endurance/Recharge
• 15: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Recharge
• 15: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Endurance/Recharge
• 45: Numina's Convalesence: Heal
• 50: Numina's Convalesence: +Regeneration/+Recovery
  

Level 6: Assassin's Shock

• A: Superior Stalker's Guile: Accuracy/Damage
• 9: Superior Stalker's Guile: Damage/Recharge
• 9: Superior Stalker's Guile: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 11: Superior Stalker's Guile: Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 11: Superior Stalker's Guile: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 13: Superior Stalker's Guile: Recharge/Chance to Hide
  

Level 8: Reconstruction

• A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance
• 21: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance
• 23: Unbreakable Guard: Endurance/RechargeTime
• 23: Unbreakable Guard: RechargeTime/Resistance
• 25: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 25: Unbreakable Guard: +Max HP
  

Level 10: Mind Over Body

• A: Aegis: Resistance
• 27: Aegis: Resistance/Endurance
• 27: Aegis: Psionic/Status Resistance
• 34: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%
• 34: Steadfast Protection: Knockback Protection
• 46: Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All)
  

Level 12: Build Up

• A: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff
• 40: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff/Recharge
• 40: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
• 42: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Recharge/Endurance
• 42: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: To Hit Buff/Endurance
• 42: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Chance for Build Up
  

Level 14: Placate

• A: Ectosome Exposure
  

Level 16: Combat Jumping

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 33: Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
• 36: Shield Wall: Defense
• 36: Blessing of the Zephyr: Knockback Reduction (4 points)
  

Level 18: Super Jump

• A: Winter's Gift: Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
• 39: Winter's Gift: Slow Resistance (20%)
• 39: Blessing of the Zephyr: Knockback Reduction (4 points)
  

Level 20: Heightened Senses

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

Level 22: Thunder Strike

• A: Obliteration: Damage
• 34: Obliteration: Accuracy/Recharge
• 36: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 37: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 37: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage
  

Level 24: Indomitable Will

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

Level 26: Lightning Rod

• A: Superior Assassin's Mark: Accuracy/Damage
• 29: Superior Assassin's Mark: Damage/RechargeTime
• 29: Superior Assassin's Mark: Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime
• 31: Superior Assassin's Mark: Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 31: Superior Assassin's Mark: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 33: Superior Assassin's Mark: RechargeTime/Rchg Build Up
  

Level 28: Fast Healing

• A: Panacea: +Hit Points/Endurance
  

Level 30: Hasten

• A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
• 31: Invention: Recharge Reduction
  

Level 32: Boxing

• (Empty)
  

Level 35: Tough

• A: Steadfast Protection: Knockback Protection
  

Level 38: Weave

• A: Reactive Defenses: Defense
• 39: Reactive Defenses: Defense/Endurance
• 45: Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage
• 45: Shield Wall: Defense
  

Level 41: Maneuvers

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

Level 44: Superior Conditioning

• A: Preemptive Optimization: Accuracy/Recharge
• 48: Preemptive Optimization: EndMod/Endurance
• 48: Preemptive Optimization: EndMod/Recharge
• 48: Preemptive Optimization: EndMod/Accuracy/Endurance
• 50: Preemptive Optimization: EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
• 50: Preemptive Optimization: EndMod/Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 47: Strength of Will

• A: Ribosome Exposure
  

Level 49: Focused Accuracy

• A: Invention: Endurance Reduction
  

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Inherents:

Level 1: Assassination

Level 1: Brawl

• (Empty)
  

Level 1: Sprint

• A: Invention: Endurance Reduction
  

Level 2: Rest

• A: Invention: Interrupt Reduction
  

Level 1: Swift

• A: Invention: Run Speed
  

Level 1: Hurdle

• A: Invention: Jumping
  

Level 1: Health

• A: Preventive Medicine: Chance for +Absorb
• 3: Miracle: +Recovery
  

Level 1: Stamina

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

Level 18: Double Jump

Level 4: Athletic Run

Level 1: Red Wisp Pet

Level 2: Void Skiff

 

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2024 by Soulsifter
Wrong stinkin' version submitted! I'm old.. and dumb . . . :(

[Groovy_Ghoul]

Willpower has knockback protection in Indomitable Will, no need to add more. You can safely repurpose those 4 slots.

 

Dark Armor, Fiery Aura and Ninjitsu have little to no KB protection. Each KB Protection IO provides 4 points, I would never go over 12 points (3x IO).

[Kaika]

At a glance.

Those defense numbers are incorrect btw, and quite a bit off as its displaying the values while hidden and you also have support active which is only up 50% of the time, both inflating those numbers by quite a bit( about 13% I would guess ). Still honestly you could probably drop quite a bit of elemental defense to pick up more recharge. 130% is kinda low for a high end stalker build, and is far from perma haste. More global recharge means more AS, lightning rod and everything  really.

 

I would also drop Jacobs ladder for Chain induction. It back loads your powers slightly but chain induction is a FAR better power and offers much more realistic AoE and is your best single target damage power oddly enough, just a amazing power over all. I would also drop the 6 slotted superior conditioning as you likely will rarely be using your positional defenses, the recharge bonus is pathetic, and end mod ehancments have very little effect here since SC's base recovery is very low. I would replace it with a performance shifter proc and maybe one or two of the healing +recovery procs as they will give you way more value and free up 5-3 slots for use elsewhere. Oh and while you at it put the Panacea proc in health, its the best endurance gain enhancement in the game due to it's very high proc rate. You can probably also drop the 6 slotted Build up as well, since the main benefit of that set is positional def, which you will likely not be using as it will rarely be higher then your typed def. On top of that stalker ATO gives a random chance to BU reset meaning that recharge in build up does not provide much of a benefit, slotted recharge lowers the rate the proc goes off as well so it even plays against you a little, you can comfortably slot BU with just the Gaussian's proc and puts those 5 slots to use elsewhere. You could probably also drop placate, its not a bad power to have or anything but electric gets little benefit from it since, its strongest AoEs can't crit, and it lacks a reliable heavy hitting single target attack you would want to use it with, even then it tends to lose value in high end builds over just attacking more due to a high base crit chance on teams, assassin's focus mechanic, and damage procs. Still nice to have for utility, but just wanted to mention if you had any other power picks in mind.

 

This is all just at a glance, it sounds like you are fairly new to building toons like this and this is still fairly solid.

 

 

Edited October 23, 2024 by Kaika

[Soulsifter]

5 hours ago, Groovy_Ghoul said:

Willpower has knockback protection in Indomitable Will, no need to add more. You can safely repurpose those 4 slots.

 

Dark Armor, Fiery Aura and Ninjitsu have little to no KB protection. Each KB Protection IO provides 4 points, I would never go over 12 points (3x IO).

 

Ahh see?

 

I went all Mr. Brownstone on that bad boy.

 

Now I know 😄

[Soulsifter]

3 hours ago, Kaika said:

At a glance.

Those defense numbers are incorrect btw, and quite a bit off as its displaying the values while hidden and you also have support active which is only up 50% of the time, both inflating those numbers by quite a bit( about 13% I would guess ). Still honestly you could probably drop quite a bit of elemental defense to pick up more recharge. 130% is kinda low for a high end stalker build, and is far from perma haste. More global recharge means more AS, lightning rod and everything  really.

 

I would also drop Jacobs ladder for Chain induction. It back loads your powers slightly but chain induction is a FAR better power and offers much more realistic AoE and is your best single target damage power oddly enough, just a amazing power over all. I would also drop the 6 slotted superior conditioning as you likely will rarely be using your positional defenses, the recharge bonus is pathetic, and end mod ehancments have very little effect here since SC's base recovery is very low. I would replace it with a performance shifter proc and maybe one or two of the healing +recovery procs as they will give you way more value and free up 5-3 slots for use elsewhere. Oh and while you at it put the Panacea proc in health, its the best endurance gain enhancement in the game due to it's very high proc rate. You can probably also drop the 6 slotted Build up as well, since the main benefit of that set is positional def, which you will likely not be using as it will rarely be higher then your typed def. On top of that stalker ATO gives a random chance to BU reset meaning that recharge in build up does not provide much of a benefit, slotted recharge lowers the rate the proc goes off as well so it even plays against you a little, you can comfortably slot BU with just the Gaussian's proc and puts those 5 slots to use elsewhere. You could probably also drop placate, its not a bad power to have or anything but electric gets little benefit from it since, its strongest AoEs can't crit, and it lacks a reliable heavy hitting single target attack you would want to use it with, even then it tends to lose value in high end builds over just attacking more due to high base a high base crit chance on teams, assassin's focus mechanic, and damage procs. Still nice to have for utility, but just wanted to mention if you had any other power picks in mind.

 

This is all just at a glance, it sounds like you are fairly new to building toons like this and this is still fairly solid.

 

 

 

 

Yeah super new but always thankful for input. I'l not sure how I got the wrong numbers to show. I had thought I turned off everything ( except Hide as it's been always on so far to level 26 as of this morning.)

[Kaika]

1 hour ago, Soulsifter said:

 

 

Yeah super new but always thankful for input. I'l not sure how I got the wrong numbers to show. I had thought I turned off everything ( except Hide as it's been always on so far to level 26 as of this morning.)

Oh, honestly let me give you more praise, it's definitely not optimal and a bit rough but this is still a solid and very functional build all things considered, and shows that you understand alot of the core fundamentals of a good build. Jumping into end game builds like this and making something still fairly solid is no easy task, especially when you haven't reach end game yourself.

 

And yeah its easy to accidentally do that in mids, even experienced builders have that issue from time to time. I think support is automatically active when you add it so thats probably why its on, honestly as a stalker I would recommend assault core over support anyways as you are a DPS so adding to your own personal damage will likely carry more value then adding damage to the team, though its nice to have support in your back pocket for league content where it can effect all 24 players, or for teams lacking any support.

 

To make hide show the effects when not hidden Options->Configuration ->Effect &Math -> suppression-> Check "Attacked". Everytime I have to reinstall it, it always takes me forever to find.

Edited October 23, 2024 by Kaika

[Without_Pause]

Drop the Lethargic Repose slotting and 6 slot the ToF. The 3-slot bonus really isn't worth it. Hopefully with reslotting the KB protection to other places you can up your S/L Def and Res. Your regen is honestly a bit low for a WP build, but I don't really have experience with WP on Stalkers to have a good baseline for it.